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DAV Class 7 SST Ch 17 Question Answer – Major Religions
DAV Class 7 SST Ch 17 Solutions – Major Religions
Something To Know
A. Tick (✓) the correct option.
Question 1.
Who among the following was NOT a sufi saint?
(a) Nizamuddin Aulia
(b) Khwaja Muinnuddin Chisti
(c) Kabir
(d) Amir Khusro
Answer:
(d) Amir Khusro
Question 2.
In which religion pilgrimage to ‘Haj’ is practised?
(a) Hinduism
(b) Islam
(c) Sikhism
(d) Jainism
Answer:
(b) Islam
Question 3.
The Bhakti Movement originated in
(a) North India
(b) West India
(c) South India
(d) East India
Answer:
(c) South India
Question 4.
Bhakti saints did not oppose
(a) superstitions
(b) narrow mindedness
(c) caste system
(d) communal harmony
Answer:
(d) communal harmony
Question 5.
Who constructed the Akal Takht near the Golden temple?
(a) Guru Har Gobind
(b) Guru Arjun Dev
(c) Guru Ram Das
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
Answer:
(a) Guru Har Gobind
B. Fill in the blanks.
1. The founder of Islam ……………. was born in …………… is 570 CE.
2. Sikhism is based on …………… tradition.
3. Gurudwara Harminder Sahib is situated in …………..
4. ……………. took ideas of Bhakti to the north.
5. Alvars worshipped …………… and Nayanars worshipped ……………
Answer:
1. Prophet Mohammad; Mecca,
2. Guru and Shishya
3. Amritsar
4. Ramananda
5. Vishnu; Shiva
C. Match the following:
| 1. Adi Granth Bhakti movement | (a) Islam |
| 2. Sheikh Salim | (b) Hindu-Muslim unity |
| 3. Chisti | (c) Sikhism |
| 4. Kabir | (d) Medieval period |
| 5. The Quran | (e) Sufism |
Answer:
| 1. Adi Granth Bhakti movement | (c) Sikhism |
| 2. Sheikh Salim | (d) Medieval period |
| 3. Chisti | (a) Islam |
| 4. Kabir | (e) Sufism |
| 5. The Quran | (b) Hindu-Muslim unity |
D. Answer the following questions in brief.
Question 1.
How did the city of Amritsar take its name? Who constructed Gurudwara Harminder Sahib?
Answer:
Guru Ram Das dug the holy tank known as Amritsar. The city takes its name from it. Guru Arjun Dev constructed Gurudwara Harminder Sahib.
Question 2.
When did Prophet Mohammad attain revelation and how?
Answer:
At the age of forty, he got the light of wisdom (revelation) while meditating in a cave near Mecca and declared himself the Prophet of Allah.
Question 3.
What was the way to realise God according to Gum Nanak?
Answer:
He propagated that to be one with God, one has to be egoless and denounce lust for worldly pleasures. He believed in Nirankar Brahma or God. For him, Rama and Rahim were the same.
Question 4.
Give the meaning of Bhakti and name four prominent Bhakti saints.
Answer:
Bhakti means complete submission and devotion to God. Meera, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Tulsidas and Surdas are some of the prominent Bhakti saints.
Question 5.
State the practices of Sufis which are similar to Hinduism or Buddhism.
Answer:
Some of the practices among the Sufis were similar to Hinduism or Buddhism, e.g. penance, fasting, pranayam, good deeds and belief in equality among all, without any distinction of colour, caste or creed.
E. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
Explain the teachings of Islam with special reference to its principles.
Answer:
The teachings of Islam are based on the five principles:
- Every Muslim should always proclaim oneness of God i.e., Allah and Mohammad as his prophet on this earth.
- Every Muslim should offer prayers five times daily, and on Friday afternoon in a mosque with others collectively.
- One should give alms to the poor.
- Every Muslim should keep fast i.e., roza during the day in the month of Ramzan from dawn to dusk.
- One should, if possible, go on a ‘Haj’ to Mecca at least once in ones lifetime.
Question 2.
Mention the features of Islam that make it a human religion.
Answer:
The features of Islam that make it a human religion are given below:
- Islam rejects idol worship and elaborate rituals.
- It gives emphasis on love and devotion to God and compassion towards all fellow human beings.
- It preaches that Allah punishes us for the bad deeds and rewards us for good deeds.
- It also propogates the concept of equality.
- It gives emphasis on giving alms to the poor.
Question 3.
Explain the contribution of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Govind Singh to Sikhism.
Answer:
(a) Guru Tegh Bahadur fought against the opperssion by the Mughals. He inculcated courage among the Sikhs to fight against the atrocities of the Mughal rulers.
(b) Guru Govind Singh gave impetus to the Sikh movement which culminated in the constitution of the Khalsa Panth at Anandpur popularly known as Takhat Sri Keshgarh Sahib in 1699. Thus, the community of the Sikhs, called the Khalsa Panth, became a political entirty.
Question 4.
State the importance of Bhakti movement in reforming and uniting the Indian society.
