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Bhakti movement questions with answers

105 multiple-choice questions. Open any question for its answer and explanation.

  1. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
  2. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
  3. Which Bhakti Saints writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Adi Granth?
  4. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?
  5. Who among the following was the reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama?
  6. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Ramanuja? I. He preached Vishishtadvaita. II. He said that the 'God is Sagunabrahman'
  7. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of
  8. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the cardinal principle of Bhakti Cult? I. It was influencing devotion to a personal God, whose grace was the only means of attaining salvation or Mukti. II. It stressed the idea of a personal God and pointed out the absurdity of the caste system in the presence of God and the futility of external rites and ceremonies.
  9. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
  10. Which of the following Bhakti Cult preached under the Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas?
  11. 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?
  12. Select the correct statement (s) with reference to the Bhakti Movement
  13. Sankardeva was a great bhakti saint of
  14. Which of the following dynasties under the Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashnavaite Alwars preached the Bhakti cult?
  15. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
  16. Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as
  17. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
  18. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
  19. Who was the the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times?
  20. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
  21. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
  22. Which of the following statement (s) is/are not correct about Bhagavatism and Krishna Cult (Bhakti Cult)? I. Bhagavatism is a branch of Vaishnavism, where the devotees worship the various avatars of Lord Vishnu. II. The origin of Bhagavatism or Vaishnavism has been sought in the Upanishadic period because in the 'Chandogya Upanishad' Krishna is described as a disciple of the sage Ghora.
  23. Find out the contributions of Bhakti Movement in India: I. Surge in vernacular Literature II. Development of Philosophies III. Devotional transformation of society and Inclusiveness IV. New forms of Worship
  24. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit?
  25. Who among the following Bhakti Saints blended that the philosophical monist of the past with stress on Bhakti, the poetry and dignity of Valmiki's Ramayana with the devotional fervour and humanism of Bhagvata?