New Religious Ideas and Movements

Samacheer Book Back Questions And Answers For History Standard 7 Term 3 “New Religious Ideas and Movements”

I. Choose the correct answer:
1. Who of the following composed songs on Krishna putting himself in the place of mother Yashoda?
a) Poigaiazhwar
b) Periyazhwar
c) Nammazhwar
d) Andal

2. Who preached the Advaita philosophy?
a) Ramanujar
b) Ramananda
c) Nammazhwar
d) Adi Shankara

3. Who spread the Bhakthi ideology in northern India and made it a mass movement?
a) Vallabhacharya
b) Ramanujar
c) Ramananda
d) Surdas

4. Who made Chishti order popular in India?
a) Moinuddin Chishti
b) Suhrawardi
c) Amir Khusru
d) Nizamuddin Auliya

5. Who is considered their first guru by the Sikhs?
a) Lehna
b) Guru Amir Singh
c) Guru Nanak
d) Guru Gobind Singh

II. Fill in the Blanks:
1. Periyazhwar was earlier known as _____.
2. _____ is the holy book of the Sikhs.
3. Meerabai was the disciple of _____.
4. _____ philosophy is known as vishistadvaita.
5. Gurudwara Darbar Sahib is situated at _____ in Pakistan.

Answers:
1. Vishnu Chittar
2. Guru Granth Sahib
3. Ravi das
4. Ramanuja’s
5. Karatarpur

III. Match the following:
1. Pahul                      A. Kabir
2. Ramcharitmanas    B. Sikhs
3. Srivaishnavism       C. Abdul-Wahid Abu Najib
4. Granthavali            D. Guru Gobind Singh
5. Suhrawardi             E. Tulsidas

Answers:
1. D
2. E
3. B (Srivaishnavism – Ramanujam)
4. A
5. C

IV. Find out the right pair/pairs:
1. Andal – Srivilliputhur
2. Tukaram – Bengal
3. Chaitanyadeva – Maharashtra
4. Brahma-sutra – Vallabacharya
5. Gurudwaras – Sikhs

Answers:
2 – maharashtra
3 – Bengal
4 – shankara

2. Assertion (A): After Guru Gobind Singh, the holy book Guru Granth Sahib came to be considered the guru.
Reason (R): Guru Gobind Singh was the compiler of Guru Granth Sahib.
a) R is not the correct explanation of A
b) R is the correct explanation of A
c) A is correct but R is wrong
d) Both A and R are wrong
Answer: Compiled by – Guru Arjan Dev Compiled

3. Find the odd person out
Poigai Azhwar, Bhoothathu Azhwar, Periazhwar, Andal, Nammazhwar.
Answer: Andar – female azhwar

V. State true or false:
1. Sufism was responsible for the spread of Islamic culture.
2. The best known Sufi sage of the early medieval period was Nizamuddin Auliya of the Chishti order.
3. Guru Nanak is considered the first guru of Sikhs.
4. Sufis believed that realization of God can be achieved only through passionate devotion to God and intense meditation.
5. The basic Tamil Saivite sacred canon consists of 12 books.

Answers:
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True