With reference to Indian history, consider the following pairs:

Historical person Known as

1. Aryadeva Jaina scholar

2. Dignaga Buddhist scholar

3. Nathamuni Vaishnava scholar

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

UPSC Civil Services Exam Official 2022 Prelims General Studies held on 5th June

Answer 1

The correct answer is Only two pairs.

Key Points

Historical person	Known as
Aryadeva	Aryadeva, was a Mahayana Buddhist monk, a disciple of Nagarjuna and a Madhyamaka philosopher. Hence, pair 1 is incorrectly matched.
Dignaga	Dignaga was an Indian Buddhist scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic (hetu vidya). *Hence, pair 2 is correctly matched.* Dignaga’s work laid the groundwork for the development of deductive logic in India and created the first system of Buddhist logic and epistemology (Pramana).
Nathamuni	Sri Ranganathamuni, popularly known as Sriman Nathamuni, was a Vaishnava theologian who collected and compiled the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. Hence, pair 3 is correctly matched.