Among the four alternatives, Sama and open hospitality alone satisfies the full historical condition. Chishti khanqahs became known for hospitality, feeding visitors and devotional audition or sama, although attitudes toward music could vary among individual masters. Bhakti and Sufi traditions were diverse rather than a single uniform movement. Region, language, chosen deity, institutional setting and attitude to ritual help distinguish one saint or order from another. The distractors need separate rejection: Temple land survey belongs to a different institution, context or chronology; Court taxation does not perform the function described in the stem; and Military branding fails the required association. The wording of “Which practice was particularly associated with many Chishti hospices in India?” is deliberately specific, so the candidate should isolate its operative clue before recalling names. A useful method is to construct a two-step link from the tested term to its function and then from that function to the relevant ruler, text, monument or region. The fact is significant beyond one MCQ because it reveals how medieval institutions worked in practice and how historians classify the surviving evidence. — Sama and open hospitality”, but also remember the factual reason stated above.