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Mirabai was a Rajput princess of Merta and was married to Bhojaraja. She was a devotee of Krishna. She
preached in ------------ language which is the common language of the people in those times?
Brijbhasha
Sanskrit
Hindi
Bhojpuri
Ans:Brijbhasha
2
Ramanuja was a worshipper of Vishnu and preached ---------?
Hinduism
Vaishnavism
Judaism
Sikhism
Ans:Vaishnavism
3
Kabir was against idol worship or any sort of rituals and was a disciple of?
Guru Nanak
Mirabai
Ramananda
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Ans:Ramananda
4
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a religious teacher from Bengal and devotee of?
Lord Krishna
Rama
Vishnu
Indra
Ans:Lord Krishna
5
Ramdasa was the guru of which king?
Akbar
Ashoka
Shivaji
Balaji baji rao
Ans:Shivaji
6
Who was the founder of purandardasa movement?
Tulasidas
Tukaram
Haridasa
Ramanuja
Ans:Haridasa
7
Vallabhacharya lived in the court of ------?
Raja Mansingh Tomar
Krishnadeva Raya
Balaji Vishwanath
Shivaji
Ans:Krishnadeva Raya
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Who propounded the shudha advaitavada?
Vallabhacharya
Kabir
Eknath
Ramdasa
Ans:Vallabhacharya
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9. Whose philosophy is known as pushtimarga?
Namdeva
Mirabai
Tulasidas
Vallabhacharya
Ans:Vallabhacharya
10
Who founded the Rudra Sampradaya?
Tukaram
Haridasa
Ramanuja
Vallabhacharya
Ans:Vallabhacharya
11
Who started the cult of parmartha?
Ramdasa
Eknath
Kabir
Namdeva
Ans:Ramdasa
12
The Dababodha was written by?
Krishnadeva Raya
Ramdasa
Tukaram
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Ans:Ramdasa
13
The Alvars and Nayanars popularized the Bakthi cult in which region?
Northern India
Western India
Southern India
Eastern India
Ans:Southern India
14
Who popularized the advaita philosophy?
Haridasa
Mirabai
Kabir
Shankaracharya
Ans:Shankaracharya
15
Whose famous quote is Brahma Satyam Jagat Mithya, Jivo Brahmaiva Naparaha?
Namdeva
Guru Nanak
Shankaracharya
Ramanuja
Ans:Shankaracharya
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Who wrote books like Vivek Chudamani, Upadesh Shastri, Bhaja Govindam Stotra, etc?
Shankaracharya
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Tukaram
Eknath
Ans:Shankaracharya
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Who established mathas at Sringiri, Puri, Bhadrinath and Dwarka?
Mirabai
Nimbraka
Ramanuja
Shankaracharya
Ans:Shankaracharya
18
Who founded the Shivadvaita?
Srikanthacharya
Nimbraka
Krishnadeva Raya
Eknath
Ans:Srikanthacharya
19
Who advocated the philosophy of Vishista Advaitavada?
Ramanuja
Shankaracharya
Namdeva
Kabir
Ans:Ramanuja
20
Who founded Shrivaishnava sect?
Haridasa
Ramanuja
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Mirabai
Ans:Ramanuja
21
Who wrote Gita Bhashya, Sri Bhashya, Vedanta dipa, Vedantasara, etc?
Tukaram
Eknath
Nimbraka
Ramanuja
Ans:Ramanuja
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Who founded the Dvaita philosophy?
Srikanthacharya
Namdeva
Madhavacharya
Mirabai
Ans:Madhavacharya
23
Who founded the Brahma Sampradaya?
Madhavacharya
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Kabir
Nimbraka
Ans:Madhavacharya
24
Whose disciples formed the Kabirpanthi sect?
Tukaram
Kabir
Haridasa
Shankaracharya
Ans:Kabir
25
Whose songs can be found in the Adi grantha?
Guru Nanak
Ramdasa
Kabir
Namdeva
Ans:Kabir
26
Which disciple of Ramananda started the Raidas panth?
Raidas
Ramdasa
Kabir
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Ans:Raidas
27
Rani Jhali was the disciple of -------?
