Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Composite Culture (Bhakti and Sufi Movements)
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is the Bhakti movement associated with? [1]
(A) Hinduism
(B) Islam
(C) Buddhism
(D) Jainism
2. What did Bhakti emphasise? [1]
(A) Personal devotion over complex rituals
(B) Only complex rituals
(C) Only warfare
(D) Only trade
3. What is the Sufi movement associated with? [1]
(A) Islam
(B) Hinduism
(C) Buddhism
(D) Jainism
4. What did Sufism emphasise? [1]
(A) Personal spiritual connection through love and poetry
(B) Only complex rituals
(C) Only warfare
(D) Only trade
5. Who was an influential figure in these movements? [1]
(A) Kabir
(B) Akbar
(C) Babur
(D) Aurangzeb
6. What did figures like Kabir do? [1]
(A) Blended ideas from different religions
(B) Rejected all religions
(C) Only followed one strict tradition
(D) Ignored spirituality
7. What did these movements promote? [1]
(A) Unity and tolerance
(B) Division and conflict
(C) Isolation
(D) War
8. What did these movements contribute to? [1]
(A) India's composite culture
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only conflict
(D) Only isolation
9. What is the Bhakti movement associated with? [1]
(A) Hinduism
(B) Islam
(C) Buddhism
(D) Jainism
10. What did Bhakti emphasise? [1]
(A) Personal devotion over complex rituals
(B) Only complex rituals
(C) Only warfare
(D) Only trade
11. What is the Sufi movement associated with? [1]
(A) Islam
(B) Hinduism
(C) Buddhism
(D) Jainism
12. What did Sufism emphasise? [1]
(A) Personal spiritual connection through love and poetry
(B) Only complex rituals
(C) Only warfare
(D) Only trade
13. Who was an influential figure in these movements? [1]
(A) Kabir
(B) Akbar
(C) Babur
(D) Aurangzeb
14. What did figures like Kabir do? [1]
(A) Blended ideas from different religions
(B) Rejected all religions
(C) Only followed one strict tradition
(D) Ignored spirituality
15. What did these movements promote? [1]
(A) Unity and tolerance
(B) Division and conflict
(C) Isolation
(D) War
16. What did these movements contribute to? [1]
(A) India's composite culture
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only conflict
(D) Only isolation