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931.

Which great Vaishnava reformer inspired a number of Muslims to adopt Hinduism again during Delhi Sultanate?

(a)Chaitanya

(b)Vallabhacharya

(c)Shankaradeva

(d)Vishnuswami

Comment

Answer is: A

932.

The philosophy of Sufism is similar to the Hindu philosophy of

(a)Karma (Action)

(b)Bhakti (Devotion)

(c)Kalpana (Imagination)

(d)Gyan (Knowledge)

Comment

Answer is: A

933.

Which Chisti saints verses are quoted in the 'Adi Granth' of the Sikhs?

(a)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti

(b)Bakhtiyar Kaki

(c)Farid-ud-Din

(d)Nizamuddin Auliya

Comment

Answer is: C

934.

Which of the following statements about Bhakti saints is/are correct?

(a)Namdev was greatly influenced by Islam

(b)Ramananda was not a worshiper of Krishna

(c)Ramananda had 12 disciples including a butcher, a barber, a cobbler and a Muslim Weaver

(d)All of above

Comment

Answer is: D

935.

The reason for the sharp antagonism of the Bhahmins and the Ulema against Kabir and Nanak was that they

(a)Preached Hindu-Muslim unity

(b)Belonged to the lower castes

(c)Saw them as propagators of new religions

(d)Dubbed the Brahmins and Mullahs as ignorant, credulous, vain and misguided

Comment

Answer is: C

936.

Which of the following was not a common teaching of Kabir and Nanak?

(a)The ideas of both were drawn from Bhakti and Islamic Sufi traditions

(b)Both emphasized the doctrine of Karma

(c)Both believed in the formless God

(d)The objective of both was only to reform Hindu society

Comment

Answer is: D

937.

Which of the following was not one of the three chief Sufi orders in India?

(a)Shattari

(b)Chishti

(c)Suhrawardi

(d)Firdausi

Comment

Answer is: A

938.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(a)Firdausi's order was popular in Bihar

(b)Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti established the Chishti order in India

(c)The Vakari Sect in Maharashtra was founded by Tukaram

(d)All of above

Comment

Answer is: D

939.

Which of the following Bhakti saints is not matched correctly with the state to which he belonged?

(a)Shankaradeva : Assam

(b)Kabir : Uttar Pradesh

(c)Narsi Mehta : Gujarat

(d)Tukaram : Bengal

Comment

Answer is: D

940.

Which of the following was not one of the four cardinal doctrines of Sufism?

(a)Complete surrender to the will of God

(b)Annihilation of the self

(c)Acquisition of mystic powers and attributes

(d)The realization of God

Comment

Answer is: D

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