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 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 wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
A)Namadev B)Gnandeva C)Ekanath D)Both A & B
Answer: Gnandeva
Q. What is the literal meaning of Bhakti?
A)Prayer B)Salvation C)Offer words of praise D)None of the above
Answer: Salvation
Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Movement? I. Originated as a reaction against caste division, untouchability and ritualism in India. II. Devotion was the pivotal point in the Bhakti cult in uniting human soul with god.
A)II only B)I only C)Both I and II D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saint popularised Vaishnava cult in Gujarat?
A)Narasi B)Chaitanya C)Tulsidas D)Sankar Dev
Answer: Narasi
Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition?
A)Kabir B)Ramananda C)Mirabai D)Tukaram
Answer: Tukaram
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. 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. Which of the following Bhakti Saints of Krishna is a yogi and lover?
A)Tukaram B)Ramananda C)Mirabai D)Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
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 was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
A)Surdas B)Tulsidas C)Tukaram D)Ramanuja
Answer: Surdas
Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
A)Kabirdas B)Sur Das C)Tulsidas D)Kalidasa
Answer: Sur Das
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. 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 Bhakti saint preached the concept of Vishishtadvaita?
A)Ramanuja B)Sankara C)Madhava D)Nimbarka
Answer: Ramanuja
Q. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
A)Sant Jnanesvar B)Sant Tukaram C)Samarth Guru Ramdas D)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Answer: Sant Tukaram
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 said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?