Answer:
The Hindu society had been a prey to many evils such as caste system, inequality, superstitions, narrow mindedness. The Bhakti movement tried to reform the Hindu society by eliminating these evils. For this the Bhakti servants did a lot of work:
- They condemned rigidities of casteism and taught lessons of love, devotion and equality.
- All over India, they used local languages to preach their message.
- They discarded rituals and sacrifices to create oneness with God. They described all kinds of discriminations based on religion.
- They opposed the caste system, superstitions and narrow mindedness. They encouraged religious tolerance.
- Kabir and Nanak, the popular Bhakti saints, strongly preached Hindu, Muslim unity.
Question 5.
Enlist the similarities between Islam and Sikhism.
Answer:
The similarities between Islam and Sikhism:
- Both laid emphasis on one God or Almighty.
- Both believed in equality and rejected all kinds of discriminations based on caste, religion or wealth.
- Both preached that one should have pure heart and self-discipline to reach God.
- Both the religions propagated that to be one with God, one has to be egoless and denounce lust for worldly pleasures.
Value-Based Question
Question 1.
Read this beautiful poem about Kabir’s thinking God be within the mosque, to whom does this world belong? If Rama be within the image, then who is there to know what happens without? Hari is in the east, Allah is in the west. Look within your own heart, for there you will find both Rahim and Rama. All the men and women of the world are His living forms. Kabir is the child of Allah and Rama both.
- Based on the above text, prepare a message for all human beings.
Answer:
These lines give a message that “We are One”—all of us are children of one God, but have adopted different religions to reach the same Almighty.
Question 2.
When all religions propagate love and compassion, why do some people are intolerant towards other religions?
Answer:
Different religions in our country have been spread by intermixing and influence, and this factor has contributed a lot. But some people with stereotypical attitudes do not treat people of other religion on humanitarian grounds. It leads to ethlic hostilities, distrust among the people of different religions and bitterness prevails.
Hence, peace of society is disrupted. Religious conflicts occur when people of different religions do not get along with each other, or when some among them feel they are being discriminated against their religion. But if we promote the concept of ‘one nation-one religion-one people’, there will be no place of religious war.
Something To Do
Question 1.
Prepare a tabular presentation of different religions under the following columns
Answer:
Question 2.
Organise ‘Harmony’ a musical activity in the class in different groups who would sing bhajans, Sufi Kalams, Shabads, Kabir’s dohas or verses from The Ramayan, etc.
Answer:
Do yourself.
DAV Class 7 Social Science Chapter 17 Question Answer – Major Religions
A. Tick (✓) the correct option.
Question 1.
The Quran teaches Muslims to pray
(a) five times daily
(b) four times daily
(c) three times daily
(d) two times daily
Answer:
(a) five times daily
Question 2.
Guru Nanak was born in
(a) 1469
(b) 1479
(c) 1509
(d) 1519
Answer:
(a) 1469
Question 3.
Sangat and Pangat were established by
(a) Guru Angad
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Govind Singh
(d) Guru Nanak
Answer:
(d) Guru Nanak
Question 4.
The Khalsa Panth was created in
(a) 1539
(b) 1699
(c) 1700
(d) 1899
Answer:
(b) 1699
Question 5.
The Alvars were devotes of
(a) Shiva
(b) Krishna
(c) Hanuman
(d) Vishnu
Answer:
(d) Vishnu
Question 6.
Who took the ideas of Bhakti to north?
(a) Kabir
(b) Ramananda
(c) Ravidas
(d) Nanak
Answer:
(b) Ramananda
Question 7.
Meerabai was an ardent devotee of
(a) Krishna
(b) Durga
(c) Shiva
(d) Saraswati
Answer:
(a) Krishna
Question 8.
Suhrawardi order was established by
(a) Khwaja Muinnuddin Chisti
(b) Khwaja Baqi Bittah
(c) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria
(d) Baba Farid
Answer:
(c) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria
B. Very Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Who did Prophet Mohammad marry?
Answer:
Prophet Mohammad married a widow under whom he was employed.
Question 2.
When did Prophet Mohammad declare himself the Prophet of Allah?
Answer:
At the age forty, he got the light of wisdom while meditating in a cave near Mecca, and he declared himself the Prophet of Allah.
Question 3.
Who was Gabriel? What is said about him?
Answer:
Gabriel was the God’s angel. It is said that Koran was revealed to him by Gabriel.
Question 4.
Why did Prophet Mohammad move to Madina?
Answer:
He moved to Madina because the orthodox and rich people of Mecca did not like him.
Question 5.
What did Prophet Mohammad preach?
Answer:
‘He preached that Allah punishes us for the bad deeds and rewards us for good deeds. He also propogated the concept of equality.
Question 6.
What was the greatest contribution of Mohammad?
Answer:
His greatest contribution was that he united the scattered Arab empire under one faith.
Question 7.
What did Guru Nanak believe in?
Answer:
Guru Nanak believed in selfless and honest service to humanity.
Question 8.
How did Guru Nanak preach the people?
Answer:
He preached the people through kirtans, self-composed ‘Bani’ and songs of other saints.
Question 9.
What is Adi Granth?
