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231.

The Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti came to Rajasthan during the reign of

(a)Maharana Pratap

(b)Rana Sanga

(c)Rana Kumbha

(d)Prithviraj Chauhan

Comment

Answer is: D

232.

The earlier Vaishnava Bhakti Saints from the South were

(a)Alvars

(b)Nayanars

(c)Bhagavatas

(d)Virashaivites

Comment

Answer is: A

233.

Which one of the following statements about the teachings of Kabir is not correct?

(a)He was not against pilgrimage and idol worship

(b)He believed in universal love

(c)He emphasized on one god and the spread of devotionalism

(d)He did not consider it necessary to abandon the normal life of a householder

Comment

Answer is: A

234.

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

235.

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

236.

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

237.

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

238.

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

239.

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

240.

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

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