NEW RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS-(Bhakti Movement in North India) T3 -4

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Bhakti Movement in North India Quiz

1. The Bhakti movement in North India mainly developed during which centuries?

10th and 11th centuries
14th and 15th centuries
18th and 19th centuries
20th century

Answer: 14th and 15th centuries
The Bhakti movement gained strong influence in North India during the 14th and 15th centuries when many saints promoted devotion to God.

2. Which two religious leaders belonged to the group that accepted good elements of Islam?

Kabir and Guru Nanak
Ramananda and Tulsidas
Surdas and Meera Bai
Vallabhacharya and Tukaram

Answer: Kabir and Guru Nanak
Kabir and Guru Nanak emphasized unity among religions and accepted positive aspects of Islam and Hinduism.

3. Who spread the Bhakti ideology widely in Northern India?

Ramananda
Surdas
Meera Bai
Tukaram

Answer: Ramananda
Ramananda played a key role in spreading the Bhakti ideology in North India and making it a mass movement.

4. Vallabhacharya built a temple for Lord Krishna at which place?

Ayodhya
Govardhan Hills
Varanasi
Haridwar

Answer: Govardhan Hills
Vallabhacharya built a temple dedicated to Lord Krishna at Govardhan Hills near Mathura.

5. What is the famous collection of poems written by Surdas?

Ramcharitmanas
Sursagar
Gitanjali
Bhaktamal

Answer: Sursagar
Sursagar is the famous collection of devotional poetry written by the blind poet Surdas.

6. Meera Bai was a devotee of which deity?

Shiva
Vishnu
Krishna
Rama

Answer: Krishna
Meera Bai was deeply devoted to Lord Krishna and expressed her devotion through bhajans.

7. Who was the spiritual teacher (guru) of Meera Bai?

Kabir
Ravidas
Ramananda
Tulsidas

Answer: Ravidas
Meera Bai was a disciple of Ravidas, a Bhakti saint who preached equality and devotion to God.

8. Which saint popularized Krishna worship in Bengal through singing and dancing?

Tulsidas
Surdas
Chaitanyadeva
Ramananda

Answer: Chaitanyadeva
Chaitanyadeva spread devotion to Krishna through ecstatic singing and dancing in Bengal.

9. Which famous work was written by Tulsidas?

Ramcharitmanas
Sursagar
Tiruvaimozhi
Bhagavad Gita

Answer: Ramcharitmanas
Tulsidas retold the story of Lord Rama in Hindi in the famous work Ramcharitmanas.

10. Tukaram was a devotee of which form of Krishna?

Vitthoba
Jagannath
Venkateswara
Balaji

Answer: Vitthoba
Tukaram’s devotional songs were dedicated to Vitthoba (Panduranga), a form of Lord Krishna worshipped at Pandharpur.

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