(A) Following ahimsa
(B) Austerity of Nirvana
(C) The world is full of sorrow
(D) Speak of truth
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 2. ‘Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste’ whose dictum was this? [UPPCS (Pre) 2009]
(A) Kabir
(B) Ramananda
(C) Ramanuja
(D) Chaitanya
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 3. The Bhakti movement was started by [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
(A) Alwar Saints
(B) Sufi Saints
(C) Surdas
(D) Tulsidas
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 4. The Bhakti culture reborn in India during [UPPCS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Vedic age
(B) 10th century A.D.
(C) 12th century A.D.
(D) 15th-16th century A.D.
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 5. A common feature to all Bhakti Saints was that they [47th BPSC (Pre) 2005]
(A) Composed their verses in the
language understood by their
followers
(B) Rejected the authority of the
priestly class
(C) Encouraged women to go to the
temples
(D) Encouraged idol worship
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 6. Vaishnavism in Kamarupa was popularised by [UPPCS (Mains) 2002]
(A) Chaitanya
(B) Nimbarka
(C) Ramananda
(D) Shankaradeva
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 7. Who among the following intro- duced Vaishnavism in Assam and Cooch Behar? [UPPCS (Mains) 2011]
(A) Chaitanya
(B) Madhva
(C) Shankaradeva
(D) Vallabhacharya
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 8. Famous medieval saint Shankara- deva belonged to [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]
(A) Shaiva Cult
(B) Vaishnava Cult
(C) Advaita Cult
(D) Dvaita-Advaita Cult
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 9. Ramanujacharya is related to [UPPCS (Pre) 1991]
(A) Bhakti
(B) Dvaitvad
(C) Vishistadvaita
(D) Monotheism
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 10. ‘Shuddha Advaitvad’ was propoun- ded by [UP UDA/LDA(Pre) 2002]
(A) Madhvacharya
(B) Vallabhacharya
(C) Shrikantacharya
(D) Ramanuja
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 11. Where is the birthplace of ‘Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya’? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2015]
(A) Shivarinarayan
(B) Bilaspur
(C) Ratanpur
(D) Champaranya
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 12. Which one of the following is correctly matched? [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Advaitvad - Ramanujan
(B) Vishistadvaitvad
- Shankaracharya
(C) Dvaitvad - Madhvacharya
(D) Dvaitadvaitvad
- Vallabhacharya
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 13. Who among the following was the first Bhakti Saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message? [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Dadu
(B) Kabir
(C) Ramananda
(D) Tulsidas
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 14. Kabir was disciple of [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
(A) Chaitanya
(B) Ramananda
(C) Ramanuja
(D) Tukaram
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 15. Who among the following are Saints of the medieval Age India? [UPPCS (Mains) 2010]
(A) Kumbhandas
(B) Ramanand
(C) Raidas
(D) Tulsidas
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 16. Who composed ‘Bijak’? [MPPCS (Pre) 2000]
(A) Surdas
(B) Kabir
(C) Ravidas
(D) Pipaji
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 17. A collection of dialogues between Kabir and Dharamdas is titled [UPPCS (Pre) 2003 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
(A) Sabad
(B) Amarmul
(C) Sakhi
(D) Ramaini
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 18. Malukdas was a saint poet of [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2018 UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
(A) Agra
(B) Ayodhya
(C) Kashi
(D) Kada
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 19. What was the name of Saint Ghasidas’s father? [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2018 Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Sukalu
(B) Chaituram
(C) Visahu
(D) Mahangu
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 20. Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order? [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011 IAS (Pre) 2004]
(A) Shankaracharya - Ramanuja -
Chaitanya
(B) Ramanuja - Shankaracharya -
Chaitanya
(C) Ramanuja - Chaitanya -
Shankaracharya
(D) Shankaracharya - Chaitanya -
Ramanuja
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 21. Select the correct chronological order of the Bhakti Saints from the following [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
(A) Kabir, Guru Nanak, Chaitanya,
Mirabai
(B) Kabir, Chaitanya, Guru Nanak,
Mirabai
(C) Kabir, Mirabai, Chaitanya,
Guru Nanak
(D) Guru Nanak, Chaitanya,
Mirabai, Kabir
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 22. How many Jyotirlingah are there devoted to Lord Shiva? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011]
(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 24
(D) 18
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 23. The followers of Ramanuja are known as [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Shaiva
(B) Vaishnava
(C) Advaitvadi
(D) Avadhoot
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 24. Which of the following was the birthplace of Guru Nanak? [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
(A) Amritsar
(B) Nabha
(C) Nankana
(D) Nanded
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 25. In whose regime Guru Nanak Dev founded Sikh religion? [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008]
(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Humayun
(D) Akbar
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 26. ‘God knows man’s virtues and enquires not his caste, in the next world there is no caste!’ This was the theory of which Bhakti saint? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]
(A) Ramanand
(B) Dadu
(C) Nanak
(D) Ramanuja
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 27. Mirabai was contemporary of [UPPCS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(C) Guru Nanak
(D) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 28. The name of the husband of famous devotee poet Mira [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Rana Ratan Singh
(B) Rajkumar Bhojraj
(C) Rana Uday Singh
(D) Rana Sanga
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 29. Who wrote ‘Rag-Govind’? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Mirabai
