Bhakti Movement History

Q. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?

A
Vedanta
B
Vedas
C
Brahamans
D
Bhagwat Gita

Correct Answer

Bhagwat Gita

More Questions on Bhakti Movement

  • Q. The first Bhakti Movement was organised by
    A)Meera
    B)Nanak
    C)Ramdas
    D)Ramanujacharya
    Answer: Ramanujacharya
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints of Krishna is a yogi and lover?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramananda
    C)Mirabai
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Mirabai
  • 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. 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. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the attitudes of Alvars and Nayanars towards caste system? I. Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement of protest against the caste system and the dominance of Brahmanas or at least attempted to reform the system. II. Alvars and Nayanars always supported the caste system in the society. III. The importance of the traditions of the Alvars and Nayanars was sometimes indicated by the claim that their compositions were as important as the Vedas
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: I and III
  • 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 Bhakti saint believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
    A)Chaitanya
    B)Gnanadev
    C)Namadeva
    D)Ekanatha
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. Select the correct statement (s) with reference to the Bhakti Movement
    A)Compilation of Alvar Saints poetry / literature Tirumurai is called "Tamil Veda"
    B)Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
  • Q. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
    A)Mirabai
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Surdas
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Ramananda
    C)Dadu
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
    A)Baba Farid
    B)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
    C)Saiyid Mummed
    D)Shah Alam Bukhari
    Answer: Baba Farid
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras?
    A)Ramanada Saraswati
    B)Shankaracharya
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Valmiki
    Answer: Shankaracharya
  • Q. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
    A)Sant Jnanesvar
    B)Sant Tukaram
    C)Samarth Guru Ramdas
    D)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
    Answer: Sant Tukaram
  • Q. Who wrote Dasa Sloki, which deals with three realities (tri-tattava) –Brahma (Krishna), soul (Chit) and matter (Achit)?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Nimbarka
    C)Madhva
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Nimbarka
  • Q. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Nirguna and Saguna
    C)Sikkhism
    D)Jainism
    Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
  • Q. Vishvambhara Mishra was the original name of
    A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Shankaracharya
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
  • Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
    B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
    C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
    D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
    Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
  • 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. Who was the Guru of Kabir?
    A)Ramananda
    B)Ramanuja
    C)Vallabhacharya
    D)Namadeva
    Answer: Ramananda
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: I only

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