Consider the following pairs: 1. Besnagar — Shaivite cave shrine 2. Bhaja — Buddhist cave shrine 3.…

Consider the following pairs: 1. Besnagar — Shaivite cave shrine 2. Bhaja — Buddhist cave shrine 3. Sittanavasal — Jain cave shrine. How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All three
  4. None

Solution

Per the official UPSC key, the answer is C. Besnagar is known for the Heliodorus Pillar — a Vaishnavite site, not Shaivite — so pair 1 is debatable. UPSC officially marked C.

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2023

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