(B) Narhari
(C) Surdas
(D) Raskhan
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 30. Which one of the following leaders of the Bhakti Movement was influenced by Islam? [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Pre) 2010 UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010]
(A) Chaitanya
(B) Mirabai
(C) Namdev
(D) Vallabhacharya
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 31. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is related to which sect? [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) Vaishnava
(B) Shaiva
(C) Buddhist
(D) Sufi
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 32. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas? [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2004]
(A) Akbar and Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Babur and Humayun
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 33. The book ‘Ramcharitmanas’ was written by [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Valmiki
(C) Surdas
(D) Ved Vyas
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 34. Which of the following is not a composition of Saint Tulsidas? [MPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Gitavali
(B) Kavitavali
(C) Vinay Patrika
(D) Sahitya Ratna
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 35. Who among the following was the Saint of the Varkari Sect? [UPPCS (Mains) 2002, 2004]
(A) Nimbarka
(B) Chakradhara
(C) Namdev
(D) Ramdas
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 36. Bhakt Tukaram was a contempo- rary of which Mughal Emperor? [IAS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 37. Among the following, who was not a proponent of Bhakti cult? [IAS (Pre) 2010]
(A) Nagarjuna
(B) Tukaram
(C) Tyagaraja
(D) Vallabhacharya
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 38. The ‘Chishtia Sufi Order’ in India was established by [UPPCS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Khwaja Badaruddin
(B) Khwaja Muinuddin
(C) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhind
(D) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 39. The first Sufi Saint of Chishtia Sect in India was [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
(A) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
(B) Hamiduddin Chishti
(C) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(D) Nizamuddin Auliya
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 40. Who among the following was the earliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer? [UPPCS (Pre) 2011]
(A) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
(B) Shaikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar
Kaki
(C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(D) Shaikh Salim Chishti
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 41. Who was the founder of Chishtia Branch of Sufism? [UPPSC (RI) 2014]
(A) Shaikh Muhiuddin
(B) Shaikh Jiaudhin Abuljiva
(C) Khwaja Abu-Abdal
(D) Khwaja Bahaud-Din
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 42. Whose disciple was Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti? [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Khwaja Abdal Chishti
(B) Shah Wali Ullah
(C) Mir Dard
(D) Khwaja Usman Haruni
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 43. Who among the following Maratha Chieftains was the first to offer nazr (gift) at the Dargah of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of Ajmer? [RAS/RTS (Re. Exam)(Pre) 2013]
(A) Nawab Ali Bahadur, grandson
of Peshwa Balaji Rao-I (from
his mistress Mastani)
(B) Raja Sahu, the grandson of
Shivaji
(C) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
(D) Peshwa Balaji Rao
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 44. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of [UPPCS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Shaikh Alauddin Sabir
(B) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
(C) Baba Farid
(D) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 45. Dargah of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya is situated in [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Agra
(B) Ajmer
(C) Delhi
(D) Fatehpur
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 46. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2017 IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Muinuddin Chishti
(B) Baba Farid
(C) Sayyid Muhammad Gisudaraz
(D) Shah Alam Bukhari
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 47. Who among the following does not belong to the Chishti order? [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2018 RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar
Kaki
(B) Sheikh Abdul Jilani
(C) Sheikh Moinuddin
(D) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 48. Who among the following is called the ‘Sadi of India’? [UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
(A) Amir Hasan
(B) Amir Khusrau
(C) Abu Talib Kalim
(D) Chandrabhan Brahman
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 49. Which one of the following Sultans of Delhi was refused as audience by Nizamuddin Auliya? [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000]
(A) Jalaluddin Khalji
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(D) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 50. Which Sufi Saint was called ‘Mehboob-e-Ilahi’? [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
(B) Baba Farid
(C) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(D) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 51. The most reputed disciple of Shaikh Farid who had seen the reign of as many as seven sultans of Delhi was [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
(A) Nizamuddin Auliya
(B) Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag
(C) Shaikh Salim Chishti
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 52. The thought of which of the following Sufi saint have been incorporated in the religious book ‘Adi Granth’ of the Sikh? [UPPCS (Pre) 1994]
(A) Shaikh Moinuddin Chishti
(B) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(C) Fariduddin-Ganj-i-Shakar
(D) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 53. The famous saint Shaikh Salim Chishti lived in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Delhi
(B) Ajmer
(C) Fatehpur Sikri
(D) Lahore
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 54. Who among the following was given the title of Shaikh-ul-Hind? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004, 08]
(A) Baba Fariduddin
