More Questions on Bhakti Movement
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saint popularised Vaishnava cult in Gujarat?
 A)Narasi
 B)Chaitanya
 C)Tulsidas
 D)Sankar Dev
 Answer: Narasi
 
- 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. Select the correct order
 A)Mirabai, Kabir Nizamuddin Auliya, Tulsidas
 B)Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas
 C)Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya, Tulsidas, Mirabai
 D)Tulsidas, Mirabai, Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya
 Answer: Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas
 
- 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. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
 A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
 B)Guru Nanak
 C)Shankaracharya
 D)Vallabhacharya
 Answer: Vallabhacharya
 
- Q. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was
 A)Suhrawardy
 B)Chisti
 C)Qadiri
 D)Naqshbandi
 Answer: Chisti
 
- Q. Who wrote biography of Chaitanya?
 A)Namadeva
 B)Krishnadasa Kaviraja
 C)Shankar Dev
 D)Both A & B
 Answer: Krishnadasa Kaviraja
 
- 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
 Answer: Bhagwat Gita
 
- Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
 A)Saivaite Nayanmars
 B)Sankara
 C)Vashnavaite Alwars
 D)Tukaram
 Answer: Sankara
 
- Q. Which saint and reformer of Bengal who popularized the Krishna Cult?
 A)Madhava
 B)Vallabhacharya
 C)Chaitanya
 D)Nimbarka
 Answer: Chaitanya
 
- 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. Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
 A)Surdas
 B)Tulsidas
 C)Tukaram
 D)Ramanuja
 Answer: Surdas
 
- 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. Sufi Sect’ originated and developed in
 A)Christianity
 B)Islam
 C)Hinduism
 D)Zoroastrianism
 Answer: Islam
 
- 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 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. 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. 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. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
 A)Vaishanavism
 B)Nirgunabraman
 C)Shaivism
 D)None of the above
 Answer: Nirgunabraman
 
- Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
 A)The Guru of the Sufis
 B)The Supreme God
 C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
 D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
 Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
 
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