More Questions on Bhakti Movement
- 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. 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 among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma?
A)Madhava
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Merabai
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Madhava
- Q. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit?
A)Ramanuja
B)Chaitanya
C)Sankaracharya
D)Ramananda
Answer: Ramananda
- 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
- Q. Who wrote Shiksha Ashtak which was called as the cream of the Shastras?
A)Tulsidas
B)Mirabai
C)Kabir
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Chaitanya
- 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. 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 of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Bhakti Movement? I. The leader of the bhakti movement focusing on the Lord as Rama was Ramananda. II. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of Sri Vaishnavism
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- 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 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 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 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. 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. Which saint and reformer of Bengal who popularized the Krishna Cult?
A)Madhava
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Chaitanya
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Chaitanya
- 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 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. 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. 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. Where was saint kabir born?
A)Varanasi
B)Delhi
C)Mathura
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Varanasi
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