Paper 1 · Higher Education
Consider the following statements about a university's library and identify the university:
- 1. The library was known as Dharma Gunj (Treasury of Truth), intimately linked with Buddhist knowledge.
- 2. Its collection comprised hundreds of thousands of volumes.
- 3. The library had three main buildings, one as high as nine storeys, named Ratnasagara (Sea of Jewels) and Ratnodadhi (Ocean of Jewels).
AVikramshila University
BNalanda University ✓ Correct
COdantapuri University
DKanchi University
Correct answer: (B) Nalanda University — The university is Nalanda, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The university is Nalanda, so that is the answer.
★Nalanda's library was called Dharma Gunj, the Treasury of Truth.
★It held hundreds of thousands of volumes in tall buildings like Ratnasagara.
★So the university with this famous library is Nalanda.
★Vikramshila, Odantapuri and Kanchi did not have this library.
★So the answer is Nalanda University.
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