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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 70 of 200

Q70
History of IndiaMahajanapadas, Buddhism & Jainism
Which Mahajanapada of 6th century BCE was an aristocratic-oligarchic republic (a confederacy of eight clans governed in accordance with republican principles)?
  1. a.Magadha
  2. b.Vajji
  3. c.Kashi
  4. d.Koshala

Answer: (B) Vajji

The Vajji confederacy, with its capital at Vaishali, was a republican sangha of eight clans including the Lichchhavis and Videhas. Magadha, Kashi and Koshala were monarchies.

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