Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

Arrange the following Bhakti saints in a chronological order.

(A) Ramanujacharya
(B) Raidas
(C) Lal Ded
(D) Mirabai
(E) Appar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (C), (E), (D), (B)

(E), (A), (B), (D), (C)

(A), (B), (E), (C), (D)

(E), (A), (C), (B), (D)

Correct Answer:

(E), (A), (C), (B), (D)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → (E), (A), (C), (B), (D)

(E) Appar
(A) Ramanujacharya
(C) Lal Ded
(B) Raidas
(D) Mirabai

Some Major Religious Teachers in the Subcontinent (time in CE):

c. 500-800: Appar, Sambandar, Sundaramurti in Tamil Nadu
c. 800-900: Nammalvar, Manikkavachakar, Andal, Tondaradippodi in Tamil Nadu.
c.1000-1100: Al Hujwiri, Data Ganj Bakhsh in the Punjab; Ramanujacharya in Tamil Nadu
c.1100-1200: Basavanna in Karnataka
c.1200-1300: Jnanadeva in Maharashtra
c.1300-1400: Lal Ded in Kashmir
c.1400-1500: Kabir, Raidas, Surdas in  Uttar Pradesh
c.1500-1600: Sri Chaitanya in Bengal; Mirabai in Rajasthan;Shaikh Abdul Quddus Gangohi, Malik Muhammad Jaisi, Tulsidas in Uttar Pradesh.