Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Teachers | Areas of Indian Sub Continent | ||
| (A) | Tukaram | (I) | Punjab |
| (B) | Malik Muhammad Jayasi | (II) | Maharashtra |
| (C) | Lal Ded | (III) | Uttar Pradesh |
| (D) | Miyan Mir | (IV) | Kashmir |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
The four are Bhakti and Sufi teachers of medieval India; each is linked with the region where he or she lived and taught.
(A) Tukaram — this matches (II) Maharashtra. A 17th-century saint of the Varkari tradition from Dehu near Pune, devoted to Vitthala of Pandharpur; he wrote his abhangs in Marathi.
(B) Malik Muhammad Jayasi — this matches (III) Uttar Pradesh. A 16th-century Sufi poet of Jais in Awadh, who wrote the Padmavat in Awadhi.
(C) Lal Ded — this matches (IV) Kashmir. Lalleshwari, a 14th-century Kashmiri Shaiva mystic, whose short verses (vakhs) are among the earliest works in Kashmiri.
(D) Miyan Mir — this matches (I) Punjab. A 17th-century Sufi saint of the Qadiri order who lived in Lahore; by Sikh tradition he laid the foundation stone of the Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar.