Bhakti Movement History

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

Correct Answer

Ramanuja

More Questions on Bhakti Movement

  • Q. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
    A)Baba Farid
    B)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
    C)Saiyid Mummed
    D)Shah Alam Bukhari
    Answer: Baba Farid
  • Q. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
    A)Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
    B)Baba Farid
    C)Moinuddin Chisti
    D)Khwaja Bahuddin
    Answer: Moinuddin Chisti
  • 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. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Nirguna and Saguna
    C)Sikkhism
    D)Jainism
    Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
  • 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. 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. Kabir was contemporary of
    A)Sultan Sikandar Lodi
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Both (A) and (B) above
    D)Babur
    Answer: Both (A) and (B) above
  • 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. 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 (s) is/are correct related to the Ramananda? I. He worshipped Ram and Sita but preached the oneness of God and the doctrine of Bhakti for everyone II. Dismissed the caste system and untouchability, simplified rules of worship and made rigidity of the Varnashrama tradition milder
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Ramananda
    C)Dadu
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. Which of the following reason was influenced by the preaching of Bhakti Saints Nimbarka and Vallabhacharya?
    A)Telangana Region
    B)Kannada Region
    C)Tamilian Region
    D)Maratha Region
    Answer: Telangana Region
  • Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • 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. Who among the following Bhakti Saint said that “Abide pure amidst the impurities of the world”?
    A)Madhav
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Guru Nanak
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Guru Nanak
  • Q. Who wrote biography of Chaitanya?
    A)Namadeva
    B)Krishnadasa Kaviraja
    C)Shankar Dev
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Krishnadasa Kaviraja
  • 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. 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 first Bhakti Movement was organised by
    A)Meera
    B)Nanak
    C)Ramdas
    D)Ramanujacharya
    Answer: Ramanujacharya
  • Q. Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Kabir
    D)Nimbarka
    Answer: Guru Nanak

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