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Bihar Board Class 12 (Arts) Bhakti-Sufi Traditions — practice questions

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In which region did the Bhakti movement first originate?Read the answer and worked solution →Which poet-saints sang the praises of Vishnu in early medieval South India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tirumurai is a Tamil hymn collection in praise of which deity?Read the answer and worked solution →How many Nayanar poet-saints composed the hymns of the Tirumurai?Read the answer and worked solution →The poems of the Alvars were compiled into which scripture of the Vaishnavas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which temple site was established by the travelling Alvar poet-saints?Read the answer and worked solution →In which language did Andal compose her hymns instead of Sanskrit?Read the answer and worked solution →Basava's Bhakti movement in the 12th century arose in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which object did the Lingayats always carry around their necks?Read the answer and worked solution →Lingayatism rejected caste distinctions and which other authority?Read the answer and worked solution →Madhvacharya's Vedanta school posits which view of God and the soul?Read the answer and worked solution →Ramanuja's 12th-century Vedanta school is known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Adi Shankara's 8th-century Vedanta teaches which doctrine?Read the answer and worked solution →In Bhakti theology, Nirguna Brahman is the reality that is what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which emotion mainly drives Saguna bhakti poetry?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the 12th-century Sanskrit work Gita Govinda?Read the answer and worked solution →Which deity is the centre of the Odisha Bhakti movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Nimbarkacharya's theology of difference and non-difference is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the community that recognises Kabir as its founder called?Read the answer and worked solution →In which city was Kabir born?Read the answer and worked solution →Kabir's verses appear in which Sikh scripture?Read the answer and worked solution →In which language style did Kabir compose his poems?Read the answer and worked solution →Who produced the English Songs of Kabir published in 1915?Read the answer and worked solution →Kabir criticised wrong practices in which two religions?Read the answer and worked solution →Kabir suggested that to know the truth one should drop what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which practice is followed by the followers of Kabir?Read the answer and worked solution →Guru Nanak introduced which vegetarian community kitchen?Read the answer and worked solution →Mirabai was a 16th-century devotee of which deity?Read the answer and worked solution →Mirabai was born into which Rajput family?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1516 Mirabai married the crown prince of which kingdom?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In which region did the Bhakti movement first originate?

  1. The Kashmir valley
  2. The Gujarat coast
  3. Bengal and Assam
  4. Tamilakam, Tamil lands
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Correct answer: D. Tamilakam, Tamil lands

The devotional movement began in the Tamil country in the 6th century CE before spreading north.

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Which poet-saints sang the praises of Vishnu in early medieval South India?

  1. Nathas
  2. Lingayats
  3. Nayanars
  4. Alvars
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Correct answer: D. Alvars

The Vaishnava Alvars were the Vishnu-devoted poet-saints, while the Nayanars were devoted to Shiva.

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The Tirumurai is a Tamil hymn collection in praise of which deity?

  1. Brahma
  2. Durga
  3. Shiva
  4. Vishnu
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Correct answer: C. Shiva

The Tirumurai gathers Nayanar hymns addressed to Shiva and became a key Shaiva scripture.

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