State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · வினா 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
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

விடை: (B) Jivaka

விளக்கம்

Jivaka Komarabhacca was physician to Bimbisara and the Buddha.

  • (A) தவறு

    Wrong: not his physician.

  • (B) சரி

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

  • (C) தவறு

    Wrong: the law-giver, not a physician.

  • (D) தவறு

    Wrong: a Nalanda scholar of later times.

  • (E) தவறு

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