Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

What is the name of the fourteenth-century Shaikh who had hospice on the banks of the river Yamuna in Ghiyaspur?

Options:

Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Shaikh Fariduddin Ganj-i Shakar

Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya

Shaikh Nasiruddin Chiragh-i Delhi

Correct Answer:

Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya

Explanation:

The khanqah was the center of social life. We know about Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice (c. fourteenth century) on the banks of the river Yamuna in Ghiyaspur, on the outskirts of what was then the city of Delhi.