More Questions on Bhakti Movement
- Q. Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
A)Guru Nanak
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Kabir
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
A)Nimbarka
B)Mirabai
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Madhav
Answer: Madhav
- Q. Which of the following cult was popularised by Chaitanya?
A)Krishna Cult
B)Shiva Cult
C)Eknathwad
D)All of the above
Answer: Krishna Cult
- Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Tulsidas
C)Sankara
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Ramanuja
- 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 not correct about Bhagavatism and Krishna Cult (Bhakti Cult)? I. Bhagavatism is a branch of Vaishnavism, where the devotees worship the various avatars of Lord Vishnu. II. The origin of Bhagavatism or Vaishnavism has been sought in the Upanishadic period because in the ‘Chandogya Upanishad’ Krishna is described as a disciple of the sage Ghora.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Who was the the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Kabir
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. Who founded the faith on a ritual-free, simple “Sat Shri Akal” or the worship of God and truth?
A)Guru Nanak
B)Dadu Dayal
C)Sri Chaitanya
D)Guru Govind Singh
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. In Tamil Nadu, the movement started with __________ and __________
A)The Vaisnava Alvars
B)The Saiva Nayanars
C)Nirguna Saints
D)Both A & B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Sufi Sect’ originated and developed in
A)Christianity
B)Islam
C)Hinduism
D)Zoroastrianism
Answer: Islam
- Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
A)Sanskrit
B)Hindi
C)Ardh-Magadhi
D)Regional vernacular languages
Answer: Regional vernacular languages
- Q. Which Bhakti saint preached the concept of Vishishtadvaita?
A)Ramanuja
B)Sankara
C)Madhava
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Ramanuja
- 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. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the impact of Bhakti Movement? I. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Hindu literature in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music. II. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Buddhist text in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Who wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras refuted Shari Kara and offered an interpretation based on the theistic ideas?
A)Ramanuja
B)Nimbarka
C)Madhva
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramdas
C)Namdeva
D)Eknath
Answer: Tukaram
- Q. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna?
A)Mirabai
B)Ramananda
C)Tukaram
D)Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
- 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. Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
A)Surdas
B)Tulsidas
C)Tukaram
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Surdas
- Q. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the __________ century?
A)12th
B)11th
C)14th
D)13 th
Answer: 11th
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