CBSE Class 12 History Bhakti Sufi Traditions MCQs

SUMMARY

The lesson highlights religious belives and practices-Bhakti movement carried by the Alwars and Nayanars of Tamil Nadu, the Vira Shivas from Karnataka and faiths and believs of the Naths, Jogis and Siddhas. It also throws light on the popular practice of Islam, the growth of Sufism, Chishtis in the sub continent.Finally the lesson picturize the religious principles of Kabir, Baba Guru Nanak and Meera Bai. It is evident that the historian could easily reconstruct the past through religious tradition.

Key Concepts
Bhakti Cult-Bhakti movement
Sharia:-Law governing the Muslim community.
Sil sila:-Signifying continuous link between the master and disciple.
Chisti Khanqah:-Inmates and visitors lived and prayed

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS[MCQ]

2. Choose the correct option: Assertion (A): The Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement to protest against the caste system. Reason (R): The major anthologies of compositions by the Alvars, the Nalayira prabandham was frequently described as the Rig Veda, thus claiming that the text was as significant as the four Vedas in Sanskrit t was cherished by the Brahmanas.
(a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of (a)
(b) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of (a)
(c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) R is correct but A is wrong.

Answer : C

4. Which of the following is a Historians classification of Bhakti Traditions?
(a) Saguna
(b) Nirguna
(c) Khanqahs
(d) Both (i) and (ii)

Answer : D

1. Whose followers are called the Vira Shaivites?
(a) Mirabai
(b) Guru Govind
(c) Kabir
(d) Basa Vanna

Answer : D

8. Who were generally excluded from Vedic learning?
(a) Brahmans
(b) Women & Shudras
(c) Children & Old people
(d) Vishnu devotees

Answer : C

5. Which of the following is associated with the worship of specific deities
(a) Saguna Bhakti
(b) Nirguna Bhakti
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of them

Answer : A

7. In which place is the given image is kept ?

(a) Tanjavur
(b) Mdurai
(c) Puri
(d) Mysore

Answer : C

3. Which of the following deities were worshipped by Alvars and Nayanars?
(a) Lord Vishnu
(b) Lord Shiva
(c) Both (i) and (ii)
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

6. which of the following is not a pillar of Islam:
(a) Hajj
(b) Fasting during Ramzan
(c) Praying five times daily
(d) None of these

Answer : D

13. Who composed kirtan-ghosha?
(a) Shankar deva
(b) Sur Das
(c) Kabir Das
(d) Sundar murti

Answer : A

9. Worship of abstract form of God is called?
(a) Nirguna Bhakthi
(b) Saguna Bhakthi
(c) Shaiva Bhakthi
(d) Janameya Bhakthi

Answer : A

10. “Nalayira Divya Prabandam” is composed by_____________
a) Nayanars
b) Alwars
c) Buddhists
d) Pandyas

Answer : D

12. The Wandering monks of Karnataka during 12th century is called ______________
(a) Jangama
(b) Lingas
(c) Vira Shivas
(d) Vachanas

Answer : C

14. Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice comprised several small rooms and a big hall known as
(a) Jama’ at Khana
(b) Jangar
(c) Qalandars
(d) Ziyarat

Answer : A

11. Which rulers introduced the singing of Tamil Shaiva hymns in temples?
a) The Pandya kings
b) The Chera kings
c) The Chola Kings
d) None of the above

Answer : C

15. Karaikal Ammaiyar was devotee of
(a) Krishna
(b) Rama
(c) Shiva
(d) Brahma

Answer : C

Question :  Identify the Bhakti tradition which favoured widow remarriage.
(a) Alvars
(b) Nayanars
(c) Lingayats
(d) Siddhas

Answer :  C

Question : Who composed the prem-akhyan ‘Padmavat’?
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Baba Farid
(c) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
(d) Ratansen

Answer :  C

Question :  Which of the following statements regarding Sant Kabir is incorrect?
(a) Kabir used terms drawn from Vedantic traditions.
(b) Kabir described the Ultimate reality as Allah, Khuda, Hazrat and Pir.
(c) Many of his compositions are found in Adi Granth Sahib.
(d) Verses attributed to Kabir mention the name of his teacher, Ramanand.

Answer :  D

Question :  Which of these statements is correct?
(a) Early Bhakti movements were led by Alvars, Nayanars.
(b) The Alvars were devotees of Shakti.
(c) The Nayanars were devotees of Vishnu.
(d) Sufis were not a part of the Islamic world.

