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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 36

SSC CGL - 5th March 2020 Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q36

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‘Dharmaraja (Yudhishthir) Ratha’, ‘Bhima Ratha’, ‘Arjuna Ratha’ and ‘Nakula Sahadeva Ratha’ are four of the Panch Rathas at Mahabalipuram. What is the name of the fifth Ratha?

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Correct answer: D

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The correct answer is option 4 i.e Draupadi Ratha.

  • Pancha Rathas (also known as Five Rathas or Pandava Rathas) is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

  • Each of the five monuments in the Pancha Rathas complex resembles a chariot (Ratha), and each is carved over a single, long stone or monolith, of granite that slopes in a north-south direction with a slight incline.

  • The structures are named after the Pancha Pandavas and their common wife Draupadi, of epic Mahabharata fame. 

  • In order of their size, they include the Dharmaraja Ratha, Bhima Ratha, Arjuna Ratha, Nakula Sahadeva Ratha, and Draupadi Ratha.