2025 · Q57
Which one among the following educational institutions established under the Union Ministry of Culture is promoting to preserve, protect and promote Lord Buddha's teaching and value of love, compassion and nonviolence for developing good moral values and practices?
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- AIndian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
- BNational Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi
- CNava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda
- DIGNOU, New Delhi
Explanation
The Nava Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, an institution under the Union Ministry of Culture, works to preserve and promote the Buddha's teachings of love, compassion and non-violence. The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (Shimla), NCERT and IGNOU fall under the Ministry of Education or are separate universities, and they do not carry this mandate. It functions as a deemed university devoted to Pali and Buddhist studies.