MCQ ON MOTHER TERESA

 1) In what modern-day country was Mother Teresa born?

Greece

India

Macedonia

Turkey

Italy

Correct answer: Macedonia

2) Mother Teresa was a part of what major religious group?

Islam

Catholicism

Hinduism

Confucianism

None, she was an atheist

Correct answer: Catholicism

3) What was Mother Teresa's birth name?

Teresa

Catherine

Mary

Agnes

Hannah

Correct answer: Agnes

4) Mother Teresa became a missionary in what country?

Greece

Italy

Macedonia

Turkey

India

Correct answer: India

5) What group did Mother Teresa form in 1950 to help the poor and needy?

Loreto Abby

Missionaries of Charity

Red Cross

Salvation Army

United Way

Correct answer: Missionaries of Charity

6) True or False: When she first began helping the poor, Mother Teresa often went hungry herself and sometimes had to beg for food.

TRUE

FALSE

Correct answer: TRUE

7) What job did Mother Teresa have when she first went to India?

Teacher

Doctor

Cook

Seamstress

Minister

Correct answer: Teacher

8) Who did Mother Teresa want to help with her charity?

The homeless

The crippled

The blind

Lepers

All of the above

Correct answer: All of the above

9) How many members does the Missionaries of Charity have today?

13

100

300

1000

Over 4000

Correct answer: Over 4000

10) What did Mother Teresa ask to do instead of having an honor banquet when she won the Nobel Peace Prize?

She asked for a new car instead

She asked that the money for the banquet be used to build her mother a house

She asked that the money for the banquet be given to the poor of India

All of the above

None of the above

Correct answer: She asked that the money for the banquet be given to the poor of India

MOTHER TERESA (MCQ)

 1.According to Mother Teresa, love begins at

a) home

b) mind

c) hut

d) others’ house.

Ans: a) home.

2.Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize in

a) 1978

b) 1980

c) 1979

d) 1997.

Ans: c) 1979.

3.The little boy gave his sugar for

a) Mother Teresa

b) Street children

c) Mother Teresa’s children

d) the sisters of Mother Teresa.

Ans: c) Mother Teresa’s children.

4.Mother Teresa fights abortion by

a) adoption

b) natural family planning

c) love

d) daggers.

Ans: a) adoption.

5.Once mother received $15 from a

a) handicapped

b) poor woman

c) street beggar

d) poor child

Ans: a) handicapped.

6.According to Mother Teresa, the poor people are

a) dishonest people

b) honest people

c) great people

d) unfortunate people.

Ans: c) great people.

7.Why did Mother Teresa pray the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi?

a) because he was a holy man.

b) because he was a preacher of Christianity.

c) because he was Mother’s ideal.

d) because the prayer is very fitting for each one of us.

Ans: d) because the prayer is very fitting for each one of us.

8.Why are many people very concerned with the children of India and Africa?

a) because they take drugs.

b) because they die premature death because of malnutrition, hunger etc.

c) because they are killed before they are born.

d) because they are deserted by their parents.

Ans: b) because they die premature death because of malnutrition, hunger etc.

9.Mother Teresa sees greatness in people

a) who die like angels without blaming

b) who die cursing their fate

c) who die repenting their sins

iv) who die for a cause.

Ans: a) who die like angels without blaming.

10.The old parents in the Home were hurt because

a) they did not enjoy material comforts

b) their sons and daughters had forgotten them.

c) they were not taken care of by the sisters

d) they were weak and infirm.

Ans: b) their sons and daughters had forgotten them.

11.The Hindu baby came to meet mother

a) to offer the sugar he saved

b) to see the children

c) to give her the bread he brought

d) to see her wonderful works.

Ans: a) to offer the sugar he saved.

12.Jesus died on the cross

a) to express his hatred

b) to show his greater love to man.

c) to meet God soon

d) to teach people the message of Christianity.

Ans: b) to show his greater love to man.

13.According to Mother Teresa, the poverty of the West is

a) not challenging

b) difficult to remove

c) moderate

d) none of the above.

Ans: b) difficult to remove.

14.“I have carved you in the palm of my hand.” – Here ‘I’ refers to

a) Jesus Christ

b) Mother

c) God

d) world.

Ans: c) God.

15.According to Mother Teresa, the beginning of love is

a) smile

b) laughing

c) adoption

d) prayer

Ans: a) smile.

16.Once from the United States came

a) 12 professors

b) 13 professors

c) 14 professors

d) 15 professors

Ans: c) 14 professors.

17.The young boys and girls became drug-addicted because

a) they were not properly educated

b) they were not properly taken care of

c) they led a life of luxury

d) they had none at home to receive them.

Ans: d) they had known at home to receive.