With reference to the influnce of Christianity during the Mughal period, answer the following question:

(a) Explain the role played by St. Francis Xavier in spreading Christianity in India.

(b) How did the missionaries bring Europeans closer to Indians?

(c) Explain the role of Christian missionaries in promoting language, literature and art in India.

With reference to the pictures given alongside, answer the following:

(a) Name the Bhakti Saints given in the pictures. Where were they born?

(b) How did the Sufi and the Bhakti movements foster the growth of Indo-Islamic culture?

(c) Mention any two teachings of each of these two saints.

How did the teachings of Kabir and Guru Nanak promote the feelings of peace and harmony among different communities and thereby, strengthened the composite culture of India?

Suppose you have recently shifted to a big housing colony where people belonging to different regions professing different religions, cultures and views live. As the Secretary of the Students Wing of the RWA of your society, which measures you would initiate to strengthen the composite culture of India?