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The following question based on gupta & post gupta period topic of indian history mcq
(a) Varahamihira
(b) Bhaskara
(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Brahmagupta
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Varahamihira credited with authoring Brihat Samhita. Varahamihira, also called Varahamira or simply Varaha, was one of the most celebrated scientists in South Asian history, having made substantial contributions to virtually all branches of the arts and sciences.
He wrote three important books:
- Panchasiddhantika,
- Brihat Samhita, and
- Brihat Jataka.
Brihat Samhita is a compilation of an assortment of topics that provides interesting details of prevailing beliefs. Brihat Jataka is a book on astrology.
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Question : 1
Which one of the following is the smallest measure?
a) Kumbha
b) Khari
c) Drona
d) Adhaka
Answer »Answer: (d)
Adhaka is the smallest measure. Equal attention is given to the measurement of time, based on the device named the Nalika, being the time taken for one Adhaka of water to flow out of a pot through a hole of the same diameter as that of a wire 4 angulas long, made from 4 masas of gold.
Question : 2
Who wrote ‘Aryabhattiyam’ Suryasiddhanta’?
a) Aryabhatta
b) Varahamihira
c) Baskara
d) Brahma Gupta
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 3
Which of the following are true about Samudragupta?
- He is also known as ‘Kaviraja’
- He is known as “Lichchhavi Dauhitra’
- He built the most extensive empire after Ashoka.
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 3
c) 1 and 2
d) 3 only
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 4
Who declared the ‘Law of Gravity’ long before the Newton’s law ?
a) Prithuyasas
b) Brahmagupta
c) Varahamihira
d) Aryabhatta
Answer »Answer: (b)
Brahmagupta declared the ‘Law of Gravity’ long before Newton’s Law. The great 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer Brahmagupta wrote some important works on both mathematics and astronomy.
He was from the state of Rajasthan of northwest India (he is often referred to as Bhillamalacharya, the teacher from Bhillamala), and later became the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain in central India.
Question : 5
Sugandhadevi who issued coins with the figure of seated Lakshmi was a Queen of
a) Kashmir
b) Orissa
c) Saurashtra
d) Karnataka
Answer »Answer: (a)
Sugandhadevi who issued coins with the figure of seated Lakshmi was a queen of Kashmir.
The auspicious markings on Srimati Radharani’s lotus feet include the signs of the conch shell, moon, elephant, barleycorn, rod for controlling elephants, chariot flag, small drum, svastika and fish.
Question : 6
Kumaradevi, a queen of Govinda Chandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharma-chakra-Jina Vihara at
a) Rajgrih
b) Kushinagar
c) Sarnath
d) Bodhgaya
Answer »Answer: (c)
Kumaradevi, a queen of Govindachandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharmachakra-Jina Vihara at Sarnath.
Monastery lying 232 m from east to west and occupied by a central block of buildings, Dharmachakra Jina Vihara was the gift of Kumaradevi, the Buddhist queen of the great Gahadavala king Govindrachandra of Kashi (CE 1114-1154). All the halls and apartments of the monks have disappeared.
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