Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.
- Kabir organised his followers into a community and set up rules for congregational worship.
- Kabir described the Ultimate Reality using terms drawn from Islam, Vedantic traditions, and from yogic traditions.
- Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions.
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
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Which of the following statements is NOT correct about Baba Guru Nanak?
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Sanchi Stupa is situated ____________.
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Which of these was the capital of Akbar?
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Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.
1. Verses of Kabir are compiled in three distinct traditions.
2. Kabir’s poems are available only in the Urdu language.
3. Kabir used many traditions to describe the ultimate reality.
4. Kabir called ultimate reality only Allah.
Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?
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Who among the following Gurus of Sikhs compiled ‘Guru Adi Granth Sahib’?
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Read the following information given in the box carefully:
- She was a Rajput princess from Merta in Marwar.
- She considered Lord Krishna as her lover.
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Identify the name of the devotee of Saguna Bhakti from the following options.
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: Tell me, brother, how can there be No one lord of the world but two? Who led you so astray? God is called by many names: Names like Allah, Ram, Karim, Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat. Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles. Isn’t it gold all the same? Distinctions are only words we invent … Kabir says they are both mistaken. Neither can find the only Ram. One kills the goat, the other cows. They waste their lives in disputation
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Identify the connotation of Kabir from the following options.
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: Tell me, brother, how can there be No one lord of the world but two? Who led you so astray? God is called by many names: Names like Allah, Ram, Karim, Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat. Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles. Isn’t it gold all the same? Distinctions are only words we invent … Kabir says they are both mistaken. Neither can find the only Ram. One kills the goat, the other cows. They waste their lives in disputation
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Kabir used different names for God or the Supreme power. What can one infer from this?
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: Tell me, brother, how can there be No one lord of the world but two? Who led you so astray? God is called by many names: Names like Allah, Ram, Karim, Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat. Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles. Isn’t it gold all the same? Distinctions are only words we invent … Kabir says they are both mistaken. Neither can find the only Ram. One kills the goat, the other cows. They waste their lives in disputation
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How has Kabir’s compositions promote communal harmony at large?
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: Tell me, brother, how can there be No one lord of the world but two? Who led you so astray? God is called by many names: Names like Allah, Ram, Karim, Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat. Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles. Isn’t it gold all the same? Distinctions are only words we invent … Kabir says they are both mistaken. Neither can find the only Ram. One kills the goat, the other cows. They waste their lives in disputation
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Which of the following is the part of Kabir’s philosophy?
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: Tell me, brother, how can there be No one lord of the world but two? Who led you so astray? God is called by many names: Names like Allah, Ram, Karim, Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat. Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles. Isn’t it gold all the same? Distinctions are only words we invent … Kabir says they are both mistaken. Neither can find the only Ram. One kills the goat, the other cows. They waste their lives in disputation
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Kabir’s poetry has a literary as well as a philosophical significance.
Select the most appropriate option from the following that describes this essence.
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: Tell me, brother, how can there be No one lord of the world but two? Who led you so astray? God is called by many names: Names like Allah, Ram, Karim, Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat. Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles. Isn’t it gold all the same? Distinctions are only words we invent … Kabir says they are both mistaken. Neither can find the only Ram. One kills the goat, the other cows. They waste their lives in disputation
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Read the following statements regarding Kabir and select the appropriate option.
- Kabir was a nirguna saint.
- He believed in formless supreme God.
- He wanted to remove the differences based on caste and religion.
- He condemned the superstitious cults, the ritualism, the doctrines of both Hinduism and Islam.
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Arrange the following events in chronological order:
- Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas
- Bahadur Shah II deposed and exiled to Rangoon
- Nadir Shah invaded India
- Humayun regained lost territories
Choose the correct option.
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There are ______ daftars (parts) of Ain.
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Identify which of the following statement is correct about Ain-i-Akbari?
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Which of the following is not one of the advantages of oral history?
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Consider the following statements regarding the events of the National Movement.
- Oral testimonies serve as a better source of information than the official documents regarding the political aspects.
- Oral history has a wider scope to acquaint us with any historic or general event.
- Oral history gives wider access to the experiences of the people who have been considered as the common masses in history.
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?
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Assertion (A): Oral data on Partition are not automatically or easily available.
Reason (R): The oral historian faces the daunting task of having to sift the “actual” experiences of Partition from a web of “constructed” memories.
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