Bhakti saints - class-IX
Who among the following belonged to Bhakti Movement in India?
Pandharpur was an important centre of Bhakti tradition in
Bhakti cult was popularised by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Bengal who was a devotee of
Ramanuja, born in Tamil Nadu in the eleventh century, was deeply influenced by the
Basavano, Allama and Akkamadevi were advocate of _________.
Which of the following was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
Which pair of book and its writer is correct out of the following?
The founder of the 'Khalsa Panth' was
Which of the following statements about the Nayanars (worshipers of Vishnu) and Alvars (worshipers of Shiva) of South India is not correct?
Who propagated Veerashaivism?
The disciples of Guru Nanak are called _____.
Which is the basic belief of Bhakti movement?
Bhakti means pure _______ to God.
Chaitanya was a devotee of ______.
The followers of Kabir are known as _____.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's philosophical thoughts and teachings are collected in a book called ______.
Which of the following was not due to Bhakti movement?
The songs composed by Mirabai praising Lord Krishna are called ______.
The famous disciple of Ramananda was ____.
Which one of the following is not a feature of Bhakti movement?
'Mohan Tarangini' was a work of _____ .
Ramananda was born at _____.
Who wrote the 'Bhavartha-deepika'?
What was the main objective of Mughals?
Surdas's composition consisted which of these?
Which year Baba Guru Nanak died?
Which of the celebrated Sufi saint was from Ajmer?
Kabirdas tried to bring Harmony between the Hindus and the __________.
The Alwars were devotees of Lord ____________.
Which among the following were the Alwars of the South India ?
Who founded the Dadupanth sect?
Which Bhakti Saint belonged to the royal family of Mewar?
___________ is the founder of the Sikh religion.
Teaching of Dadu Dayal is stored in ______.
Saint Ravidas' devotional songs are included in the ________.
Which of the following were condemned by Kabirdas ?
The Pandharpur Movement is associated with the Bhakti Movement of ____.
The most important saint of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra who was born at Satara and is said to have died in Punjab was ____.
Saint Kabir was contemporary of _____.
Which Sufi saint was the contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan?
Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint ____.
Sankardeva was a great bhakti saint of _______.
Which of the following was the basic premise of Bkakti Movement?
Which of the following dynasties under the Nayanars and Alwars supported the Bhakti cult?
Who was the founder of Sri Vaishnavism?
Which of the following statement is true regarding the Bhakti Movement?
I. It Condemned rituals, ceremonies, and blind faith.
II. Rejection of idol worship by many saints.
Which of the statement(s) given is/are correct?
Who preached Visishtadvaita?
Consider the following statement that are related to the Bhakti Movement:
I. Originated as a reaction on caste division, untouchability and ritualism in India.
II. Devotion was the pivotal point in the Bhakti cult in uniting human soul with God.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita vedanta or Monism?
Which statement(s) is/are 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.
Consider the following statement(s) related to the Dadu Dayal or Dadu:
I. He was a worshiper of Lord Krishna.
II. He was not for caste or class and distinctions and his objective establishing harmony among all faiths.
Which of the above given statement(s) is/are correct?
Guru Nanak was born at _________.
Consider the following statements:
I. Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement of protest the caste system and the dominance of Brahmans 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.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the attitudes of Alvars and Nayanars towards caste system?
Which of the following statement(s) is correct about Alvar Saints?
Consider the following statements:
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 (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 shiners as abodes of their chosen deities.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars?
Which of the following statement is not correct about Andal?
Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
Who established Chishti order in India?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List - I(Bhakti Saint) | List - II(Profession) |
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A. Namdev | 1. Barber |
B. Kabir | 2. Weaver |
C. Ravidas | 3. Tailor |
D. Sena | 4. Cobbler |
Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
Tulsi Das composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of ________.
The sunni saint who maintained that devotional music one way of coming close to God was _________.
Which of the following concept in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of divine (Brahman)?
Kabir was a disciple of ___________.
Select the incorrect statement(s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda
I. He advocated prabattimarga or path self-surrender to God.
II. He propagated 'Davita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma'.
Which is/are correct statement(s)?
Which Bhakti Saint propounded Suddhadvaita Vedanta ( Pure non-dualism) and philosophy called Pustimarga (the path of grace)?
Who among the following was/were not disciples of Ramananda?
