Uttar Pradesh GK MCQ Question and Answer | State Gk MCQ

Out of 16 Mahajanapadas during Mahajanapada Period 8 were present in Modern Uttar Pradesh. Hence the correct answer is option B. The sixteen mahajanapadas include Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Machcha, Surasena, Assaka, Avanti, Gandhara and Kamboja

Alamgirpur, Bargaon, Hulas, Mandi, Sanauli, Sothi are the sites of the Indus Valley in Uttar Pradesh.

The correct match is :
Vasta - Kaushambi
Shurasena - Mathura
Chedi - Shaktimati
Malla - Pava

Alamgirpur was discovered by Bharat Sevak Samaj on the bank of river Hindon.

The Delhi-Topra pillar is one of the pillars of Ashoka, inscribed with the moral edicts promulgated by Ashoka, the Mauryan Emperor who ruled in the Indian subcontinent during the 3^rd century BC. The Edicts of Ashoka were either carved on in-situ rocks or engraved on pillars erected throughout the empire. The pillar, originally erected in Topra Kalan, was transferred to Delhi in the 14^th century by Feroz Shah Tughlaq.

Bhagavati Sutra is a sutra of Jainism, gives a list of sixteen Mahajanapadas. The Mahajanapadas were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE during the second urbanisation period. The 6^th - 5^th centuries BCE is often regarded as a major turning point in early Indian history; during this period India's first large cities arose after the demise of the Indus Valley Civilization. It was also the time of the rise of sramana movements (including Buddhism and Jainism), which challenged the religious orthodoxy of the Vedic Period.

Ashoka, the Mauryan emperor, was a devout follower of Buddhism after the Kalinga war and undertook several pilgrimages to places associated with the life of Gautam Buddha.

He visited key Buddhist sites such as Lumbini (birthplace of Buddha), Bodh Gaya (enlightenment), Sarnath (first sermon), and Kushinagar (death of Buddha). These are confirmed through his inscriptions and historical records.

Ayodhya and Haridwar, while religiously significant in Hinduism, do not have any direct association with the life of Buddha and there is no record or evidence of Ashoka visiting these places as part of his Buddhist pilgrimages.

Therefore, Ayodhya - Haridwar is the correct answer as the places Ashoka did not go for pilgrimage.

The Correct Answer is Anguttara Nikaya. The Anguttara Nikaya, Mahavastu (Buddhist texts), Bhagwati Sutra (Jain texts) texts refer to 16 Mahajanapadas.

Kushinara was the capital of Mallas which was one of the sixteen mahajanpads of the 6^th Century BCE. Since then, it remained an integral part of the erstwhile empires of Maurya, Shunga, Kushana, Gupta, Harsha, and Pala dynasties. In the medieval period, Kushinagar had passed under the suzerainty of Kultury Kings.

Bodh Gaya is situated on the banks of river Niranjana. It is famous as it is the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained Enlightenment under what became known as the Bodhi Tree.