Which of the following historians noted the insular attitude of the learned people of India during the Medieval Period?
Abul Fazal
Faizi
Minhaj-us-Siraj
Al-Biruni
• Al-Biruni was a noted scientist and scholar from Central Asia, who lived in India for about ten years, during the early part of the eleventh century.
• Although a great admirer of Indian science and learning, Al-Biruni noted the insular attitude of the learned people of the country, viz., the Brahmans. He says: ‘They are haughty, foolish, vain, self-conceited and stolid. They are, by nature, niggardly in communicating that which they know, and they take the greatest possible care to withhold it from men of another caste among their own people, still much more, of course, from any foreigners. According to their belief, no other created beings besides them have any knowledge of science whatsoever”.
A spherical balloon of radius r subtends angle 60° at the eye of an observer. If the angle of elevation of its centre is 60° and h is the height of the centre of the balloon, then which one of the following is correct?
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The main source of energy in Sun is :
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Match the underlined word in each of the sentences with the correct parts of speech and indicate your response on the answer sheet accordingly. Oh no! I am getting late for the function.
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The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly S1: Our Constitution makers were fully conscious of the fact that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes had been oppressed and underprivileged sections of our society over the centuries and they deserved a special dispensation so that their condition may be vastly improved. P: Similarly, they were also sensitive of the difficulties and problems which were likely to be faced by the persons belonging to the Anglo-Indian community in the country. Q: One such provision related to the reservation of seats for these communities in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies. R: This provision found place in Article 330 and Article 332 of the Constitution. S: For this purpose, several special provisions were incorporated in our Constitution. S6: Consequently, adequate safeguards were provided for these communities in our Constitution. The correct sequence should be:
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