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(a) Bhaskar
(b) Brahma Gupta
(c) Varahmihir
(d) Aryabhatta
The correct answers to the above question in:
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.
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Question : 1
Who wrote ‘Indica’ ?
a) Megasthenes
b) Hieun Tsang
c) I-tsing
d) Fa-hien
Answer »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.
Question : 2
Who has authored the book ‘Straight From the Heart” ?
a) Kapil Sibal
b) None of these
c) Kapil Dev
d) Kapil Srimohan
Answer »Answer: (c)
Kapil Dev
Question : 3
‘Playing to Win’ is written by
a) Nadeem Aslam
b) Harsh Mander
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Saina Nehwal
Answer »Answer: (d)
Playing to win is written by Saina Nehwal. In ‘Playing to win, my life on and off the court’ Saina has written her autobiography in which she has revealed many of her secrets.
The book has many incidents about Saina which are not in the public domain.
Question : 4
Who wrote the book “Why Socialism” ?
a) Acharya Narendra Dev
b) Jayaprakash Narayan
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) M.N. Roy
Answer »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.
Question : 5
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
| List I | List II |
| A. Gandhian Constitution for India | 1. D. Mackenzie Brown |
| B. The Republic of India | 2. Sriman Narayan |
| C. The White Umbrella | 3. A. Gledhill |
| D. The Politics of India since Independence | 4. Paul R. Brass |
a) 2 3 1 4
b) 2 4 1 3
c) 1 2 3 4
d) 2 1 4 3
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 6
The novel ‘Durgesha Nandini’ is written by
a) Swarna Kumari
b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d) Taraknath Gangopadhyaya
Answer »Answer: (c)
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