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Select the correct statement(s) is/are related to the Kabir.
I. He was the disciple Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers.
II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517).

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  1. I only

  2. II only

  3. Both I and II

  4. Neither I nor II

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Saint Kabir was the prominent preacher of Nirgun Bhakti. He was one of the disciples of Ramananda who was the saint of Vaishnava tradition. He advocated that the devotional marg is available to all the people without distinction of caste, gender, and religion. The greatest work of Kabir is known as Bijak, seeds of his teachings. He was a contemporary of Lodi sultan Sikandar Lodi.

Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?

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  1. Tulsidas

  2. Surdas

  3. Tukaram

  4. Ramanuja

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Surdas was an ardent devotee of Krishna. His compositions, compiled in the Sursagara, SuraSaravali and Sahitya Lahari, express his devotion. Surdas was the disciple of Vallabhacharya.

Who founded the faith on a ritual-free, simple "Sat Sri Akal" or the worship of God and truth?

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  1. Dadu Dayal

  2. Guru Nanak

  3. Sri Chaitanya

  4. Guru Govind Singh

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Guru Nanak was born in 1439 at Talwandi. He said God is the ultimate truth which he described as "Sat Sri Akal". He worshipped God as Nirakar that means without any physical form. He condemned caste distinction and idol worship. His teachings have been compiled in Guru Granth Sahib. He advised people to follow the three principles of life: Nam Japo, Kirt Karo, Vand Chakho.

The worship of idols started in India in the ______ period.

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  1. Pre-Aryan

  2. Gupta

  3. Maurya

  4. Kushan

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Correct Option: B

Consider the following statement(s) is/are 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.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

history devotion towards the almighty bhakti movement bhakti movement : south and north india bhakti saints

  1. Only I

  2. Only II

  3. Both I and II

  4. Neither I nor II

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following statements is correct definition of Nirguna?

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  1. It is the concept of a formless God.

  2. It is the concept of a formless Guru.

  3. It is the concept of spirituality.

  4. None of the above.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nirguna comes from the Sanskrit, nir, meaning “without”; guna, meaning “properties,”. Hence nirguna is a concept of a formless God which means that god do not exist in a particular form or have particular properties. In nirguna bhakti, God is worshiped in an unmanifested form.

Consider the following statements:
I. In the course of the evaluation of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees.
II. Brahmans remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti.
III. At a sifferent level, historians of religion often bhakti traditions into two broad categories: Saguna (with attributes ) and nirguna (without attributes).
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti?

history devotion towards the almighty bhakti movement bhakti movement : south and north india bhakti saints

  1. Only I

  2. I and II

  3. I and III

  4. All of the above.

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Correct Option: D

Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?

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  1. Saint Kabir

  2. Surdas

  3. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

  4. Tulsidas

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In Hinduism, two forms of devotions are found. one is Sagun bhakti and another one is Nirguna Bhakti. Sagun bhakti has faith in the physical form of God and Nirguna bhakti has its faith in formless supreme God. Kabir was a nirguna saint who believed in formless supreme God. He wanted to remove the differences based on caste and religion. He condemned the superstitious cults, the ritualism, the doctrine of both the Hinduism and Islam. His teachings are collected in the "Bijaka". His followers are known as kabirpanthis.

Consider the following statements:
I. Karaikal 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 to become nuns.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period?

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  1. Only I

  2. Only II

  3. Both I and II

  4. Neither A nor B

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Correct Option: C

Select the correct statements related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India.

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  1. To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism.

  2. To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism.

  3. To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhim.

  4. None of the above.

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Correct Option: C