SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 41

SSC GD Constable (English) - 2nd December 2021 Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q41

 The Sufi masters held their assemblies in their khanqahs, which were also called:

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. hospices.

  • The sufis began to organise a communities around the hospice or khanqah(persian) controlled by a teaching master known as Shaikh(Arabic), pir or murshid in (Persain).
  • He enrolled disciples(murids) and appointed a successor(khalifa).
  • He established rules for spiritual conduct and interaction between inmates as well as between laypersons and the master.