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Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Guru Nanak (1469−1538) Another well known saint preacher of the medieval period was Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh. He exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness.
22
Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Gnanadeva wrote a commentary of Bhagavad Gita called Gnaneswari.
23
Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir.
I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers.
II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Kabir is widely believed to have become the first disciple of the Bhakti poet-saint Swami Ramananda in Varanasi, known for devotional Vaishnavism with a strong bent to monist Advaita philosophy teaching that God was inside every person, everything.
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The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Sant Tukaram(c.1608 – c.1650), also Shri Tukaram, and colloquially referred to as "Tuka", was a seventeenth century Marathi poet Sant of India, related to the Bhakti movement of Maharashtra. Tukaram was a devotee of Vitthal (a form of Lord Krishna), the supreme God in Vaishnavism.
25
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Ramanuja?
I. He preached Vishishtadvaita.
II. He said that the 'God is Sagunabrahman'
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Bhakti Saint Ramanuja preached Vishishtadvaita. He said that the 'God is Saguna Brahman'.
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Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Nirguna Saints does not advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna.
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Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
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Answer: Option A
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Chaitanya (1485-1534): Born at Navadwip in Bengal, Chaitanya was the greatest saint of the Bhakti movement. His original name was 'Vishwambhar Mishra'. He was responsible for the popularity of Vaishnavism in Bengal through his Kirtans. He began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology, and preached the religion of intense faith in one Supreme Being whom he called Krishna or Hari. He adored Krishna and Radha and attempted to spiritualize their lives in Vrindavan.
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars?
I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are "immersed" in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva).
II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods.
III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are "immersed" in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities.
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Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Bhakti movement preached using the local languages so that the message reached the masses.
30
Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
It is commonly held that he was born sometimes in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. His works include Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali. In Sur Sagar, Sur Das deals with the life of Krishna’s childhood. He dis­played himself not merely as a master of child psychology but also as a devotee of the Almighty. The works and poems of Sur Das exercised tremendous influence on the people and encouraged them to follow the path of Bhakti.