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The Role of Indian Mathematics in Economic History

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Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of zero?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aryabhata, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, is credited with developing the concept of zero in the 5th century CE.

What is the name of the ancient Indian mathematical text that contains the first known use of the decimal system?

  1. Rigveda

  2. Atharvaveda

  3. Yajurveda

  4. Samaveda


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Yajurveda, one of the four Vedas, contains the first known use of the decimal system in the 1st millennium BCE.

Which Indian mathematician developed the Fibonacci sequence?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bhaskara II, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, developed the Fibonacci sequence in the 12th century CE.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical treatise that contains the first known use of the negative numbers?

  1. Sulba Sutras

  2. Baudhayana Sulba Sutra

  3. Apastamba Sulba Sutra

  4. Katyayana Sulba Sutra


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Baudhayana Sulba Sutra, an ancient Indian mathematical text, contains the first known use of negative numbers in the 8th century BCE.

Which Indian mathematician developed the concept of the square root?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Brahmagupta, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, developed the concept of the square root in the 7th century CE.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical text that contains the first known use of the Pythagorean theorem?

  1. Sulba Sutras

  2. Baudhayana Sulba Sutra

  3. Apastamba Sulba Sutra

  4. Katyayana Sulba Sutra


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Apastamba Sulba Sutra, an ancient Indian mathematical text, contains the first known use of the Pythagorean theorem in the 6th century BCE.

Which Indian mathematician developed the concept of the sine function?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aryabhata, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, developed the concept of the sine function in the 5th century CE.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical text that contains the first known use of the cosine function?

  1. Sulba Sutras

  2. Baudhayana Sulba Sutra

  3. Apastamba Sulba Sutra

  4. Katyayana Sulba Sutra


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Katyayana Sulba Sutra, an ancient Indian mathematical text, contains the first known use of the cosine function in the 4th century BCE.

Which Indian mathematician developed the concept of the tangent function?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bhaskara II, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, developed the concept of the tangent function in the 12th century CE.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical text that contains the first known use of the secant function?

  1. Sulba Sutras

  2. Baudhayana Sulba Sutra

  3. Apastamba Sulba Sutra

  4. Katyayana Sulba Sutra


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Baudhayana Sulba Sutra, an ancient Indian mathematical text, contains the first known use of the secant function in the 8th century BCE.

Which Indian mathematician developed the concept of the cosecant function?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bhaskara II, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, developed the concept of the cosecant function in the 12th century CE.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical text that contains the first known use of the cotangent function?

  1. Sulba Sutras

  2. Baudhayana Sulba Sutra

  3. Apastamba Sulba Sutra

  4. Katyayana Sulba Sutra


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Katyayana Sulba Sutra, an ancient Indian mathematical text, contains the first known use of the cotangent function in the 4th century BCE.

Which Indian mathematician developed the concept of the versine function?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bhaskara II, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, developed the concept of the versine function in the 12th century CE.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical text that contains the first known use of the haversine function?

  1. Sulba Sutras

  2. Baudhayana Sulba Sutra

  3. Apastamba Sulba Sutra

  4. Katyayana Sulba Sutra


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Baudhayana Sulba Sutra, an ancient Indian mathematical text, contains the first known use of the haversine function in the 8th century BCE.

Which Indian mathematician developed the concept of the exsecant function?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Brahmagupta

  3. Bhaskara II

  4. Varahamihira


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bhaskara II, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, developed the concept of the exsecant function in the 12th century CE.

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