Which of the following statements are correct about Mirabai?
A. She was a Bhakti Saint.
B. She was a Rajput Princess from Mewar.
C. She was married to the Prince of Mewar.
D. She was a devotee of Lord Krishna.
E. Mirabai's in-laws tried to poison her.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, C, D, E only
A. She was a Bhakti Saint. Correct. Mirabai is perhaps the best-known woman poet within the bhakti tradition; she left the palace to live as a wandering saint composing songs.
B. She was a Rajput Princess from Mewar. Incorrect. She was a Rajput princess from Merta in Marwar. Mewar was the home of the prince she was married to.
C. She was married to the Prince of Mewar. Correct. She was married against her wishes to a prince of the Sisodia clan of Mewar, Rajasthan.
D. She was a devotee of Lord Krishna. Correct. She defied her husband and recognised Krishna, the avatar of Vishnu, as her lover.
E. Mirabai’s in-laws tried to poison her. Correct. Her in-laws tried to poison her, but she escaped from the palace.
NCERT (2026-27): “8.3 Mirabai, the devotee princess … Mirabai (c. fifteenth-sixteenth centuries) is perhaps the best-known woman poet within the bhakti tradition. Biographies have been reconstructed primarily from the bhajans attributed to her, which were transmitted orally for centuries. According to these, she was a Rajput princess from Merta in Marwar who was married against her wishes to a prince of the Sisodia clan of Mewar, Rajasthan. She defied her husband and did not submit to the traditional role of wife and mother, instead recognising Krishna, the avatar of Vishnu, as her lover. Her in-laws tried to poison her, but she escaped from the palace to live as a wandering saint composing songs that are characterised by intense expressions of emotion.” |