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Which of the following message was given by Sants?

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  1. Equality of people

  2. Humanity

  3. Harmony, unity and love

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sants gave the message of equality to people. They taught humanity. They preached that people should live together in harmony, unity and love. Their work resulted in social awakening. They taught how to live in the face of foreign invasions.

Which was the earliest Sufi order to arrive in India?

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  1. Chisti

  2. Suhrawardy

  3. Qadiri

  4. Naqshbandi

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chisti order was the earliest Sufi order to arrive in India. It was introduced by the Moinuddin Chishti in Lahore (Punjab) and Ajmer in the middle of the 12th century CE. He was eighth in the line of succession from the founder of the Chishti Order

Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the ___ century?

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  1. $11th$

  2. $12th$

  3. $14th$

  4. $13th$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

By the eleventh century Sufism evolved into a well developed movement with a body of literature on Quranic studies and sufi practices in India.

Which statement about Amir Khusrao is not true?

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  1. He was a great poet.

  2. He was a great historian.

  3. He wrote poetry in Hindi and Urdu.

  4. He worked for the Hindu Muslim unity.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Amir Khusrao was a Sufi musician, poet, and scholar from South Asia.  He wrote poetry primarily in Urdu, but also in Hindi. He is also called the "father of Urdu literature". His contribution to the development of the ghazal was significant.

The oldest specimens of poetry in the Punjabi language are devotional compositions attributed to _____.

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  1. Guru Nanak

  2. Baba Farid

  3. Guru Angad

  4. Guru Tegh Bahadur

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sufis such as Baba Farid composed verses in the Punjabi language, which were incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib.

The medieval Indian Muslim poet, historian, and musician who called himself ' a parrot of India' was _______.

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  1. Mulla Daud

  2. Malik Muhammad Jayasi

  3. Tansen

  4. Amir Khusrau

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), the great poet, musician and disciple of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, gave a unique form to the Chishti sama‘ by introducing the qaul (Arabic word meaning “saying”), a hymn sung at the opening or closing of qawwali. He often called himself a 'Parrot of India.

Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as _____.

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  1. Khangahs

  2. Qalandars

  3. Silsilahs

  4. Darveshs

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Silsilah is a  golden chain of knowledges and religious orders that are inherited from the Prophet Muhammad. The focus of the silsila like the Chain of Authenticity is to trace the lineage of a sufi order to Mohammad through his Companions.

The famous poet Amir Khusrau, known as the 'parrot of India' was a contemporary of all of the following with the exception of ________.

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  1. Iltutmish

  2. Alauddin Khalji

  3. Ghiyasuddin Balban

  4. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

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Correct Option: A

Name the famous Sufi saint whose mausoleum was erected at Fatehpur Sikri.

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  1. Nizamuddin Auliya

  2. Sheikh Muin-ud-din Chisti

  3. Baba Farid-ud-din

  4. Sheikh Salim Chisti

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sheikh Salim Chisti was a great saint of Chisti silsilah. Sheikh Salim Chisti's tomb was originally built with red sandstone but later it was converted into marble mausoleum by Akbar. Akbar constructed this mausoleum to pay his respect to Sheikh Salim Chisti because he blessed Akbar for being the father of a son. After that Jahangir was born and on his name he called him Salim.

Amir Khusrau's name was associated with the invention of the __________.

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  1. Sarod

  2. Sitar

  3. Shenai

  4. Tabla

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sitar was invented by Amir Khusrau, a famous Sufi inventor, poet, and pioneer of Khyal, Tarana and Qawwali, in the Delhi Sultanate.