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Religious Movements of the 15th and 16th Centuries

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Indian History in Hindi – Independent Provincial State

Religious movements of the 15th and 16th centuries

Q. Who developed the Bhakti movement?

Ans. 12 Alvar Vaishnava saints and 63 Nayanar Shaiva saints

Q. Which ruler was accepted by a Shaivite saint?

Ans. Pallava king Mahendra Varman

Q. What was the Bhakti poet called?

Ans. Saint

Q. Where did Vaishnava saints become popular?

Ans. In Maharashtra

Q. Who brought the Bhakti movement from South India to North India?

Ans. by Ramanand

Q. Who was the early exponent of Krishna Bhakti in Bengal?

Ans. Vidyapeeth Thakur and Chandidas

Q. How many sects were born out of Ramanand's teachings?

Ans. 2 (Sagun and Nirguna)

Q. What were the believers in reincarnation called?

Ans. Saguna

Q. What were the worshipers of the formless form of God called?

Ans. To Ram

Q. When and where was he born?

Ans. In Perubar of Madras in 1017 AD

Q. When did he die?

Ans. In 1137 AD

Q. When and where was Ramanand born?

Ans. In Prayag in 1299 AD

Q. Where was Ramanand's education?

Ans. In Prayag and Varanasi

Q. To whom did Ramanand accept the only means of salvation?

Ans. To devotion

Q. Who was the chief disciple of Ramananda?

Ans. Raidas, Kabir, Dhanna, Sen and Pipa

Q. When and where was Kabir born?

Ans. In 1425 AD in Lahartara (Kashi)

Q. Which devotional stream was Kabir associated with?

Ans. With Nirguna Bhakti

Q. What were the followers of Kabir called?

Ans. Kabir Panthi

Q. In which book Kabir's teachings are collected?

Ans. Sabad

Q. Where did Kabir die?

Ans. In Magahar (Saint Kabirnagar, U.P.)

Q. Which religion was founded by Guru Nanak?

Ans. Of Sikhism

Q. When and where was Guru Nanak born?

Ans. In 1469 AD in Talwandi of undivided Punjab

Q. By what name is this place famous?

Ans. Nankana Sahib

Q. Who were his parents?

Ans. Mother Tripta Devi and Father Kaluram

Q. With whom was he married?

Ans. From Sulakshvi, daughter of Mulraj Khatri of Batala

Q. How many times did Guru Nanak go round the country?

Ans. 5 times

Q. What were these rounds called?

Ans. indifferent

Q. Through whom did he preach?

Ans. of Kirtans

Q. Where did he set up his camp in his last days?

Ans. In Kartarpur on the banks of river Ravi

Q. Who did he appoint as his successor?

Ans. To Lahna (Angad)

Q. Where did he die?

Ans. In 1539 AD in Krapurta

Q. Nanak was influenced by which Sufi saint?

Ans. From Baba Farid

Q. What was the Inca sermon?

Ans. Human Fraternity

Q. Where was Chaitanya born?

Ans. In 1486 AD in Mayapur village of Nadia (Bengal)

