{"id":31218,"date":"2024-03-01T11:46:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=31218"},"modified":"2024-03-01T11:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:46:56","slug":"upsc-prelims-2020-question-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2020-question-97\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Prelims 2020 &#8211; Question 97"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/upsc\/upsc-prelims-test-series?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog-%20PTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Prelims-Test-Series-eng-and-hindi-1280\u00d7330.svg\" alt=\"UPSC Prelims Mock Test - ECONOMY 2\" class=\"wp-image-24924\" width=\"779\" height=\"199\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Question No. 97 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e1c887bd335\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e1c887bd335\"  \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2020-question-97\/#Q97_With_reference_to_the_history_of_India_consider_the_following_pairs\" title=\"Q97. With reference to the history of India, consider the following pairs:\">Q97. With reference to the history of India, consider the following pairs:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Q97_With_reference_to_the_history_of_India_consider_the_following_pairs\"><\/span>Q97. With reference to the history of India, consider the following pairs:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>          Famous Place     Present State<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bhilsa                  Madhya Pradesh<\/li><li>Dwarasamudra    Maharashtra<\/li><li>Girinagar             Gujarat<\/li><li>Sthanesvara        Uttar Pradesh<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?<br>(a) 1 and 3 only<br>(b) 1 and 4 only<br>(c) 2 and 3 only<br>(d) 2 and 4 only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer: A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pair 1 is correctly matched: Vidisha is an ancient city in Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is also the administrative capital of<br>the district with the same name. It was known as Besnagar in ancient times.During the Medieval period, Vidisha city was known as Bhilsa. Emperor Ashoka the Great of Maurya Dynasty served as the governor of Vidisha during his father\u2019s regime.<\/li><li>Pair 2 is not correctly matched: Halebidu, previously known as Dorasamudra or Dwarasamudra, the ancient Hoysala capital,<br>houses the ornate Hoysaleswara and Kedareswara temples, and is one of the well-visited tourist attractions of Karnataka state.<\/li><li>Pair 3 is correctly matched: Girinagar is one of the most ancient 22nd Jain Tirthankar Lord Neminath Prabhu Kshetras in India. 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With reference to the history of India, consider the following pairs:<\/p>\n<p>Famous Place   Present State<\/p>\n<p>Bhilsa Madhya  Pradesh<\/p>\n<p>Dwarasamudra  Maharashtra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":31220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1644],"tags":[232,515,231],"class_list":["post-31218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upsc-prelims","tag-upsc","tag-upsc-cse","tag-upsc-prelims"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31221,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31218\/revisions\/31221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}