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State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 12

Who was the physician of the Magadha ruler Bimbisara?

  1. Vijayasena
  2. Jivaka
  3. Manu
  4. Shilabhadra
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (B) Jivaka

Explanation

Jivaka Komarabhacca was physician to Bimbisara and the Buddha.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: not his physician.

  • (B) Correct

    Correct: Jivaka, trained at Taxila, was the royal physician (also treated the Buddha).

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: the law-giver, not a physician.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: a Nalanda scholar of later times.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.