BHAKTI MOVEMENT QUIZ

Pallavas, Cheras and Rashtrakutas

Cheras & Pandavas

Pallavas, Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms

Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas

It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience

None of these

It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality

It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna

Moinuddin Chisti

Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Khwaja Bahuddin

Baba Farid

I, II, & IV

Only IV

I, II, III & IV

Both I & IV

Andal was a woman Alvar, the most striking features of her compositions were widely sung (and continue to be sung to date)

Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society

Andal saw herself as the beloved of Krishna; her verses express her love for the deity

Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity

Tulsidas

Shankaracharya

Ramanada Saraswati

Valmiki

Eknath

Tukaram

Namdeva

Ramdas

Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God with the help of Brahmins was the only means of Salvation

None of these

Both A & B

Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God was the only means of Salvation

Tukaram

Namadev

Gnandeva

Ekanath

Madhva

Vallabhacharya

Nimbarka

Ramanuja