Kabir, Raidas and Surdas of c.1400-1500 are placed in Uttar Pradesh. Which of the following pairs of another teacher of the same period and his region is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Vallabhacharya - Gujarat
Option (1) Shankaradeva - Bengal — Incorrect. Shankaradeva belongs to Assam in the fifteenth century. Bengal is linked with Sri Chaitanya, who lived about a century later.
Option (2) Baba Guru Nanak - Sind — Incorrect. Baba Guru Nanak is placed in the Punjab. Sind is the region of the Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, of c.1300-1400.
Option (3) Vallabhacharya - Gujarat — Correct. Vallabhacharya is placed in Gujarat in c.1400-1500, the same period as Kabir and Guru Nanak. So this pair is correct.
Option (4) Tukaram - Karnataka — Incorrect. Tukaram is placed in Maharashtra. Karnataka is the region of Basavanna, who lived in c.1100-1200.
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