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1. Choose the correct option: Assertion (A): The Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement to protest against the caste system. Reason (R): The major anthologies of compositions by the Alvars, the Nalayira prabandham was frequently described as the Rig Veda, thus claiming that the text was as significant as the four Vedas in Sanskrit t was cherished by the Brahmanas.

2. Which of the following is a Historians classification of Bhakti Traditions?

3. Whose followers are called the Vira Shaivites?

4. Who were generally excluded from Vedic learning?

5. Which of the following is associated with the worship of specific deities

6. Which of the following deities were worshipped by Alvars and Nayanars?

7. which of the following is not a pillar of Islam:

8. Who composed kirtan-ghosha?

9. Worship of abstract form of God is called?

10. “Nalayira Divya Prabandam” is composed by_____________

11. The Wandering monks of Karnataka during 12th century is called ______________

12.  Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice comprised several small rooms and a big hall known as

13. Which rulers introduced the singing of Tamil Shaiva hymns in temples?

14. Karaikal Ammaiyar was devotee of

15.  Identify the Bhakti tradition which favoured widow remarriage.