1. Ardhanarisvara, a figure of half Shiva and half Parvati, represents [UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Union of male and female
(B) Union of God and Goddess
(C) Union of God with his Shakti
(D) None of the above
2. Who were Nayanars? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
(A) Shaiva
(B) Shakta
(C) Vaishnava
(D) Suryopasaka
3. According to ancient Indian cosmogonic ideas, the sequential order of the cycle of four epochs(yugas) is [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Dvapara, Krita, Treta and Kali
(B) Krita, Dvapara, Treta and Kali
(C) Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali
(D) Treta, Dvapara, Kali and Krita
4. Which one of the following was a Shaiva sect in ancient India?[IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Ajivika
(B) Mattamayura
(C) Mayamata
(D) Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati
5. Who were the ‘Nayanars’?[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(A) Vaishnavites
(B) Shaivites
(C) Shaktas
(D) Sun worshippers
6. Who among the following was not an ‘Alvar Saint’? [UPPCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Poigai
(B) Tirugyan
(C) Pudam
(D) Thirumangai
7. Who contributes the most to the development of Bhagavata sect?[39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) Persian
(B) Indo-Greek people
(C) Kushan
(D) Gupta
8. The originator of Bhagavata Religion was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Janak
(B) Krishna
(C) Yagyavalkya
(D) Surdas
9. Which of the following epic has primarily mentioned Krishna, son of Devaki? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Mahabharata
(B) Chandogya Upanishad
(C) Ashtadhyayi
(D) Bhagavata Purana
10. Who were the first to worship Vasudeva Krishna?[UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Bhagavatas
(B) Vedic Aryans
(C) Tamilians
(D) Abhirs
11. Who among the following deities is represented in art as holding the plough? [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
(A) Krishna
(B) Balarama
(C) Kartikeya
(D) Maitreya
12. The number of forms of bhakti in the Bhagavata cult is[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
13. The Besanagar inscription of Heliodorus is associated with [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(A) Sankarshan and Vasudeva
(B) Sankarshan and Pradyumna
(C) Sankarshan, Pradyumna and Vasudeva
(D) Only Vasudeva
Answer Sheet:-
1. (C)
2. (A)
3. (C)
4. (B)
5. (B)
6. (B)
7. (D)
8. (B)
9. (B)
10. (A)
11. (B)
12. (C)
13. (D)