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Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of the Chishti silsila was based at:Read the answer and worked solution →Sufi masters held their assemblies in hospices called:Read the answer and worked solution →Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas was written in:Read the answer and worked solution →Surdas, the devotee of Krishna, has compositions in the Sursagara, Surasaravali and:Read the answer and worked solution →Shankaradeva of Assam set up houses of recitation and prayer called:Read the answer and worked solution →Mirabai, the Rajput princess married into Mewar, became a disciple of:Read the answer and worked solution →Kabir was brought up in a family of Muslim julahas, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Baba Guru Nanak was born in 1469 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Guru Angad compiled Nanak's compositions in a new script called:Read the answer and worked solution →The compositions of the Gurus were compiled by Guru Arjan in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Khalsa was instituted by Guru Gobind Singh in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Chishti SufisRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Maharashtra saintsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Sikh history datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Sufi wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Bhakti or SufiRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the saints by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Devotional paths bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The use of iron began in the subcontinent around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Some of the largest collections of early iron tools and weapons were found in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Tamil region, large landowners were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ordinary ploughmen in the Tamil region were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →In north India the hereditary village headman was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Independent smaller landowning farmers in north Indian villages were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest Tamil works, composed around 2300 years ago, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Sangam texts were named after assemblies of poets held in the city of:Read the answer and worked solution →Stories composed by ordinary people and preserved by Buddhist monks are the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rows of ceramic rings arranged one above another, used as toilets and drains, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The most detailed account of early Indian ports was written by an unknown:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of the Chishti silsila was based at:

  1. Lahore
  2. Ajmer
  3. Delhi
  4. Multan
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Correct answer: B. Ajmer

1. Bakhtiar Kaki and Nizamuddin Auliya were at Delhi. 2. Muinuddin Chishti was at Ajmer. 3. Baba Farid was in Punjab. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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Sufi masters held their assemblies in hospices called:

  1. Silsilas
  2. Madrasas
  3. Khanqahs
  4. Dargahs
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Correct answer: C. Khanqahs

1. Royalty and ordinary people alike came. 2. The hospices were khanqahs. 3. A saint's tomb is a dargah. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas was written in:

  1. Bhojpuri
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Marathi
  4. Awadhi
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Correct answer: D. Awadhi

1. Awadhi is spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh. 2. The Ramcharitmanas is in Awadhi. 3. Tulsidas saw God as Rama. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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