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Who among the following ancient Indian thinkers proposed that matter, on repeated division, would yield indivisible smallest particles called *parmanus*?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sanskrit text in which Acharya Kanada's atomic ideas are recorded is:Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did John Dalton propose his atomic theory based on scientific experiments?Read the answer and worked solution →J. J. Thomson received the Nobel Prize in Physics in:Read the answer and worked solution →J. J. Thomson worked at which famous laboratory in Cambridge?Read the answer and worked solution →The Club of Rome advocated resource conservation in:Read the answer and worked solution →Schumacher's famous book on Gandhian economic philosophy published in 1974 is:Read the answer and worked solution →The famous female figurine known as 'Dancing Girl', found at Mohenjo-daro, is made ofRead the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?Read the answer and worked solution →“Yogavāsistha” was translated into Persian by Nizamuddin Panipati during the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of Sunga dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who among the following ancient Indian thinkers proposed that matter, on repeated division, would yield indivisible smallest particles called *parmanus*?

  1. Aryabhata
  2. Patanjali
  3. Charaka
  4. Acharya Kanada
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Correct answer: D. Acharya Kanada

Acharya Kanada, recorded in the Sanskrit text *Vaisesika Sutras*, suggested that matter divided repeatedly reaches indivisible *parmanus*.

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The Sanskrit text in which Acharya Kanada's atomic ideas are recorded is:

  1. Vedas
  2. Upanishads
  3. Vaisesika Sutras
  4. Yoga Sutras
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Correct answer: C. Vaisesika Sutras

Acharya Kanada's atomic theory of *parmanus*, dyads, and triads is recorded in the *Vaisesika Sutras*.

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In which year did John Dalton propose his atomic theory based on scientific experiments?

  1. 1605
  2. 1911
  3. 1897
  4. 1808
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Correct answer: D. 1808

John Dalton proposed his atomic theory in **1808**.

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