UGC NET History Practice Question

Which 22nd Jain Tirthankara is traditionally linked with Lord Krishna in Jain mytho-historical texts?

Rishabhanatha

Neminatha ✓

Parshvanatha

Mahavira

Jain tradition holds Neminatha (Aristanemi), the 22nd Tirthankara, to be a cousin of Krishna, linking Jain sacred history to the Yadava lineage of the Krishna legend — a point of interaction between Jain and Puranic/Vaishnava tradition.

Author of the ancient veterinary treatise Hastyayurveda, dealing with diseases of elephants, was:

Palakapya ✓

Vagbhata

Sushruta

Charaka

Palakapya is the traditional author of the Hastyayurveda, an ancient Sanskrit treatise on elephant medicine and care — distinct from Sushruta and Charaka, who authored the major human-medicine (Ayurveda) Samhitas.

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (i) Defeat of Darius III by Alexander (ii) Battle of Hydaspes between Alexander and Porus (iii) Coronation of Emperor Ashoka (iv) Assassination of Brihadratha by Pushyamitra Sunga

(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) ✓

(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

Correct order: Alexander defeated Darius III at Gaugamela (331 BCE) before advancing into India to fight Porus at Hydaspes (326 BCE); Ashoka's coronation followed later (c. 268 BCE); the Mauryan empire finally ended when Pushyamitra Sunga killed Brihadratha (c. 185 BCE) — a standard sequencing question testing the broad Mauryan-era timeline.

In the Mauryan administrative system, the officer designated as Samaharta was primarily responsible for:

Military recruitment

Collection of revenue and state expenditure management ✓

Judicial administration in urban courts

Maintenance of royal mints

The Samaharta, per Kautilya's Arthashastra, was the chief officer overseeing revenue collection across the empire and managing state expenditure — effectively the head of the Mauryan finance department, working alongside the Sannidhata (treasurer).

Which Mauryan Rock Edict explicitly mentions Ashoka's remorse over the suffering caused by the Kalinga War?

Major Rock Edict X

Major Rock Edict XII

Major Rock Edict XIII ✓

Pillar Edict VII

Major Rock Edict XIII is the famous "Kalinga Edict" in which Ashoka expresses deep remorse for the death and suffering caused by the Kalinga War and announces his turn toward Dhamma-conquest instead of military conquest.

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