Consider the following statements : 1. Saint Nimbarka was a contemporary of Akbar. 2. Saint Kabir was greatly influenced by Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Gives Akbar's reign dates (1556–1605) and summarizes his long rule — establishes the precise time window to compare with any figure's life.

A student could look up Nimbarka's traditionally ascribed dates and see if they overlap with 1556–1605 to judge contemporaneity.

Explicitly states the length of Akbar's reign and that it lasted almost 50 years (1556 to 1605), reinforcing the temporal window.

Use these fixed years as a reference interval when checking external biographical dates for Nimbarka.

Notes Akbar's birth year (1542) and that he was crowned as a teenager — gives additional anchor points (birth and early reign) within the same mid-16th century period.

Compare Nimbarka's birth/active years against both Akbar's birth (1542) and accession (1556) to assess possible overlap.

Mentions dated events in Akbar's religious policy (Ibadat Khana established in 1575) — provides specific years of Akbar's activities useful for finer comparisons.

If a source gives Nimbarka's activity around a specific year, check whether that year falls within Akbar's recorded events (e.g., 1575).

Records later military activity and Akbar's death in 1605, providing the terminal point of the time window for contemporaneity.

Use the 1605 end-point to test whether Nimbarka's life or activity continued into or overlapped with the late 16th/early 17th century.