UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2023

Consider the following pairs: Site : Well known for. 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

Answer

Correct Answer

Only two

Explanation

Bhaja (Buddhist cave shrine) and Sittanavasal (Jain cave shrine) are correctly matched. Besnagar is famous for the Heliodorus pillar (Vaishnavite, associated with a Garuda pillar), not primarily a Shaivite cave shrine, so pair 1 is incorrect.

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