Read the passage and answer the question:
One of the most influential teachers of the time was the Buddha. Over centuries, his message spread across the subcontinent and beyond-through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan, and through Srilanka, across to Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Siddhartha, as the Buddha was named at birth, was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan. He came to be known as the Buddha or the Enlightened one. He taught ‘dhamma’ or ‘the path of righteous living’.
Arrange the following ‘Buddhist sites’ from North to South.
(A) Sanchi
(B) Amravati
(C) Sarnath
(D) Nasik
(E) Lumbini
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (E), (C), (A), (D), (B)
On the map of major Buddhist sites the five places lie from north to south as follows:
(E) Lumbini — the northernmost of the five; the Buddha was born here.
(C) Sarnath — south of Lumbini, in the Ganga valley; here the Buddha gave his first sermon.
(A) Sanchi — further south, in central India.
(D) Nasik — south of Sanchi, in the western Deccan.
(B) Amravati — the southernmost, near the Krishna river (Amaravati on the map).
Tip: NTA builds questions on maps too, so revise the maps along with the text.
NCERT (2026-27): “7. Stupas … Buddhist literature mentions several chaityas. It also describes places associated with the … Buddha’s life – where he was born (Lumbini), where he attained enlightenment (Bodh Gaya), where he gave his first sermon (Sarnath) and where he attained nibbana (Kusinagara). Gradually, each of these places came to be regarded as sacred.…”
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