Question

Assertion: The common people felt alienated from the God before Bhakti movement.

Reason: Only the Brahmins had the privilege to worship the God and do rituals thereof.

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
• B. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
• C. A is true and R is false.
• D. A is false and R is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

During those days, the upper castes had all the social privileges. People belonging to lower castes didn’t even have the privilege to worship their gods by themselves. The religion during those days demanded costly rituals and sacrifices thereby performed only by Brahmanas. So people were highly dependent on Brahmanas even to worship their own gods.

Because of this strict caste/varna system and costly rituals, the common people felt distanced and alienated from god.