UPSC PYQPrelims 2020

Civil Services Examination · Question 30

Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? "Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely."

  1. Ashoka
  2. Samudragupta
  3. Harshavardhana
  4. Krishnadeva Raya
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Answer: (A) Ashoka

Explanation

This is from Ashoka's Major Rock Edict XII, which preaches religious tolerance.