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The Asoka Pillar at Delhi Ridge was carried to Delhi from ........... by Firoz Shah Tughlaq.

A. Meerut

B. Sarnath

C. Varanasi

D. Allahabad

Answer: Option A

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Delhi's stone pillar edicts were transported from their original sites in Meerut and Ambala during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351 – 1388 AD). They were erected in Feruzabad, the fourth medieval city of Delhi, established by Feroz Shah Tughlaq.

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