Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: The Kings in the 15th-16th centuries did not want any support from Sufis.

Reason: The piety and scholarship of Sufis and people’s belief in their miraculous powers made them popular among the masses.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Correct Answer:

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Explanation:

The Chishtis accepted donations in cash and kind. Rather than accumulate donations, they preferred to use these fully on immediate requirements such as food, clothes, living quarters, and ritual necessities (such as sama‘ ). All this enhanced the moral authority of the shaikhs, which in turn attracted people from all walks of life. Further, their piety and scholarship, and people’s belief in their miraculous powers made Sufis popular among the masses, whose support kings wished to secure.