FDNY Q-01 EXAM 2026
EXAMINATION TEST PRACTICE
PACK PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Jnana. Answer: Knowledge; along with action and devotion,
one of the three avenues to liberation explained in the Bhagavad
Gita.
◉ Samsara. Answer: In Hinduism, it's the continuing cycle of
rebirths. In Jainism it is the endless cycle of rebirth from which
Jains seek release. (Same as Buddhism as well).
◉ Ashramas. Answer: The four stages in the life of an upper-
class male: student, householder, forest-dweller, and ascetic.
◉ Sati. Answer: The burning of widows who throws herself
into her deceased husband's funeral pyre. (Same term provided
in Sikhism).
◉ Avatara. Answer: A "descent" or incarnation of a deity in
earthly form.
◉ Ksatriya. Answer: A member of the warrior class in ancient
Hindu society.
◉ Shudra. Answer: A member of the lowest of the four major
classes, servant.
◉ Bhagavad Gita. Answer: A section of the Mahabharata epic
recounting a conversation between Krishna and the warrior
Arjuna in which Krishna explains the nature of God and the
human soul and Dharma. (War and Violence should always be
the last resort).
,◉ Linga. Answer: A conical or cylindrical stone column
symbolizing the creative energies of the god Shiva.
◉ Tantra. Answer: An esoteric school outside the Vedic and
brahminical tradition that emerged around the fifth century and
centered on a number of controversial ritual practices, some of
them sexual. (Right-handed) It focuses on meditation, practice,
and yoga. (Left-handed) Practices sexual rituals in every-day
life.
◉ Bhakti. Answer: Loving devotion to a deity, seen as a
gracious being who enters the world for the benefit of humans.
◉ Mahabharata. Answer: A very long epic poem, one section of
which is the Bhagavad Gita. (The story also includes the relation
around two branches of a family, the Pandavas, and Kauravas).
◉ Upanishads. Answer: Philosophical texts in the form of
reported conversations on the theory of the Vedic ritual and the
nature of knowledge, composed around the sixth century BCE.
◉ Brahma. Answer: The creator god; not to be confused with
Brahman.
◉ Mantra. Answer: An expression of one or more syllables that
are chanted repeatedly as a focus of concentration in devotion.
◉ Vaishya. Answer: A member of the third caste class,
merchant.
◉ Brahman. Answer: The world-soul, sometimes understood in
impersonal terms; not to be confused with Brahma.
◉ Moksha. Answer: In Hinduism, liberation from the cycle of
birth and death, one of the three classical aims in life. In Jainism,
it's the ultimate goal of the Jaina path: release from the cycle of
birth and death, the same as Nirvana.
, ◉ Vedas. Answer: The four collections of hymns and ritual
texts that constitute the oldest and most highly respected Hindu
sacred literature.
◉ Brahmin. Answer: The highest member of the caste class,
priest
◉ Murti. Answer: A form or personification in which divinity is
manifested.
◉ Yoga. Answer: A practice and discipline that may involve a
philosophical system and mental concentration as well as
physical postures and exercises.
◉ Dharma. Answer: Religious and social duty, including both
righteousness and faith.
◉ Puja. Answer: Ritual household worship of the deity,
commonly involving oil lamps, incense, prayers, and food
offerings. (Domestic worship)
◉ Guru. Answer: A spiritual teacher. (Same term in Sikhism).
◉ Ramayana. Answer: An epic recounting the life of Lord
Rama and Sita, an incarnation of the god Vishnu.
◉ Anatman. Answer: ("No-soul") The doctrine that the human
person is impermanent, a changing combination of components.
◉ Karma. Answer: In Buddhism it's the energy of past thoughts
and actions (good or bad) which determines rebirth within the
"wheel" of samsara that ends only when Parinirvana is achieved.
Good karma is also called "merit". In Hinduism it is "Action",
the result of a person's actions as well as the actions themselves.
