Multiple choice

The words ’Satyameva Jayate” inscribed below the base plate of the Indian Emblem are from

  1. Ramayana

  2. Mundak Upanishad

  3. Rig Veda

  4. Satpath Brahmana
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Explanation

The motto 'Satyameva Jayate' (Truth Alone Triumphs) is taken from the Mundaka Upanishad. It appears in the Mundaka Upanishad, Chapter 3, Verse 1. It is not from the Ramayana, Rig Veda, or Satapatha Brahmana. The motto was adopted as the national motto of India on January 26, 1950.

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