Arrange the following Sikh Gurus in chronological order:
(A) Guru Arjan
(B) Guru Teg Bahadur
(C) Guru Angad
(D) Guru Govind Singh
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (A), (B), (D)
(C) Guru Angad — Baba Guru Nanak appointed his disciple Angad to succeed him as the preceptor (guru).
(A) Guru Arjan — the fifth preceptor, who compiled the hymns of Baba Guru Nanak and his four successors in the Adi Granth Sahib.
(B) Guru Teg Bahadur — the ninth guru, whose compositions were added to the scripture by the tenth.
(D) Guru Govind Singh — the tenth preceptor, who in the late seventeenth century included Guru Tegh Bahadur’s compositions in what came to be called the Guru Granth Sahib.
NCERT (2026-27): “8.2 Baba Guru Nanak and the Sacred Word … 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.…” |