UGC NET History Practice Question

The monotheistic socio-religious movement in Assam known as Ekasarana Dharma was founded by:

Srimanta Shankaradeva ✓

Chaitanya

Madhavadeva

Guru Nanak

Srimanta Shankaradeva founded Ekasarana Dharma ("Refuge in One" — devotion to a single God) in Assam, alongside establishing the Sattra monastic institution — Madhavadeva was his most prominent disciple and successor, not the movement's original founder.

The compiler of the Guru Granth Sahib (Adi Granth), who installed it in the Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar in 1604, was:

Guru Arjan Dev ✓

Guru Nanak

Guru Amar Das

Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, compiled the Adi Granth and installed it in the newly built Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in 1604 — Guru Nanak founded Sikhism itself but did not compile this scripture; Guru Gobind Singh later gave it final canonical status as Guru Granth Sahib.

Which Mughal prince translated the Upanishads from Sanskrit into Persian under the title Sirr-i-Akbar (The Great Secret)?

Dara Shikoh ✓

Murad Bakhsh

Shah Shuja

Kamran

Dara Shikoh, Shah Jahan's eldest son, translated 50 Upanishads into Persian as Sirr-i-Akbar, reflecting his deep interest in the philosophical common ground between Hindu Vedanta and Sufi mysticism — a theme he explored further in his Majma-ul-Bahrain.

The Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) was constructed by Emperor Akbar in 1575 at which imperial city?

Fatehpur Sikri ✓

Agra

Delhi

Lahore

Akbar built the Ibadat Khana at his new capital Fatehpur Sikri in 1575 as a venue for religious debates among scholars of different faiths — the discussions held there directly fed into his broader move toward religious tolerance and eventually the Din-i-Ilahi.

In 1579, Akbar issued the document drafted by Sheikh Mubarak known as the Mahzar, which declared the Emperor to be:

The final interpreter of Islamic law (Imam-i-Adil) in case of religious disputes among jurists ✓

Divine incarnation of God

Prophet of a new religion

Head of the Caliphate

The 1579 Mahzar declared Akbar the final arbiter (Imam-i-Adil) in disputes among Islamic jurists when the Quran and Hadith gave conflicting guidance — it enhanced his religious authority but did NOT declare him divine or a prophet, a common misconception worth being precise about for the exam.

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