More Questions on Bhakti Movement
- Q. What is the name of the The collection of hymns of Alvar Saints?
 A)Tamil Veda
 B)Divya Prabandha
 C)Kabir Wani
 D)Granthawali
 Answer: Divya Prabandha
 
- Q. Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampraday that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule?
 A)Eknath
 B)Ramananda
 C)Mirabai
 D)Namdeva
 Answer: Namdeva
 
- Q. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
 A)Krishna Cult
 B)Kabirpanthi
 C)Nathpanthi
 D)None of the above
 Answer: Nathpanthi
 
- Q. Which of the following is related to the concept of Nirguna Brahman?
 A)Visisthadvaita
 B)Advaita
 C)Both A & B
 D)Neither A nor B
 Answer: Advaita
 
- Q. The first Bhakti Movement was organised by
 A)Meera
 B)Nanak
 C)Ramdas
 D)Ramanujacharya
 Answer: Ramanujacharya
 
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Condemnation of rituals, ceremonies and blind faith. II. Rejection of idol worship by many saints.
 A)II only
 B)I only
 C)Both I and II
 D)Neither I nor II
 Answer: Both I and II
 
- 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. Where was saint kabir born?
 A)Varanasi
 B)Delhi
 C)Mathura
 D)Hyderabad
 Answer: Varanasi
 
- Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
 A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
 B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
 C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
 D)None of the above
 Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
 
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims ‘as pots of the same clay’?
 A)Tulsidas
 B)Kabir
 C)Ramananda
 D)Raidasa
 Answer: Kabir
 
- Q. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
 A)Tukaram
 B)Ramdas
 C)Namdeva
 D)Eknath
 Answer: Tukaram
 
- 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
 A)Chaitanya
 B)Gnanadev
 C)Namadeva
 D)Ekanatha
 Answer: Ekanatha
 
- 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. 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
 
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