Question

What was the name of Guru Gobind Singh's Father?
a. Guru Har Krishan Ji
b. Guru Har Rai Ji
c. Guru Hargobind Ji
d. Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

Answer 1

Hint:
Guru Gobind Singh was born on 22 December 1666. Guru Gobind Singh was formally established as the leader of the Sikhs at the age of nine, becoming the tenth and final human Sikh Guru. His four sons died in his lifetime two in battle, two executed by the Mughal army.

Complete solution:
Gobind Singh was the only son of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth guru of Sikh and Mata Gujri. He was born in Patna on 22 December 1666, Bihar in the Sodhi Khatri family while his father visited Bengal and Assam. His birth name was Gobind Rai, and a shrine called Takht Sri Patna Harmandir Sahib marks the site of the house where he was born and spent the first four years of his life. His family returned to Punjab in 1670 and moved to Chakk Nanaki in the foothills of the Himalayas in March 1672.

His father Guru Tegh Bahadur was asked by Kashmiri Pandits in 1675 to shield him from the fanatical persecution of Iftikar Khan, Mughal governor of Kashmir under Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Tegh Bahadur considered a peaceful resolution by meeting Aurangzeb but was warned by his advisers that his life might be at risk. Young Gobind Rai, known as Gobind Singh after 1699, told his father that no one was more worthy to lead and sacrifice than he was.

His father tried but was then publicly arrested in Delhi on 11 November 1675 on the orders of Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam and the continuing dispute between Sikhism and the Islamic Empire. After this martyrdom, the young Gobind Rai was elected by the Sikhs as the tenth Sikh Guru on Vaisakhi on 29 March 1676.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
Tegh Bahadur was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind, the sixth guru: Guru Hargobind had one daughter, Bibi Viro, and five sons: Baba Gurditta, Suraj Mal, Ani Rai, Atal Rai, and Tyaga Mal. Guru Tegh Bahadur contributed many hymns to Granth Sahib, including the Saloks, or a couplet near the end of Guru Granth Sahib.