UPSC CAPF (AC) 2025 Paper I · Question 54

Question 54 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2025 Paper I (3 August 2025). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. CAPF 2025 · P-I · Q54 · History · Ancient India

   With reference to the Indo-Roman trade, who among the following referred to the drain of Roman gold into India? 1. Strabo 2. Pliny 3. Ptolemy 4. Dio Chrysostom Select the answer using the code given below.

   1. 1 and 2
   2. 2 and 3
   3. 2 and 4
   4. 1 and 3

   भारत-रोमन व्यापार के संदर्भ में, इनमें से किन्होंने भारत में रोमन सोने के प्रवाह का उल्लेख किया है? 1. स्ट्रैबो 2. प्लिनी 3. टॉलेमी 4. डियो क्राइसोस्टोम नीचे दिए गए कूट का प्रयोग कर उत्तर चुनिए।

   1. 1 और 2
   2. 2 और 3
   3. 2 और 4
   4. 1 और 3
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   Answer: (3) 2 and 4

   उत्तर: (3) 2 और 4

   Pliny the Elder complained that India drained the Roman empire of about 50 million sesterces every year, and Dio Chrysostom (Oration 79, 'On Wealth') protested that Indians and other foreign peoples "exact tribute" from his society through its craving for luxuries. Strabo described the growth of shipping to India and Ptolemy wrote a geography of its ports, but neither is cited for the drain of gold.

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