Guru Nanak’s movement drew on the devotional movement of Hindus and Muslims in northern India known as:

a. Gurmat.
b. Panth.
c. Sant.
d. Bhakti.


c. Sant.

Analysis:
a, b & d. Incorrect. The mystical devotional movement in north India at the time of Nanak was not called Gurmat.
c. Correct. The mystical devotional movement in north India at the time of Nanak was called Sant (“saint”).

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