CH- 6

BHAKTI AND SUFI TRADITIONS

1. Identify the Bhakti tradition which favoured widow remarriage.

(A) Alvars (B) Nayanars
(C) Lingayats (D) Siddhas

2. Which of these statements is correct?

(A) Early Bhakti movements were led by Alvars, Nayanars.

(B) The Alvars were devotees of Shakti.

(C) The Nayanars were devotees of Vishnu.

D )Sufis were not a part of the Islamic world.

3. During which period was there a striking visibility of wide range of Gods
and Goddesses in sculpture and texts?

(A) 6th to 18th century

(B) 18th to 21st century
(C) 8th to 18th century
D) 7th to 16th century

4. Identify which of the following aspects is NOT common to both Bhakti

movement and Sufi movement?

(A) Personal love for God

(B) Worship of idols

(C) Mysticism

D ) Visit to holy shrines

5. Which of these is an imperial order?

(A) Farman (B) Shari’a
(C) Salat (D) Hajj
6. Alvars and Nayanars were the Bhakts of:
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh
7. The major anthology composed by the Alvars was the

(A) Nalayira Divyaprabandham

(B) Nalayira Purabandham

(C) Nalayira Alvabandham

(D) None of these

8. Which among the following is the correct meaning of Shari’a?

(A) Fasting during the month of Ramzan.

(B) Tax that non-muslim has to pay to the government.

(C) Muslim Sufi-saints.

D)Laws governing the Muslim community.

9. In Sufi tradition the word R

‘Pir’ means

(A) The Supreme God

(B) The greatest of all Sufi saints

(C) The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs

D) The Guru of the Sufis

10. Which Sufi Saint mentioned that devotional music is the one way of moving
closer to God?
(A) Muin-ud-din-Chisti
(B) Saiyid Mummed.

(C)Shah Alam Bukhari

(D) Baba Farid

11. Which of the following is the basics of Sufi movement?

 A. A group of religious-minded people turned to asceticism and mysticism
in protest against the growing materialism of the Caliphate as a religious
and political institution.
B. The sufis sought on interpretation of the Quran through personal
experiences.
C. Some mystic men started movements on the basis of Sufi ideas and these
mystics scorned.
D. They were known by different names like Qalandars, Malangs,
Madaris, Haidaris, etc.
Identify the correct options.

(A) A, B, D
(B) C, D, A

(C) All of the above.

(D) None of the above.

12. Who among the following was the Guru of Saint

Kabir?
(A) Ramanuja (B) Ramananda
(C) Vallabhacharya (D) Namadeva
13. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect about Mirabai?

(i) Mirabai (c. fifteenth-sixteenth centuries) is perhaps the best-known

woman poet within the Sufi tradition.
(ii) She was a Rajput princess from Merta in Marwar who was married
against her wishes
to a prince of the Sisodia clan of Mewar, Rajasthan.

(iii) According to some traditions, her preceptor was Raidas, a leather

worker.
(iv) Her songs continue to be sung by women and men, especially those who
are poor and considered “low caste” in Karnataka and Kerala
Identify the incorrect options.
(A) (i) & (ii) (B) (i) & (iv)
(C) (iii) & (ii) (D) All of the above.
 14. The Rigveda consists of hymns in praise of a variety of deities, especially
_______,________ and ___________.

(A) Agni, Shiva and Soma (B) Varun, Vishnu and Indra

(C ) Agni, Indra and Soma (D) Varun, Agni and Brahma

15.____________ the great poet, musician and disciple of Shaikh Nizamuddin

Auliya gave a unique form the Chishti sama by introducing the ‘ Qaul’.

(A) Amir Khusrau (B) Ziyauddin Barani

(C ) Amir Hasan Sijzi (D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

16. The Prem- Akhyan Padmavat composed by ______________ revolved

around the romance of Padmini and Ratansen the King of Chittor.

( A) Malik Sijzi (B ) Baba Farid

(C ) Muhammad Qasim (D) Malik Muhammad Jayasi

17. Our understanding of Virshaiva tradition is derived from ___________

composed in _______by women.

