ANSWER: A. Salvation
SOLUTION :The literal meaning of Bhakti is devotion. But the Bhakti movement implied the movement which emphasized intense devotion to God. The saints of the Bhakti movement believed in leading a pure and simple life. The saints emphasized that one need not go to pilgrimages to holy places for securing salvation.

ANSWER:A. Tulsidas
SOLUTION: Ramayana is based on the true story life of Sri Ram. The writer of Ramayan in Hindi is Sant Tulsidas.

ANSWER : A. Advaita
SOLUTION:Thus, the conception of brahman as a Creator in advaita is a unique one, and directly relates to the advaita views on causality. To resolve such passages in the upanishads, advaita vedanta maintains that really brahman is devoid of all attributes, and is therefore known as nirguna. Brahman may be described as in the upanishads, as Truth (satyam), Knowledge (jnanam), Infinite (anantam), or as Being (sat), Consciousness (cit), Bliss (Ananda), but none of these terms can be truly interpreted as attributes of brahman as a Super-person/God.

ANSWER:C. Guru Nanak
SOLUTION:Another saint-preacher of the time was Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. He was a contemporary of Kabir. He was born in a Khatri family at Talwandi (Nankana Sahib) in the district of Seikhpura in West Punjab, now in Pakistan. He said “Abide pure amidst the impurities of the world, thus shall thou find the way to religion”.

ANSWER:C. Meerabai
SOLUTION:Meera, also known as Meera Bai or Mirabai (1498-1546) was a Hindu mystic poet of the Bhakti movement. She referred to the Lord, whom she saw as her husband, with different names like Satguru, Prabhu Ji, Girdhar Nagar, Krishna.

ANSWER: B. Guru Nanak
SOLUTION: The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak (1469-1538), was one of the best preachers and reformers in medieval India. He was critical of idol worship, pilgrimages, caste differences and the ceremonial frills of religion.

ANSWER:D. All of the above  
SOLUTION:The Bhakti movement originated as a reaction against caste division, untouchability, and ritualism in India. One of the important landmark in the cultural history of medieval India was the silent revolution in society brought about by by some socio-religious reformers, known as the Bhakti Movement.

ANSWER:D. Assam  
SOLUTION:Srimanta Sankardeva Or Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva – Vaisnav Saint of Assam Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva was born in 1449 into Baro-Bhuyans family near at Aali-pukhuri, about 8 miles to the west-north-west of Bardowa situated in the Nagaon district of Assam.

ANSWER:C. Tulsidas   
SOLUTION:In his works Kavitavali and Vinayapatrika, Tulsidas attests to his parents abandoning him after birth due to an inauspicious astrological configuration.

ANSWER:C. Tulsidas
SOLUTION:Tulsi Das was a humanist and universalist and laid stress upon knowledge, devotion, worship and mediation. He has blended in his work the philosophical monist of the past with stress on Bhakti, the poetry and dignity of Valmiki’s Ramayana with the devotional fervour and humanism of Bhagvata.