Find the odd one out from the following : (Sufi Teachers) - (Location of Dargah)
Find the odd one out from the following : (Sufi Teachers) - (Location of Dargah)
Options
Official answer
The correct (odd) option is (C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya - Agra.
Why:
- The dargah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya is in Delhi, not Agra, so this pair is incorrectly matched and is the odd one out.
- The other three pairs are all correctly matched.
Marking scheme
- 1.1 mark for selecting option (C) — the wrongly matched pair (Nizamuddin Auliya's dargah is in Delhi, not Agra).
- 2.The remaining three pairs are correctly matched and therefore not the odd one out.
Hint
Recall where Nizamuddin's shrine actually stands — a famous dargah in a major North Indian city, not Agra.
Quick oral answer
The odd pair is Nizamuddin Auliya with Agra, because his dargah is actually in Delhi; the other Chishti saints are correctly matched with Ajmer, Delhi and Ajodhan.
Common mistakes
- 1.Assuming Nizamuddin Auliya's dargah is in Agra — it is actually in Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin).
- 2.Marking Baba Farid's Ajodhan pair as wrong — Ajodhan (present Pakpattan) is indeed the correct site of his dargah.
Analysis and explanation
This is a matching-based 'odd one out' from the Chishti silsila.
Concept:
- The great Chishti Sufis established hospices (khanqahs) whose tombs (dargahs) later became pilgrimage centres.
Why (C) is the odd one:
- Nizamuddin Auliya's famous dargah lies in Delhi; pairing him with Agra is wrong.
Why the other pairs are correctly matched (hence not odd):
- (A) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti — Ajmer (his dargah is the famous Ajmer Sharif). Correct.
- (B) Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki — Delhi. Correct.
- (D) Shaikh Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar (Baba Farid) — Ajodhan (Pakpattan). Correct.
Interesting facts
Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya's disciple was the poet Amir Khusrau, and both are commemorated at the Delhi dargah.
The Ajmer dargah of Muinuddin Chishti drew visits from later Mughal emperors, including Akbar, who made pilgrimages there.
Question details
Q13 of 41 questions
- Board
- CBSE
- Class
- Class 12
- Subject
- History
- Year
- 2026
- Section
- Section A
- Marks
- 1
- Type
- MCQ
- Chapter
- Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts
- Topic
- Sufi Saints and their Dargahs
- Bloom's level
- understand
- Syllabus topic
- Theme 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions — Chishti Silsila and its Dargahs
- Author
- CBSE
- Reviewed by
- Padhantu Academic Team
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the dargah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya?
It is in Delhi, in the area known today as Hazrat Nizamuddin, not in Agra as the odd pair wrongly suggests.
What is a dargah?
A dargah is the tomb-shrine of a Sufi saint that became a centre of pilgrimage where devotees seek the saint's blessings (barakat).