Multiple choice general knowledge

Name the fisherman who brought up karna?

  1. Surath

  2. Devrath

  3. Adhirath

  4. Virath
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Explanation

In the Mahabharata, Karna was found floating in a basket by a charioteer named Adhiratha (also spelled Adhirath) and his wife Radha, who were fisherman/ferryman by profession. They raised him as their own son. Adhiratha was a Suta (charioteer class).

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