Ancient History (Shaiva, Bhagavata Religion) MCQ

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Subject — Ancient Indian History 
Topic — Shaiva, Bhagavata Religion
Total Question in This Set — 26

Ancient Indian History (Shaiva, Bhagavata Religion) MCQ

1. Who were Nayanars?
(A) Shaiva
(B) Shakta
(C) Vaishnava
(D) Suryopasaka

2. 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

3. Which one of the following was a Shaiva sect in ancient India?
(A) Ajivika
(B) Mattamayura
(C) Mayamata
(D) Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati

4. 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

5. Who among the following was not an ‘Alvar Saint’?
(A) Poigai
(B) Tirugyan
(C) Pudam
(D) Thirumangai

6. Who were the ‘Nayanars’?
(A) Vaishnavites
(B) Shaivites
(C) Shaktas
(D) Sun worshippers

7. The originator of Bhagavata Religion was
(A) Janak
(B) Krishna
(C) Yagyavalkya
(D) Surdas

8. Who contributes the most in the development of Bhagavata sect?
(A) Persian
(B) Indo-Greek people
(C) Kushan
(D) Gupta

9. Who were the first to worship Vasudeva Krishna?
(A) Bhagavatas
(B) Vedic Aryans
(C) Tamilians
(D) Abhirs

10. Which of the following epic has primarily mentioned Krishna, son of Devaki?
(A) Mahabharata
(B) Chandogya Upanishad
(C) Ashtadhyayi
(D) Bhagavata Purana

11. The number of forms of bhakti in the Bhagavata cult is
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10

12. Who among the following deities is represented in art as holding the plough?
(A) Krishna
(B) Balarama
(C) Kartikeya
(D) Maitreya

13. 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

14. The Besanagar inscription of Heliodorus is associated with
(A) Sankarshan and Vasudeva
(B) Sankarshan and Pradyumna
(C) Sankarshan, Pradyumna and Vasudeva
(D) Only Vasudeva

15. Heliodorus of ‘Besanagar inscription’ was a resident of
(A) Pushkalavati
(B) Takshila (Taxila)
(C) Sakala
(D) Mathura

16. 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

17. 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

18. Which incarnation of Vishnu is depicted as saving the Earth from the Sea?
(A) Kachhapa
(B) Matsya
(C) Varaha
(D) Narsingh

19. Which one of the following is not included in ‘Prasthan trayi’?
(A) Bhagavata
(B) Bhagavad Gita
(C) Brahma Sutra
(D) Upanishad

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
(A) Lord Rama
(B) Lord Vishnu
(C) Lord Jagannath
(D) Lord Shiva

25. 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

26. In context of Indian culture who among the following is called Ananga?
(A) Shiva
(B) Krishna
(C) Kama
(D) Laxman

 

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