Deck 9: Historical Figures and Movements in Astronomy, Mathematics, Philosophy and Religion in India and Beyond
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Deck 9: Historical Figures and Movements in Astronomy, Mathematics, Philosophy and Religion in India and Beyond
1
……………….. of the Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics, in his 'Tantrasangraham' revised Arybhata's model for planets Mercury and Venus.
A)achyuta pisharodi
B)ramanuja
C)nilakanta somayaji
D)varahamihira
A)achyuta pisharodi
B)ramanuja
C)nilakanta somayaji
D)varahamihira
nilakanta somayaji
2
……………….. had authored a treatise titled 'Jyotir Mimamsa' which stressed the necessity and importance of astronomical observations to obtain correct parameters for computations.
A)ramanuja
B)somayaji
C)dante
D)achyuta pisharodi
A)ramanuja
B)somayaji
C)dante
D)achyuta pisharodi
somayaji
3
……………….. an astronomer from Kerala wrote, 'Sphuta nirnaya' which details an elliptical correction to the existing notions.
A)achyuta pisharodi
B)varahamihira
C)aryabhatta
D)brahmagupta.
A)achyuta pisharodi
B)varahamihira
C)aryabhatta
D)brahmagupta.
achyuta pisharodi
4
The cross-staff known as the 'Yasti-Yantra' was used by……………….
A)ramanuja
B)bhaskara ii
C)dante
D)brahmagupta
A)ramanuja
B)bhaskara ii
C)dante
D)brahmagupta
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5
………………. invented the 'Phalaka Yantra' which consisted of a rectangular board with a pin and index arm, which was used to determine the time from the sun's position.
A)bhaskaraii
B)thomas aquinas
C)peter abelard
D)roger bacon
A)bhaskaraii
B)thomas aquinas
C)peter abelard
D)roger bacon
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6
Mahendra Suri, the court astronomer of ………………mentions about an astrolabe, a combination of two semi-circular board instrument giving rise to a 'scissor instrument'.
A)firoz tughlaq
B)ibrahim lodi
C)muhammad bin tuglaq
D)alauddin khilji
A)firoz tughlaq
B)ibrahim lodi
C)muhammad bin tuglaq
D)alauddin khilji
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7
The oldest mathematical document produced in India is the 'Bakhshali Manuscript' discovered in 1881 in the village of …………….near Peshwar, now in modern Pakistan.
A)bakhshali
B)lothal
C)rupar
D)harappa
A)bakhshali
B)lothal
C)rupar
D)harappa
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8
'Bakhshali Manuscript' is believed to have prepared in ………………. century AD.
A)7th
B)8th
C)9th
D)10th
A)7th
B)8th
C)9th
D)10th
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9
Who wrote Panchaka Sidhanta?'
A)dante
B)ramanuja
C)varahamihira
D)madhavacharya
A)dante
B)ramanuja
C)varahamihira
D)madhavacharya
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10
Kerala School of Mathematics and Astronomy was founded by …………………
A)madhava of samgamagrama
B)nilakanta somayaji
C)achyutha pisharodi
D)melpathur narayana bhattatiri
A)madhava of samgamagrama
B)nilakanta somayaji
C)achyutha pisharodi
D)melpathur narayana bhattatiri
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11
Fahien, the ………………Buddhist traveler visited India in the 5th century AD wrote about the health care system of the Gupta empire and described the institutional approach of the Indian medicine system.
A)portuguese
B)british
C)chinese
D)spanish
A)portuguese
B)british
C)chinese
D)spanish
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12
The basic text of the Vedanta school is the 'Brahmasutra' of…………………..
A)badarayana
B)sankaracharya
C)ramanuja
D)madhavacharya
A)badarayana
B)sankaracharya
C)ramanuja
D)madhavacharya
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13
Visishtadvaita, propounded by ……………..emphasizes the concept of Supreme Being having definite form, name and attributes.
A)ramanuja
B)dante
C)sankaracharya
D)badarayana
A)ramanuja
B)dante
C)sankaracharya
D)badarayana
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14
Dvaita school of philosophy is introduced by ………………….in the 13th century.
