Class 7 Social Science History MCQ Devotional Paths to the Divine

Question : Sankaradeva was from:

(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(c) Mizoram

Question : What are Vamghars?

(A) Houses of recitation and prayer
(B) Houses of merchants
(c) Houses of soldiers
(d) None of these

Question : Dargah Khwaja Moiuddin Chisti is situated in …..?

(A) Jaipur
(B) Banaras
(c) Ajmer
(d) Delhi

Question : Which temple is located in Pandharpur?

(A) Lotus
(B) Konark
(c) Birla
(d) Vitthala

Question : New script introduced by Guru Nanak was termed as

(A) Dharmsal
(B) Gurmukhi
(c) Gurudwara
(d) Langar

Question : Islam propagated:

(A) Submission to one God
(B) Talwandi
(c) Submission to many God

Question : Where was the composition of Srdas compiled?

(A) Sursagara
(B) Sursaravali
(c) Sahitya lahiri
(d) All

Question : Which amongst the following was not the Sikh Guru

(A) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(B) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Banda Singh Bahadur
(d) Guru Angad

Question : Guru Nanak was born in ….?

(A) Lahore
(B) Talwandi
(c) Ramdaspur
(d) Banaras

Question : Shariat is

(A) single minded devotion to one God
(B) month of fasting for Muslims
(c) the disciples in Sufi system
(d) Holy law made by Muslim scholars

Question : 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

Question : The Sufi master held their assemblies in their

(A) temple
(B) courtyards
(c) Khanqahs
(d) none of these

Question : The language of Kabir poetry was a form of spoken ___ widely understood by ordinary people

(A) English
(B) Marathi
(c) Hindi
(d) Awadhi

Question : Who rewrote the Gita in Marathi?

(A) Saint Janeshwara
(B) Chaitanya
(c) Basavanna
(d) Virashaiva

Question : Which castes were considered untouchable?

(A) Pulaiyar
(B) Panars
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Question : The Ramcharitmanas, composed by Tulsidas is written in ____

(A) Tamil
(B) Bhojpuri
(c) Awadhi
(d) Hindi

Question : Who was born in Tamil Nadu in the eleventh century, was deeply influenced by the Alvars

(A) Tukaram
(B) Ramanuja
(c) Shankara
(d) Basavanna

Question : Gum Granth Sahib is the holy book of the:

(A) Muslims
(B) Hindus
(c) Sikhs

Question : Where did Sufi masters held their assemblies?

(A) In Ichanqahs
(B) In public hall
(c) In their houses
(d) None of these

Question : Sankaradeva was from:

(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(c) Mizoram

Question : Ghazzali and Rumi were the great Sufis of the:

(A) Central America
(B) Central Asia
(C) East Asia

Question : Sankaradeva was from:

(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram

Question : Mirabai was a devotee of:

(A) Lord Krishna
(B) Vishnu
(C) Shiva

Question : The Virashaiva movement began in ____
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Assam

Question : The ______ went from place to place composing exquisite poems in praise of the deities enshrined in the villages they visited
(a) Sufis
(B) Nayanars
(c) Alvars
(d) Both b and c

Question : Which amongst the following was not the Sikh Guru

(A) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(B) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Banda Singh Bahadur
(d) Guru Angad

Question : Hagiography

(A) Writing of local people’ lives
(B) Writing of saints’ lives
(c) Writing of untouchables’ lives
(d) Writing of kings’ lives

Question : Ghazzali and Rumi were the great Sufis of the:

(A) Central America
(B) Central Asia
(c) East Asia

Question : In the early centuries of the Common Era, ____ were worshipped as supreme deities
(a) Shiva
(B) Vishnu
(c) Durga
(d) All of the above

Question : 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

Question : Gum Granth Sahib is the holy book of the:

(A) Muslims
(B) Hindus
(C) Sikhs

Question : Nanak was bom in:

(A) Ramdaspur
(B) Talwandi
(C) Banaras

Question : Narsi Mehta was a saint of:

(A) Maharashtra
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Gujarat