Samacheer Kalvi 7th Social Science Term 3 History Solutions Chapter 1 Pdf
Tamilnadu Board Samacheer Kalvi 7th Social Science Term 3 History Solutions Chapter 1: Tamilnadu State Board Solution Class 7 Social Science Term 3 History Chapter 1 – New religious ideas and movements.
Samacheer Kalvi 7th Social Science History Solutions Chapter 1: Overview
Board |
Samacheer Kalvi |
Class |
7 |
Subject |
Social Science History |
Term |
3 |
Chapter Name |
New religious ideas and movements |
Unit 1: new religious ideas and movements
Multiple choice questions: (marks:1)
1.) Who preached the advita philosophy:
A.) Guru Nanak
B.) Ramanuja
C.) Adi Sankara
Ans: Adi Sankara.
2.) Who was the first guru considered by sikhs:
A.) Guru Nanak
B.) Guru Gobind Singh
C.) Kabir
Ans: Guru Nanak.
3.) Guru Nanak born on:
A.)1460
B.) 1469
C.) 1539
Ans: 1469.
Answer the following questions: (marks:1)
1.) Who spread the bhakti ideology in northern India?
Ans: Ramananda spread the bhakti ideology in northern India.
2.) The bhakti movement started in………….. around……….
Ans: Tamil Nadu, 7th century AD.
3.) Who were called ‘ the trio’?
Ans: There are 63 legendary Nayanmars. Among them, Gnanasampandar, Appar, and Sundarar are often called “the trio”. are worshipped as saints through their images in South Indian temples.
4.) What is sursagar?
Ans: surdas was a blind poet and musician, his famous collection of poetry is known as sursagar.
5.) When did Sufism gain prominence in India?
Ans: Sufism gained prominence in the 10th and 11th centuries during the reign of the Delhi Sultans.
6.) What were the three major orders of Sufism?
Ans: Sufis in medieval India were divided into three major orders. They were Chisti, Suhrawardi and Firdausi.
7.) Who made chishti orders popular in India?
Ans: Moinuddin Chishti made Chisti order popular in India.
8.) What were the famous verses of kabir?
Ans: Granthavali and the Bijak contain collections of Kabir’s verses.
9.) Which is the holy book of sikhs?
Ans: Guru Grantha Sahib is the holy book of shiks.
Answer the following questions: (marks:2)
1.) Who is Adi Sankara?
Ans: Adi Shankara or Shankarachariar propagated the Advaita Philosophy. The essence of this philosophy is that the soul unites with the universal soul through the attainment of knowledge. He set up mathas, centres of learning and worship, at Badrinath, Puri, Dwarka and Sringeri. These places have become prominent pilgrim centres today. Shankara enthusiastically endeavoured to restore the orthodox Vedic tradition without paying attention to the Bhakti movement of his time. His masterpiece is the commentary on the Brahmasutra, which is a fundamental text of the Vedanta school. His commentaries on the principal Upanishads are also considered equally important.
2.) Who is tukaram?
Ans: Tukaram was a 17th century saint poet of Maharashtra, is known for his spiritual songs such as abangas or kirtanas, devoted to Vitthoba, an avatar of Krishna. There is a Vitthala/Panduranga temple at Pandharpur or Pandharpur in Solapur district, Maharashtra. What is Chaitanyadeva to Bengal is Tukaram to Maharashtra.
3.) Who is Meera Bai?
Ans: Meera Bai was the wife of the crown prince of Mewar, was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. She was a disciple of Ravidas. Meera Bai gained popularity through her bhajans.
4.) What is Sufism?
Ans: The word Sufi takes its origin from suf, meaning wool. The Sufis wore coarse garments made of wool and hence they were called Sufis. Sufism was basically Islamic but was influenced by Hindu and Buddhist ideas. It rejected the stringent conduct code of the ulemas. Sufis lived in hermitages akin to monasteries and functioned outside society.
5.) What is known as vishishtadvaita?
Ans: Ramanuja, a 11th century Vaishnava saint, was the most influential thinker of Vaishnavism. His philosophy, known as vishishtadvaita, propagated that the soul retains its identity even after uniting with brahma.
6.) What are the five distinct things the members of khalsa have?
Ans: Every member of the Khalsa had to have five distinctive things on his person. These were kesh (uncut hair), kangha (comb), kirpan (dagger), kada (steel bangle) and kachera (underpants).
Answer the following questions:
1.) What is bhakti movement? Write down the impact of bhakti movement?
Ans: The Bhakti movement, or the resurgence of devotional practices, started in Tamil Nadu around the 7th century A.D. It included reciting the name of the God or Goddess, singing hymns in their praise, wearing religious marks or carrying identity emblems, and undertaking pilgrimages to sacred places associated with the deity. It emphasised the mutual emotional attachment and love of a devotee towards a personal God and of the God for the devotee.
Impact of the Religious/ Bhakti Movement:
Vedic Hinduism was regenerated and thus saved from the invasion of Islam.
- The Islamic tenets – unity of God and universal brotherhood – emphasised by the saints promoted harmony and peace.
- Bhakti was a movement of the common people; it used the language of the common people for its devotional literature.
- Bhakti movement opened up space for Indian languages to grow. It stimulated literary activity in regional languages.
- What sustained Sanskrit, despite its decline during this period, was the support extended by the rulers of Hindu kingdoms.
- Tamil was the only ancient Indian language that remained vibrant during this period. But the ethos of Tamil literature in medieval times had changed. In the classical period, it had secular literature depicting everyday life, its joys and sorrows, but under the influence of devotional cults, its emphasis shifted to religion and religious literature.
- Caste system and social inequalities came to be criticised.
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