ORTHODOX SYRIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE EAST

ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

1) Meaning of the word ‘Sleeho’

A) Delegated Person
B) Disciple
C) Gospel
D) Saviour

2) Liturgy after liturgy'. The first liturgy represents service of God. What does the other liturgy represent?
A) Love
B) Service of man
C) Mission
D) Worship

3) 'Christianity is a religion of love'. Who taught this?

A) Pathros Mar Osthathios
B) Gregorios of Naziansus
C) Gheevarghese Mar Osthathios
D) Stephanos Mar Osthathios

4) Which of the following words means 'beauty'?

A) Philo
B) Seloon
C) Kalos
D) Slomo

5) Which group of Angels praise the Lord as ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’?

A) Seraphims
B) Cherebs
C) Chief Angels
D) Moravose

6) Among the fellowship of saints, whom does we give first priority?

A) St. Gregorios of Parumala
B) St. Thomas
C) St. George
D) St. Mary

7) 'Eucharist should be celebrated at the appointed time, in the stipulated manner'.

This is an extract from the epistle to Corinthians. Who wrote this epistle?
A) Mar Clement
B) St. Paul
C) St. Peter
D) Mar Polycarp
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ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

8) Head of which Church is known as the ‘Pope of all Africa’.

A) Serbia
B) Coptic
C) Armenia
D) Ethipia

9) The heart of all religions.

A) Worship
B) Commandments
C) Holy books
D) Spirituality

10) Which of the following is not a peculiarity of Orthodox Worship.

A) Worship is not individual centered.
B) Instruction of faith is through worship.
C) Idols and photos of Saints are used in worship.
D) Music is given importance.

11) Which of the following Canonical prayers are done along with prayerof the evening?
A) Evening, late evening, mid night.
B) Third watch, evening, late evening.
C) Evening and late evening (Suthoro)
D) Nineth watch, evening and late evening.

12) What is the main intention behind the festival of saints.

A) Enjoy through celebration.
B) Co-operation and common prayers of the faithful.
C) Imitate their life.
D) Increase the income of the Church.

13) Ultimate goal of Sunday School teaching.

A) Examination and good success.
B) Increase competitive attitude.
C) To increase the talents obtained.
D) To help students grow as God’s children.

14) Which of the following teaching method is most suitable in Sunday School teaching.
A) Demonstration method.
B) Narration method.
C) Lecture method.
D) Multi methodology.
 ORTHODOX SYRIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE EAST
ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

15) Which of the following statements is wrong regarding learning aids?

A) 40% of our learning take place through visual experiences and the remaining through all other
sensory experiences combined.
B) Learning aids give variety to classes.
C) Learning aids help in saving time and energy.
D) It was a theologian who said for the first time that learning aids shall be used in teaching.

16) A good teacher controls the whole life of a student. How can a teacher be qualified in this sense?
A) Facilitator
B) Custodian
C) Preserver
D) Mentor

17) 'Devotion to God is the beginning of wisdom'. Who said this?

A) Solomon
B) David
C) Isaiah
D) St. Paul

18) 'You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house'.
What is referred to here?
A) Commandments of God.
B) Rules of Passover.
C) History of redemption
D) Rites of worship.

19) 'Teach children Canonical prayers and about the sacraments'. Which meeting took this decision?
A) Council of Mulanthuruthy.
B) Synod of Diamper.
C) Assembly of parish representatives at Kandanadu.
D) Orthodox Syrian Sunday School Association meeting.

20) The program for continuing Christian education in our Church.

A) Martha Mariam Vanitha Samajam
B) Divya Bodhanam
C) Prayer meetings in Churches
D) OCYM

21) What does the curvature of the Holy Madbaha indicate?

A) The rainbow seen by Noah.
B) It shows Gothic style of construction.
C) The curvature of the Ark of covenant.
D) God’s grace and mercy.
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ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

22) Which of the following statements is most suitable about the growth of IT?
A) Since the growth of IT has entered into all realms of life we can completely depend on it.
B) Due to the influence of IT in banking field, money transactions are very safe today.
C) Due to the influence of IT in banking field, money transactions are very safe today.
D) Even though conveniences have increased due to the growth of IT, we shall use it carefully.

23) Which of the following cannot be included in the defects of the growth of science and technology?
A) Our physical exercise gets reduced.
B) Social relations get affected.
C) Communication got reduced.
D) Gift of intelligence gets under utilized.

24) 'A drunkard will not get into the kingdom of God'. Who said this?
A) Jesus Christ
B) Solomon
C) St. Paul
D) David

25) Which paragraph of the creed mentions about the second coming of Christ?
A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) Second and forth

26) 'Cry we aloud and say' What is the response of the congregation to this call of the deacon.
A) Glory to the Father, and to the Son and to the living Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.
B) Praised and adored are the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
C) The one Holy Father, the one Holy Son and the one Holy Spirit alone is Holy.
D) May the Lord accept your ministration and help us by your prayers.

