Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

Match the following terms in List 1 correctly with their meanings in List 2:

List 1- Terms

List 2- Meaning

(a) Murshid

(i) Successor of Murshid

(b) Murids

(ii) Teaching master

(c) Khalifa

(iii) Place of gathering

(d) Khanqah

(iv) Disciples

 

Options:

(a)- iv, (b)- ii, (c)- i, (d) iii

(a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d) iii

(a)- ii, (b)- i, (c)- iv, (d) iii

(a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- iii, (d) i

Correct Answer:

(a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d) iii

Explanation:

By the eleventh century, Sufism evolved into a well-developed movement with a body of literature on Quranic studies and Sufi practices. Institutionally, the Sufis began to organize communities around the hospice or khanqah (Persian) controlled by a teaching master known as shaikh (in Arabic), pir, or murshid (in Persian). He enrolled disciples (murids) and appointed a successor (khalifa). He established rules for spiritual conduct and interaction between inmates as well as between laypersons and the master.