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UPSC CSE Prelims 2011 · GS Paper I · Buddhism, Jainism & other schools

The Jain philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by:

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2011, General Studies Paper I — Buddhism, Jainism & other schools.

Prelims 2011

Buddhism, Jainism & other schools Medium

The Jain philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by:

Answer & explanation

Answer: (a) Universal law

Jainism does not accept a creator God. It treats the universe as eternal and running by its own universal law, so (a) fits best.

  • ✓ (a) The world functions by universal law (natural order), not by a creator.
  • ✗ (d) A universal soul or creator is the Vedantic view, which Jainism rejects.

Remember · Jainism: no creator God; the universe runs on universal law.

📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Part I, Ch 2 (practise this chapter)

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