Which of the following is/are cause(s) of Bhakti Movement in India?
Which of the following was the compositions of Kabir?
Which of the following cult was popularised by Chaitanya?
Which of the following was a saint of the Bhakti movement in Bengal?
Who amongst the following was an exponent of Veerashaiva?
Consider the following pairs:
Vaishnava saints | Region of string following |
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$1$. Ramanuja | South India |
$2$. Chaitanya | Central India |
$3$. Vallabhacharya | Gujarat and Braj area |
$4$. Ramanand | North India |
Of these pairs, the correctly matched ones are:
The Bhakti literature by the Nayanmars and Alvars.
During his pilgrimage, Chaitanya received enlightenment at _____.
Who said, "Ram and Rahim are the two different names of the Same God"?
The Bhakti Movement started in India during the _______.
Match the following:
i. Gautam Buddha | a. Namghar |
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ii. Shankaradeva | b. worshiper of Vishnu |
iii. Nizamuddin Auliya | c. questioned social difference |
iv. Nayanars | d. sufi saint |
v. Alvars | e. worshipper of Shiva |
Who is the founder of Ram Snehi Sampradaya?
Whose compositions are included in the 'Guru Granth Sahib'?
Match the following:
List - I | List - II | ||
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I. | Alvars | A. | Shaivism |
II. | Nayanars | B. | Vaishnavism |
III. | Sufis | C. | Basvaveshwara |
IV. | Virashaivas | D. | Islam |
Nayanars are
Who wrote the Shikshashtakam?
Dadu Dayal died in a village named Narayana city near ______.
Who among the following was known as a "Nirguna" reformer?
Samarth Guru Swami Ramdas's scripture 'Dasbodh' is in the form of a _______.
When was Mirabai born?
What was the name of Meera Bai's husband?
Who is called the first poet of deprived class of India?
Who among the following wrote the Kural, which deals with many aspects of life and religion?
Select the correct statement(s) is/are related to the Kabir.
I. He was the disciple Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers.
II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517).
Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
Who founded the faith on a ritual-free, simple "Sat Sri Akal" or the worship of God and truth?
The worship of idols started in India in the ______ period.
Consider the following statement(s) is/are 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.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Which of the following statements is correct definition of Nirguna?
Consider the following statements:
I. In the course of the evaluation of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees.
II. Brahmans remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti.
III. At a sifferent level, historians of religion often bhakti traditions into two broad categories: Saguna (with attributes ) and nirguna (without attributes).
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti?
Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
Consider the following statements:
I. Karaikal 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 to become nuns.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period?
Select the correct statements related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India.
Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century was from _______.
Consider the following statement(s) related to the social impact of Bhakti Movement in Indian Society.
I. The Bhakti moment was a devotional transformation of medieval Hindu society, wherein Vedic rituals or alternatively ascetic monk-like lifestyle for moksha gave way to individualistic loving relationship with a personally defined god.
II. Bhakti movement provided women and members of the Shudra and untouchable communities an inclusive path to spritual salvation.
Which is/are correct statement(s)?
Select the correct statement(s) with the reference to the Bhakti Movement:
The term 'Bhakti' refers to ____________.
Surdas was a disciple of which among the following saints?
Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
Who wrote the biography of Chaitanya?
Who among the following Bhakti Saint created Vinaya-Patrika and Kavitavali?
Which of the following does not belong to Nirgun cult?
The pioneer in preaching Nirguna Bhakti in medieval India was _______.
Who among the following was not an exponent of Bhakti movement?
Consider the following four saints:
$1$. Kabir
$2$. Nanak
$3$. Chaitanya
$4$. Tulsidas
What is the correct chronological order in which they flourished?
Match the following:
A. Namdeva | $1$. West Bengal |
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B. Chaitanya | $2$. Uttar Pradesh |
C. Surdas | $3$. Maharashtra |
D. Nanak | $4$. Punjab |
Banis were the hymns and poems composed by _______.
Which of the following are principles of the Bhakti movement of the $16$th century?
$1$. True devotion is the means of attaining God.
$2$. Man's equality before God.
$3$. Respect for mankind.
$4$. Meaningful rituals.
Which of the following Bhakti saints used the medium of dance and songs(Kirtans) to make one feel the personal presence of God near him?
The Bhakti Movement was first organised by ___________.