Monday, December 3, 2012

HISTORY CH-8 BHAKTISM AND SUFISM

BY ANKIT BOORA

Q.1 Who were Alvars?
Ans.1 Saints devoted to lord Vishnu.
Q.2 Who were Naynars ?
Ans.2 Saint devoted to lord Shiva?
Q.3 What is sangam litreature?
Ans.3 Earliest litreature of Tamil Nadu during ce.
Q.4 What is Hagiography?
Ans.4 Writing of Saints.
Q.5 How many Naynars are there from castes such as "Mahar" during CE?
Ans.5 There were 65 naynars.
Q.6 A famous Gujrati saint "Narsi" was devoted to which god?
Ans.6 Lord "Krishna".
Q.7Virashaivism movement was initiated by whom ?
Ans.7 Basavanna and his companion like Allama Prabhu , Akkamahadevi.
Q.8 Why this movement was started ?
Ans.9 The Virashaivism argued strongly for the equality of all human beings and against Brahmanical idieas about cast system ,treatment of women and against all forms of ritual and idol workship.
Q.10 Muslim scholars developed a holy law . Name it .
Ans.10 Shariat.
Q.11 What is Silsilas ?
Ans.12 A genealogy of sufi teachers.
Q.13 What is Hospice?
Ans.13 House of rent for travellers .
Q.14 What is another name for hospice?
Ans.14 Khanqahs.
Q.15 Mention any 2 teaching of Kabir?
Ans15 1) Rejection of the major religious tradition.
2 Exterenal worship of both brahmanical , hinduism and Islam.
Q.16 What is Khalsa panth ?
Ans.16 The community of Sikhs.
Q.17 Mention any 2 teachings of guru nank dev ?
Ans.17 1) He insisted that caste creed or gender was irrelevent for attaining liberation>
Q.18 Who was chaitanyadeva ?
Ans He was a 16th cenuatry saint from Bengal, preached selfness devetion to Krishna-radha.


BY ALOK YADAV

Q.1 Which is the earliest literature of Tamil Nadu?
Ans. Sangam literature.
Q.2 Who said "They are Vaishanavas who understand the pain of others."
Ans. Narsi Mehta.
Q.3 Name one untouchable caste of that time?
Ans. Pulaiyar.
Q.4 Nayanars devoted to which god?
Ans. Shiva.
Q.5 What we say to the writings of Saint's life?
Ans. Hagiography.
Q6 Who was born in Talwandi?
Ans. Baba Guru Nanak.
Q.7 Mirabai devoted to which god?
Ans. Krishna.
Q.8 Marathi tradition bhaki on which god?
Ans. Vishnu.
Q.9 Tombs of sufis is known as what?
Ans. Dargah.
Q.10 Sufis in India came from which country?
Ans. Central Asia.
Q.11 Mirabai became disciple of which untouchable saint?
Ans. Ravidas.
Q.12. Who was 13 century saint from Iran who wrote in Persian?
Ans. Jalaluddin Rumi.

QUES/ANS


Q.1 Mention any 4 teachings of Kabir.
Ans. 1. Believe in a formless supreme god.
2. Critism on caste system.
3. Bhakti is the only way to Salvation.
4. Rejectyion of theb major religious traditions.

Q.2 Who was Ramanuja?
Ans. Ramanuja was botrn in Tamil Nadu in the 11 century and was deeply influenced by saint's of
Alvars.
Q.3 What were the important things to be the follower of Guru Nanak?
Ans. 1 . They should be householders.
2. They should adopt productive and useful occupations.
3. They were also expected to contribute to the general funds of community followers.

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