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In which century Bhakti movement began?
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Answer: Option B
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The Bhakti movement refers to the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism. It originated in seventh-century south India (now Tamil Nadu and Kerala), and spread northwards.
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The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
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Answer: Option A
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The Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman) – Nirguna and Saguna. Nirguna Brahman was the concept of the Ultimate Reality as formless, without attributes or quality.
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Where was saint kabir born?
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Answer: Option B
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Kabir, (Arabic: "Great") (born 1440, Varanasi, Jaunpur, India-died 1518, Maghar), iconoclastic Indian poet-saint revered by Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. The birth of Kabir remains shrouded in mystery and legend.
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Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
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Answer: Option D
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Ramanujacharya is famous as the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita subschool of Vedanta, and his disciples were likely authors of texts such as the Shatyayaniya Upanishad. Ramanujacharya himself wrote influential texts, such as bhasya on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, all in Sanskrit.
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Who was the Guru of Kabir?
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Answer: Option B
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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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Which Sufi's dargah is at Ajmer?
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Answer: Option C
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Moinuddin Chishti located at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. The shrine has the grave (Maqbara) of the revered saint, Moinuddin Chisti.
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Which of the following statement is correct definition of Nirguna?
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Answer: Option A
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Metaphysical concept of God in Hinduism, Gods general ultimate form/nature is formless pure consciousness (Nirakar Nirguna/without form/Impersonal) but it can manifests into divine form (Sakar Saugna/with form/personal). God has the ability to manifest into any kind of form and shape.
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Which of the following was the basic premise of Bhakti Movement?
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Answer: Option B
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The mystic Saints of medieval India were the exponents of the Bhakti movement. They were not affiliated to any particular sect. They had no blind faith in any sacred scriptures, no device to set up separate sects, no loyalty to any particular creed. They attained greatness without following any ritual or ceremonies and through individual exertion. The exponents of Bhakti movement condemned idolatry and believed in monotheism. They thought that Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God was the only means of Salvation.
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Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the __________ century?
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Answer: Option A
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Sufism found its way into India during the eleventh and twelfth centuries when many Sufi saints came to India particularly in Multan and Lahore of the Punjab. The most celebrated of these Sufi saints was Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti who came to Lahore from Ghazni in 1161 and settled in Ajmer under Prithviraj.
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti?
I. In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees.
II. Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti.
III. At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes)
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Answer: Option D
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The early traditions of Bhakti were In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees, Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti, At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes).