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WorksheetsBrief history of Hinduism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
With the departure of Kṛṣṇa from the Earth’s plane, the ........ Yuga begins
a)
Kali
b)
Treta
c)
Dvāpara
d)
Satya
2.
Around 500 BC, Gautama Buddha preached a philosophy that rejected the authority of the .......
a)
Vedas
b)
mantras
c)
Upanishads
d)
Itihasas
3.
Around 600 AD, the ....... began preaching ecstatic devotion to Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa and Śiva
a)
Buddhists
b)
Āḻvār
c)
Nayanars
d)
Jains
4.
Around the 8th-9th century, ............ compiled and taught his philosophy.
a)
Śaṅkara Ācārya
b)
Rāmānuja Ācārya
c)
Madhva Ācārya
d)
Tukārām
5.
Śaṅkara Ācārya through his writing and debates with various opponents revived the ......... tradition
a)
Vedic
b)
Yogic
c)
Buddhist
d)
Christian
6.
Around 1000 AD great Ācāryas such as Rāmānuja and
Madhva also put forward their schools of ..............
a)
Vedānta
b)
Yoga
c)
Mīmāṃsā
d)
Sāṃkhya
7.
Around 1000 AD, ................... raiders began to invade and ransack Indian shrines
and centres which were rich in resources
a)
Muslim
b)
Christian
c)
Buddhist
d)
Chinese
8.
Kabīr, Tukārām and Mīrā Bāī were part of the great Bhakti movement that took place between the ............. century
a)
13th-15th
b)
17th-19th
c)
2nd-3rd
d)
7th-12th
9.
In 1947,
through the inspiration of ......... , India won its independence
a)
Gandhi
b)
Buddha
c)
Modi
d)
Akhbar
10.
Around the 17th-18th century the ........... began to enter India
a)
British
b)
Germans
c)
Chinese
d)
Russians
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