Raidas
Guru Nanak
Nimbraka
Mirabai
Ans:Raidas
28
Who wrote Ramacharita manas, Vinaypatrika and Kavitavali?
Kabir
Tulasidas
Ramdasa
Namdeva
Ans:Tulasidas
29
Who wrote Sursagar?
Tulasidas
Surdas
Raidas
Haridasa
Ans:Surdas
30
Jagjivanadasa founded--------- sect?
Satnami
Ajivika
Advita
Shrivaishnava
Ans:Satnami
31
Who founded the Sikh sect?
kabir
Guru Nanak
Surdas
Namdeva
Ans:Guru Nanak
32
Who started the free community kitches called Guru Ka langar?
Raidas
Ramdasa
Guru Nanak
Kabir
Ans:Guru Nanak
33
Whose followers formed Dadu-panth?
Dadudayal
Namdeva
Surdas
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Ans:Dadudayal
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Who propounded the Dvaitadvaita philosophy and Bheda Bheda philosophy?
Kabir
Nimbraka
Namdeva
Guru Nanak
Ans:Nimbraka
35
Who founded the Sanak Sampradaya?
Nimbraka
Surdas
Haridasa
Tulasidas
Ans:Nimbraka
36
Dadu's compositions were recorded by his disciple ---------and are known as the Dadu Anubhav Vani, a
compilation of 5,000 verses?
Rajjab
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Kabir
Haridasa
Ans:Rajjab
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Bhakti poetry had two schools - the Nirguna school (the believers of a formless God or an abstract name)
and the Saguna school (the believers of a God with attributes and worshippers of Vishnu's incarnations). --
-----and -------belong to the Nirguna school. They believed in the concept of Nirgun Nirakaar Bramh or the
Shapeless Formless One
Kabir and Guru Nanak
Kabir and Haridas
Guru Nanak and surdas
Guru Nanak and Rajjab
Ans:Kabir and Guru Nanak
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---------school was represented by mainly Vaishnava poets like Surdas, Tulsidas and others and was a
logical extension of the Dvaita and Vishishta Advaita Philosophy propounded by the likes of
Madhavacharya etc. This school was chiefly Vaishnava in orientation as in seen in the main compositons
like Raamcharitmanas, Sur Saravali, Sur Sagar extolling Lord Rama and Lord Krishna?
The saguna school
The nirguna school
The advaita school
The dvaita school
Ans:The saguna school
39
The Lingayat sect was founded by?
Kabir
Raidas
Ramdasa
Basava
Ans:Basava
40
The Lingayat sect is also known as?
Hinduism
Varkari sect
Virasaiva sect
Dasmani sect
Ans:Virasaiva sect
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Who founded the varkari sect?
Tulasidas
Tukaram
Nimbraka
Surdas
Ans:Tukaram
42
Chaitanya belonged to ------ sect?
Varkari sect
Virasaiva sect
Dasmani sect
None of the above
Ans:Dasmani sect
43
. The biography of Chaitanya was written by --------- and called it Chaitanya charitmrita?
Krishnadas Kaviraj
Kabir
Tukaram
Tulasidas
Ans:Krishnadas Kaviraj
44
Who started the Achintayabheda bhedavada?
Ramadas
Chaitanya
Raidas
Basava
Ans:Chaitanya
45
Who wrote Govind Bhashya?
Vidya bhushan
Surdas
Haridasa
Tulasidas
Ans:Vidya bhushan
46
Whose followers organized themselves into a sect called Gaudiya Vaishnavism?
Surdas
Haridasa
Vidya bhushan
Tulasidas
Ans:Vidya bhushan
47
Who spread bhakti in Assam?
Kabir
Shankara deva
Nanak
Ramanuja
Ans:Shankara deva
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Who founded the Ramanandi sect?
Ramananda
Raidas
Ramdasa
Basava
Ans:Ramananda
49
The Vaikhanasa was a ritualistic cult, founded by?
Surdas
Vikhanas
Tukaram
Tulasidas
Ans:Vikhanas
50
--------- sect founded by Lakulisa was the oldest extreme sect of saivism?
Pasupata sect
Varkari sect
Virasaiva sect
Dasmani sect
Ans:Pasupata sect