Answer:
Adi Granth is the sacred scripture of Sikhs.
Question 10.
Who was Guru Angad?
Answer:
He was the second Guru of Shikhism.
He collected the hymns of Guru Nanak in Gurumukhi script.
Question 11.
What do you know about the five Ks of the Sikhs?
Answer:
The five Ks are the symbols of Sikhism. Every Sikh is expected to have all the five Ks on his body all the time. They are Kesh, Kangha, Kara, Kacha and Kirpan i.e., sword or dagger.
Question 12.
Who made the worship of Rama popular in north?
Answer:
Tulsidas made the worship of Rama popular in north.
Question 13.
Name some famous Sufi saints.
Answer:
Bana Farid, Bakhtiar Kaki,
Nizamuddin Aulia, Sheikh Salim Chisti, Amir Khusro, etc.
Question 14.
Who established Naqsh Bandi order or Silsila?
Answer:
Khwaja Baqi Bittah established Naqsh Bandi order.
C. Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Who according to Guru Nanak, is a true Sikh?
Answer:
- According to Guru Nanak, a true Sikh is one who
- believes in one God.
- has complete faith in ten Gurus.
- follows Shri Guru Granth Sahib.
- acts in accordance with the message of Gurbani.
- is baptised by taking Amrit.
Question 2.
Explain Sangat and Pangat established by Guru Nanak.
Answer:
Guru Nanak was the first Guru of the Sikhs. He believed in one God and laid emphasis on denunciation of lust for worldly pleasures. He established Sangat and Pangat. Sangat is the religious gathering where everyone recites the name of God without any distinction of caste, creed, colour or race. Pangat is eating langer (common kitchen) by sitting together in row without any distinction of rich or poor, caste or creed, race or colour.
Question 3.
What are the ten states that a Sufi has to pass through?
Answer:
A Sufi has to pass through the following ten states.
- Tauba (repentance)
- Vara (abstinence)
- Judah (piety)
- Zakra (property)
- Sabra (patience)
- Shabra (gratitude)
- Khauf (fear)
- Raza (hope)
- Tawakul (contentment)
- Riza (submission to God)
Question 4.
What are the beliefs and practices of the Sufis?
Answer:
- The Sufis believe that all human beings are children of one God.
- Love for humanity is the love for God.
- They believed in Guru-Shishiya relationship.
- Guru was known as per and Shishiya as Murid.
(a) The pirs lived in Kanqahs or ashrams along with their disciples.
Some of the practices among the Sufis were similar to Hinduism or Buddhisim, e.g. penance, fasting, pranayam, good deeds and belief in equality among all, without any distinction of colour, caste or creed.
Question 5.
Mention the three orders (silsilas) of Sufism.
Answer:
The three orders silsilas of Sufism are:
- Chisti order was established by Khwaja Muinnuddin Chisti.
- Suhrawardi order was established by Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria.
- Naqsh Bandi order was established by Khwaja Baqi Bittah.
D. Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Who was the founder of the Sikh religion? Give an account of the famous gurus who succeeded him.
Answer:
Guru Nanak was the founder of the Sikh religion. He was succeeded by nine gurus. These were Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjun Dev, Guru Hargobind, Guru Har Rai, Guru Harkishan, Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Angad collected the hymns of Guru Nanak in Gurumukhi script Guru Ram Das dug the holy tank known as Amritsar. The city of Amritsar takes its name from it.
Guru Arjun Dev constructed Gurudwara Harminder Sahin also known as the Golden Temple in the centre of the tank. Guru Hargobind constructed the Akal Takht or the throne of God near the Golden Temple Guru Tegh Bahadur fought against the oppression by the Mughals. He inculcated courage amohg the Sikhs to fight against the atrocities of the Mughal rulers.
Question 2.
Discuss the main teachings of the Bhakti saints.
Answer:
Bhakti movement started during the medieval period but its roots can be traced back to the Vedic period. In the beginning, Bhakti saints believed in the worship of God that is formless Nirakar, omnipotent and omnipresent. They rejected idol worship. Bhakti movement started in the South during the 7 th and 8 th centuries by the Alvar and Nayanar saints. The Bhakti trend spread to the north during the medieval period by Ramananda.
He worshipped Shri Ram with complete devotion and love. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a popular Bhakti saint of Bengal. He was a devotee of Lord Krishna. In Rajasthan, Meerabai was the popular Bhakti saint. She popularised Krishna bhakti. Narsimha Mehta took the ideas of Bhakti to Gujarat and Surdas spread it in Uttar Pradesh. All these saints were against idol worship. They all set caste or creed totally aside.
The teachings of the Bhakti saints are given below.
- Bhakti saints emphasised selfless love and devotion as a mean of coming close to God.
- They condemned rigidities of casteism and encouraged religious tolerance.
- They discarded rituals and sacrifices to create oneness with God.
- They opposed superstitions and narrow-mindedness.
- Kabir and Nanak strongly preached Hindu-Muslim unity. Kabir preached the existence of only one supreme as Ram, Rahim, Hari, Allah, etc. All over India, the Bhakti saints used local languages to preach their message.