14000+ MCQs Medieval History (Religious Movements of 15th and 16th Century CE)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/10/2026
1. Consider the following statements.
I. Saint Nimbarka was a contemporary of Akbar.
II. Saint Kabir was greatly influenced by Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2. Which one of the following was not a Chishti Sufi Saint?
3. The famous Saint Sheikh Salim Chishti lived in
4. The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was
5. Which one of the following statements about the teachings of Kabir is not correct?
6. Where is the seat of Warkari tradition located?
7. Whose work raised the status of Braj Bhasha from a crude language to that of a literary one?
8. Match the following (Sufi Saints) with the actual titles given to them by their followers and select the correct answer using the codes given below.
| List I (Sufi Saint) | List II (Title) |
| A. Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya | 1. Chirag-i-Delhi |
| B. Sheikh Nasiruddin Mahmud | 2. Mahboob-i-Ilahi |
| C. Sayyid Mohammed Gesu Daraz | 3. Mujaddid |
| D. Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi | 4. Bandanawaz |
9. Which Sikh Guru was born at Patna?
10. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal Emperor?
11. Who among the following composed Dnyaneshwari and Amrutanubhav, considered as oldest surviving literary works in Marathi language?
12. Consider the following Bhakti saints.
I. Kabir (c. 1440-1518)
II. Namdev (c. 1270-1350)
III. Ramananda (c. 1400-1470)
IV. Nanak (c. 1469-1539)
The correct chronological order of their appearance in the Bhakti Movement is
13. Shankaracharya was born in
14. Adi Shankaracharya established four Mathas. These Mathas are situated at
15. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
16. Who among the following is considered as the Guru of Mirabai?
17. Nanded is considered sacred by Sikhs due to whose Mausoleum?
18. Which of the following statements is/are true about Shankaracharya?
I. Shankaracharya have founded four Mathas at Badrinath (Joshimath), Puri, Sringeri and Dwarka. II. He travelled across the Indian Subcontinent to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. III. He introduced the concept of Dvaita-advaita. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
19. In Sufism, the correct meaning of word ‘pir’ is
20. Consider the following statements in context of famous Bhakti Saint Ramananda?
I. He is credited with bringing Shaivite tradition from South to North India. II. He laid emphasis on worship of Rama. III. He had twenty disciples. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
21. Consider the following statements.
I. Mirabai was a contemporary of Guru Nanak.
II. Ramdas was a contemporary of Shivaji.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
22. Vaishnavism in Kamrupa was popularised by
23. Who was/were the 10th century composers of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham?
24. The Chistiya Sufi Order was established in India by
25. The famous medieval Saint Ramananda was born at
26. The earlier Vaishnava Bhakti Saints from the South were
27. The famous Nirguna Bhakti Saint, Dadu Dayal was born at
28. God knows man’s virtues and enquires not his caste, in the next world there is no caste. This was the theory of which Bhakti Saint?
29. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was related with among the following sect?
30. Which among the following places is the birthplace of the founder of the Pushtimarg Saint Vallabhacharya?
31. Who among the following propounded the philosophy of Shuddh Advaita?
32. Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order?
33. Which of the following is not a composition of Saint Surdas?
34. The most reputed disciple of Sheikh Farid who had seen the reign of as many as seven sultans of Delhi was
35. Which among the following given pairs is not correctly matched?
36. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by
37. The Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Rajasthan during the reign of
38. Which of the following Bhakti saints is not matched correctly with the state to which he belonged?
40. Who among the following propounded Sankadi Sampradaya?
41. Mirabai emphasised on the worship of which of the following deity?
42. The common goal of life of both Buddha and Mirabai was
43. Famous medieval Saint Sankaradev belonged to
44. Which among the following Bhakti Saint composed Abhangas?
45. Which among the following Sikh Gurus instituted the Khalsa Panth?
46. Who among the following is the founder of the Satnami sect?
47. The name of the husband of famous devotee poet Mirabai was
48. Verses ascribed to poet-saint Kabir have been compiled in which of the following traditions?
I. Bijak in Varanasi II. Kabir Granthavali in Rajasthan III. Adi Granth Sahib Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
49. Which among the following female Bhakti Saint wrote commentaries on Vedantasutra in Sanskrit?
50. Name the Indian Telugu philosopher who founded the Krishna-centered Pushti sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj region of India?
