Devotional Paths to the Divine - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

Devotional Paths to the Divine

  1. Who amongst the following was not the Sikh Guru?

    1. Guru Arjun

    2. Guru Gobind Singh

    3. Guru Tegh Bahadur

    4. Guru Angad

  2. The following are vachanas or sayings attributed to ______
    "The rich,
    Will make temples for Shiva. ,
    What shall I, ,
    A poor man, ,
    Do? ,
    My legs are pillars, ,
    The body the shrine, ,
    The head a cupola,
    Of gold. ,
    Listen, O Lord of the meeting rivers, ,
    Things standing shall fall, ,
    But the moving ever shall stay,"

    1. Basavanna

    2. Ramanuja

    3. Shankara

    4. Eknath

  3. House of rest for travellers, especially one kept by a religious order.

    1. Hogeograph

    2. Hospice

    3. Tariq

    4. Silsila

  4. The Sufi masters held their assemblies in their

    1. khanqahs

    2. Sadi

    3. Zikr

    4. Tariqa

  5. Following are the composition of Surdas except

    1. Sursagara

    2. Surasaravali

    3. Sursangam

    4. Sahitya Lahari

  6. Match the followings:

    (a) Alvars(i) Renunciation
    (b) Togis(ii) worship of Vishnu
    (c) Sufis(iii) Sufis
    (d) Genealogy(iv) Muslim mystics
  7. Fill in the blanks:

    The Sufi masters held their assemblies in their __________or hospices.

  8. State true or false:

    The teacher of Chishti Silsilah was Ghazali.

  9. Who compiled the compositions of Baba Guru Nanak?

  10. What is abhang?

  11. How did Shiva, Vishnu, and Durga emerge as supreme deities?

  12. How did Sufis preach?

  13. Who were the Nayanars and Alvars? Write about them.

CBSE Worksheet 01
Devotional Paths to the Divine

Solution

  1. (a) Guru Arjun Explanation: Before his death in 1539, Guru Nanak appointed one of his followers as his successor. His name was Lehna but he came to be known as Guru Angad, signifying that he was a part of Guru Nanak himself. Guru Angad compiled the compositions of Guru Nanak, to which he added his own in a new script known as Gurmukhi. The three successors of Guru Angad also wrote under the name of “Nanak” and all of their compositions were compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604. To this compilation were added the writings of other figures like Shaikh Farid, Sant Kabir, Bhagat Namdev and Guru Tegh Bahadur. In 1706 this compilation was authenticated by his son and successor, Guru Gobind Singh. It is now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of the Sikhs.
  2. (a) Basavanna Explanation: These are vachanas or sayings attributed to Basvanna.
  3. (b) Hospice Explanation: Hospice: House of rest for travellers, especially one kept by a religious order. The Sufi masters held their assemblies in their khanqahs or hospices.
  4. (a) khanqahs Explanation: Hospice: House of rest for travellers, especially one kept by a religious order. The Sufi masters held their assemblies in their khanqahs or hospices.
  5. (c) Sursangam Explanation: Surdas was an ardent devotee of Krishna. His compositions, compiled in the Sursagara, Surasaravali and Sahitya Lahari, express his devotion.

  6. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii)

  7. Khanqahs
  8. False
  9. Guru Angad compiled the compositions of Baba Guru Nanak.

  10. It is a Marathi devotional hymn.

    1. Shiva, Vishnu, and Durga came to be worshipped as supreme deities through elaborate rituals.
    2. At the same time, Gods and Goddesses worshipped in different areas came to be identified with Shiva, Vishnu or Durga.
    1. The Sufi masters held their assemblies in their Khanqahs or hospices.
    2. Devotees of all descriptions including members of the royal and nobility and ordinary people flocked to these khanqahs.
    3. They discussed spiritual matters, sought the blessings of the saints in solving worldly problems or simply attended the music and dance sessions.

  13. A. The Nayanars and Alvars led religious movements in south India during seventh to ninth centuries.

    B. The Nayanars were devotees of Shiva while the Alvars were the devotees of Vishnu. They came from all castes including those considered 'untouchable' like the Pulaiyar and the Panars.

    C. They preached ardent love of Shiva or Vishnu as the path to salvation. They went from place to place composing beautiful poems in praise of the deities enshrined in the villages they visited and set them to music.

    D. There were 63 Nayanars who belonged to different caste backgrounds. There were 12 Alvars who came from equally divergent backgrounds.