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Bhakti movement questions with answers

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

  1. 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.
  2. Which of the following Bhakti saint of Maharashtra responsible for creating a background for Maratha nationalism and also opposed all social distinctions?
  3. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal 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 or become nuns.
  4. The Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashanavaite Alwar preached the Bhakti Cult under which of the following rulers?
  5. 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.
  6. Vishvambhara Mishra was the original name of
  7. 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?
  8. Which of the following aspects of Bhakti Movement was common with Sufism?
  9. Which of the following causes Bhakti Movement in India?
  10. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated 'Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma'.
  11. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
  12. Who wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras refuted Shari Kara and offered an interpretation based on the theistic ideas?
  13. What is meant by a 'Pir' in the Sufi tradition?
  14. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
  15. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?
  16. 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
  17. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma?
  18. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
  19. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as "Pushti Marga" for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna's sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the "Hare Krishnas"
  20. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti - devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
  21. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak, which was comprised 764 owees and based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya?
  22. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
  23. Who wrote Dasa Sloki, which deals with three realities (tri-tattava) --Brahma (Krishna), soul (Chit) and matter (Achit)?
  24. Which of the following reason was influenced by the preaching of Bhakti Saints Nimbarka and Vallabhacharya?
  25. Who said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?