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851. |
The kingdom to be established in the Ganges valley after the invasion of Timur (1398 AD) was- |
A. | jaunpur |
B. | Rampur |
C. | Khandesh |
D. | Bundelkhand |
Answer» B. Rampur | |
852. |
Who founded Ahmedabad? |
A. | Ahmad Shah - the first |
B. | Muhammad Shah |
C. | Mahmood Begda |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. Muhammad Shah | |
853. |
By what name was the military department known in the Vijayagan Empire? |
A. | misconduct |
B. | Remember |
C. | ve - velocity |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. Remember | |
854. |
The poet in Telugu was not included in - |
A. | nannay |
B. | Tikanna |
C. | Yerapragad |
D. | thiruvalluvar |
Answer» E. | |
855. |
Which ruler of Kashmir is remembered by Kashmiri asBadshah(Great Sultan) - |
A. | Zain-ul-Abidin |
B. | Sultan Alexander Butshikan |
C. | sultan shihabuddin |
D. | sultan qutubuddin |
Answer» B. Sultan Alexander Butshikan | |
856. |
Which Sultan of Bengal got the Mahabharata translated into Bengali? |
A. | Alauddin Hussain Shah |
B. | Nusrat Shah |
C. | Raja Ganesh |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. Raja Ganesh | |
857. |
Who brought the Bahmani kingdom to its climax? |
A. | Alauddin Hassan |
B. | Tajuddin Firoz |
C. | Mahmud Gawan |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
858. |
In which language did the famous ruler of Kashmir get the translation of Sanskrit texts like KashmiriBadshahRatranginietc.? |
A. | in Urdu |
B. | in Arabic |
C. | in Farsi |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
859. |
The early exponents of Bhakti movement were |
A. | Ramanuj Acharya |
B. | Gyandev / Dnyaneshwar |
C. | Vallabh Acharya |
D. | nimbarkacharya |
Answer» B. Gyandev / Dnyaneshwar | |
860. |
Which historian called Krishnadev Raj's campaign against Prataparudra Gajapati, the ruler of Orissa, as the most spectacular military event of 16th century Indian history? |
A. | V. a . smith |
B. | lanepool |
C. | Neelkanth Shastri |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
861. |
Which was the first state to become independent from the Bahmani kingdom? |
A. | Berar |
B. | bijapur |
C. | Ahmednagar |
D. | golkonda |
Answer» B. bijapur | |
862. |
Who among the following was the first Muslim ruler of India who ordered not to collectJizyatax from Hindus? |
A. | Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah |
B. | Muhammad Shah I |
C. | daud - the first |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Muhammad Shah I | |
863. |
The Bhakti sect in Maharashtra was spread by the teachings of which of the following? |
A. | Sant Tukaram |
B. | Sant Dnyaneshwar |
C. | Samarth Guru Ramdas |
D. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
Answer» C. Samarth Guru Ramdas | |
864. |
Which state became independent last in the Bahmani kingdom? |
A. | bijapur |
B. | Ahmednagar |
C. | Roundabout |
D. | Bidar |
Answer» E. | |
865. |
To which sect did Chaitanya Mahaprabhu belong? |
A. | Sri Sampradaya |
B. | Warkari sect |
C. | Gaudiya sect |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
866. |
Who is credited with bringing the Bhakti movement from South India to North India? |
A. | Shankaracharya |
B. | ramanuja |
C. | Ramanand |
D. | Kabir |
Answer» D. Kabir | |
867. |
Where is Adina Mosque located? |
A. | in jaunpur |
B. | in bengal |
C. | in Gujarat |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. in Gujarat | |
868. |
Which saint made the medium of dance and songs (Kirtan) to experience God near him? |
A. | shankardev |
B. | Chandi Das |
C. | Gyandev |
D. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
Answer» E. | |
869. |
Who represented this movement in Assam during the Bhakti movement? |
A. | shankardev |
B. | Tukaram |
C. | Narsingh Mehta |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. Tukaram | |
870. |
The pioneers of Bhakti movement in Punjab were |
A. | Nanak |
B. | Arjun Dev |
C. | tegh bahadur |
D. | Guru Gobind Singh |
Answer» B. Arjun Dev | |
871. |
Guru Nanak's teachings are - |
A. | of human fraternity |
B. | to form a fighting organization of the Sikhs |
C. | of Sikhism as a religion |
D. | of the unity of the Sikhs |
Answer» B. to form a fighting organization of the Sikhs | |
872. |
The first Acharya to give philosophical basis to Bhakti was- |
A. | Ramanuj Acharya |
B. | Shankaracharya |
C. | Madhvacharya |
D. | Vallabhacharya |
Answer» B. Shankaracharya | |
873. |
The founder ofMahapurushiya Dharma(a refuge sect) was- |
A. | Ramanuj Acharya |
B. | Vallabh Acharya |
C. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
D. | shankardev |
Answer» E. | |
874. |
The poet Chandidas contributed to the popularization of which of the following languages? |
A. | Bengali |
B. | Hindi |
C. | Marathi |
D. | Gujarati |
Answer» B. Hindi | |
875. |
The author ofGeet Govindis - |
A. | banabhatta |
B. | Jaydev |
C. | surdas |
D. | Chaitanya |
Answer» C. surdas | |
