Bhakti Movement MCQs

Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims 'as pots of the same clay'?

Who wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras refuted Shari Kara and offered an interpretation based on the theistic ideas?

Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?

Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampraday that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule?

Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?

Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti - devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?

Who among the following Bhakti Saints was responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras?

Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the 'unity of the god-head' and emphasized that 'devotion to God' and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.

Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as "Pushti Marga" for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna's sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the "Hare Krishnas"