CUET 2023 History Chapter 6 - Bhakti

History Chapter 6 – Bhakti –Sufi Traditions MCQ Question Answers for CUET 2023

1. Who spread the Bhakti Cult in Maharashtra ?

a.Jnaneshwar

b.Tukaram

c.None of these

d.Guru Ramdas

2. Narsi Mehta belongs to __?

a.Gujarat

b.Bengal

c.Punjab

d.Madras

3. In which region Adavita or dualism of Jivatma and Parmatma was propagated?

a.Bengal

b.Kannada

c.Punjab

d.Tamil

4. The Pandharpur Movement is associated with the Bhakti Movement of__?

a.Both A and C

b.Assam

c.Punjab

d.Bengal

5. What do we call the science of measurement?

a.Metrology

b.Epigraphy

c.Meteorology

d.None of these

6. Name the Arab general who conquered Sindh?

a.Zaman Durranni

b.Muhammad Qasim

c.Shah Shuja

d.Nadir Shah

7. Appar was a___saint?

a.Kabirpanthi

b.Lingayat

c.Nayanari

d.Alvar

8. Which bhakti sect was founded by Birbhan?

a.Vaishnavism

b.Pothi Vaishnavism

c.Satnamis

d.Shaivism

9. Devotees of Vishnu were called __

a.Alvars

b.Nayanars

c.Both A and B

d.None of these

10. Which of the following statements is not correct about Andal?

a.Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity

b.Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society

c.Andal was a woman Alvar, the most striking features of her compositions were widely sung

d.Andal saw herself as the beloved of Krishna; her verses express her love for the deity

11. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?

a.Vaishnavism

b.Shaivism

c.Nirgunabraman

d.None of these

12. Robert Redfield who coined the terms ’great’ and ‘little traditions’ was a __?

a.Sociologist

b.Traveller

c.Archaeologist

d.Poet

13. ____residence is a practice where women after marriage remain in their natal home with their children and the husbands may come to stay with them.

a.Matrilocal

b.Both A and B

c.Patrilocal

d.Biolocal

14. Who was the philosopher and reformer from Ramanandi Sampradaya?

a.Tulsidas

b.Ravidass

c.Mirabai

d.Kabirdas

15. In which language were Vachanas composed?

a.Malayalam

b.Kannada

c.Tamil

d.Telugu

16. Which of the following is a sufi saint?

a.Ibn Battuta

b.Nizamuddin Aauliya

c.Salivate Nayannars

d.Sakkara

17. Who was the minister in the court of Kalachuri ?

a.None of these

b.Ramanujam

c.Tukaram

d.Basavanna

18. Name the thing which was unusual for the travellers in India.

a.Both B and C

b.Paan

c.Coconut

d.Peels of an Apple

19. The term Hindu was derived from__?

a.Arabic

b.Urdu

c.Sanskrit

d.Persian

20. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras?

a.Valmiki

b.Tulsidas

c.Shankracharya

d.Ramanujam

21. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak?

a.Eknath

b.Ramanujam

c.Tukaram

d.Mirabai