876. |
The followers of Ramanuja are called - |
A. | Shaiva |
B. | Vaishnava |
C. | monism |
D. | Avadhut |
Answer» C. monism | |
877. |
There was a common feature among all the Bhakti saints that they - |
A. | Write your speech in that language which was understood by his devotees. |
B. | Denying the power of the priestly class |
C. | women were encouraged to go to the temple |
D. | encourage idol worship |
Answer» B. Denying the power of the priestly class | |
878. |
Bhakti Rasa poetess Mirabai was - |
A. | a noble woman who never married |
B. | Belonging to a Gujarati royal family, married to a Rajput |
C. | Daughter of a priest from Madhya Pradesh |
D. | wife of a Rajput ruler |
Answer» E. | |
879. |
Shankaracharya was born in 788 AD. I happened in which village of Kerala? |
A. | Kaladi / Kaladi |
B. | nimbapur |
C. | Udipi |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. nimbapur | |
880. |
The main similarity in the life philosophy of Buddha and Mirabai was - |
A. | observance of non-violence |
B. | penance for nirvana |
C. | the world is sad |
D. | telling the truth |
Answer» D. telling the truth | |
881. |
Ramanujacharya was successful in making Vititga, a Jain religious ruler of the Hoysala dynasty, a Vaishnavite. What did Chittig change its name to? |
A. | Vishnuvardhana |
B. | Vishnuswamy |
C. | Ramaswamy |
D. | vithalaswami |
Answer» B. Vishnuswamy | |
882. |
Ramanujacharya had to leave Trichanapalli and go to Mysore due to the threat of which staunch Shaivite Chola ruler? |
A. | Rajaraja I |
B. | Rajendra - I |
C. | Kulotuge I |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
883. |
Who was the saint of South India who spent most of his life in Vrindavan in North India? |
A. | Ramanujacharya |
B. | Nimbark Acharya |
C. | Madhvacharya |
D. | Vishnu Swami |
Answer» C. Madhvacharya | |
884. |
The name of the husband of famous bhakt poetess Meerabai was - |
A. | Rana Ratan Singh |
B. | prince bhojraj |
C. | Rana Udai Singh |
D. | Tell Rana |
Answer» C. Rana Udai Singh | |
885. |
Adishankar, who later became Shankaracharya, was born in- |
A. | in Kashmir |
B. | in West Bengal |
C. | in Andhra Pradesh |
D. | in Kerala |
Answer» E. | |
886. |
Bhakti movement was started by - |
A. | Alvar - by Nayanar saints |
B. | Sufi - by saints |
C. | by surdas |
D. | by Tulsidas |
Answer» B. Sufi - by saints | |
887. |
The center of the Vithoba or Vitthal (a name for Vishnu) movement in Maharashtra was |
A. | pandharpur |
B. | Paithan |
C. | Carly |
D. | elephanta |
Answer» B. Paithan | |
888. |
In the field of devotion, who stopped theShudrasfrom accepting Islam by giving them the right of Bhagvat Darshan and salvation? |
A. | Ramanujacharya |
B. | Vallabhacharya |
C. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
D. | Madhvacharya |
Answer» B. Vallabhacharya | |
889. |
Brahma is the truth and the world is false (illusion or maya) - whose statement is this? |
A. | Shankaracharya |
B. | Ramanujacharya |
C. | Vallabhacharya |
D. | Chaitanya |
Answer» B. Ramanujacharya | |
890. |
f Sanskrit is the deity, then is my mother tongue (Marathi) the Dasyu language, - Whose quote is this? |
A. | Gyandev |
B. | Eknath |
C. | Tukaram |
D. | Ramdas |
Answer» C. Tukaram | |
891. |
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order - |
A. | Shankaracharya - Ramanuja - Chaitanya |
B. | Ramanuja - Shankaracharya - Chaitanya |
C. | Ramanuja - Chaitanya - Shankaracharya |
D. | Shankaracharya - Chaitanya - Ramanuja |
Answer» B. Ramanuja - Shankaracharya - Chaitanya | |
892. |
The birth place of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is - |
A. | Nadia / Navadweep |
B. | Talwandi |
C. | nimbapur |
D. | Maghar |
Answer» B. Talwandi | |
893. |
Which Vaishnava saint was a disciple of the Orissa king Pratparudra? |
A. | Chaitanya |
B. | shankardev |
C. | Kabir |
D. | Chandidas |
Answer» B. shankardev | |
894. |
Who is considered the founder of Sikhism / Sikhism? |
A. | Guru Nanak |
B. | Arjun Dev |
C. | tegh bahadur |
D. | Guru Gobind Singh |
Answer» B. Arjun Dev | |
895. |
Who was the spiritual teacher of Shivaji? |
A. | Ramdas |
B. | Tukaram |
C. | Eknath |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. Tukaram | |
896. |
Who is credited for popularizing Vaishnavism in Bengal and Orissa? |
A. | Chaitanya |
B. | Kabir |
C. | Ramanujacharya |
D. | Nanak |
Answer» B. Kabir | |
897. |
he caste-line does not ask anyone / Hari's bhaje who is so Hari's - whose lines are these - |
A. | Ramanand |
B. | Kabir |
C. | Basil |
D. | Sur |
Answer» B. Kabir | |
898. |
Guru Nanak was born in 1469 AD. I was told - |
A. | Talwandi / Nankana |
B. | Multan |
C. | Amritsar |
D. | Ropar |
Answer» B. Multan | |
899. |
Who among the following was not a proponent of Bhakti movement? |
A. | Nagarjuna |
B. | Tukaram |
C. | Tyagaraja |
D. | Vallabhacharya |
Answer» B. Tukaram | |
900. |
The author ofDas Bodhwas- |
A. | Eknath |
B. | Tukaram |
C. | Ramdas |
D. | Tulsidas |
Answer» D. Tulsidas | |