WBCS.LIVE practice question

Name the clan Buddha belonged to-

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Gnathrika
  2. Maurya
  3. Shakya
  4. Kuru

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Shakya

Explanation: The correct answer is C. Shakya. Gautama Buddha, originally named Siddhartha, was born in the Shakya clan, a Kshatriya (warrior) clan that ruled over a small republic in the foothills of the Himalayas, near present-day Lumbini in Nepal.