Match List-I with List-II.List-IList-II(A) Guru whom later traditions…

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Guru whom later traditions linked to Kabir, though hard to prove a contemporary	(I) Angad
(B) Attendant who played the rabab while Baba Guru Nanak sang	(II) Ramananda
(C) Disciple appointed to succeed Baba Guru Nanak as preceptor	(III) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(D) Ninth guru whose compositions were included in the Guru Granth Sahib	(IV) Mardana

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Guru whom later traditions linked to Kabir, though hard to prove a contemporary	(II) Ramananda	Traditions name Ramananda as Kabir's guru, but historians find it very hard to show the two lived at the same time.
(B) Attendant who played the rabab while Baba Guru Nanak sang	(IV) Mardana	Mardana was Baba Guru Nanak's attendant; he played the rabab while Nanak sang his hymns in ragas.
(C) Disciple appointed to succeed Baba Guru Nanak as preceptor	(I) Angad	Baba Guru Nanak appointed his disciple Angad to succeed him as guru, a practice followed for nearly 200 years.
(D) Ninth guru whose compositions were included in the Guru Granth Sahib	(III) Guru Tegh Bahadur	The tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh, added the compositions of the ninth guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, to form the Guru Granth Sahib.

NCERT (2026-27): “8.1 Weaving a divine fabric: Kabir …
However, the verses attributed to Kabir use the words guru and satguru, but do not mention the name of any specific preceptor. Historians have pointed out that it is very difficult to establish that Ramananda and Kabir were contemporaries, without assigning improbably long lives to either or both. So, while traditions linking the two cannot be accepted at face value, they show how important the legacy of Kabir was for later generations.”

“… Baba Guru Nanak would sing these compositions in various ragas while his attendant Mardana played the rabab. Baba Guru Nanak organised his followers into a community. He set up rules for congregational worship (sangat ) involving collective recitation. He appointed one of his disciples, Angad, to succeed him as the preceptor (guru), and this practice was followed for nearly 200 years.”

“It appears that Baba Guru Nanak did not wish to establish a new religion, but after his death his followers consolidated their own practices and distinguished themselves from both Hindus and Muslims. The fifth preceptor, Guru Arjan, compiled Baba Guru Nanak’s hymns along with those of his four successors and other religious poets like Baba Farid, Ravidas (also known as Raidas) and Kabir in the Adi Granth Sahib. These hymns, called “gurbani”, are composed in various languages. In the late seventeenth century the tenth preceptor, Guru Gobind Singh, included the compositions of the ninth guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, and this scripture was called the Guru Granth Sahib. …”

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Guru whom later traditions linked to Kabir, though hard to prove a contemporary	(I) Angad
(B) Attendant who played the rabab while Baba Guru Nanak sang	(II) Ramananda
(C) Disciple appointed to succeed Baba Guru Nanak as preceptor	(III) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(D) Ninth guru whose compositions were included in the Guru Granth Sahib	(IV) Mardana

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Guru whom later traditions linked to Kabir, though hard to prove a contemporary	(II) Ramananda	Traditions name Ramananda as Kabir's guru, but historians find it very hard to show the two lived at the same time.
(B) Attendant who played the rabab while Baba Guru Nanak sang	(IV) Mardana	Mardana was Baba Guru Nanak's attendant; he played the rabab while Nanak sang his hymns in ragas.
(C) Disciple appointed to succeed Baba Guru Nanak as preceptor	(I) Angad	Baba Guru Nanak appointed his disciple Angad to succeed him as guru, a practice followed for nearly 200 years.
(D) Ninth guru whose compositions were included in the Guru Granth Sahib	(III) Guru Tegh Bahadur	The tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh, added the compositions of the ninth guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, to form the Guru Granth Sahib.