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Person Varahamihira
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 1 years (2025–2025)
Across exams
CSE · 1CISF · 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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CISF2025
Arrange the following in chronological order, beginning from the earliest
- Shudraka
- Varahamihira
- Panini
- Patanjali the Grammarian. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 4-1-2-3
- B 3-4-1-2 ✓
- C 2-3-4-1
- D 3-1-2-4
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Ancient India
CSE
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List-I List-II A. Vishakhadatta 1. Medicine B. Varahamihira 2, Drama C. Charaka 3. Astronomy D. Brahmagupta 4, Mathematics Codes:
- A A-1;B-3,;C-4,;D-2
- B A-2:B-1:C-3;D-4
- C A-2;B-3;C-1;D-4 ✓
- D A-3;B-4;C-1;D-2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
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