Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara of Jainism, attained nirvana at
- A.Vaishali
- B.Pavapuri
- C.Shravanabelagola
- D.Girnar
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The correct answer is B, Pavapuri, in Nalanda district of Bihar, where a marble temple stands in a lotus tank at the spot held to be the place of his nirvana; Diwali is observed by Jains as the anniversary of that event. Option A is wrong but is the obvious trap: Mahavira was born at Kundagrama near Vaishali, so Vaishali belongs to his birth and not to his death. Option C is wrong because Shravanabelagola in Karnataka is famous for the colossal monolithic statue of Bahubali, also called Gommateshwara, erected under the Ganga minister Chavundaraya. Option D is wrong because Girnar in Gujarat is linked with the twenty-second Tirthankara Neminatha and with Ashokan and later inscriptions. Keep the pair fixed: born near Vaishali, nirvana at Pavapuri.
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- A.Jainism
- B.Buddhism
- C.Zoroastrianism
- D.Sikhism
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- A.Bodh Gaya
- B.Lumbini
- C.Sarnath
- D.Kushinagar
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- A.Judaism
- B.Zoroastrianism
- C.Taoism
- D.Shinto
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- A.Guru Nanak
- B.Guru Ram Das
- C.Guru Arjan Dev
- D.Guru Gobind Singh
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- A.Rishabhanatha
- B.Parshvanatha
- C.Mahavira
- D.Neminatha
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