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Person Sawai Jai Singh
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 1 years (2024–2024)
Across exams
CSE · 1CDS · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
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CDS2024
Consider the following statements about Sawai Jai Singh's astronomical work
- He learnt of the accuracy of European observations, and obtained de La Hire's tables from which he reproduced a refraction table
- His astronomers also developed a telescope of their own to observe the lunar phases of Venus
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only ✓
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Medieval India
CSE
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
- A Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal. ✓
- B Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modem foundries to manufacture cannons at Lahore.
- C Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid's 'Elements of Geometry' translated into Sanskrit.
- D Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sarda in the Shringeri temple.
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
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