Multiple choice general knowledge

How was Sita related to Janaka?

  1. He married her cousin

  2. She was his wife

  3. She was his foster-daughter

  4. He was her cousin
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Explanation

In the Ramayana, King Janaka found Sita while ploughing a field and adopted her as his daughter. She is therefore his foster-daughter, not his biological child. Janaka had no biological children, and Sita's birth was miraculous - she emerged from the earth when Janaka was performing a ritual.

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