Bhakti and Sufi Movement (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

11. Who among the following was the carliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

(a) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
(b) Shaikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(c) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) Shaikh Salim Chishti

Correct Answer: (a) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti

Solution:The "Chishtia Sufi Order" was established in Chishti Sharif of Afghanistan by Abu Ishaq Shami Chishti and his disciple Khwaja Abu ahmad Abdal but it was primarily established in India by Muinuddin Chishti. He came to India with the army of Muhammad Ghori in 1192 A.D. (12th century) and made Ajmer, Rajasthan his abode. He died in 1236 AD. Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki was his disciple.

12. Whe was the founder of Chishtia Branch of Sufism ? [U.P.P.S.C. (R.I.) 2014]

(a) Shaikh Muhiuddin
(b) Shaikh Ziyauddin Abuljiva
(c) Khwaja Abu-Abdal
(d) Khwaja Bahaud-Din

Correct Answer: (d) Khwaja Bahaud-Din

13. Whose disciple was Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

(a) Khwaja Abdal Chishti
(b) Shah Wali Ullah
(c) Mir Dard
(d) Khwaja Usman Haruni

Correct Answer: (d) Khwaja Usman Haruni

Solution:Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti was born in Sijistan (Afghanistan & Iran) in 1138/1139 A.D. After that, he shifted with his parents to Khurasan province. Khwaja Usman Chishti Haruni made him disciple at Nishapur. Thus, option (d) is the correct answer.

14. Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti was a disciple of - [U.P.R.O/A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

(a) Abdul Qadir Gilani
(b) Khwaja Abu Yusuf
(c) Khwaja Usman Haruni
(d) Khwaja Mawdud

Correct Answer: (c) Khwaja Usman Haruni

15. Who among the following Maratha Chieftains was the first to offer nazr (gift) at the Dargah of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of Ajmer ? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Re. Exam) (Pre) 2013]

(a) Nawab Ali Bahadur, grandson of Peshwa Balaji Rao-I (from his mistress Mastani)
(b) Raja Sahu, the grandson of Shivaji
(c) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
(d) Peshwa Balaji Rao

Correct Answer: (b) Raja Sahu, the grandson of Shivaji

Solution:Raja Sahu, the grandson of Shivaji and Maratha Chieftains, was the first to offer naer (gift) at the Dargah of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of Ajmer.

Shahu I was the fifth Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy founded by his grandfather, Shivaji I. He was born into the Bhonsle family, and was the son of Sambhaji I and Yesubai. At a young age, he was taken into custody at the Siege of Raigad by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, and held captive. He was released from captivity after the death of Aurangzeb in the hope of engineering an internecine struggle among the Maratha factions of Tarabai and Shahu. Shahu emerged victorious in the bloody Battle of Khed and was crowned as Chhatrapati.

16. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]

(a) Shaikh Alauddin Sabir
(b) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
(c) Baba Farid
(d) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

Correct Answer: (c) Baba Farid

Solution:Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar also known as Baba Farid, was the spiritual master of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya. He was born in Kothewal village at Multan district of Pakistan. Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari was among his disciples.

17. Dargah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya is situated in - [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

(a) Agra
(b) Ajmer
(c) Delhi
(d) Fatehpur

Correct Answer: (c) Delhi

Solution:After considering Chishti Dynasty, it is clear that Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Hazrat Alauddin Sabir were two main disciples among the disciples of Baba Farid. Similar to Baba Farid, Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya provided peace to human hearts through his preaching. The Dargah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya is situated in Delhi. He died in 1325 AD and was buried at Ghiyaspur, Delhi.

18. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). [I.A.S. (Pre) 1997]

Assertion (A) : The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chishti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti.

Reason (R) : The Chishti order takes its name from a village Chishti in Ajmer.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(a) Both (A) and (R) is individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) is individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Solution:The Chishti order was founded by Khwaja Abu Ishak Shami of Syria, but it was introduced in India by Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, who came along with Muhammad Ghori army in 1192 AD. Khwaja Abu Ishaq Sami migrated from Syria to Chist (Chishti, Sharif, Afghanistan), hence, was called Chishti. He was 9-generation descendant of Hazrat Ali. Therefore, assertion (A) is right, but reason (R) is wrong.

19. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was : [I.A.S. (Pre) 1996]

(a) Muinuddin Chishti
(b) Baba Farid
(c) Sayyid Muhammad Gisudaraz
(d) Shah Alam Bukhari

Correct Answer: (a) Muinuddin Chishti

Solution:Muinuddin Chishti introduced the Chishti order of Sufism in India. He maintained that devotional music was one way to come closer to God.

Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti was a Persian-origin Sunni Muslim philosopher and Religious Scholar. He was also known as Garib Nawaz. He came to the Indian subcontinent in the 13th century and settled in Ajmer, Rajasthan. He founded and spread the Chishti Order of Sunni Islam in the Indian subcontinent. This was a mystical Sufi order. His resting place is in Ajmer, popularly known as the Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah. The architecture of this shrine is Indo-Islamic.

20. Who among the following does not belong to the Chishti order ? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
(b) Shaikh Abdul Jilani
(c) Shaikh Moinuddin
(d) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya

Correct Answer: (b) Shaikh Abdul Jilani

Solution:Chishti order is a Sunni Sufi order within the mystic Sufi tradition of Islam. Muinuddin Chishti introduced the Chishti order in India. Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki was a saint of Chishti order from Delhi: Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was a saint of Chishti order in Indian sub-continent. Shaikh Abdul Jilani did not belong to Chishti Silsila rather he founded Qadiri order.

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