Shaiva,Bhagavata Religion Question Answer

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1. Ardhanarisvara, a figure of half Shiva and half Parvati, represents 

 (A) Union of male and female 

(B) Union of God and Goddess 

(C) Union of God with his Shakti 

(D) None of the above 

2. Who were Nayanars? 

(A) Shaiva 

(B) Shakta 

(C) Vaishnava 

(D) Suryopasaka 

3. According to ancient Indian cosmogonic ideas, the sequential order of the cycle of four epochs (yugas) is 

 (A) Dvapara, Krita, Treta and Kali 

(B) Krita, Dvapara, Treta and Kali 

(C) Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali 

(D) Treta, Dvapara, Kali and Krita 

4. Which one of the following was a Shaiva sect in ancient India? 

(A) Ajivika 

(B) Mattamayura 

(C) Mayamata 

(D) Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati 

5. Who were the ‘Nayanars’? 

 (A) Vaishnavites

 (B) Shaivites

 (C) Shaktas 

(D) Sun worshippers 

6. Who among the following was not an ‘Alvar Saint’?

(A) Poigai 

(B) Tirugyan 

(C) Pudam 

(D) Thirumangai 

7. Who contributes the most in the development of Bhagavata sect? 

 (A) Persian 

(B) Indo-Greek people 

(C) Kushan 

(D) Gupta 

8. The originator of Bhagavata Religion was

 (A) Janak 

(B) Krishna 

(C) Yagyavalkya 

(D) Surdas 

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9. Which of the following epic has primarily mentioned Krishna, son of Devaki? 

 (A) Mahabharata 

(B) Chandogya Upanishad 

(C) Ashtadhyayi 

(D) Bhagavata Purana

10. Who were the first to worship Vasudeva Krishna?

 (A) Bhagavatas 

(B) Vedic Aryans 

(C) Tamilians 

(D) Abhirs 

11. Who among the following deities is represented in art as holding the plough? 

(A) Krishna

 (B) Balarama

 (C) Kartikeya 

(D) Maitreya 

12. The number of forms of bhakti in the Bhagavata cult is 

 (A) 7 

(B) 8 

(C) 9 

(D) 10 

13. The Besanagar inscription of Heliodorus is associated with 

 (A) Sankarshan and Vasudeva 

(B) Sankarshan and Pradyumna 

(C) Sankarshan, Pradyumna and Vasudeva 

(D) Only Vasudeva 

 14. The earliest archival evidence related to Bhagavat Religion is 

 (A) Allahabad’s inscription of Samudragupta

 (B) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus

 (C) Bhitri’s inscription of Skanda Gupta 

(D) Mehrauli’s pillar inscription

 15. The earliest known epigraphic evidence of Bhagvatism is 

 (A) Prayaga Prashasti of Samudra Gupta 

(B) Nasik inscription of Gautami Balshri 

(C) Garuda column at Besnagar

 (D) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva 

16. Heliodorus of ‘Besanagar inscription’ was a resident of 

 (A) Pushkalavati 

(B) Takshila (Taxila)

 (C) Sakala 

(D) Mathura 

17. Which incarnation of Vishnu is depicted as saving the Earth from the Sea? 

 (A) Kachhapa 

(B) Matsya 

(C) Varaha 

(D) Narsingh 

18. Which one of the following is the distinctive features of a nastika and astika system in India? 

 (A) Belief in the existence of God 

(B) Belief in the doctrine of rebirth

 (C) Belief in the authenticity of the Vedas 

(D) Belief in the existence of heaven and hell

 19. Which one of the following gives equal importance to Jnana, Karma and Bhakti as a means of liberation? 

(A) Advaita Vedanta 

(B) Vishistadvaitvad Vedanta 

(C) Bhagavad Gita 

(D) Mimamsa 

20. Which one of the following is not included in ‘Prasthan trayi’? 

 (A) Bhagavata 

(B) Bhagavad Gita 

(C) Brahma Sutra 

(D) Upanishad 

21. The ancient place where the narration of entire Mahabharata was read in the conference of 60,000 hermits 

(A) Ahichhatra 

(B) Hastinapur 

(C) Kampilya 

(D) Naimisharanya 

22. Which Kand of Ramayana describes the first meeting of Rama and Hanumana? 

 (A) Kishkindha Kand

 (B) Sunder Kand 

(C) Bal Kand 

(D) None of the above 

23. The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?

(A) Lord Rama

 (B) Lord Vishnu

 (C) Lord Jagannath

 (D) Lord Shiva 

24. Kumbh Mela at Nasik is held on which of the following river bank? 

 (A) Tapti River 

(B) Narmada River 

(C) Koyna River 

(D) Godavari River

 25. In context of Indian culture who among the following is called Ananga? 

(A) Shiva 

(B) Krishna 

(C) Kama 

(D) Laxman 

26. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below. 

 List-I            List-II

(a) Jainism     1. Madina

 (b) Hinduism  2. Vatican

 (c) Islam        3. Pavapuri

 (d) Christianity   4. Varanasi 

Code (a) (b) (c) (d) 

(A) 3 1 4 2 

(B) 1 2 4 3 

(C) 3 4 1 2 

(D) 2 3 1 4 

Answer Sheet 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A) 11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (C) 26. (C)

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