Who was the fifth guru in Sikhism?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. Guru Arjan Dev.
- Guru Arjan Dev included the compositions of both Hindu and Muslim saints which he considered consistent with the teachings of Sikhism and the Gurus.
- In 1606, the Muslim Emperor Jahangir ordered that he be tortured and sentenced to death after he refused to remove all Islamic and Hindu references from the Holy Book.
- He was the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith and the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus.
- He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib.