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Question Paper Name : History of Indian Science and Technology
Subject Name : History of Indian Science and Technology
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Question Number : 1 Question Id : 8995143750 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Is Question Mandatory : No
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The concept of adhikamasa (intercalary month) finds mention in
(a) Vedic literature
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(b) Vedanga Jyotisha
(c) Aryabhatiya
(d) Mahabhaskariya
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The ecliptic is divided into 27 nakshatras because
(a) A lunar month is close to 27 days
(b) A solar month is close to 27 days
(c) A sidereal month is close to 27 days
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(d) There are only 27 prominent stars close to the ecliptic.
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Which one of the following is not discussed in Aryabhatiya?
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(a) Approximate value of p
(b) Two Corrections to planetary longitudes
(c) Rotation of the Earth
(d) Heliocentric model for planets.
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The important features of the old Saurasiddhanta are discussed in
(a) Siddhantashiromani
(b) Brahmasphutasiddhanta
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(c) Brihatsamhita
(d) Panchasiddhantika
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The number of days in a normal lunar year (12 lunar months) is approximately
(a) 365 days
(b) 360 days
(c) 358 days
(d) 354 days.
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The yoga at some time of the day is determined by
(a) the sum of the longitudes of the Sun and Moon
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(b) the longitude of the Sun only
(c) the longitude of the Moon only
(d) the longitudes of the Moon and its node
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Which of the following statements is true?
(a) manda-samskara (manda correction) is applied to the Sun and Moon
(b) manda-samskara is applied to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
(c) After applying manda-samskara, the motion of the planet would be uniform
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(d) The manda-samskara is explained using an epicycle or eccentric-circle
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Before Nilakantha Somayaji, the Indian planetary models did not have the correct procedure for the
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(a) equation of centre for the interior planets (Mercury, Venus)
(b) equation of centre for the exterior planets (Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
(c) equation of centre for all planets
(d) latitude of the Moon.
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In the Indian texts the maximum latitude of the Moon is
(a) 240 min
(b) 270 min
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(c) 300 min
(d) 330 min.
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At some instant T, the longitude of the Earth's shadow and the Moon are 278° and 272° respectively and the latitude of the Moon is small. Assuming that the rates of motion of the Sun and Moon are 1° and 13° per day, the middle of the lunar eclipse occurs approximately at T + tm, where tm is given by
(a) 15 ghatikas
(b) 20 ghatikas
(c) 30 ghatikas
(d) 40 ghatikas
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Parallax effect is important for
(a) solar eclipses only
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(b) lunar eclipses only
(c) both solar and lunar eclipses
(d) for locations on the Earth with large terrestrial latitudes.
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At a location with latitude 15° north, at noon (when the Sun was on the meridian) zenith distance was observed to be 25°. Then the declination of the Sun was
(a) 25° north
(b) 10° north
(c) 15° south
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(d) 10° south.
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The Jaiprakasha Yantra can be used for measuring
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(a) Altitude, azimuth and declination of the Sun and other objects
(b) Altitude of the Sun only
(c) Time of the day only
(d) Declination of the Sun and planets only.
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The Phalaka Yantra of Bhaskara is
(a) a horizontal board for measuring time
(b) essentially an equatorial Sundial (parallel to the equator) for measuring time
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(c) a vertical board for measuring time from zenith distance of the Sun
(d) a vertical board for measuring time and declination of the Sun
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Nilakantha's planetary model for the five planets is similar to the planetary model of
(a) Aristotle
(b) Ptolemy
(c) Copernicus
(d) Tycho Brahe.
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Name the Indian scientist who was greatly involved with establishment of laboratories in India.
(a) P. C. Mahalanobis
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(b) H. J. Bhabha
(c) Vikram Sarabhai
(d) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
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Which Indian Prime Minister added Jai Vigyan to Lal Bahadur Shastri's slogan Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Rajiv Gandhi
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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(d) P. V. Narasimha Rao
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Name the institute that built the first solid-state computer in India
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(a) Indian Association for Cultivation of Science
(b) Raman Research Institute
(c) Indian Institute of Science
(d) Indian Statistical Institute
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The first Science Policy Resolution in India was adopted in
(a) 1952
(b) 1958
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(c) 1960
(d) 1962
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Who was replaced with M. S. Visvesvaraya as the first chairman of Planning committee?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Meghnad Saha
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Anand Mohan Bose
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The ancient Indian physicians developed a theory of medicine revolving around
(a) Hetushastra
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(b) Tridosha
(c) Shuska tarka
(d) Mati
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In which of the following text are the types of land and agricultural practices discussed?
