Q 01/05

Guru Nanak's hymns describe the sack of Saidpur by the armies of which invader?

A) Babur

B) Timur

C) Nadir Shah

D) Ahmad Shah Durrani

Answer · why

A) Babur

Babur's armies sacked Saidpur, and Nanak, who witnessed the violence, recorded it in four hymns known as the Babur Vani.

Q 02/05

In which region of the Indian subcontinent did Sikhism originate?

A) Kashmir

B) Punjab

C) Gujarat

D) Bengal

Answer · why

B) Punjab

Punjab was split between two countries in 1947, and most Sikhs living on its western side fled east amid communal violence.

Q 03/05

Which Indian leader apologised in Parliament in 2005 for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots?

A) Manmohan Singh

B) Zail Singh

C) Amarinder Singh

D) Parkash Singh Badal

Answer · why

A) Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh apologised days after an inquiry's report on the riots had led a minister, Jagdish Tytler, to resign.

Q 04/05

The sixth Sikh guru's release from a Mughal prison is celebrated during which festival?

A) Diwali

B) Holi

C) Navratri

D) Raksha Bandhan

Answer · why

A) Diwali

Diwali, for Sikhs, marks the day the sixth guru walked free, and tradition says 52 imprisoned princes left with him by holding on to his cloak.

Q 05/05

Which famous diamond did the British take from the boy Maharaja Duleep Singh?

A) The Koh-i-Noor

B) The Hope Diamond

C) The Cullinan

D) The Regent

Answer · why

A) The Koh-i-Noor

The Koh-i-Noor was surrendered to Queen Victoria under the 1849 treaty, and it has since been set in the crowns of British queens consort.