Answer :  A

Question :  During which period was there a striking visibility of wide range of Gods and Goddesses in sculpture and texts?
(a) 6th to 18th century
(b) 18th to 21st century
(c) 8th to 18th century
(d) 7th to 16th century

Answer :  C

Question :  Where did the early Bhakti movements originate from?
(a) South India
(b) North India
(c) The West
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer :  A

Question :  Identify which of the following aspects is NOT common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
(a) Personal love for God
(b) Worship of idols
(c) Mysticism
(d) Visit to holy shrines

Answer :  B

Question :  Which general term was used to refer to the migrant communities?
(a) Shakas
(b) Yavanas
(c) Turks
(d) Mlechchha

Answer :  D

Question :  What is the literal meaning of the term ‘silsila’?
(a) A chain
(b) Disciple
(c) Devotion
(d) Without attributes

Answer :  A

Question :  Who among these wrote the biography of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti, titled as Munis al Arwah?
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Akbar
(c) Mumtaz
(d) Jahanara

Answer :  D

Question :  Which of these is an imperial order?
(a) Farman
(b) Shari’a
(c) Salat
(d) Hajj

Answer : A

Question :  Who is Ulama?
(a) Devotees of Shiva
(b) Devotees of Vishnu
(c) Muslim Sufi saints
(d) Scholars of Islamic studies

Answer :  D

Question :  What are the devotees of Vishnu called?
(a) Alvars
(b) Nayanars
(c) Lingayats
(d) Chishti

Answer :  A

Question :  Alvars and Nayanars were the Bhakts of:
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer :  C

Question :  Vitthala was the principal deity in Vitthala temple. Vitthala was known as the incarnation of Lord
(a) Brahma
(b) Vishnu
(c) Shiva
(d) Ganesha

Answer :  B

Question :  The major anthology composed by the Alvars was the
(a) Nalayira Divyaprabandham
(b) Nalayira Purabandham
(c) Nalayira Alvabandham
(d) None of these

Answer :  A

Question :  Which among the following is the correct meaning of Shari’a?
(a) Fasting during the month of Ramzan.
(b) Tax that non-muslim has to pay to the government.
(c) Muslim Sufi-saints.
(d) Laws governing the Muslim community.

Answer :  D

Question :  Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam reached India in _____ century.
(a) 11th century
(b) 15th century
(c) 12th century
(d) 13th century

Answer :  A

Question :  In Sufi tradition the word ‘Pir’ means
(a) The Supreme God
(b) The greatest of all Sufi saints
(c) The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
(d) The Guru of the Sufis

Answer : D

Answer :  D

Question :  Which of the following is the basics of Sufi movement?
(i) A group of religious-minded people turned to asceticism and mysticism in protest against the growing materialism of the Caliphate as a religious and political institution.
(ii) The sufis sought on interpretation of the Quran through personal experiences.
(iii) Some mystic men started movements on the basis of Sufi ideas and these mystics scorned.
(iv) They were known by different names like Qalandars, Malangs, Madaris, Haidaris, etc.
Identify the correct options.
(a) (i), (ii), (iv)
(b) (iii), (iv), (i)
(c) All of the above.
(d) None of the above.

Answer :  C

Question :  Who among the following was the Guru of Saint Kabir?
(a) Ramanuja
(b) Ramananda
(c) Vallabhacharya
(d) Namadeva

Answer :  B

Question :  Which Bhakti Saint preached the concept of Vishishtadvita?
(a) Shankara
(b) Ramanuja
(c) Madhava
(d) Nimbarka

Answer :  A

Question :  Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect about Mirabai?
(i) Mirabai (c. fifteenth-sixteenth centuries) is perhaps the best-known woman poet within the Sufi tradition.
(ii) She was a Rajput princess from Merta in Marwar who was married against her wishesto a prince of the Sisodia clan of Mewar, Rajasthan.
(iii) According to some traditions, her preceptor was Raidas, a leather worker.
(iv) Her songs continue to be sung by women and men, especially those who are poor and considered “low caste” in Karnataka and Kerala
Identify the incorrect options.
(a) (i) & (ii)
(b) (i) & (iv)
(c) (iii) & (ii)
(d) All of the above.

Answer :  B

Question :  Who among the followings is the most important saint of Bhakti Movement in Maharasthra was born in Satara and died in Punjab?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Kabirdas
(c) Tukarama
(d) Namdeva

Answer :  D

Question :  Which statement(s) is/are correct related to Ramananda?
(i) He Worshiped Rama and Sita but preached oneness of God and Doctrine of Bhakti to everyone.
(ii) He simplified the rules of worships.
(iii) Ramanand Swami adopted the Vishishtadvaita doctrine of the Vaishnava which was first propounded by Ramanuja several centuries earlier.
(iv) He opposed the caste system and chose his disciples from all sections of society disregarding caste.
(a) (i), (ii), (iv)
(b) (iii), (ii), (i)
(c) (iv), (iii), (ii)
(d) All of the above

Answer :  D

Question :  Who exhorted to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Nambaraka
(c) Kabir
(d) Namdeva

Answer :  A

Question :  Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is complied in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
(a) Sur Das
(b) Kabirdas
(c) Tulsidas
(d) Kalidasa

Answer :  A

Question :  Which of the following statement(s) is are correct in reference to the Bhakti Saint Sri Chaitanya?
(a) He popularized Krishna Cult in Bengal.
(b) He believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God. 
(c) Shri Chaitanya, popularly known as Gouranga Mahaprabhu.
(d) He was born in 1586 A.D. at Navadweep in West Bengal in a khatriya family.
(a) a, b, d
(b) c, b, a
(c) All of the above
(d) d, c, b

Answer : C