UPSC Prelims · 2017 · GS Paper I · Q53
With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements: 1. Sautrantika and Sammitiya were the sects of Jainism. 2. Sarvastivadin held that the constituents of phenomena were not wholly momentary, but existed forever in a latent form. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (A)1 only
- (B)2 only
- (C)Both 1 and 2
- (D)Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (B) 2 only
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Jainism, Buddhism & Heterodox Sects
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