1. When and where did Bhakti movement began?
In South India in 7th century
2. Who popularized the bhakti cult in South India?
The 12 Alvar Vaishnavite and 63 Naynar Salvite saints popularized the bhakti cult in South India.
3. How many sects are in bhakti movement?
Two – Nirgun and Sagun
4. Who was the leader of bhakti movement?
Shankaracharya
5. Who propounded “Adwaitabad philosophy”?
Shankaracharya
6. Which first bhakti saint used Hindi for propagation of his doctrine?
Ramananda
7. Who founded Varkari sect?
Tukaram
8. Which language was used by Surdas?
Brijbhasa
9. Which Salvite saint converted Pallava king Mahendravarman to Saivism?
Appar
10. Where are the writings of bhakti saints collected?
In Tirumarai also called “tamil veda”
11. Who was Ramananda?
Ramananda was the first great bhakti saint in North India. Raidas, Kabir, Dhanna and Pipa were his disciples.
12. Who was Kabir?
Kabir belonged to a family of weavers and spent great part of his life in Banaras. His verses are included in Adi Granth. He was Nirguna bhakti saint. His disciples formed Kabir-panthi sect.
13. Who was Chaitanya?
Chaitanya was the most prominent Vaishnav saint of Bengal. He popularised Krishna bhakti and looked upon as living Krishna. His biography is called “Chaitanya Charitamrita” written by Krishnadas Kaviraj.
14. Who was Jnaneswar?
Jnaneswar was the pioneer bhakti saint of Maharashtra. He wrote jnaneswari, a commentary on bhagvad gita. He is the author of many hymns called Abhangas.
15. Who was Tukaram?
He was a bhakti saint whose teachings are in the form of abhangas or dohas. He founded the Varkari sect
16. Who was guru of Shivaji?
Ramdasa. He wrote Dasabodha
17. Who founded Lingayat sect?
Basava
18. Who founded Satnami sect?
Jagjivan Das
19. Who wrote Ramcharitamanas?
Tulsidas
20. Who wrote Sursagar?
Surdas
21. Who was the teacher of Surdasa?
Vallabhacharya
22. Who was Mirabai?
She was a Rajput princes of Merta and married to Bhojraja, son of Rana Sanga. She was famous for her devotion to Krishna and wrote several poems like Padavali
23. Who founded Sanak Sampradaya?
Nimbarka
24. Who was the earliest Sufi saint to have settled in India?
Al Hujuri. He wrote Kashful Mahjub
25. Who was Muinuddin Chisti?
He founded Chisti order. He arrived around 1192AD and established his centre at Ajmer
26. Qutub Minar is named after which Chisti saint?
Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
27. Who founded the the Suhrawardi order in India?
Bahauddin Zakaria of Multan
28. Akbar was greatly devoted to which saint of Fatehpur?
Salim Chisti
29. Tansen was disciple of which saint?
Muhammad Ghaus
30. What is Sheikh Nasiruddin called?
Chiragh-i-delhi
31. What is Khanqah?
The Sufi pirs lived in Khanqah with their disciples. It was the centre of Sufi activities. They emerged as important centres of learning which were different from Madrasas, the centre of theology
32. Which musical form developed during Sufi period?
Qawwali
33. The word “Sufi” came from which language?
It comes from the Arabic word “Safa” which means purity
34. Who were the two eminent disciples of Sheikh Muinuddin Chisti?
Sheikh Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and Sheikh Hamiduddin Sufi of Nagaur
35. Where is the tomb of Sheikh Muinuddin Chisti?
At Ajmer
36. Who founded Nizamiyah?
Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
37. Amir Khusroe was disciple of which sufi saint?
Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
38. Who popularized Ajivika sect?
Makhali Putta Gosal.
39. Ajivikas believed in which vision?
Ajivikas believed in Niyativad