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Why did Guru Nanak reject the religions of Hinduism and Islam?
A
They were both linked to the rigid caste system that existed in India. This limited social mobility and freedom of worship.
B
They were both linked to the rigid caste system that existed in China. This limited social mobility and freedom of worship.
C
They were both against the rigid caste system that existed in India. This limited social mobility and freedom of worship.
D
Neither were connected to the rigid caste system that existed in India. This limited social mobility and freedom of worship.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Both the Hindus and the Muslims had identified their religion with rituals or ceremonies. the views of Indu Bushan Benerjee, Guru Nanak was generally a critic of formalism and ritualism in Islam and Hinduism. He instructed both the Hindus and Muslims to be truthful to their own religion.

Detailed explanation-2: -One famous story about Guru Nanak tells of his rebellion at the age of eleven. At this age Hindu boys of his caste would start to wear the sacred thread to distinguish them. Nanak refused, saying that people should be distinguished by the things that they did, and their individual qualities, rather than by a thread.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sikhism is an ethical monotheism fusing elements of Hinduism and Islam. It was founded by Nanak (1469-1539), a mystic who believed that God transcends religious distinctions.

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