27) Which of the following words are used in the hymn which starts with the line, 'In the house of death,
our Lord consoled Adam…'
A) Fruit of Eden, please, Gogultha
B) Blood, leaves, Cross
C) Grieve, lips, Chrism
D) Fruit of Eden, naked, blood

28) Who is the father of Reuben refered in the hymn, 'If Moses gave life to sinful Reuben…'
A) Abraham
B) Isaac
C) Jacob
D) Joseph
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ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

29) Which of the following are not Moranaya festival, but to be celebrated exactly are Moranaya festival?
A) St. Thomas day, Shoonoyo.
B) Shoonoyo, Sulokko.
C) St. Thomas day, Sulokko.
D) Sulokko, festival of Sleeba

30) Centres of education in the diospora days of Israel.

A) Mishna
B) Tabernacles
C) Beth Hamidrash
D) Beth Hazepher

31) 'What will they do who are baptized, for the dead, if their dead do not rise at all'. Who said this?
A) St. Paul
B) Jesus Christ
C) Gregorius of Nyssa
D) Gregorios of Naziansus

32) The relation between Christ and Church is as bridegroom and bride. What did Christ give the
Church as a seal of this relation.
A) Cross
B) Holy Spirit
C) Baptism
D) His body and blood.

33) What is meant by domestic mission?

A) The mission of Christ among Israelites.
B) The mission to be conducted in parishes.
C) The mission among the gentiles.
D) The mission centered locally.

34) Where is the origin of the basic doctrines of Benedictine monastic order?
A) Writings of Baselius the great.
B) Writings of St. Augustine
C) Monastic movement of Mar Anthonios.
D) Benediction writings in Latin.

35) According to the monks of the Desert tradition, what was the real impediments to
spiritual advancement?
A) Attachment to world and flesh.
B) Withdrawal from prayer life.
C) Wealth
D) Withdrawal from worship.
 ORTHODOX SYRIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE EAST
ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

36) Four educational revolutions suggested by Eric Ashby are given below. Which of these
became insignificant in the Covid scenario?
A) Transfer of education from home to school.
B) Use of written documents for learning.
C) Invention of printing and use of printed books.
D) Use of electronic media.

37) In Genesis 1:28 while refering to creation we see the words ‘subdue it’. What is meant by this?
A) The universe is created for human and so we shall rule over it.
B) All creatures can be used by human without any discretion.
C) This indicate a governance filled with mercy and human concern.
D) This shows the reconciliation of Christ with all creations.

38) In which Book of the Bible is seen the 'praise of Cherubims'.

A) Isaiah
B) Ezekiel
C) Psalms
D) Song of Songs

39) Select the wrong statement from those given below.

A) Only a select few can advance in spirituality.
B) Every human being is called to their unceasing process of spirituality.
C) Models of spiritual transformation exhort us to completely obey ‘love of God’ and ‘love of man’.
D) Spiritual growth is impossible by forgetting God for even a moment.

40) H.H. Baselius Marthoma Mathews III Catholicos was in charge of three dioceses before his
ordination as Catholicos. Which were they?
A) H H was the diocesan Metropolitan of Kandanad West and assistant to Idukki and Malabar.
B) H H was the diocesan Metropolitan of Kandanad East and assistant to Idukki and Malabar.
C) H H was the diocesan Metropolitan of Angamaly and assistant to Idukki and Trichur.
D) H H was the diocesan Metropolitan of Angamaly and assistant to Malabar and Trichur.

41) 'Blessed are the pure in heart'. What will they get?
A) Kingdom of God.
B) They shall see God.
C) They shall be called sons of God.
D) They shall inherit earth.

42) Sacraments given along with baptism.

A) Unction, Qurbana
B) Confession, Qurbana
C) Mooron, Qurbana
D) Mooron, Confession
 ORTHODOX SYRIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE EAST
ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

43) Which of the following is not mandatory in the sacrament of Holy Matrimony?
A) Both bride and bridegroom shall belong to Orthodox Church.
B) Marriage shall not be conducted on days forbidden by Church.
C) They should have the generational distance insisted in the Canons.
D) Parents of the couples shall belong to Orthodox Church.

44) Who is mentioned in the Thubden as ‘the chief of the deacons’.

A) St. Stephen
B) St. Philip
C) St. Nicholavos
D) St. Athanasius

45) Which is the wrong statement about the 'anointing of the sick'?
A) It is a sacrament.
B) This is for healing
C) This can be repeated
D) This is administered to the totally sick only.

46) Which statement about the departed in against Orthodox faith?

A) The soul of the departed are alive.
B) The body from the groove shell rise up end join with the soul at the final judgment.
C) The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.
D) Death is a sleep for Christians.

47) The persons referred to in the Evengalion of the 'Blessing of houses'.

A) Zacchaeus and Noah
B) Zacchaeus and Abraham
C) Abraham and Lazar
D) Elijah and Noah

48) The hymn sung when lighting the bonfire in Yeldo.

A) Glory be to God on high…
B) Glory be to God in the skies…
C) In oblations and in prayers…
D) Highest praise to Him...

49) The word not connected to feast of Pentecost.

A) Festival of weeks
B) Festival of first fruits.
C) Festival of Tabernacle
D) Fiftieth
 ORTHODOX SYRIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE EAST
ANNUAL EXAM
CLASS - 12 (YEAR 2021) (English) - Regular

50) Date of the festival of 'Denaho'.

A) January 8
B) January 6
C) February 2
D) February 14