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51
Which of the following Bhakti sect founded by Birbhan and their religious granth is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The sect founded by Birbhan is known as Satnamis and their religious granth is known as Pothi, which is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs.
52
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'.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Ramananda was a 14th-century Vaishnava devotional poet sant, in the Ganges river region of Northern India. The Hindu tradition recognizes him as the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times.
53
Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Madhava propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma. According to his philosophy, the world is not an illusion but a reality. God, soul, matter are unique in nature.
54
Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by Vallabhacharya.
55
Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims 'as pots of the same clay'?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Kabir emphasised the essential oneness of all religions by describing Hindus and Muslims ‘as pots of the same clay’. To him Rama and Allah, temple and mosque were the same. He regarded devotion to god as an effective means of salvation and urged that to achieve this one must have a pure heart, free from cruelty, dishonesty, hypocrisy and insincerity. He is regarded as the greatest of the mystic saints and his followers are called Kabirpanthis.
56
Who wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras refuted Shari Kara and offered an interpretation based on the theistic ideas?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Ramanuja gave a philosophic basis to the teachings of Vaishnavism. He wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras, refuted Shari Kara and offered his own interpretation based on the theistic ideas. His commentaries on Brahma sutras are popularly known as Sri Bhasya.
57
Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Gaudiya Sampradaya is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism which flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa.
58
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?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Namdev was influenced by Vaishnavism and became widely known in India for his devotional songs set to music (bhajan-kirtans). His philosophy contains both nirguna and saguna Brahman elements, with monistic themes. Namdev's legacy is remembered in modern times in the Varkari tradition, along with those of other gurus, with masses of people walking together in biannual pilgrimages to Pandharpur in south Maharashtra. He is also recognised in the North Indian traditions of the Dadu Panthis, Kabir Panthis and Sikhs.
59
Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Madhav propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma. According to his philosophy, the world is not an illusion but a reality. God, soul, matter are unique in nature.
60
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?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
In Sikhism, "nirguni Bhakti" is emphasised – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine. Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism, was a Bhakti saint.