Q. Which Bhakti Saints writings influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Adi Granth?
A)Kabir B)Ramananda C)Mirabai D)Tukaram
Answer: Kabir
Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the cardinal principle of Bhakti Cult? I. It was influencing devotion to a personal God, whose grace was the only means of attaining salvation or Mukti. II. It stressed the idea of a personal God and pointed out the absurdity of the caste system in the presence of God and the futility of external rites and ceremonies.
A)Only II B)Only I C)Both I & II D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
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?
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. Which of the following Bhakti Cult preached under the Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas?
A)Vashnavaite Alwars B)Saivaite Nayanmars C)Both A & B D)Advaita
Answer: Both A & B
Q. The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was
A)Andal B)Chaitanya C)Meerabai D)Ramabai
Answer: Meerabai
Q. Which of the following aspects is not common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
A)Worship of idols B)Personal love for God C)Mysticism D)Visit to holy shrines
Answer: Worship of idols
Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
A)Namadev B)Gnandeva C)Ekanath D)Both A & B
Answer: Gnandeva
Q. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was
A)Suhrawardy B)Chisti C)Qadiri D)Naqshbandi
Answer: Chisti
Q. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
A)Namadev B)Gnandeva C)Ekanath D)Kabir
Answer: Namadev
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. Who said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?
A)Namadeva B)Chaitanya C)Guru Nanak D)Kabir
Answer: Guru Nanak
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. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
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. Which of the following Bhakti sect founded by Birbhan and their religious granth is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs?
A)Satnamis B)Pothi C)Vaishanavism D)Shaivism
Answer: Satnamis
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
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. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
A)Shaivism B)Sikhism C)Vaishanvism D)All of the above
