Answer: Option D. -> Jaina Scriptures
Answer: (d)

Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)
The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in Anguttara Nikaya. Asmaka Mahajanapada was situated on the bank of river Godavari.
The Anguttara Nikaya, the fourth division of the Sutta Pitaka, consists of several thousand suttas arranged in eleven books (nipatas) according to numerical content.
An excellent modern print translation of the complete Anguttara Nikaya is Bhikkhu Bodhi’s The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha:

Answer: Option D. -> Anguttara Nikaya
Answer: (d)The ancient Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya gives the list of sixteen Mahajanapadas includes the Gandhara and the Kamboja as the only two salient Mahajanapadas in the Uttarapatha. Another Buddhist text Digha Nikaya mentions only twelve Mahajanapadas.

Answer: Option B. -> Chanakya
Answer: (b)

Answer: Option C. -> Padmapani
Answer: (c)Avalokitesevara is a Bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism. In Sanskrit, Avalokitesvara is also referred to as Padmapâni (“Holder of the Lotus”) or Lokeœvara (“Lord of the World”) .

Answer: Option A. -> Magadha
Answer: (a)

Answer: Option D. -> 4, 1, 3, 2
Answer: (d)In chronological order, Magadha dynasties are Haryanks, Nandas, Mauryas and Sungas. Haryanka dynasty founded the Magadha empire in 600 BC, whose capital was Rajagriha, later Pataliputra, near the present day Patna. This dynasty lasted until 424 BC, when it was overthrown by the Shishunaga dynasty.

Answer: Option D. -> All of above
Answer: (d)

Answer: Option C. -> Buddhist and Jaina texts list sixteen Mahajanapadas
Answer: (c)

Answer: Option B. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (b)