14000+ MCQs Medieval History (Religious Movements of 15th and 16th Century CE)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/07/2026
1. Which among the following Bhakti Saint composed Abhangas?
2. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
3. Match the following (Saint-poet) with the Language of their compilation.
| List I (Saint-poet) | List II (Language of their compilation) |
| A. Mirabai | 1. Bengali |
| B. Tyagaraja | 2. Hindi (Marwari/Braj Bhasha/Rajasthani) |
| C. Chandidas | 3. Telugu |
| D. Purandaras (Purandara Dasa) | 4. Kannada |
4. 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.
5. Which among the following places is the birthplace of the founder of the Pushtimarg Saint Vallabhacharya?
6. Which one of the following sultans of Delhi was refused an audience by Nizamuddin Auliya?
7. The book ‘Ramcharitmanas’ was written by
8. Who was the Hindu saint to have disciples in both Hindus and Muslims?
9. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Many Sanskrit works on music were translated into Persian during the Medieval period.
Reason (R): The early Chisti Sufis were fond of musical assemblies called, ‘sama’.
10. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
11. Who among the following according to thinkers is referred as 'hidden Buddha'?
12. Adi Shankaracharya established four Mathas. These Mathas are situated at
13. Who among the following composed Dnyaneshwari and Amrutanubhav, considered as oldest surviving literary works in Marathi language?
14. In Sufism, the correct meaning of word ‘pir’ is
15. Who among the following Nirguna Bhakti Saint had met Akbar in 1575 and influenced him by his views?
16. 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?
17. Consider the following statements related to the Virashaiva tradition in Karnataka.
I. The Virashaiva movement was led by a Brahmana named Basavanna, a Minister in the court of the Kalachuri ruler in the twelfth century. II. The Virashaivas encouraged practices, approved by the Dharmashastras, like post-puberty marriage and remarriage of widows. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
18. A common feature to all Bhakti Saints was that they
19. Guru Gobind Singh's greatness lies in the fact that
20. Which of the following was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
21. Which among the following given pairs is not correctly matched?
22. The shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is situated at
23. Who among the following was the saint of the Varkari sect?
24. The Chistiya Sufi Order was established in India by
25. 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.
26. Which one of the following gives equal importance to Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti as a means of liberation?
27. 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?
28. How many Jyotirlinga are there devoted to Lord Shiva?
29. Kabir was a contemporary of
30. The religious sect popularised by Surdas was
31. 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?
32. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was related with among the following sect?
33. Which among the following Sikh Gurus instituted the Khalsa Panth?
34. Who among the following is considered as the Guru of Mirabai?
35. Shankaracharya was born in
36. The Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Rajasthan during the reign of
37. To which Sikh Guru, Akbar donated 500 Bighas of land?
38. Where is the seat of Warkari tradition located?
39. What was the name of Saint Ghasidas’ father?
40. The name of the husband of famous devotee poet Mirabai was
41. Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order?
42. The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was
43. 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 |
44. Which one of the following term was used by the Sufis for the successor nominated by the teacher of a particular order or silsila?
45. The famous Nirguna Bhakti Saint, Dadu Dayal was born at
46. Which of the following is not a composition of Saint Surdas?
47. Whose work raised the status of Braj Bhasha from a crude language to that of a literary one?
48. Who among the following is the founder of the Satnami sect?
49. Guru Nanak Dev established Sikh religion during the reign of