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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Union of God with his Shakti
2. Who were Nayanars? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
(A) Shaiva
(B) Shakta
(C) Vaishnava
(D) Suryopasaka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Shaiva
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Mattamayura
5. Who were the ‘Nayanars’? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(A) Vaishnavites
(B) Shaivites
(C) Shaktas
(D) Sun worshippers
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Shaivites
6. Who among the following was not an ‘Alvar Saint’? [UPPCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Poigai
(B) Tirugyan
(C) Pudam
(D) Thirumangai
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Tirugyan
7. Who contributes the most in the development of Bhagavata sect? [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) Persian
(B) Indo-Greek people
(C) Kushan
(D) Gupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Gupta
8. The originator of Bhagavata Religion was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Janak
(B) Krishna
(C) Yagyavalkya
(D) Surdas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Krishna
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Chandogya Upanishad
10. Who were the first to worship Vasudeva Krishna? [UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Bhagavatas
(B) Vedic Aryans
(C) Tamilians
(D) Abhirs
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Bhagavatas
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Balarama
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) 9
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
Correct Answer: (D) Only Vasudeva
14. The earliest archival evidence related to Bhagavat Religion is [UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2008]
(A) Allahabad’s inscription of Samudragupta
(B) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus
(C) Bhitri’s inscription of Skanda Gupta
(D) Mehrauli’s pillar inscription
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus
15. The earliest known epigraphic evidence of Bhagvatism is [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Prayaga Prashasti of Samudra Gupta
(B) Nasik inscription of Gautami Balshri
(C) Garuda column at Besnagar
(D) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Garuda column at Besnagar
16. Heliodorus of ‘Besanagar inscription’ was a resident of [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
(A) Pushkalavati
(B) Takshila (Taxila)
(C) Sakala
(D) Mathura
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Takshila (Taxila)
17. Which incarnation of Vishnu is depicted as saving the Earth from the Sea? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010 UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010]
(A) Kachhapa
(B) Matsya
(C) Varaha
(D) Narsingh
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Varaha
18. Which one of the following is the distinctive features of a nastika and astika system in India? [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Belief in the existence of God
(B) Belief in the doctrine of rebirth
(C) Belief in the authenticity of the Vedas
(D) Belief in the existence of heaven and hell
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Belief in the authenticity of the Vedas
19. Which one of the following gives equal importance to Jnana, Karma and Bhakti as a means of liberation? [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Advaita Vedanta
(B) Vishistadvaitvad Vedanta
(C) Bhagavad Gita
(D) Mimamsa
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Bhagavad Gita
20. Which one of the following is not included in ‘Prasthan trayi’? [UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Bhagavata
(B) Bhagavad Gita
(C) Brahma Sutra
(D) Upanishad
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Bhagavata
21. The ancient place where the narration of entire Mahabharata was read in the conference of 60,000 hermits [UPPCS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Ahichhatra
(B) Hastinapur
(C) Kampilya
(D) Naimisharanya
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Naimisharanya
22. Which Kand of Ramayana describes the first meeting of Rama and Hanumana? [UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
(A) Kishkindha Kand
(B) Sunder Kand
(C) Bal Kand
(D) None of the above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Kishkindha Kand
23. The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity? [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
(A) Lord Rama
(B) Lord Vishnu
(C) Lord Jagannath
(D) Lord Shiva
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Lord Jagannath
24. Kumbh Mela at Nasik is held on which of the following river bank? [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019 UPPCS (Mains) 2003]
(A) Tapti River
(B) Narmada River
(C) Koyna River
(D) Godavari River
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Godavari River
25. In context of Indian culture who among the following is called Ananga? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Shiva
(B) Krishna
(C) Kama
(D) Laxman
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Kama
26. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below. [MPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2004]
List-I
(a) Jainism
(b) Hinduism
(c) Islam
(d) Christianity
List-II
1. Madina
2. Vatican
3. Pavapuri
4. Varanasi
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 2 3 1 4
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) 3 4 1 2
