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Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Ajmer during the rule of which king?

Correct answer: (A) Prithviraj III Chauhan.

Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Ajmer during the rule of Prithviraj III Chauhan.

  1. (A)

    Prithviraj III Chauhan

  2. (B)

    Akbar

  3. (C)

    Qutbuddin Aibak

  4. (D)

    Alauddin Khilji

Explanation

Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti is linked with the arrival and consolidation of the Chishti Sufi tradition in India. The cited eGyanKosh unit states that he introduced the Chishti order to Bharat and strengthened it as a major spiritual and mystical order. It also gives the exam-relevant political setting: Moinuddin Chishti migrated to Ajmer, Rajasthan, when Prithviraj Chauhan was ruling Ajmer. This matches the standard RAS framing that places his arrival around 1192 CE in the reign of Prithviraj III Chauhan. The point is not merely biographical; it connects Rajasthan's Chauhan-period political history with the later importance of Ajmer as a major Chishti pilgrimage centre.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) Akbar belongs to a much later Mughal context, while the question asks about Chishti's arrival at Ajmer during Chauhan rule.
  • (C) Qutbuddin Aibak came after Chishti, so he cannot be the ruler during Chishti's arrival at Ajmer.
  • (D) Alauddin Khilji came much later than the Chauhan-period setting of Chishti's arrival at Ajmer.

Concept

This tests the Rajasthan history link between Sufi movements and the Chauhan-period polity of Ajmer. It recurs in RAS because Ajmer's Chishti shrine sits at the intersection of medieval political history, religious movements, and Rajasthan's cultural geography.

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