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Great Scientists of Bharat

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was contemporary to the time of Brahmagupta

a)

Bhaskaracharya(1)

b)

Bhaskaracharya(2)

c)

Charakha

d)

Aryabhatta

2.

Varahamihira was born in which city

a)

varanasi

b)

patliputra

c)

benaras

d)

ujjain

3.

Prior to Bhaskaracharya(1) the

number 2 was represented by which of the following:-

a)

wings

b)

moon

c)

eyes

d)

twin figures

4.

Bhaskaracharya(2) was the head of the astronomical observatory at which city?

a)

indore

b)

jaipur

c)

ujjain

d)

delhi

5.

Vriha-jatak, Brihatsamhita and Pancha-siddhantika were great works of which scientist?

a)

Bhaskaracarya(1)

b)

Bhaskaracharya(2)

c)

Varahamihira

d)

Charaka

6.

Brihatsamhita includes topic(s) like :-

a)

architecture

b)

building-art

c)

Ayurveda

d)

All the above

7.

he wrote the book titled "Siddhanta

Shiromani", when he was only 36 years old:

a)

Bhaskaracharya(!)

b)

Bhaskaracharya(2)

c)

Aryabhatta

d)

Nagurjuna

8.

Varahamihira was one

of the Navaratnas of Chandragupta Vikramaditya.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which time is referred the golden age of our history?

hint- it was during gupta period

a)

5th century

b)

6th century

c)

7th century

d)

8th century

10.

He explained gravitational powers( 550 years before's Newtons discovery of it)

(a)  

11.

It is written as a father-daughter dialogue. The sources of

mathematics and astronomy are explained here in a poetic way

a)

mahabhaskariya

b)

Laghubhaskariya

c)

Lilavati

d)

Brihajataka

12.

Response in the Living and Non-Living (1902) was written by

a)

CV Raman

b)

J.C.Basu

c)

G.N.Ramachandran

d)

S.N.Bose

13.

He founded the Indian Journal of Physics in 1926

a)

C.V.Raman

b)

J.C.Basu

c)

H.J.Bhabha

d)

S.N.Bose

14.

C.V.Raman gained Nobel Prize in Physics in which year

a)

1919

b)

1965

c)

1930

d)

1950

15.

He is named the father of radio science. He founded Bose Institute:

a)

J.C.Basu

b)

C.V.Raman

c)

H.J.Bhabha

16.

The first interdisciplinary research centre of India was?

(a)