Here is Question No. 89 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2021.
Q89. Which one of the following statements is correct?
a) Ajanta Caves lie in the gorge of the Waghora River.
b) Sanchi Stupa lies in the gorge of the Chambal River.
c) Pandu-Lena Cave Shrines lie in the gorge of the Narmada River.
d) Amaravati Stupa lies in the gorge of the Godavari river.
Answer: (a)
- Option a is correct: Ajanta Caves are Buddhist rock-cut cave temples and monasteries, located near Ajanta village, north-central Maharashtra state, western India, are celebrated for their wall paintings. The temples are hollowed out of granite cliffs on the inner side of a 70-foot (20-metre) ravine in the Wagurna River valley 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Aurangabad.
- Option b is incorrect. Sanchi lies in an upland plateau region just west of the Betwa River.
- Option c is incorrect. Pandu-lena Caves is an ancient rock-cut sculpture complex located at Gomai River. Pandu-leni Cave is also known as Nasik Caves, Tirthankar Leni, Panch Pandav or Pandav Leni Jain Cave. The “Pandavleni” name sometimes given to the Nasik, Caves has nothing to do with the characters Pandavas, characters in the Mahabharata epic
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