Which Bhakti saint believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A. Gnanadev
B. Chaitanya
C. Namadeva
D. Ekanatha
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Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Chaitanya?
I. He popularised the Krishna Cult in Bengal.
II. He believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. Neither I nor II
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Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
A. Tulsidas
B. Surdas
C. Tukaram
D. Ramanuja
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Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
A. Ramananda
B. Kabir
C. Nanak
D. All of the above
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Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
A. Dadu
B. Kabir
C. Ramananda
D. Tulsidas
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Who wrote Vedanta-Parijatasourabha, a commentary on the Brahma Sutra, in simple language?
A. Nimbarka
B. Ramanuja
C. Madhva
D. Vallabhacharya
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Bhakti Saint who was contemporary of Sivaji?
A. Namadev
B. Ekanatha
C. Tukaram
D. Gnanadeva
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Kabir was a disciple of
A. Ramananda
B. Ramanujana
C. Shakracharya
D. None of the above
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Kabir was contemporary of
A. Guru Nanak
B. Sultan Sikandar Lodi
C. Both (A) and (B) above
D. Babur
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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
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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
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Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda.
I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God.
II. He propagated 'Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma'.
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. Neither I nor II
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Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma?
A. Vallabhacharya
B. Madhava
C. Merabai
D. Nimbarka
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Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
A. Ramananda
B. Vallabhacharya
C. Narasi
D. Chaitanya
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Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims 'as pots of the same clay'?
A. Kabir
B. Tulsidas
C. Ramananda
D. Raidasa
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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
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Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
A. Gaudiya Sampradaya
B. Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
C. Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
D. None of the above
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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
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Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
A. Mirabai
B. Nimbarka
C. Vallabhacharya
D. Madhav
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Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti - devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
A. Sikhism
B. Shaivism
C. Vaishanvism
D. All of the above
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