Total Questions: 100

1. The Bhakti Movement is often described as a ‘silent revolution’. What was the primary focus of this movement?
A. Economic reforms
B. Political consolidation
C. Devotional surrender to a personally conceived supreme God
D. Military conquest

2. Which period is identified as the time when the concept of Bhakti began to emerge, according to the passage?
A. Gupta period
B. 6th century BCE
C. 7th century CE
D. 12th century CE

3. Which religious movements influenced the early development of the concept of personal devotion (Bhakti)?
A. Jainism and Buddhism
B. Mahayana Buddhism and early Vishnu worship
C. Shaivism and Shaktism
D. Puranic Hinduism

4. Who were the Tamil poet-saints primarily associated with the southern Bhakti Movement?
A. Kabir and Nanak
B. Alvars and Nayanars
C. Tulsidas and Surdas
D. Jnaneswar and Tukaram

5. The Alvars were devoted to which deity?
A. Shiva
B. Vishnu
C. Krishna
D. Rama