A)madhavacharya
B)ramanuja
C)vallabhacharya
D)sankaracharya
A)madhavacharya
B)ramanuja
C)vallabhacharya
D)sankaracharya
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15
Sudhadvaita was the philosophy propagated by ………………of 15th-16th centuries.
A)sambandhar
B)ramanuja
C)sundaramurthi nayanar
D)vallabhacharya
A)sambandhar
B)ramanuja
C)sundaramurthi nayanar
D)vallabhacharya
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16
Achintya Bheda Abheda is the philosophy propagated by ……………..during the 15th-16th centuries.
A)chaitanya mahaprabhu
B)ramanuja
C)nandanar
D)viralminda nayanar
A)chaitanya mahaprabhu
B)ramanuja
C)nandanar
D)viralminda nayanar
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17
………………… popularized the Rama Bhakti cult in north India through his work, 'Ramacharit Manas'.
A)namadev
B)janeswar
C)thulsidas
D)tukaram
A)namadev
B)janeswar
C)thulsidas
D)tukaram
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18
The Krishna cult of the Vaishnavite tradition was popularised by…………….., the only woman saint in the North Indian Bhakti tradition.
A)sarojini naidu
B)mira bai
C)kamala das
D)vijayalaksnmi pandit
A)sarojini naidu
B)mira bai
C)kamala das
D)vijayalaksnmi pandit
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19
The Vaishnava Bhakti movement in Bengal was spearheaded by………………, through his famous popular work, 'Gita Govinda'.
A)mira bai
B)chaitanya
C)ramanuja
D)jayadeva
A)mira bai
B)chaitanya
C)ramanuja
D)jayadeva
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20
The Suharwardi Order was started in India by ……………….,a desciple of Shaik Suharwardi.
A)shaik zakariya
B)shaik nizamuddin auliya
C)shajahan
D)akbar
A)shaik zakariya
B)shaik nizamuddin auliya
C)shajahan
D)akbar
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21
The most popular Sufi order in India was the Chisti order. Its founder Muinuddin Chisti arrived India and settled at…………….
A)ajmir
B)delhi
C)kashmir
D)raipur
A)ajmir
B)delhi
C)kashmir
D)raipur
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22
The first monastic institution was founded in the Byzantine capital,…………………
A)cairo
B)constantinople
C)cambridge
D)damascus
A)cairo
B)constantinople
C)cambridge
D)damascus
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23
……………….. is credited with the title of the 'father of monasticism' as he had laid down the necessary ruled for the monasticism and monastic orders.
A)st. benedict
B)bernard of clairvaux
C)charlemagne
D)st.paul
A)st. benedict
B)bernard of clairvaux
C)charlemagne
D)st.paul
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24
The Cluniac monastic order is an order of the Benedictine monks founded in ……………..in the 10th century by William, under the authority of the Pope.
A)germany
B)italy
C)england
D)france
A)germany
B)italy
C)england
D)france
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25
The Byzantine scientist ………………founded the Platonic Academy in Florence on the Islamic pattern.
A)gemston pletton
B)st. cyril
C)st. methodius
D)thomas aquinas
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B)st. cyril
C)st. methodius
D)thomas aquinas
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26
The first hospital in……………, Les Quinze Vingt was founded by the emperor Louis IX after his return from the Crusade in 1260.
A)paris
B)oxford
C)cambridge
D)bohemia
A)paris
B)oxford
C)cambridge
D)bohemia
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27
In ………………'De-Cameron' a group of young people feeling the plague take refuge in a house outside the city of Florence, where they entertain each other with colorful and irrelevant stories.
A)boccaccio's
B)thomas aquinas
C)ramanuja
D)dante
A)boccaccio's
B)thomas aquinas
C)ramanuja
D)dante
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28
Pepin the short's son Charles the Great or Charlemagne was crowned by the Pope as the Holy Roman Emperor in …………… A.D.
A)700
B)800
C)850
D)900
A)700
B)800
C)850
D)900
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29
Born in 1166 AD in a small town near Chenni (Madras), ……………….was a worshipper of Vishnu and preached Vaishnavism.
A)kabir
B)ramananda
C)ramanuja
D)namdeva
A)kabir
B)ramananda
C)ramanuja
D)namdeva
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