1. Who was the founder of the Sufi order in India?
a. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
b. Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
c. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
d. Shaikh Nasiruddin Mahmud
2. Which one of the following term was used by the Sufis for the successor nominated by the teacher of a particular order or silsila?
a. Pir
b. Murid
c. Khalifah (caliph)
d. Khanqah
3. Which Sufi Saint’s dargah is at Ajmer?
a. Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya
b. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
c. Khwaja Salim Chisti
d. Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
4. Which one of the following Sultans of Delhi was refused an audience by Nizamuddin Auliya?
a. Jalaluddin Feroz Khilji
b. Alauddin Khilji
c. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
d. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
5. Amir Khusrau played a pioneer role in the development of
a. Khari Boli
b. Awadhi
c. Bhojpuri
d. Maithili
6. The earlier Vaishnava Bhakti Saints from the South were
a. Alvars
b. Nayanars
c. Bhagavatas
d. Virashaivites
7. Which one of the following statements about the teachings of Kabir is not correct?
a. He was not against pilgrimage and idol worship
b. He believed in universal love
c. He emphasized on one God and the spread of devotionalism
d. He did not consider it necessary to abandon the normal life of a householder.
8. Which great Vaishnava reformer inspired a number of Muslims to adopt Hinduism again during Delhi Sultanate?
a. Chaitanya
b. Vallabhacharya
c. Shankaradeva
d. Vishnuswami
9. The philosophy of Sufism is similar to the Hindu philosophy of
a. Karma (action)
b. Bhakti (devotion)
c. Kalpa (imagination)
d. Gyana (knowledge)
10. Which Chisti saints verses are quoted in the ‘Adi granth’ of the Sikhs?
a. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
b. Bakhtiyar Kaki
c. Farid-ud-Din
d. Nizamuddin Auliya
Answers
1 a
2 c
3 b
4 a
5 a
6 a
7 a
8 a
9 a
10 c