State PCS PYQPrelims 2025

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 97

Who among the following was NOT an Acharya at Nalanda University?

  1. Nagarjuna
  2. Kautilya
  3. Sheelbhadra
  4. Shantarakshita
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা

উত্তর: (B) Kautilya

ব্যাখ্যা

Kautilya (Chanakya) belongs to the Mauryan era and Taxila; Nalanda flourished from the Gupta period.

  • (A) ভুল

    Wrong: traditionally associated with Nalanda.

  • (B) সঠিক

    Correct: Kautilya was associated with Taxila, centuries before Nalanda.

  • (C) ভুল

    Wrong: Shilabhadra was Nalanda's head when Xuanzang visited.

  • (D) ভুল

    Wrong: a famous Nalanda scholar who went to Tibet.