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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)
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With reference to ancient India, consider the following statements :

1. The concept of Stupa is Buddhist in origin.

2. Stupa was generally a repository of relics.

3. Stupa was a votive and commemorative structure in the Buddhist tradition.

How many of the statements given above are correct? 

A
Only one
B
Only two
C
All three
D
None
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)
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With reference to ancient South India, Korkai, Poompuhar, and Muchiri were well-known as 
A
capital cities
B
ports
C
centres of iron-and-steel making
D
shrines of Jain Tirthankaras
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)
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Which one of the following explains the practice of 'Vattakirutal' as mentioned in Sangam poems?
A
Kings employing women bodyguards
B
Learned persons assembling in royal courts to discuss religious and philosophical matters
C
Young girls keeping watch over agricultural fields and driving away birds and animals
D
A king defeated in a battle committing ritual suicide by starving himself to death
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)
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"Souls are not only the property of animal and plant life, but also of rocks, running water and many other natural. objects not looked on as living by other religious sects."

The above statement reflects one of the core beliefs of which one of the following religious sects of ancient India? 

A
Buddhism
B
Jainism
C
Shaivism
D
Vaishnavism
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