Question

Given below are two statements about Mughals and Sikhs. Read the statements, identify each of them as true or false and mark the suitable option given:

Statement 1 (S1): After Akbar's death, tension between Mughals and Sikhs kept increasing.
Statement 2 (S2): Rulers like Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb faced multiple clashes with the Sikh community.

• A. S1: True; S2: True; S1 and S2 are independent of each other
• B. S1: True; S2: True; S2 is the explanation for S1
• C. S1: True; S2: False
• D. S1: False; S2: False

Answer 1

The correct option is B S1: True; S2: True; S2 is the explanation for S1

Guruji’s martyrdom by Jahangir led to tensions between the Sikhs and the Mughals. The Mughal emperors started picking out the Sikh gurus one-by-one. The Sikh-Mughal conflict continued during the reign of Shah Jahan as well, with both sides refusing to give up their faith.