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Answer: (b)

In a book “Why Socialism?” (1932), Jayaprakash Narayan explained why socialism would be right for India. In 1934, Jayaprakash and his friends formed the Congress Socialist Party under the Presidentship of Acharya Narendra Deva and Secretaryship of Jayaprakash himself.

Answer: (c)

Varahamihira was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer who lived in Ujjain. He is considered to be one of the nine jewels (Navaratnas) of the court of legendary ruler Vikramaditya (thought to be the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II Vikramaditya).

Varahamihira’s main work is the book Pañcasiddhantika (or PanchaSiddhantika, “[Treatise] on the Five [Astronomical] Canons) dated ca. 575 CE gives us information about older Indian texts which are now lost.

The work is a treatise on mathematical astronomy and it summarises five earlier astronomical treatises, namely the Surya Siddhanta, Romaka Siddhanta, Paulisa Siddhanta, Vasishtha Siddhanta and Paitamaha Siddhantas.

Answer: (a)

Megasthenes was a Greek Ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya. In Indica, he has left an elaborate account of the administrative system of the Mauryans.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

The correctly matched pairs are :

Vinay Patrika — Tulsidas.Tulsidas, also known as Goswami Tulsidas; 1497/1532–1623) was a poet-saint, reformer and philosopher renowned for his devotion to the god Rama.

Virangana — Maithili Sharan Gupta. Maithili Sharan Gupt was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered one of the pioneers of Khari Boli poetry and wrote in the Khari Boli dialect, at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of the Braj Bhasha dialect.

Vish Vriksha — Bankim Chandra Chatterji. Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was a Bengali writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of India’s national song Vande Mataram, originally a Bengali and Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian Freedom Movement.

Voice of Conscience — V.V. Giri. Varahagiri Venkata Giri, commonly known as V. V. Giri, was the fourth President of India from 24 August 1969 to 23 August 1974. He served as Acting President of India from 3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969, before getting elected.

Answer: (b)

Worshipping False Gods is a book by Arun Shourie. In this book, he criticized B.R. Ambedkar, the leader of Dalits, for alleged complicity with the British and lust for power and wealth. In Pune, his face was blackened by Dalit peoples for criticizing Ambedkar in his book.