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UGC NET June 2019 History
Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Sikhism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. From the 1750s onwards the Sikh dals, led by individual chiefs (sardars), organized troops of increasingly professional mounted musketeers.
- 2. There was the tradition of an annual Sarbat Khalsa at Chak Guru (Amritsar), but because of dissensions each chief tended to carve out a separate territory for himself.
- 3. The process was at last checked by Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), who established a kingdom in the Punjab in the name of the Khalsa.
- 4. The Gurus were all Khatris, but their principal lieutenants, the Masands, were mostly Jatts in the seventeenth century.
A1, 2 and 4 only
B2, 3 and 4 only
C1, 2, 3 and 4 ✓ Correct
D3 and 4 only
Correct answer: (C) 1, 2, 3 and 4 — All four statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Explanation
★All four statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
★From the 1750s the Sikh dals and misals, led by sardars, raised professional mounted musketeers.
★The annual Sarbat Khalsa met at Amritsar, but dissensions led chiefs to carve out separate territories.
★Ranjit Singh of the Sukerchakia misal at last checked this and built a kingdom in the name of the Khalsa.
★The Gurus were all Khatris, while their Masand deputies were mostly Jatts by the seventeenth century.
★So all four statements about Sikhism are correct.
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