(a) Aryabhatiya
(b) Sushruta Samhita
(c) Amarakosha
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(d) Arthashastra
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Aryabhata was a renowned scholar of
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(a) Medicine
(b) Astronomy and Mathematics
(c) Physiology
(d) Biology
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The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli (Delhi) is believed to have recorded the achievements of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Samudragupta
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(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
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Brahmasphutasiddhanta was authored by
(a) Charaka
(b) Sushruta
(c) Aryabhata
(d) Brahmagupta
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Which Vedic text makes an indisputable reference to use of iron?
(a) Rigveda
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(b) Chhandogya Upanishad
(c) Atharvaveda
(d) Vajasaneyi Samhita of Yajurveda
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Which of the ethnic group of India is associated with iron smelting?
(a) Agaria
(b) Gond
(c) Toda
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(d) Meena
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Archaeologically, iron was first discovered in India by the British archaeologists from which of the site?
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(a) Swat Gandhar
(b) Nalanda
(c) Megalithic burials of Maski and Brahmagiri
(d) Kausambi
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From which archaeological excavation the earliest evidence of iron ploughshare recovered?
(a) Atranjikhera
(b) Jakhera
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(c) Malhar
(d) Dadupur
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Delhi iron pillar and Konark beams are famous examples of which iron making technique?
(a) Casting
(b) Moulding
(c) Forge-welding
(d) Cere perdue
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Which famous king wrote a treatise on iron metallurgy referred to by Bhoja?
(a) Loharnava
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(b) Yuktikalpataru
(c) Khadgalakshanam
(d) Lauhapradipa
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Which ancient text makes the earliest clear reference to quenching?
(a) Mahabharata
(b) Yajurveda
(c) Samyukta Nikaya
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(d) Abhidhamma Pitaka
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What does the acronym AYUSH refer to?
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(a) Allopathy, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy
(b) Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa, Homeopathy
(c) Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Holistic medicine
(d) Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy
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The recently included system of medicine as part of other Indian systems of medicine is
(a) Sowa-Rigpa
(b) Naturopathy
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(c) Siddha Vaidyam
(d) Mind-body medicine
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Potential sources of information to reconstruct the evolution of medicine are
(a) Excavations, gazette notifications, medical literature, travel memoirs
(b) Excavations, ancient monuments, ancient medical literature, travel memoirs
(c) Excavations, ancient monuments, current medical literature, travel memoirs
(d) Excavations, colonial monuments, medical literature, travel memoirs
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The edict of Ashoka which mentions hospitals for humans and animals is
(a) Mansehra rock edict
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(b) Kandahar rock inscription
(c) Khalsi rock edict
(d) Girnar edict
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Which Eastern Iranian language acknowledges Ayurveda as an influential medicine?
(a) Khotanese
(b) Balochi
(c) Kurdish
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(d) Romani
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Who can be called the father of medicine?
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(a) Bharadwaja
(b) Atreya
(c) Charaka
(d) Vagbhata
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The original name of Charaka Samhita is
(a) Atreya Samhita
(b) Agnivesha Tantra
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(c) Sushruta Samhita
(d) Bharadwaja Samhita
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How many specialities are there in Ayurveda?
(a) Six
(b) Five
(c) Eight
(d) Three
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Ayurveda as a rationale and scientific medicine was ushered in by
(a) Atreya
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(b) Madhavakara
(c) Shivadasa Sen
(d) Bhela
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Atreya was the disciple of
(a) Dhanvantari
(b) Agnivesha
(c) Atri
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(d) Bharadwaja
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Two major branches of Ayurveda
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(a) Internal medicine and surgery
(b) Pediatrics and toxicology
(c) Internal medicine and Kaya chikitsa
(d) Surgery and Shalya chikitsa
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The first teacher of surgery in Ayurveda is
(a) Atreya
(b) Dhanvantari
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(c) Sushruta
(d) Bharadwaja
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The first teacher of internal medicine in Ayurveda is
(a) Nagarjuna
(b) Agnivesha
(c) Atreya
(d) Govindacharya
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Jivaka was the
(a) personal physician of Buddha
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(b) teacher Madhavakara
(c) disciple of Nagarjuna
(d) king of Kashi
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Dhanvantari is the author of
(a) Dhanvantari Shastra
(b) Chikitsa Kaumudi
(c) Sh
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