7th Term-3 Lesson.1 New Religious Ideas and Movements

Lesson.1 New Religious Ideas and Movements 

I. Choose the correct answer

1. Who of the following composed songs on Krishna putting himself in the place of mother Yashoda?

1. Poigaiazhwar
2. Periyazhwar
3. Nammazhwar
4. Andal

Ans : Periyazhwar

2. Who preached the Advaita philosophy?

1. Ramanujar
2. Ramananda
3. Nammazhwar
4. Adi Shankara

Ans : Adi Shankara

3. Who spread the Bhakthi ideology in northern India and made it a mass movement?

1. Vallabhacharya
2. Ramanujar
3. Ramananda
4. Surdas

Ans : Ramananda

4. Who made Chishti order popular in India?

1. Moinuddin Chishti
2. Suhrawardi
3. Amir Khusru
4. Nizamuddin Auliya

Ans :  Moinuddin Chishti

5. Who is considered their first guru by the Sikhs?

1. Lehna
2. Guru Amir Singh
3. Guru Nanak
4. Guru Gobind Singh

Ans :  Guru Nanak

II. Fill in the Blanks.

1. Periyazhwar was earlier known as ______________.

Ans : Vishnu Chittar

2. ________________ is the holy book of the Sikhs.

Ans : Guru Granth Sahib

3. Meerabai was the disciple of ___________.

Ans : Ravidas

4. _____________ philosophy is known as vishistadvaita.

Ans : Ramanuja

5. Gurudwara Darbar Sahib is situated at _______________ in Pakistan.

Ans : Kartarpur

III. Match the following

1. Pahul	Kabir
2. Ramcharitmanas	Sikhs
3. Srivaishnavism	Abdul-Wahid Abu Najib
4. Granthavali	Guru Gobind Singh
5. Suhrawardi	Tulsidas
Ans : 1 – D, 2 – E, 3 – B, 4 – A, 5 – C

IV. Find out the right pair/pairs:

1. Andal – Srivilliputhur
2. Tukaram – Bengal
3. Chaitanyadeva – Maharashtra
4. Brahma-sutra – Vallabacharya
5. Gurudwaras – Sikhs

Ans :  1 and 5 (Andal – Srivilliputhur & Gurudwaras – Sikhs)

2. Assertion: After Guru Gobind Singh, the holy book Guru Granth Sahib came to be considered the guru.

Reason: Guru Gobind Singh was the compiler of Guru Granth Sahib.

1. R is not the correct explanation of A
2. R is the correct explanation of A
3. A is correct but R is wrong
4. Both A and R are wrong

Ans : A is correct but R is wrong

3. Find the odd person out

Poigai Azhwa	Bhoothathu Azhwa	Periazhwar	Andal	Nammazhwar
Ans : Andal

V. State true or false:

1. Sufism was responsible for the spread of Islamic culture.

Ans : False
2. The best known Sufi sage of the early medieval period was Nizamuddin Auliya of the Chishti order.

Ans : True

3. Guru Nanak is considered the first guru of Sikhs.

Ans : True

4. Sufis believed that realization of God can be achieved only through passionate devotion to God and intense meditation.

Ans : True

5. The basic Tamil Saivite sacred canon consists of 12 books.

Ans : True