Bhakti Movement History

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

Correct Answer

Both I & II

More Questions on Bhakti Movement

  • 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. 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 Bhakti Saints known as Sri Gauranga, was a popular Vaishnava saint and reformer from Bengal?
    A)Mirabai
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Sankaracharya
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of
    A)Sri Vaishavism
    B)Sri Vaishnavism
    C)Nirguna
    D)Sikkhism
    Answer: Sri Vaishnavism
  • Q. Who among the following was/were not disciples of Ramananda?
    A)Sena & Sadhana
    B)Kabir & Raidas
    C)Dhanna & Naraharai
    D)Tulsidas & Mirabai
    Answer: Tulsidas & Mirabai
  • 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 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
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti? I. In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees. II. Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti. III. At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes)
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • 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. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Gnandeva
  • 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 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. Which saint and reformer of Bengal who popularized the Krishna Cult?
    A)Madhava
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Chaitanya
    D)Nimbarka
    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. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century was from
    A)Assam
    B)Bihar
    C)Orissa
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Bengal
  • 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. 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. Who wrote biography of Chaitanya?
    A)Namadeva
    B)Krishnadasa Kaviraja
    C)Shankar Dev
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Krishnadasa Kaviraja
  • 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
  • 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

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