Q. To which sect did he belong?

Ans. From Godiya sect

Q. Who were his parents?

Ans. Mother Shachi and father Jagannath Mishra

Q. What was Chaitanya called in school?

Ans. Nimai Pandit

Q. Which union did he founded?

Ans. Gosai Sangh's

Q. By what name is his philosophical theory known?

Ans. Achintya Bhedarbhavi

Q. Which god did he worship for two decades?

Ans. Of Lord Jagannath

Q. Where was Shrimad Ballabhacharya born?

Ans. In Champaran (Varanasi) in 1470 AD

Q. Who were his parents?

Ans. Mother Mallamagri and father Lakshman Bhatt

Q. With whom was he married?

Ans. Mahalaxmi's

Q. Where did they make their place of residence?

Ans. Near Ganga-Yamuna confluence at Arel

Q. What did he put more emphasis on?

Ans. On Bhakti Sadhana

Q. Whom did he tell the means of salvation?

Ans. To devotion

Q. What is his path of devotion called?

Ans. Verification Route

Q. When was Dhanna born?

Ans. In 1415 AD in a caste family

Q. Who was his guru?

Ans. Ramanand

Q. Who were Raidas's parents?

Ans. Mother Dhuribaniya and father Raghu

Q. How did they earn their living?

Ans. making shoes

Q. Who was his main disciple?

Ans. Mirabai

Q. Which sect did he founded?

Ans. Of Raidasi sect

Q. Whose follower was Dadudayal?

Ans. Kabir's

Q. Where was he born?

Ans. In Ahmedabad in 1554 AD

Q. To which caste did he belong?

Ans. From Dhuniya caste

Q. Which sect was he founded in Sambhar?

Ans. Of Brahma sect

Q. Which movement did he start?

Ans. Of Nipkh Movement

Q. By whose teachings was the Bhakti sect spread in Maharashtra?

Ans. Saint Dnyaneshwar's

Q. Who founded the philosophy of Pushti Marga?

Ans. Ballabhacharya

Q. Who propounded the principle of monism?

Ans. Shankaracharya

Q. Who started the Bhakti movement in Assam during the Bhakti movement?

Ans. Shankar Dev

Q. Chandidas contributed to the popularization of which language?

Ans. to Bengali

Q. What were the followers of Ramanuja called?

Ans. Vaishnav

Q. Who is the author of the invoice?

Ans. Kabirdas

Q. What was the main feature in the life philosophy of Mahatma Buddha and Maribai?

Ans. The sorrow of the world

Q. Whose wife was the famous Bhakti Rasa poetess Mirabai?

Ans. Of Prince Bhojraj

Q. If Sanskrit is the mother tongue, then whose mother tongue is the Dasyu language, whose statement is this?

Ans. Eknath's

Q. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?

Ans. Of Jhangir

Q. Which saint used Hindi to propagate his devotional messages?

Ans. Ramanand

Q. Who was Shivaji's spiritual guru?

Ans. Ramdas

Q. Who was the author of Das Bodh?

Ans. Ramdas

Q. Who built the city of Amritsar?

Ans. Guru Ramdas

Q. Which religious guru had to get his head cut for not adopting Islam?

Ans. To Guru Tegh Bahadur

Q. Who is the author of Mahatma Gandhi's favorite bhajan Jo Pir Parai Jaane Re?

Ans. Narsingh Mehta

Q. Narsingh Mehta was the main saint of where?

Ans. of Gujarat

Q. Who is called Chaitanya of Assam?

Ans. To Shankar Dev

Q. The Mughal ruler Muhammad Shah was a follower of which sect?

Ans. Of Shiv Narayan Sect

Q. Who wrote the book Ramcharit Manas?

Ans. Tulsidas

Q. Where was Tulsidas born?

Ans. In Rajapur village of Banda district

Sufi Movement


Q. What were the disciples of Sufi saints called?

Ans. admirer

Q. What were the ashrams in which Sufi saints used to be called?

Ans. Khanqah or Monastery

Q. Into how many parts was the religious union of the Sufis divided?

Ans. 2 (Ba-Shara and Be-Shara)

Q. When did Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti come to India?

Ans. With Muhammad Ghori in 1192 AD

Q. Where was the main center of the Chishti tradition?

Ans. Ajmer

Q. Which book contains the works of Baba Farid?

Ans. In Guru Granth Sahib

Q. Who was the chief disciple of Baba Farid?

Ans. Nizamuddin, Auliya and Alauddin Sabir

Q. Hazrat Nizamuddin, Auliya saw the rule of how many sultans of Delhi during their lifetime?

Ans. 7

Q. Who started the Chishti sect in South India?

Ans. In 1340 AD, Sheikh Burhanuddin

Q. Who did he make his main center?

Ans. To Daulatabad

Q. Who founded the Suhrawardi Dharma Sangha of Sufis?

Ans. Sheikh Shiha Buddin Age Suhrawardy

Q. Who is the sherry of Suhrawardy's strong operations?

Ans. Sheikh Badruddin Zakaria

Q. What were the main centers of Suhra Vardi?

Ans. Sindh and Sultan

Q. Who founded the Sattari Silsila?

Ans. Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al Jilani

Q. Who was the originator of Qadri Dharma Sangha in India?

Ans. Muhammad Ghaus

Q. Who was the disciple of Shah Jahan's eldest son?

Ans. Mulshah of Qadri Silsila

Q. Which Sufi saint believed that devotional music was the way to approach God?

Ans. Moinuddin Chishti

Q. Who established the highest number of Chishti silsilas in India?

Ans. Sheikh Moinuddin Chishti

Q. Where was the female Sufi Rabia?

Ans. Basra

Q. Sufi Silsila is related to which religion?

Ans. From Islam

Q. What is the Islam mystic movement called?

Ans. Sufi Movement

Q. Which Sultan did Nizamuddin Auliya refuse to meet?

Ans. From Firoz Khilji

Q. Which music was against in the Sufi sequences?

Ans. Naqshbandi

Q. During whose reign the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to India?

Ans. Prithvi Chauhan's

Q. Where did Sufi Muslims live?

Ans. In Fatehpur Sikri

Q. Who was the richest Sufi of Medieval Sufis?

Ans. Sheikh Bahauddin Zakaria

Q. Who translated the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Vashishta into Persian?

Ans. Darashi Koh

Q. Which Sufi saint was given the title of Sheikh-ul-Hind?

Ans. To Sheikh Muslim Chishti

Q. In which Sufi order was the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb interested?

Ans. Naqshbandi

Q. What is the spiritual originator of Sufism called?

Ans. Pir

Q. Which Sufi saint was imprisoned by Jahangir?

Ans. sheikh ahmed sir in hindi

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