Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

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

At Puri, Orissa, the principal deity was identified, by the twelfth century, as Jagannatha (literally, the lord of the world), a form of Vishnu.
Manikkavachakar, a devotee of Shiva who composed beautiful devotional songs in Tamil
By the tenth century the compositions of the 12 Alvars were compiled in an anthology known as the Nalayira Divyaprabandham (“Four Thousand Sacred Compositions”).
Karaikkal Ammaiyar was a female devotee of Shiva who adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal.