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Which section of the Aryabhatiya deals with the celestial sphere, the ecliptic and the cause of day and night?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Aryabhatiya section covers arithmetic, progressions and quadratic equations?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Aryabhata correctly state about the Earth in the Aryabhatiya?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Aryabhata explain solar and lunar eclipses?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair were blamed for eclipses in the cosmogony that Aryabhata set aside?Read the answer and worked solution →Aryabhata explained relative motion with the example of a man doing what?Read the answer and worked solution →Aryabhata calculated the sidereal rotation of the Earth as about how long?Read the answer and worked solution →The words sine and cosine come from mistranscriptions of which Aryabhata terms?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first satellite, launched in his honour, was named after which scholar?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Aryabhata write numbers, such as his sine values?Read the answer and worked solution →According to the Sushruta Samhita, how should a surgery student learn about the human body?Read the answer and worked solution →How many bones does the surgical science (Shalya-Shastra) tradition in the Sushruta Samhita count?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sushruta Samhita gives more detail than Charaka on what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sushruta Samhita says that preventing disease depends on physical exercise and what else?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sushruta Samhita mentions how many methods of nose repair?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many illnesses does the Sushruta Samhita describe?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which section of the Aryabhatiya deals with the celestial sphere, the ecliptic and the cause of day and night?

  1. Gitikapada
  2. Ganitapada
  3. Golapada
  4. Kalakriyapada
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Correct answer: C. Golapada

1. The celestial sphere and day and night are geometric and astronomical topics. 2. They form the Golapada, which has 50 verses. 3. Gitikapada covers large time units, Ganitapada mathematics and Kalakriyapada time reckoning. _Source: Wikipedia, Aryabhata, Aryabhatiya_

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Which Aryabhatiya section covers arithmetic, progressions and quadratic equations?

  1. Golapada
  2. Gitikapada
  3. Kalakriyapada
  4. Ganitapada
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Correct answer: D. Ganitapada

1. Arithmetic and equations are mathematics topics. 2. They are in the Ganitapada, which has 33 verses. 3. Golapada covers the celestial sphere and the others cover time units and reckoning. _Source: Wikipedia, Aryabhata, Aryabhatiya_

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What did Aryabhata correctly state about the Earth in the Aryabhatiya?

  1. It spins on its axis
  2. It is flat and still
  3. It circles the Moon
  4. It spins once a year
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Correct answer: A. It spins on its axis

1. Aryabhata argued against the view that the sky rotates. 2. He stated that the Earth is round and rotates about its axis daily. 3. The apparent movement of the stars is therefore relative motion. _Source: Wikipedia, Aryabhata, Motions of the Solar System_

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