Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Andal | (I) | Nirguna poet |
| (B) | Karaikkal Ammaiyar | (II) | Princess devotee |
| (C) | Meerabai | (III) | Alvar, devotee of Vishnu |
| (D) | Kabir | (IV) | Nayanar, devotee of Shiva |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Andal — this matches (III) Alvar, devotee of Vishnu. Andal was a woman Alvar who saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; the Alvars were those “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu.
(B) Karaikkal Ammaiyar — this matches (IV) Nayanar, devotee of Shiva. She was a devotee of Shiva who adopted the path of extreme asceticism, and her compositions were preserved within the Nayanar tradition.
(C) Meerabai — this matches (II) Princess devotee. Mirabai, the best-known woman poet of the bhakti tradition, was a Rajput princess from Merta in Marwar who recognised Krishna as her lover.
(D) Kabir — this matches (I) Nirguna poet. Some of Kabir’s poems are composed in the special language of nirguna poets, the sant bhasha.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 The Alvars and Nayanars of Tamil Nadu … Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are ‘immersed’ in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva).… 2.3 Women devotees … Perhaps one of the most striking features of these traditions was the presence of women. For instance, the compositions of Andal, a woman Alvar, were widely sung (and continue to be sung to date). Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity. Another woman, Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. Her compositions were preserved within the Nayanar tradition. These women renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns. Their very existence and their compositions posed a challenge to patriarchal norms.… 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.… 8.1 Weaving a divine fabric: Kabir … Kabir’s poems have survived in several languages and dialects; and some are composed in the special language of nirguna poets, the sant bhasha.…” |