Basaveshwara

Q. What is Upanayana ceremony?

1. A ceremony to commomerate the first pooja
2. A ceremony where Brahmin boys wear sacred thread for the first time
3. A ceremony to commomerate the first yagna
4. A ceremony to celebrate the teachers of religion

Q. What does 'Kayakave Kailasa'?

1. God will save you
2. God will take you on a boat ride
3. Work is worship
4. God of Kailasa will bless you

Q. Where was Basaveshwara born?

1. Tumkur
2. Vijayapura
3. Bellary
4. Belgaum

Q. What is a Linga Deeksha?

1. The person undergoing Linga Deeksha is made to wear a sacred thread across the body.
2. The person undergoing Linga Deeksha receives a sacred thread from his teacher.
3. The person undergoing Linga Deeksha receives an idol from his teacher.
4. The person undergoing Linga Deeksha receives an Ishtalinga from his teacher.

Q. Who were Basaveshwara's parents?

1. Madhyaghega Bhatta and Vedavatti
2. Maadarasa and Madalamike
3. Shivaguru and Aryamba
4. Keshava Diskshit and Kantimathi

Q. King Bijjala was of ______ dynasty.

1. Tughluq
2. Ballala
3. Kalachuri
4. Pallava

Q. Basaveshwara propounded a new philosophy called _____________.

1. Advaita
2. Vishitadvaita
3. Shakthivishishtadvaitha
4. Dvaita

Q. _______ is the saint, who brought social and religious reforms in the state of Karnataka.

1. Ramanuja
2. Basaveshwara
3. Shankaracharya
4. Adi Shankara

Q. Basaveshwara refused to take part in the ceremony.

1. Ishtalinga
2. Linga Deeksha
3. Upanayana
4. Kalachuri

Q. What is an Ishtalinga?

1. Ishtalinga is a representation of the shiva linga.
2. Isthtalinga is an anklet.
3. Ishtalinga is a bracelet.
4. Ishtalinga is a representation of an idol.

Q. Shahu Maharaj abolished the ___ by publishing a declaration in the Government Gazette of the state of Kolhapur.

1. Zamindari System
2. Untouchability
3. Sati
4. Balutedari System

Q. Anjumen-e-maref aimed at _______.

1. socio-economic reforms for the people
2. intellectual reforms for the people
3. educating people about the nationalist movement
4. supporting the Nizam rule

Q.

What is the role of Karta in a HUF?

Q. Why did Basaveshwara refuse to take part in the ceremony?

1. He understood the social inequalities that emanated from notions of purity associated with the sacred thread.
2. He didn't like feeling of thread hanging across his body.
3. He felt that the thread represented the economic inequalities.
4. He felt that the thread represented the material well being.

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding Basaveshwara?

1. Believed that Kayakave Kailasa
2. Focused more on social reforms than on religion
3. Worked to build a casteless society
4. Basaveshwara encouraged rituals

Q. Basaveshwara wrote a number of poems called ______________.

1. Thirukkural
2. Naaladiyaar
3. Vachanas
4. Gaadhe

Q. More than a thousand of Basaveshwara's vachanas conclude with the word _________.

1. Kudalasangama
2. Kudalasangamadeva
3. Kanchava
4. Kudala

Q. Who hired Basaveshwara as his treasurer?

1. King Ballala
2. King Mallala
3. King Komala
4. King Bijjala

Q. Basaveshwara held assemblies called _______________.

1. Aanmeeka Mandapa
2. Kalyana Mandapa
3. Anubhava Mandapa
4. Kudalasangama

Q. What was the first step in Basaveshwara's life towards social reform?

1. He refused to take part in Upanayana ceremony
2. He cast the casteist people out of the territories governed by him
3. He outlawed same caste weddings
4. He led temple entry movements

Q. Select the correct pairs of the following.

1. Dr B.R Ambedkar - Dalit Movement
2. Sane Guruji - Peasant Movement
3. Narayan Meghaji Lokhade - Workers Movement
4. Savitribai Phule - Feminist Movement

Q. What does Ikya mean?

1. Modern furnishings.
2. To become one with God.
3. To become enlightened.
4. To be blessed with wealth.

Q. Match the following.

1. Respect your work
2. One with god
3. Poems
4. Vachanakara

Q. Basaveshwara left to _______ for higher studies.

1. Kudalasangama
2. Bellary
3. Tumkur
4. Vijayapura

Q.

It is 150 km from Mathura to Noida by NH-2 and 180km by Expressway. An Ac bus takes two and half hours by NH-2 whereas the same bus takes 3 hours to reach Noida from Mathura. What kind of values dominate in Mathura - a religious city and Noida - an industrial city?