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

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

Ans: B

2. Which of the following Bhakti Saints Krishna is a yogi and lover?

A. Ramananda

B. Tukaram

C. Mirabai

D. Kabir

Ans: C

3. 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

Ans: A

4. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?

A. Kabirpanthi

B. Krishna Cult

C. Nathpanthi

D. None of the above

Ans: C

5. 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

Ans: D

6. Which Bhakti Saints writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Adi Granth?

A. Ramananda

B. Kabir 

C. Mirabai

D. Tukaram

Ans: B

7. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition?

A. Ramananda

B. Kabir 

C. Mirabai

D. Tukaram

Ans: D

8. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak, which was comprised 764 owees and based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya?

A. Ramananda

B. Eknath

C. Mirabai

D. Tukaram

Ans: B

9. 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

Ans: D

10. Who among the following Bhati 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. Shankaracharya

B. Ramanada Saraswati

C. Tulsidas

D. Valmiki

Ans: A

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