List of top History Questions on Religious Histories: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions asked in CUET (UG)

Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Biography of a saint or a religious leader is called Hagiography
(B) Biography of a saint or a religious leader is called Topography
(C) Hagiographies inform us about the beliefs of the followers of a particular tradition
(D) Nobody recorded the histories of saints and religious leaders
(E) Written sources do not help us in knowing history
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Jagannath temple is located at:

Nayanars were devotees of which God?

Karaikkal Ammaiyar was a devotee of ____________ and adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal:

Lord Jagannatha is a form of which God?

Which Sufi teacher was also known as the ‘Gharib Nawaz’?

Match List - I with List - II:

List - I	List - II
(A) Appar	(I) Tevaram
(B) Malfuzat	(II) Tamil Veda
(C) Tazkiras	(III) Uttered conversation of Sufis
(D) Nalayira Divyaprabandham	(IV) Women devotee of Shiva

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One of the major anthologies of composition by the Alvars was:

Match List - I with List - II:

List - I	List - II
(A) Jagannatha	(I) A devotee of Shiva
(B) Manikkavachakar	(II) Anthologies of Alvars
(C) Nalayira Divyaprabandham	(III) A form of Vishnu
(D) Karaikkal Ammaiyar	(IV) Woman devotee of Shiva

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In Jahanara's biography, she has shown her devotion to which Sufi saint?

On which day did Jahanara attain the happiness of pilgrimage?

Identify gestures indicating Jahanara's devotion:

The biography of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti is titled: