14000+ MCQs Medieval History (Religious Movements of 15th and 16th Century CE)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/03/2026
1. Who among the following Nirguna Bhakti Saint had met Akbar in 1575 and influenced him by his views?
2. Match List I (Sufi Term) with List II (Meaning) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (Term) | List II (Meaning) |
| A. Pir | 1. Successor of the Sufi Saint |
| B. Murid | 2. Sufi Teacher |
| C. Wali | 3. Sufi Hermitage |
| D. Khanquah | 4. Disciple |
3. 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 |
4. Who among the following has composed Vinay Patrika?
5. Which among the following Bhakti Saint composed Abhangas?
6. Who among the following composed Dnyaneshwari and Amrutanubhav, considered as oldest surviving literary works in Marathi language?
7. Which among the following female Bhakti Saint wrote commentaries on Vedantasutra in Sanskrit?
8. Tulsidas was a contemporary of
9. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was
10. Who among the following is a saint of the medieval age of India?
11. 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?
12. The literature composed by Ramdas was
13. The earlier Vaishnava Bhakti Saints from the South were
14. Who among the following was the saint of the Varkari sect?
15. Who among the following Maratha Chieftains was the first to offer nazr (gift) at the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer?
16. Nanded is considered sacred by Sikhs due to whose Mausoleum?
17. Who among the following does not belong to the Chishti order?
18. The name of the husband of famous devotee poet Mirabai was
19. 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
20. The Chistiya Sufi Order was established in India by
21. ‘Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste,’ whose dictum was this?
22. Who among the following propounded the philosophy of Shuddh Advaita?
23. Who among the following according to thinkers is referred as 'hidden Buddha'?
24. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by
26. Which of the following Bhakti saints is not matched correctly with the state to which he belonged?
27. 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?
28. The thoughts of which of the following Sufi Saint have been incorporated in the ‘Adi Granth’ of the Sikh?
29. Which among the following Sufi Saint was called as Chirag-e-Delhi?
30. What was the name of Saint Ghasidas’ father?
32. Who among the following was the first Bhakti Saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
33. Who among the following is considered as the Guru of Mirabai?
34. The famous medieval Saint Ramananda was born at
35. Which among the following sect was propounded by Shankaracharya?
36. Which one of the following was not a Chishti Sufi Saint?
37. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
38. Consider the following statements regarding Sankardev.
I. He is responsible for the introduction of the Bhakti Movement in Assam. II. He popularised the Assamese culture through the promotion of Ankia Naat, Sattriya dance, and Brajavali. III. He established many Vaishnavite monasteries satras. Which among the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
39. Which Sufi tradition has adopted yogic practise?
40. Which one of the following statements about the teachings of Kabir is not correct?
41. Select the correct chronological order of the Bhakti Saints from the following.
42. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
43. Famous medieval Saint Sankaradev belonged to
44. The famous Bhakti Saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born at
45. Name the Indian Telugu philosopher who founded the Krishna-centered Pushti sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj region of India?
46. Nimbarkacharya is associated with which of the following sect?
47. Which of the following Sikh Gurus were penalised with death by the Rulers of the time?
I. Guru Angad
II. Guru Arjan Dev
III. Guru Har Gobind
IV. Guru Tegh Bahadur
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
48. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
49. Who among the following was the earliest Sufi saint to have settled at Ajmer?
50. Who among the following propounded Sankadi Sampradaya?