GK Questions with Answers on Medieval History: Bhakti Movement Set IX

GK Questions with Answers on Medieval History: Bhakti Movement Set IX consists of 10 Multiple Type Questions that attune and equipped the aspirants according to the evolving nature of different competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, IAS-prelims, SSC, CDS, NDA, State Services, and Railways etc. 

1. Who wrote Dasa Sloki, which deals with three realities (tri-tattava) —Brahma (Krishna), soul (Chit) and matter (Achit)?

A. Nimbarka

B. Ramanuja

C. Madhva

D. Vallabhacharya

Ans: A

2. Who wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras refuted Shari Kara and offered an interpretation based on the theistic ideas?

A. Nimbarka

B. Ramanuja

C. Madhva

D. Vallabhacharya

Ans: B

3. Which of the following Bhakti sect founded by Birbhan and their religious granth is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs?

A. Pothi

B. Satnamis

C. Vaishanavism

D. Shaivism

Ans: B

4. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?

A. Sur Das

B. Kabirdas

C. Tulsidas

D. Kalidasa

Ans: A

5. Who among the following Bhakti Saints blended that the philosophical monist of the past with stress on Bhakti, the poetry and dignity of Valmiki’s Ramayana with the devotional fervour and humanism of Bhagvata?

A. Sur Das

B. Kabirdas

C. Tulsidas

D. Kalidasa

Ans: C

6.  Who wrote Shiksha Ashtak which was called as the cream of the Shastras?

A. Mirabai

B. Tulsidas

C. Kabir

D. Chaitanya

Ans: D

7. Which Bhakti Saints known as Sri Gauranga, was a popular Vaishnava saint and reformer from Bengal?

A. Chaitanya

B. Mirabai

C. Sankaracharya

D. Kabir

Ans: A

8. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit?

A. Chaitanya

B. Ramanuja

C. Sankaracharya

D. Ramananda

Ans: D

9. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?

A. Madhava

B. Ramananda

C. Vallabhacharya

D. Chaitnaya

Ans: A

10. Who wrote Vedanta-Parijatasourabha, a commentary on the Brahma Sutra, in simple language?

A. Nimbarka

B. Ramanuja

C. Madhva

D. Vallabhacharya

Ans: A

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