(B) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar
Kaki
(C) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
(D) Shaikh Salim Chishti
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 55. The most orthodox Sufi order was [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Chishti
(B) Suhrawardi
(C) Naqshbandi
(D) Qadiri
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 56. Which of the following Silsilas of Sufism was against music? [UPPCS (Mains) 2013 UPPCS (Pre) 2003 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
(A) Chishtiya
(B) Suhrawardiya
(C) Qadiriya
(D) Naqshbandiya
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 57. From the given pairs identify the incorrect pair [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011]
(A) Chishti-Delhi and Doab
(B) Suhrawardi-Sindh
(C) Auliya-Madhya Pradesh
(D) Firdausi-Bihar
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 58. Which of the following Sufis regarded Krishna among the auliyas? [UPPCS (Mains) 2012 UPPCS (Pre) 2003 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
(A) Shah Muhammad Ghaus
(B) Shah Abdul Aziz
(C) Shah Waliullah
(D) Khwaja Mir Dard
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 59. Which of the following is not related with Sufism? [UPPSC (RI) 2014]
(A) Ulema
(B) Khanqah
(C) Shaikh
(D) Sama
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 60. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Bihari
(B) Surdas
(C) Raskhan
(D) Kabir
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 61. Who of the following is not associ- ated with the Bhakti Movement? [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006]
(A) Vallabhacharya
(B) Chaitanya
(C) Guru Nanak
(D) Amir Khusrau
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 62. Who composed ‘Barahmasa’? [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Imami
(C) Malik Muhammad Jaisi
(D) Raskhan
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 63. Every year a fair is held at the tomb of famous Sufi saint Haji Waris Ali Shah at [UPPCS (Pre) 2008]
(A) Fatehpur Sikri
(B) Kaliyar
(C) Dewa Sharif
(D) Garhmukteshwar
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 64. The birthplace of Christ is [MPPCS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Jerusalem
(B) Bethlehem
(C) London
(D) Babylon
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 65. The spirit of Christians behind the festival of Easter is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Jesus preached this day
(B) Jesus departed from the world
(C) Jesus went to Nazareth
(D) The day of Resurrection of Christ
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 66. Which Christian saint is famous for the love with animal and birds? [MPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Saint Paul
(B) Saint Thomas
(C) Saint Francis of Assisi
(D) Saint Peter
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 67. Why Good Friday of Christian is celebrated? [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) Jesus Christ had died
(B) Jesus Christ was born
(C) Jesus Christ crucified
(D) A.D. was introduced
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 68. Consider the following statements. 1. ‘Bijak’ is a composition of Kabir. 2. The Philosophy of Pushti Marg was propounded by Vallabhacharya. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 69. With reference to the religious history of medieval India, the Sufi mystics were known to pursue which of the following practices? 1. Meditation and control of breath. 2. Severe ascetic exercises in a lonely place. 3. Recitation of holy songs to arouse a state of ecstasy in their audience. Select the correct answer using the code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2012]
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) Only 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 70. Arrange the following Saints in their chronological order. [UPPCS (Mains) 2005] 1. Kabir 2. Namdev 3. Mirabai 4. Nanak Code
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 4, 3, 2, 1
(C) 2, 1, 4, 3
(D) 4, 1, 3, 2
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 71. Consider the following Bhakti Saints 1. Dadu Dayal 2. Guru Nanak 3. Tyagaraja Who among the above was/were preaching when the Lodi dynasty fell and Babur took over? [IAS (Pre) 2013]
(A) 1 and 3
(B) Only 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 72. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 2001] List-I (Bhakti Saint) (a) Namdev (b) Kabir (c) Ravidas (d) Sena List-II (Profession) 1. Barber 2. Weaver 3. Tailor 4. Cobbler Code (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 3 4 1
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 73. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A ) and the other labeled as Reason (R). Assertion (A ): The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chishti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti. Reason (R): The Chishti order takes its name from a village Chishti in Ajmer. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct? [IAS (Pre) 1997] Code
(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, but (R) is true
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 74. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below. [UPPCS (Mains) 2013] List-I (a) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti (b) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (c) Dara Shikoh (d) Shaikh Shahabuddin List-II 1. Suhrawardiya 2. Qadiriya 3. Chishtiya 4. Naqshbandyia Code (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 4 2 3 1
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 75. With reference to Sufism in Indian history, consider the following statements. 1. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi was a contemporary of Ibrahim Lodi. 2. Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag-I- Dehlavi was a disciple of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya. 3. Aurangzeb was a contemporary of Shaikh Salim Chishti. 4. The Qadiri order of Sufis was first introduced in India by Shaikh Niamatullah and Makhdum Muhammad Jilani. Which of these statements are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 2 and 4
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 76. Who of the following saints were Sufi? 1. Rahim 2. Nizamuddin Auliya 3. Muinuddin Chishti 4. Raskhan Choose your answer from the code given below. [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 2 and 4
Correct Answer (C)
