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    The highly polished monolithic Ashokan Pillars were carved out of single pieces of a buff-coloured sandstone usually mined from the quarries of       [NDA 2013-1]

    A)  Chunar near Manipur

    B)  Lauriya in Nandangarh

    C)  Samath near Varanasi

    D)  Udayagiri near Bhubaneshwar

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    The highly polished monolithic Ashoka pillar usually with small black spots were quarried from the Chunar near Varanasi.


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