History Chapter 6 - Bhakti –Sufi Traditions MCQs

History Chapter 6 – Bhakti –Sufi Traditions MCQ Question Answers for Various Entrance Exams

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

a.Paan

b.Coconut

c.Peels of an Apple

d.Both B and C

2. The term Hindu was derived from__?

a.Persian

b.Arabic

c.Urdu

d.Sanskrit

3. Appar was a___saint?

a.Kabirpanthi

b.Alvar

c.Lingayat

d.Nayanari

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

a.Tukaram

b.None of these

c.Basavanna

d.Ramanujam

5. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak?

a.Ramanujam

b.Mirabai

c.Tukaram

d.Eknath

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

a.Both A and C

b.Punjab

c.Assam

d.Bengal

7. Which of the following is a sufi saint?

a.Nizamuddin Aauliya

b.Sakkara

c.Ibn Battuta

d.Salivate Nayannars

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

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

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

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

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

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

a.None of these

b.Shaivism

c.Vaishnavism

d.Nirgunabraman

10. Which bhakti sect was founded by Birbhan?

a.Shaivism

b.Pothi Vaishnavism

c.Satnamis

d.Vaishnavism

11. What do we call the science of measurement?

a.Metrology

b.Epigraphy

c.None of these

d.Meteorology

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

a.Archaeologist

b.Sociologist

c.Poet

d.Traveller

13. Devotees of Vishnu were called __

a.Nayanars

b.None of these

c.Alvars

d.Both A and B

14. Narsi Mehta belongs to __?

a.Madras

b.Bengal

c.Gujarat

d.Punjab

15. ____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.Patrilocal

b.Both A and B

c.Biolocal

d.Matrilocal

16. In which language were Vachanas composed?

a.Kannada

b.Tamil

c.Malayalam

d.Telugu

17. Name the Arab general who conquered Sindh?

a.Muhammad Qasim

b.Zaman Durranni

c.Shah Shuja

d.Nadir Shah

18. Who spread the Bhakti Cult in Maharashtra ?

a.None of these

b.Guru Ramdas

c.Jnaneshwar

d.Tukaram

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

a.Tamil

b.Punjab

c.Kannada

d.Bengal

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

a.Mirabai

b.Tulsidas

c.Kabirdas

d.Ravidass

21. 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