Ancient History PYQ 47 of 208 · Buddhism

The ‘Bodhi Vriksha’ in Bodh Gaya belongs to which generation of its family?

  1. AThird
  2. BFourth
  3. CFifth
  4. DSixth

48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008

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BPSC treated this question as having no correct option (cancelled).

Explanation

BPSC dropped this question. The Bihar tourism department calls the present tree fifth-generation, but counting the plantings by Ashoka, Pushyamitra Shunga, the Burmese king and Cunningham gives six, so the sources conflict.

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