BHAKTI MOVEMENT MCQS SET 13

BHAKTI MOVEMENT MCQS SET 13

121) The reason for the sharp antagonism of the Brahmins and the Ulema against Kabir and
Nanak was that they
A) preached Hindu Muslim unity
B) belonged to the lower castes
C) saw them as propagators of new religions
D) dubbed the Brahmins and Mullahs as ignorant, credulous. vain and misguided
Answer: saw them as propagators of new religions
   
122) Which of the following was not a common teaching of Kabir and Nanak?
A) The ideas of both were 'drawn from Bhakti and Islamic Sufi traditions
B) Both emphasised the doctrine of Karma
C) Both believed in the formless God
D) The objective of both was only to reform Hindu society
Answer: The objective of both was only to reform Hindu society
   
123) Why did Guru Nanak's teachings became more popular than those of Kabir?
A) Nanak was less vocal than Kabir in criticising the religious practices of the Hindus and Muslims
B) Nanak's teachings were further popularised by the Sikh Gurus after him
C) Punjab, the meeting ground of various religions and foreign communities, was more receptive to the ideas of Nanak
D) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
   
124) Assertion (A) The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chisti order of Sufis in India in Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. _
Reason (R) The Chisti order takes its name from a village Chisti in Ajmer.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) If A is true, but R is false
D) if A is false, but R is true
Answer: If A is true, but R is false
   
125) Consider the following statements about Sufism in India:
1. Pilgrimage called ziyarat to tombs of Sufi saints is an important feature.
2. The most influential group of Sufis in India were the Chishtis.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2

126) Which of the following was not one of the three chief Sufi orders in lndia?
A) Shattari
B) Chishti
C) Suhrawardi
D) Firdausi
Answer: Shattari
   
127) Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A) Firdausi's order was popular in Bihar
B) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti established the Chishti order in India
C) The Vakari Sect in Maharashtra was founded by Tukaram
D) Both 'a' and 'b'
Answer: Both 'a' and 'b'
   
128) Which of the following Bhakti saints is not matched correctly with the state to which he belonged?
A) Shankaradeva : Asom
B) Kabir : Uttar Pradesh
C) Narsi Mehta : Gujarat
D) Tukaram : Bengal
Answer: Tukaram : Bengal
   
129) Which of the following was not one of the four cardinal doctrines of Sufism?
A) Complete surrender to the will of God
B) Annihilation of the self
C) Acquisition of mystic powers and attributes
D) The realisation of God
Answer: The realisation of God
   
130) Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A) Krittivasa wrote the earliest biography of Chaitanya, Chaitanya Charitamrita
B) After Kabir's death his tomb was built at Magahar
C) Babe Farid, a Sufi saint. is considered to be the first poet of Punjabi literature and whose compositions are incorporated in the Adi Granth
D) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
 
131) The 'Sur Sagar' is
A) a medieval treatise on music composed by Tansen
B) a poetic work of Surdas
C) memories of Bahadur Shah Zafar
D) None of the above
Answer: a poetic work of Surdas
   
132) Which Sikh Guru was born at Patna?
A) Nanak
B) Teg Bahadur
C) Hargobind
D) Gobind Singh
Answer: Gobind Singh
   
133) The followers of Gorakhnath were called
A) Jogis
B) Nath-Panthis
C) Tantriks
D) sanvasis
Answer: Jogis