Associated with Samsara.
EXAMINATION TEST PRACTICE
PACK PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Jnana. Answer: Knowledge; along with action and devotion,
one of the three avenues to liberation explained in the Bhagavad
Gita.
◉ Samsara. Answer: In Hinduism, it's the continuing cycle of
rebirths. In Jainism it is the endless cycle of rebirth from which
Jains seek release. (Same as Buddhism as well).
◉ Ashramas. Answer: The four stages in the life of an upper-
class male: student, householder, forest-dweller, and ascetic.
◉ Sati. Answer: The burning of widows who throws herself
into her deceased husband's funeral pyre. (Same term provided
in Sikhism).
◉ Avatara. Answer: A "descent" or incarnation of a deity in
earthly form.
◉ Ksatriya. Answer: A member of the warrior class in ancient
Hindu society.
◉ Shudra. Answer: A member of the lowest of the four major
classes, servant.
◉ Bhagavad Gita. Answer: A section of the Mahabharata epic
recounting a conversation between Krishna and the warrior
Arjuna in which Krishna explains the nature of God and the
human soul and Dharma. (War and Violence should always be
the last resort).
,◉ Linga. Answer: A conical or cylindrical stone column
symbolizing the creative energies of the god Shiva.
◉ Tantra. Answer: An esoteric school outside the Vedic and
brahminical tradition that emerged around the fifth century and
centered on a number of controversial ritual practices, some of
them sexual. (Right-handed) It focuses on meditation, practice,
and yoga. (Left-handed) Practices sexual rituals in every-day
life.
◉ Bhakti. Answer: Loving devotion to a deity, seen as a
gracious being who enters the world for the benefit of humans.
◉ Mahabharata. Answer: A very long epic poem, one section of
which is the Bhagavad Gita. (The story also includes the relation
around two branches of a family, the Pandavas, and Kauravas).
◉ Upanishads. Answer: Philosophical texts in the form of
reported conversations on the theory of the Vedic ritual and the
nature of knowledge, composed around the sixth century BCE.
◉ Brahma. Answer: The creator god; not to be confused with
Brahman.
◉ Mantra. Answer: An expression of one or more syllables that
are chanted repeatedly as a focus of concentration in devotion.
◉ Vaishya. Answer: A member of the third caste class,
merchant.
◉ Brahman. Answer: The world-soul, sometimes understood in
impersonal terms; not to be confused with Brahma.
◉ Moksha. Answer: In Hinduism, liberation from the cycle of
birth and death, one of the three classical aims in life. In Jainism,
it's the ultimate goal of the Jaina path: release from the cycle of
birth and death, the same as Nirvana.
, ◉ Vedas. Answer: The four collections of hymns and ritual
texts that constitute the oldest and most highly respected Hindu
sacred literature.
◉ Brahmin. Answer: The highest member of the caste class,
priest
◉ Murti. Answer: A form or personification in which divinity is
manifested.
◉ Yoga. Answer: A practice and discipline that may involve a
philosophical system and mental concentration as well as
physical postures and exercises.
◉ Dharma. Answer: Religious and social duty, including both
righteousness and faith.
◉ Puja. Answer: Ritual household worship of the deity,
commonly involving oil lamps, incense, prayers, and food
offerings. (Domestic worship)
◉ Guru. Answer: A spiritual teacher. (Same term in Sikhism).
◉ Ramayana. Answer: An epic recounting the life of Lord
Rama and Sita, an incarnation of the god Vishnu.
◉ Anatman. Answer: ("No-soul") The doctrine that the human
person is impermanent, a changing combination of components.
◉ Karma. Answer: In Buddhism it's the energy of past thoughts
and actions (good or bad) which determines rebirth within the
"wheel" of samsara that ends only when Parinirvana is achieved.
Good karma is also called "merit". In Hinduism it is "Action",
the result of a person's actions as well as the actions themselves.
Associated with Samsara.
