MCQ on Bhakti and Sufi Movement

Question 1. The common belief of life of both Buddha and Mirabai was_______.

(A) Speak of truth

(B) The world is full of sorrow

(C) Austerity of Nirvana

(D) Following ahimsa

Question 2. ‘Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste’ whose dictum was this?

(A) Chaitanya

(B) Ramanuja

(C) Ramananda

(D) Kabir

Question 3. The Bhakti movement was started by________.

(A) Tulsidas

(B) Surdas

(C) Sufi Saints

(D) Alwar Saints

Question 4. The Bhakti culture reborn in India during _______.

(A) 15th-16th century A.D.

(B) 12th century A.D.

(C) 10th century A.D.

(D) Vedic age

Question 5. A common feature to all Bhakti Saints was that they________.

(A) Encouraged idol worship

(B) Encouraged women to go to the temples

(C) Rejected the authority of the priestly class

(D) Composed their verses in the language understood by their followers

Question 6. Vaishnavism in Kamarupa was popularised by________.

(A) Shankaradeva

(B) Ramananda

(C) Nimbarka

(D) Chaitanya

Question 7. Who among the following introduced Vaishnavism in Assam and Cooch Behar? 

(A) Vallabhacharya

(B) Shankaradeva

(C) Madhva

(D) Chaitanya

Question 8. Famous medieval saint Shankaradeva belonged to ________.

(A) Dvaita-Advaita Cult

(B) Advaita Cult

(C) Vaishnava Cult

(D) Shaiva Cult

Question 9. Ramanujacharya is related to ________.

(A) Monotheism

(B) Vishistadvaita

(C) Dvaitvad

(D) Bhakti

Question 10. ‘Shuddha Advaitvad’ was propounded by________.

(A) Ramanuja

(B) Shrikantacharya

(C) Vallabhacharya

(D) Madhvacharya

Question 11. Where is the birthplace of ‘Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya’?

(A) Champaranya

(B) Ratanpur

(C) Bilaspur

(D) Shivarinarayan

Question 12. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Dvaitadvaitvad – Vallabhacharya

(B) Dvaitvad – Madhvacharya

(C) Vishistadvaitvad – Shankaracharya

(D) Advaitvad – Ramanujan

Question 13. Who among the following was the first Bhakti Saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?

(A) Tulsidas

(B) Ramananda

(C) Kabir

(D) Dadu

Question 14. Kabir was disciple of ________.

(A) Tukaram

(B) Ramanuja

(C) Ramananda

(D) Chaitanya

Question 15. Who among the following are Saints of the medieval Age India?

(A) Tulsidas

(B) Raidas

(C) Ramanand

(D) Kumbhandas

Question 16. Who composed ‘Bijak’?

(A) Pipaji

(B) Ravidas

(C) Kabir

(D) Surdas

Question 17. A collection of dialogues between Kabir and Dharamdas is titled _________.

(A) Ramaini

(B) Sakhi

(C) Amarmul

(D) Sabad

Question 18. Malukdas was a saint poet of ________.

(A) Kada

(B) Kashi

(C) Ayodhya

(D) Agra

Question 19. What was the name of Saint Ghasidas’s father?

(A) Mahangu

(B) Visahu

(C) Chaituram

(D) Sukalu

Question 20. Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order?

(A) Shankaracharya – Chaitanya – Ramanuja

(B) Ramanuja – Chaitanya – Shankaracharya

(C) Ramanuja – Shankaracharya – Chaitanya

(D) Shankaracharya – Ramanuja – Chaitanya

Question 21. Select the correct chronological order of the Bhakti Saints from the following ________.

(A) Guru Nanak, Chaitanya, Mirabai, Kabir

(B) Kabir, Mirabai, Chaitanya, Guru Nanak

(C) Kabir, Chaitanya, Guru Nanak, Mirabai

(D) Kabir, Guru Nanak, Chaitanya, Mirabai

Question 22. How many Jyotirlingah are there devoted to Lord Shiva?

(A) 18

(B) 24

(C) 12

(D) 6

Question 23. The followers of Ramanuja are known as ________.

(A) Avadhoot

(B) Advaitvadi

(C) Vaishnava

(D) Shaiva

Question 24. Which of the following was the birthplace of Guru Nanak?

(A) Nanded

(B) Nankana

(C) Nabha

(D) Amritsar

Question 25. In whose regime Guru Nanak Dev founded Sikh religion?

(A) Akbar

(B) Humayun

(C) Sikandar Lodi

(D) Firuz Shah Tughluq