The Mundeshwari temple, an octagonal stone shrine counted among the oldest temples in India still in worship, is in which district?
- A.Kaimur
- B.Rohtas
- C.Buxar
- D.Aurangabad
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Kaimur. The Mundeshwari temple stands on the Pawra hill at Ramgarh in Kaimur district. It is an octagonal shrine of stone, Shaiva and Shakta in its images, carries an early inscription and has been in continuous worship, which is why it is listed among the oldest functioning temples of the country.
Option B is wrong because Rohtas district, which adjoins Kaimur, holds Sasaram and the Rohtasgarh fort. Option C is wrong because Buxar is remembered for the battle of 1764 and its river ghats. Option D is wrong because Aurangabad district has the Deo Sun temple, which is an important but much later shrine. The Kaimur plateau is the belt where all these sites lie, so the district pairing must be learnt exactly.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Mahabodhi Temple Complex, Bodh Gaya
- B.Nalanda Mahavihara
- C.Vikramshila, Antichak
- D.Kesariya stupa
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Read the full explanation →The foundation of Nalanda Mahavihara in the fifth century CE is attributed to which ruler?
- A.Chandragupta II
- B.Kumaragupta I
- C.Dharmapala
- D.Harshavardhana
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The founding of Nalanda is credited to the Gupta ruler Kumaragupta I in the fifth century CE, after which it grew for seven hundred years under later Gupta, Maukhari and Pala patronage until the raid of Bakhtiyar Khalji about 1193 CE.
Read the full explanation →Vikramshila Mahavihara at Antichak, in Bhagalpur district, was founded by which Pala ruler?
- A.Gopala
- B.Dharmapala
- C.Devapala
- D.Mahipala
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Vikramshila was founded by the Pala king Dharmapala and became, after Nalanda, the most important centre of Buddhist learning in eastern India, especially of tantric studies; its ruins at Antichak in Bhagalpur district show a large brick stupa surrounded by monastic cells.
Read the full explanation →The Lomas Rishi and Sudama caves, the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, are in which district of Bihar?
- A.Nalanda
- B.Jehanabad
- C.Gaya
- D.Rohtas
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Read the full explanation →The Golghar, the granary built at Patna in 1786 after the famine of 1770, was designed by
- A.Captain John Garstin
- B.Aliwal Khan
- C.Alexander Cunningham
- D.Ibrahim Khan
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The Golghar was built in 1786 to a design by Captain John Garstin of the Bengal Engineers, as a store of grain against another famine like that of 1770; its beehive shape and the two spiral stairways on the outside make it the best known colonial building of Patna.
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