Top 250+ Solved Stratified Societies- Medieval World MCQ Questions Answer
Q. ………………….’s ‘Panchasidhantika’ is a treatise drawing from several knowledgesystems.
a. roger bacon
b. ramanuja
c. peter abelard
d. varahamihira
Q. ‘Bramasphuta Sidhanta’ was translated into Arabic in ……………..about 771 andhad a profound impact on Arabic mathematics and astronomy.
a. baghdad
b. oxford
c. cambridge
d. tokyo
Q. In ‘Khandakhadhyaka’, ……………….reinforced Aryabhatta’s idea of another day beginning at mid-night.
a. nilakanta somayaji
b. ramanuja
c. dante
d. brahmagupta
Q. ………………of 8th century, the authority of ‘Sishyadi Vridhita’ discusses the planetary calculations, rising and settings of the planets, planetary and asteral conjunctions and complementary situations of the sun and the moon.
a. lalla
b. dante
c. nilakanta somayaji
d. varahamihira
Q. ………………..of the 12th century authored two important astronomical works:‘Sidhanta Siromani’ and ‘Karana Kuttuhala’.
a. varahamihira
b. nilakanta somayaji
c. bhaskara ii
d. brahmagupta
Q. ……………….was the head of the observatory at Ujjain.
a. bhaskara ii
b. peter abelard
c. roger bacon
d. nilakanta somayaji
Q. Mahendra Suri of 14th century wrote the astronomical work called ‘Yantra Raja’ inverse in……………….
a. tamil
b. malayalam
c. sanskrit
d. hindi
Q. ……………….. 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
Q. ……………….. had authored a treatise titled ‘Jyotir Mimamsa’ which stressed thenecessity and importance of astronomical observations to obtain correct parameters for computations.
a. ramanuja
b. somayaji
c. dante
d. achyuta pisharodi
Q. ……………….. 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.
Q. The cross-staff known as the ‘Yasti-Yantra’ was used by……………….
a. ramanuja
b. bhaskaraii
c. dante
d. brahmagupta
Q. ………………. 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
Q. 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