Bhakti Movement History

Q. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?

A
Ramananda
B
Madhava
C
Vallabhacharya
D
Chaitnaya

Correct Answer

Madhava

More Questions on Bhakti Movement

  • Q. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?
    A)Ramananda
    B)Madhava
    C)Vallabhacharya
    D)Chaitnaya
    Answer: Madhava
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
    A)Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
    B)Baba Farid
    C)Moinuddin Chisti
    D)Khwaja Bahuddin
    Answer: Moinuddin Chisti
  • Q. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
    A)Mirabai
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Surdas
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Andal?
    A)Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
    B)Andal was a woman Alvar, the most striking features of her compositions were widely sung (and continue to be sung to date)
    C)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity
    D)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Krishna; her verses express her love for the deity
    Answer: Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
  • Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
    A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
    B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
    C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
    D)Baba Farid
    Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)none of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
    A)It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality
    B)It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
    C)It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience
    D)None of the above
    Answer: It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
  • Q. Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as
    A)Qalandars
    B)Khangahs
    C)Silsilahs
    D)Darveshs
    Answer: Silsilahs
  • Q. Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
    A)Vallabhacharya
    B)Ramananda
    C)Narasi
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. Select the correct statement related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India
    A)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism
    B)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism
    C)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
    D)None of the above
    Answer: To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Bhakti Movement? I. The leader of the bhakti movement focusing on the Lord as Rama was Ramananda. II. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of Sri Vaishnavism
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Sankaracharya
    D)Ramananda
    Answer: Ramananda
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Ramanuja? I. He preached Vishishtadvaita. II. He said that the ‘God is Sagunabrahman’
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
    A)Kabir
    B)Dadu
    C)Ramananda
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Ramananda
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
    A)Kabir
    B)Ramananda
    C)Nanak
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Find out the contributions of Bhakti Movement in India: I. Surge in vernacular Literature II. Development of Philosophies III. Devotional transformation of society and Inclusiveness IV. New forms of Worship
    A)I, II, III & IV
    B)I, II & IV
    C)Both I & IV
    D)Only IV
    Answer: I, II, III & IV
  • Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Gnandeva
  • Q. The Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashanavaite Alwar preached the Bhakti Cult under which of the following rulers?
    A)Pallavas, Cheras and Rashtrakutas
    B)Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
    C)Pallavas, Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms
    D)Cheras & Pandavas
    Answer: Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
  • Q. Who among the following composed the Hindi version of Ramayana?
    A)Valmiki
    B)Tulsidas
    C)Ramananda
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Tulsidas

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