The first use of the idea of sine in its modern sense was in the:
AAryabhatiyam
BThe Almagest
CThe Elements
DSurya Siddhanta
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Aryabhatiyam
1. Sine as we use it appears first in an Indian work.
2. It was written by Aryabhata.
3. The work is the Aryabhatiyam.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Introduction to Trigonometry._
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