MCQ Questions for Class 7 History: Ch 8 Devotional Paths to the Divine
1. Who was born in Tamil Nadu in the eleventh century, was deeply influenced by the Alvars
(a) Tukaram
(b) Ramanuja
(c) Shankara
(d) Basavanna
► (b) Ramanuja
2. Which deities were came to be worshipped through elaborate rituals
(a) Shiva, Vishnu and Durga
(b) Ganesha, Vishnu and Durga
(c) Rama, Krishna and Ram
(d) Shiva, Rama and Durga
► (a) Shiva, Vishnu and Durga
3. Mirabai was a
(a) Marathi princess
(b) Mughals princess
(c) Tamil princess
(d) Rajput princess
► (d) Rajput princess
4. The language of Kabir poetry was a form of spoken ___ widely understood by ordinary people
(a) English
(b) Marathi
(c) Hindi
(d) Awadhi
► (c) Hindi
5. Which amongst the following are the saints of Maharashtra
(a) Namdev, Ramanuja, Eknath and Shankara
(b) Namdev, Basavanna, Eknath and Tukaram
(c) Shankara Namdev, Eknath and Basavanna
(d) Janeshwar, Namdev, Eknath and Tukaram
► (d) Janeshwar, Namdev, Eknath and Tukaram
6. Sufis were
(a) Sikh mystics
(b) Hindu mystics
(c) Parsi mystics
(d) Muslim mystics
► (d) Muslim mystics
7. Which amongst the following was not the Sikh Guru
(a) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(b) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Banda Singh Bahadur
(d) Guru Angad
► (c) Banda Singh Bahadur
8. Nayanars
(a) Saints devoted to Rama
(b) Saints devoted to Shiva
(c) Saints devoted to Ganesha
(d) Saints devoted to Vishnu
► (b) Saints devoted to Shiva
9. Sangam literature is the
(a) Tamil literature
(b) Hindi literature
(c) Gujarati literature
(d) Malayalam Literature
► (a) Tamil literature
10. The Ramcharitmanas, composed by Tulsidas is written in ____
(a) Tamil
(b) Bhojpuri
(c) Awadhi
(d) Hindi
► (c) Awadhi
11. The great Sufis of Central Asia were following except
(a) Sadi
(b) Ghazzali
(c) Rahim
(d) Rumi
► (c) Rahim
12. Sankaradeva composed poems and plays in which language
(a) Awadhi
(b) Gujarati
(c) Tamil
(d) Assamese
► (d) Assamese
13. House of rest for travellers, especially one kept by a religious order.
(a) Hogeograph
(b) Silsila
(c) Tariq
(d) Hospice
► (d) Hospice
14. The sacred space created by Guru Nanak was known as dharmsal. It is now known as
(a) Gurdwara
(b) Guru Granth Sahib
(c) Dharamshala
(d) Langar
► (a) Gurdwara
15. Who wrote Ramcharitmanas
(a) Chaitanyadeva
(b) Tulsidas
(c) Tukaram
(d) Surdas
► (b) Tulsidas
14. Virashaiva movement began in
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka
► (d) Karnataka
15. Hagiography
(a) Writing of local people' lives
(b) Writing of saints' lives
(c) Writing of untouchables' lives
(d) Writing of kings' lives
► (b) Writing of saints' lives
16. Which temple is located in Pandharpur?
(a) Lotus
(b) Konark
(c) Birla
(d) Vitthala
► (d) Vitthala
17. Muslim scholars developed a holy law called
(a) Shariat
(b) Shoriat
(c) Sharait
(d) Shareat
► (a) Shariat
18. Whose bhajan are preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib, Panch Vani and Bijak
(a) Mira Bai
(b) Kabir
(c) Surdas
(d) Tulsidas
► (b) Kabir