Question

Which Sikh guru executed by Mughal King Aurangzeb?
a. Guru Gobind Singh
b. Guru Tegh Bahadur
c. Guru Angad Dev
d. Guru Arjan

Answer 1

Hint: He was selected as a Sikh guru. He was named head of the Sikh community after the death of the seven-year-old Guru Har Krishan, previously bypassed by his father, Guru Hargobind.

Complete answer:
1. The motive behind the assassination of Guru Tegh Bahadur on Aurangzeb's orders is clarified in many accounts.
2. Sikh tradition says that the guru stood up for the interests of Kashmiri Pandits who approached him to intercede with the emperor on their behalf and to urge him to abolish a jizya (tax) recently levied.
3. Convinced to stand up for the safety of the Kashmiri Pandits by his uncle, Gobind Rai, who later became Guru Gobind Singh, Guru Tegh Bahadur traveled to Delhi. Here he was ridiculed at the Mughal court and asked to show his guruhood by performing a miracle.
4. In the late 17th century, Emperor Aurangzeb of Mughal levied Sharia law throughout his realm and an extra jizya levy on non-Muslims. It is often assumed that many people were forcefully converted to Islam by him. Official Mughal accounts, detailing the reasons for Guru Tegh Bahadur's assassination in 1675, state that with several thousand followers he passed about. The Sikh gurus were gradually seen as political competitors by the small kingdoms of the Mughal empire with the increase in the political and material influence of the institution of guruhood.

So, the correct answer is Option B:

Note: The ninth of the ten Gurus of the Sikh religion was Guru Tegh Bahadur, revered as the ninth Nanak. On the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi, Guru Tegh Bahadur was publicly beheaded in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam.