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CBSE CLASS XII

SECTION D

Q. 19. Read the passage and answer the following

THE ONE LORD

Here is a composition attributed to Kabir;

Tell me brother, how can there be

No one lord of the world but two?

Who led you so astray?

God is called by many names;

Names like Allah, Ram, karim, keshav, Hari and Hazarat.

Gold may be shaped into rigs and bangles.

Isn’t it gold all the same?

Distinctions are only words we invent……

Kabir says they are both mistaked.

Neither can find the only Ram. One

Kills the goat, the other cows.

They waste their lives in disputation.

1. what is kabir’s argument against the distinction made between gods of different communities?
2.  In which language his poetry was compiled?
3. Name the three major work of kabir

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  REVERANCE FOR THE JOGI

Here is an excerpt from a letter written by Aurangazeb to a Jogi in 1661-62: The possessor of the sublime station, Shiv Murat, Guru Anand Nath Jio! May your Reverence remain in peace and happiness ever under the protection of Sri Shiv Jio! A piece of cloth for the clock and a sum of twenty five rupees which have been sent as an offering will reach (Your Reverence)…Your Reverence may write to us whenever there is any service which can be rendered by us.

1. Who is a Jogi? 
2. Identify the deity worshipped by the Jogi?
3. How does Aurangazeb help the jogi?
4. Whawhat the relationship between the ruler and the saints?

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