State PCS PYQPrelims 2025

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 97

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

  1. Nagarjuna
  2. Kautilya
  3. Sheelbhadra
  4. Shantarakshita
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (B) Kautilya

स्पष्टीकरण

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

  • (A) चूक

    Wrong: traditionally associated with Nalanda.

  • (B) बरोबर

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

  • (C) चूक

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

  • (D) चूक

    Wrong: a famous Nalanda scholar who went to Tibet.