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Multiple choice history development of sikh religion (1539 - 1581 ad) contribution of sikh gurus from guru angad dev ji to guru tegh bahadur ji guru arjan dev ji guru arjan dev ji: contribution in development of sikhism and martyrdom

How many Hymns were composed by Guru Angad Dev Ji which later incorporated in the Adi Granth by Guru Arjan Dev Ji?

  1. 63

  2. 72

  3. 82

  4. 92
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Guru Angad born as Bhai Lehna the second of the ten Sikh gurus. He wrote 63 Saloks (stanzas), which were later included in Guru Granth Sahib by the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan. He focused on the teachings of Nanak, and building the community through charitable works such as langar.

Multiple choice history development of sikh religion (1539 - 1581 ad) contribution of sikh gurus from guru angad dev ji to guru tegh bahadur ji guru arjan dev ji guru arjan dev ji: contribution in development of sikhism and martyrdom

Who proclaimed that if Sikh recites the Japuji Sahib at every step of Goindwal Sahib's Baoli and bathes on reaching the eighty fourth step, he will get absolved of the bondage of eighty four lakh cycles of birth and death.

  1. Guru Nanak Dev Ji

  2. Guru Amardas Ji

  3. Guru Angad Dev Ji

  4. Guru Ram Das Ji
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Guru Amardas Ji built the Baoli at Goindwal Sahib and emphasized the spiritual significance of the eighty-four steps, linking them to the cycle of birth and death.

Multiple choice history development of sikh religion (1539 - 1581 ad) contribution of sikh gurus from guru angad dev ji to guru tegh bahadur ji guru arjan dev ji guru arjan dev ji: contribution in development of sikhism and martyrdom

_______________ laid the foundation of Baoli at Goindwal Sahib and __________ completed the work of Baoli in 1559 A.D.

  1. Guru Angad Dev Ji, Guru Ram Das Ji

  2. Guru Amardas Ji, Guru Ram Das Ji

  3. Guru Angad Dev Ji, Guru Amardas Ji

  4. Guru Amardas Ji, Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Guru Angad Dev Ji initiated the construction of the Baoli at Goindwal Sahib, and Guru Amardas Ji completed the work in 1559 A.D.

Multiple choice history development of sikh religion (1539 - 1581 ad) contribution of sikh gurus from guru angad dev ji to guru tegh bahadur ji guru arjan dev ji guru arjan dev ji: contribution in development of sikhism and martyrdom

When Guru Nanak Sahib entrusted the Guru Gaddi to Bhai Lehna?

  1. 1528 A.D.

  2. 1530 A.D.

  3. 1539 A.D.

  4. 1540 A.D.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Guru Angad born as Bhai Lehna the second of the ten Sikh gurus. His discipleship was subjected to various tests by Guru Nanak Sahib after which he came to be known as the the symbol of obedience and service to humanity. Guru Nanak renamed him as Angad, and installed him as his successor on 13 June 1539.

Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

Statement I: During the years of the Great Depression the economic crisis was worse in Germany.
Statement II: The President of the Weimar Republic had the power to impose emergency.

  1. Statement I is true, Statement II is false

  2. Statement I is false, Statement II is true

  3. Both Statements are true, Statement II provides explanation to Statement I

  4. Both Statements are true, Statement II does not provide explanation to Statement I
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Both statements are historically accurate regarding the Weimar Republic during the Great Depression. However, the President's power to impose emergency (Article 48) was a constitutional mechanism and not the direct economic cause of the Great Depression itself.

Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

Name the term that is used to define prejudice against Jewish people.

  1. Aversion

  2. Anti-Semitism

  3. Discrimination

  4. Xenophobia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Anti-Semitism means prejudice against Jewish people. In the east, most Jews lived a more traditional life, speaking Yiddish and living in small villages.
  • They were separated from their neighbours because of anti-Semitism.
Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

Which of the following was not a part of Hitler's policies to exclude Jews?

  1. Exclusion

  2. Ghettoisation

  3. Assimiltion

  4. Annihilation
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Hitler excluded Jews in three stages. These were Exclusion, Ghettoisation, and Annihilation.

 In the first stage, he used the policy of  Exclusion from 1933-39. Under this, it was declared that Jews had no right to live among Germans as Citizens. Under this process, The Nuremberg Law of citizenship of September 1935 was declared. As per this law Jews had no right to get the protection of the German empire. 
At the second stage, the process of Ghettoisation was used which means Jew had no right to live among Germans. By this method, Jew had to wear a  yellow star of David on their breast. Their houses, passports and legal documents were stamped with an identity mark.

At the third stage, they used the method of Annihilation which means Jews had no right to live. This time Jews were brought to death factories by goods trains. In Poland and elsewhere in the east they were charred in gas chambers. The mass killing took place within minutes with scientific precision.

Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

In 1919, ______ joined a small group called the German Workers' Party and took over the organisation and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

  1. Goebbels

  2. Adam Smith

  3. Helmuth

  4. Hitler

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Adolf Hitler was enrolled for the army during the First World War. He acted as a messenger in the front and became a Corporal. He earned medals for his bravery. The German defeat horrified him and the Treaty of Versailles made him furious. Later in 1919, he joined a small group called the German Workers' Party. Workers of this party were called National Socialist. Then he took over this organisation and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers' Party. This party came to be known as the Nazi Party.