{"id":2561,"date":"2025-05-04T04:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T23:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2025-05-04T04:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T23:05:21","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-150","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saint Nimbarka was a\u00a0<strong>contemporary<\/strong>\u00a0of Akbar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saint Kabir was\u00a0<strong>greatly influenced<\/strong>\u00a0by Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(d) Neither 1 nor 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6815b2f4a5723\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saint Nimbarka:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He was the\u00a0preacher\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>Vaishnavite Bhakti\u00a0<\/strong>in the Telangana region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saint Nimbarka was\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0a contemporary of Akbar. Saint Nimbarka belongs to the\u00a0<strong>13th or 14th century<\/strong>\u00a0while\u00a0<strong>Akbar reigned during the 16th century.\u00a0\u200b<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was the\u00a0<strong>disciple of Ramanujacharya<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was the first to introduce\u00a0<strong>Radhamadhav cult\u00a0<\/strong>which was centered n the worship of Radha and Madhav<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He founded the philosophy called\u00a0<strong>Dwita Advaita<\/strong>. It was centered on the balance between\u00a0<strong>Advaita and Visishtadvaita.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He wrote\u00a0<strong>Dashasloki and Vedanta<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was also a prominent astronomer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its\u00a0philosophy\u00a0held that men were trapped in physical bodies constricted by\u00a0<strong>prakrti<\/strong>(matter) and that only by surrender to Radha-Krishna (not through their own efforts) could they attain the grace necessary for liberation from rebirth; then, at death, the physical body would drop away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saint Kabir<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/inshorts\/kabir-das-upsc\/\">Kabir<\/a>\u00a0was the\u00a0disciple of\u00a0<strong>Ramananda.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/inshorts\/kabir-das-upsc\/\">Saint Kabir<\/a>\u00a0was the follower of\u00a0<strong>Nirguna Bhakti<\/strong>\u00a0who\u00a0lived in the\u00a0<strong>15th century<\/strong>\u00a0while\u00a0<strong>Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi<\/strong>\u00a0was the Islamic\u00a0scholar of\u00a0<strong>Naqshbandi Silsilah<\/strong>\u00a0who\u00a0lived during the\u00a0<strong>16th century<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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