(A) Sayings , Tamil (B) Vachanas, Kannada

(C ) Jangama, Telugu (D) None of the above

18. Match the Following

(a) Robert Redfield - (i) Khalsa Panth

(b) Sawn - (ii) Fasting during the month of Ramzan

(c ) Tasawwuf - (iii) Sufism

(d) Guru Gobind Singh (iv) Great and Little traditions

Choose the correct option:

1. (a-i), (b-ii), (c-iii), (d-iv) (2) (a-ii), (b-i), (c-iv), (d-iii)

3. (a-iii), (b-i), ( c-ii), (d-iv) (4) (a-iv), (b-ii), (c- iii), (d-i)

19. Identify the character of Sufi saint with the help of the following
information.

➢ Popularly known as “ Gharib Nawaz”

➢ Muhammad Bin Tughlaq ( ruled,1324-51) was the first sultan to visit his
shrine.

(A) Baba Farid (B) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya

(C ) Shaikh Muinuddin Sijzi (D) Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti

20. Look at the figure below, identify the image by choosing correct option.

(A) Bodhisatta (B) Shalabhanjika

(C ) karaikkal Ammaiyar (D) Parvati

21. Directions : In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is

followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as.

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
 (D) A is false and R is true.
Assertion (A): When the Shaikh died, his tombshrine (dargah, a Persian term
meaning court) became the centre of devotion for his followers.
Reason (R): People believed that the dead saint was united with God and is
closer to Him after death as compared to when he was living

22. Assertion (A): Chola ruler Parantaka I had consecrated metal images of
Appar, Sambanda, and Sundarar in a Shiva temple. These were carried in
processions during the festivals of these saints.
Reason (R): The Chola kings often attempted to claim divine support and
proclaim their power and status.

Directions : In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed

by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as.

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.
23. Assertion (A): Pilgrimage, called ziyarat, to tombs of sufi saints is prevalent
all over the Muslim world. Amongst these, the most revered shrine is that
of Khwaja Muinuddin, popularly known as “Gharib Nawaz” (comforter of
the poor).
Reason (R): It was evidently popular because of the shrine’s architectural
brilliance and beautiful surroundings.

Directions : In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed

by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as.

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.
24. Study the picture and then read the following excerpt carefully and answer
the following

1) This picture is one of the most striking example of:

(A) Nayanar Bhakti Movement

(B) Lingayat Sect

(C) Integration of cults

D) Alvar Bhakti Movement

2) Lord Jagannath is associated with:

(A) Brahma (B) Vishnu
(C) Shiva (D) All of the above

3) Consider the following statements :

 (i) Lord Jagannath has been depicted here with his sister Subhadra and
brother Balaram
(ii) Lord Jagannath has been depicted here with his wife Sita and brother
Lakshman.
Choose the correct option:

(A) Only (i) is correct

(B) Both (i) and (ii) are correct.

(C) Only (ii) is correct.

D) Neither (i) nor (ii) is correct

25. Read the following source carefully and answer the following MCQs by
choosing the most appropriate option:

ONE LORD
HERE IS A COMPOSITION ATTRIBUTED TO Kabir:
Tell me, brother , how can there be
No one lord of the world but two ?
Who led you so astray ?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Kehsav, Hari and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same ?
Distinctions are only words we invent…
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation.

1) Identify the connotation of Kabir from the following options.

( A) Monotheistic aspect (B) Polytheistic aspect

(C ) Atheist aspect (D) Theocratic aspect

2). Kabir used different names for god or the Supreme power. What can one
infer from this ?

( A ) Concept of Ultimate Reality (B) Faith in Saguna bhakti

(C ) Rituals a way to gain insight (D) Reality is in worshipping idols

3). Read the following statement regarding Kabir and select the appropriate
option.

(i) Kabir was a Nirguna saint

(ii) He believed in formless supreme god

(iii) He wanted to remove the differences based on caste and religion

(iv) He condemned the superstitious cults and ritualism.

(A)- (i) and (ii) (B) –(i), (ii), (iii)

(C )- (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) (D) – (ii), (iii) and (iv)

4). Which of the following is incorrectly paired ?

- Range of Kabir traditions drew to describe the “Ultimate Reality”.

( A) Yogic traditions- Shunya (emptiness) (B) Vedantic traditions- Alakh,

Nirakar

(C ) Islam- Allah, Hazrat (D) Kabir Bijak- Dadupanth

(Rajasthan)