CBSE Class 7 Social Science History Devotional Paths to the Divine MCQs

Question. Which temple is located in Pandharpur?
(a) Lotus
(b) Konark
(c) Birla
(d) Vitthala

Answer:  D

Question. New script introduced by Guru Nanak was termed as
(a) Dharmsal
(b) Gurmukhi
(c) Gurudwara
(d) Langar

Answer:  B

Question. Islam propagated:
(a) Submission to one God
(b) Talwandi
(c) Submission to many God

Answer:  A

Question. Sankaradeva was from:
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Mizoram

Answer:  A

Question. What are Vamghars?
(a) Houses of recitation and prayer
(b) Houses of merchants
(c) Houses of soldiers
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. Guru Nanak was born in ….?
(a) Lahore
(b) Talwandi
(c) Ramdaspur
(d) Banaras

Answer:  B

Question. Dargah Khwaja Moiuddin Chisti is situated in …..?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Banaras
(c) Ajmer
(d) Delhi

Answer:  C

Question.  Where was the composition of Srdas compiled?
(a) Sursagara
(b) Sursaravali
(c) Sahitya lahiri
(d) All

Answer:  D

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

Answer:  C

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

Answer:  D

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

Answer:  A

Question. The Sufi master held their assemblies in their
(a) temple
(b) courtyards
(c) Khanqahs
(d) none of these

Answer:  C

Question. Which castes were considered untouchable?
(a) Pulaiyar
(b) Panars
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. The Ramcharitmanas, composed by Tulsidas is written in ____
(a) Tamil
(b) Bhojpuri
(c) Awadhi
(d) Hindi

Answer:  C

Question. The language of Kabir poetry was a form of spoken ___ widely understood by ordinary people
(a) English
(b) Marathi
(c) Hindi
(d) Awadhi

Answer:  C

Question. Who rewrote the Gita in Marathi?
(a) Saint Janeshwara
(b) Chaitanya
(c) Basavanna
(d) Virashaiva

Answer:  A

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

Answer:  B

Question. Gum Granth Sahib is the holy book of the:
(a) Muslims
(b) Hindus
(c) Sikhs

Answer:  C

Question. Where did Sufi masters held their assemblies?
(a) In Ichanqahs
(b) In public hall
(c) In their houses
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. Sankaradeva was from:
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Mizoram

Answer:  A

Question. Hagiography
(a) Writing of local people' lives
(b) Writing of saints' lives
(c) Writing of untouchables' lives
(d) Writing of kings' lives

Answer:  B

Question. Ghazzali and Rumi were the great Sufis of the:
(a) Central America
(b) Central Asia
(c) East Asia

Answer:  B

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

Answer:  D

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

Answer:  B

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

Answer:  D 

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 

Answer:  C 

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