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Bhakti Movement MCQs | Bhakti Movement Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of A. Krishna?
[A] Ramananda
[B] Mirabai
[C] Tukaram
[D] Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
(2) Who was the the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times?
[A] Ramananda
[B] Tukaram
[C] Mirabai
[D] Kabir
Answer: Ramananda
(3) Who among the following was the reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama?
[A] Ramananda
[B] Tukaram
[C] Valmiki
[D] Tulsidas
Answer: Tulsidas
(4) Who among the following Bhakti Saints was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition?
[A] Ramananda
[B] Kabir
[C] Tukaram
[D] None of the above
Answer: Tukaram
(5) Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampraday that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule?
[A] Ramananda
[B] Eknath
[C] Mirabai
[D] Namdeva
Answer: Namdeva
(6) The saint who write ‘Bijak‘ is –
[A] Kabir
[B] Guru Nanak
[C] Guru Gobinda Singh
[D] Ramdas
Answer: Kabir
(7) Which is the correct chronological order?
[A] Kabir-Nanak-Chaitanya-Tulsidas
[B] Kabir-Chaitanya-Nanak-Tulsidas
[C] Nanak-Chaitanya-Kabir-Tulsidas
[D] None Of The Above
Answer: Kabir-Chaitanya-Nanak-Tulsidas
(8) The Firdausi order of Sufism popular in
[A] Bihar
[B] Varanasi
[C] Deccan
[D] None of these
Answer: Bihar
(9) Ramcharitmanas was written by Tulsidas during which reign?
[A] Babar
[B] Akbar
[C] Jahangir
[D] None of the Above
Answer: Akbar
(10) Who was contemporary of Namdev?
[A] Sena
[B] Surdas
[C] Mahadev
[D] None Of The Above
Answer: Sena
(11) Kabir was the disciple of?
[A] Nanak
[B] Ramanuj
[C] Shankaracharya
[D] Ramananda
Answer: Ramananda
(12) Which philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya?
[A] Mahaeashta Dharma
[B] Suddhadvaita
[C] Aanekantavada
[D] None of the above
Answer: Suddhadvaita
(13) Bhakti movement was started by :
[A] Alwar saints
[B] Sufi saints
[C] Surdas
[D] Tulsidas
Answer: Alwar saints
(14) The first Bhakti Movement was organised by : [SSC Combined Matric Level 1999]
[A] Nanak
[B] Meera
[C] Ramdas
[D] Ramanujachary
Answer: Ramanujachary
(15) A common feature to all Bhakti Saints was that they?
[A] composed their verses in a language understood by followers
[B] rejected the authority of the priestly class
[C] encourage woman to go to temple
[D] encouraged idol worship
Answer: composed their verses in a language understood by followers
(16) The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was : [SSC Combined Matric Level 2002]
[A] Muin-ud-din-Chisti
[B] Baba Farid
[C] Saiyid Mummed
[D] None of the above
Answer: Baba Farid
(17) Who was the Hindu saint to have as disciple both Hindu and Muslims?
[A] Sri Chaitanya
[B] Ramanuja
[C] Ravidas
[D] Namdev
Answer: Sri Chaitanya
(18) Which philosophy is called the Advaita?
[A] Shankaracharya
[B] Ramanujacharya
[C] Nagarjuna
[D] None of the above
Answer: Shankaracharya
(19) ‘Advaita’ is a philosophy of –
[A] Shankaracharya
[B] Ramanuja
[C] Vasumitra
[D] None of the above
Answer: Shankaracharya
(20) A blind poet who worshiped Lord Krishna and spread Krishna cult is –
[A] Surdas
[B] Kabir
[C] Chaitanya
[D] Ramdas
Answer: Surdas