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Multiple Choice Question Bank

SKT2C08 - Scientific LiteratureMA Sanskrit General

II Semester (2019 Admn.)

1. Ayurveda is considered as upaveda of ……….

a, Rgveda b, Atharva Veda c, Sama Veda

2. Carakasamhita is written by………

a, Brhaspati b, Susruta c, Caraka

3. Kayacikitsa belongs to……….

a, Astangasangraha b, Susritasamhita c, Carakasamhita

4. In which Samhita the Salyatantra is included?

a, Rgvedasamhita b, Susrutasamhita c, Carvakasamhita

5. Who is the author of Susrutasamhita?

a, Susruta b, Panini c, Caraka

6. Jyotisa is considered as ………..

a,Panib,Caksusi c, Ghranam

7. In which VedangaGanita, Jataka, and Samhita are included?

a, Vyakarana b, Kalpa c, Jyotisa

8. Who is the author of Panca- Siddhantika ?

a, Aryabhata b, Varahamihira c, Lalla

9. Vedanga- Jyotisa written by……….

a, Mahavira b, Lagadha c, Bhaskara

10. Who is the author of Aryabhatia?

a, Bhaskara b, Sripati c, Aryabhata

11. Brahmaphutasiddhanta written by………

a, Brahmaguptab,Lalla c, Mahavira

13. Ganita- Sarasangraha written by………

a, Brahmagupta b, Mahavira c, Sridhara

14. Munjala was the author of ………..

a, Laghumanasa b, Suryasiddhanta c, Patiganita

15. Who is the author of Siddhantasekhara

a, Bhaskara b, Sripati c, Lalla

16. What does the term ‘Prasada’ signify?

a, Temple and Place B, Stupika C, Stambha

17. The eighteen Vastusastropadesakas are described in …………...Purana

a, Matsyapurana b,Koormapurana c, Varahapurana

18. Who is the author of Manasara?

a, Brhaspatib,Manasara c, Patanjali

19. Caturvagacintamani written by……..

a, Nagarjuna b, Gangesa c, Hemadri

20. In which Sasatra mentions the Agamas?

a, Ayurveda b, Tantra C, jyotisa

21. The author of Brihat- Samhita is…….

a, Varāhamihira b,kalhana c, Mahavira

22. The Manushyalaya Chandrika deals with ……..architecture

a, Temple b, Domestic c, Mosque

23.who wrote the work Yuktikalpatharu?

a,Bhoja b, Nagarjuna c,Hemadri

24. BhojShala, a centre for Sanskrit studies was established by……..

a,Varahamihira b, Bhoja c,Aryabhata

12. Who is the author of Sisyadhi-vrddhida?

a, Mahavira b, Aryabhata c, Lalla

a,83 b, 82 c, 80

26. Sharangadhara Samhita is a treatise on…….

a,astronomy b, medicin c,mathematics

27. Sharangadhara Samhita is written by………

a, Bhoja b, Madhava c, Acharya Sharangadhara

28. Who wrote the work Shilparatna?

a, Srikumara b, Bhoja c, Brhaspati

29. Mayamata (1000 CE) was written by……

a, Brhaspati b, Mayamuni c, Gangesa

30. Caraka says that things can be investigated by four pramanas - utterance of a reliable

person, perception, inference, and ………

a, continuous argument b, comparison c, discussion

31. Tantrasamgraha is written by…………

a, Gangesa b, Mayamuni c, Kelallur Nilakantha Somayaji

32. Jyotirmimamsa (analysis of astronomy) is a treatise on the methodology of ……….

a, astronomical studies b, Ayurvedic Studies c, mathematical studies

33. Yuktibhasa is written by…………

a, Gangesa b, Jyesthadeva c, Mayamuni

25. Samarangana Sutradhara comprises of ………chapters

34. Yuktibhāṣā is mainly based on ………

a, Mayamata b, Tantra Samgraha c, Shilparatna

35. According to vasthusastra banyan trees (Ficus bengalensis) are planted

a, in the East b, West c, North

36. Pancabhutamayamjagat is the concept of ………

a, ayurveda b, jyotisa c, vyakarana

37. jyotirmimamsa written by……

a, Aryabhata, b, Nilakandasomayaji c, Gangesa

38. Vedangajyotisa attributed by……..

a, Lagatha b, Kanadha c, Aryabhata

39. Pancasiddhantika written by……

a, Aryabhata b,Nilakandasomyaji c, Varahamihira

4o. Laghubhaskariya written by…….

a, Bhaskara b, Lagatha c, Nilakandasomayaji

40. Sisyadhi vriddhita written by ……….

a, Lalla b, Lagatha c, Bhaskara

41. Ganita-sarasangraha written by…….

a, Mahavira b, Lagatha c, Bhaskara

42. …… is the only Indian mathematician who has referred to the ellipse (ayata- vrtta)

a, Bhaskara b, Mahavira c, Kanada

43Laghumanasa written by …….

a, Mahavira b, Lalla c, Munjala

44 Sripati written by…….

a, Laghumanasa B, Siddhantasekhara, cGanita-sarasangraha,

45 Who is the Keralite astronomer?

a, Bhaskara b, Lalla c,Kelallur Nilakanta Somayaji

46 A unique feature of Indian residential architecture is the concept of……..

a, vastupurusa b,Gala c, Sikhara

47 'the knowledge of tree life' is …….

a,vrksayurveda b, Hastayurveda c, Vastuvidya

48.samkramana-viropana is……..

a,Transplantation, b Sowing, c Cutting

49…………..is the oldest literary monument of Indian medicine

a, Atharvaveda b, Rgveda c, Samaveda

50………Purana is related with plantation of trees?

a, Bagavatapurana b, Devipurana c, Koormapurana

1. b

2. c

3. c

4. b

5. a

6. b

7. c

8. b

9. b

11. a

12. c

13. b

14. a

15. b

16. a

17. a

18. b

19. c

20. b 10. c

21. a

22. b

23. a

24. b

25. a

26. b

27. c

28. a

29. b

30. a

31. c

32. a

33. b

34. b

35. a

36. a

37. b

38. a

39. c

40. a

41. a

42. b

43. c

44. b

45. c

46. a

47. a

48. a

49. a

50. b

ANSWER KEY

School of Distance Education, University of Calicut.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sanskrit, Sumesh A S,

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