UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I · Question 68

Question 68 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I (4 August 2024). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. CAPF 2024 · P-I · Q68 · History · Art & Culture

   Consider the following pairs of texts and their subjects: 1. Tilakmanjari : Mathematics 2. Nighantu : Medicine 3. Janakiharan : Logic Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

   1. 1 only
   2. 2 only
   3. 1 and 2
   4. 2 and 3

   निम्नलिखित ग्रंथों और उनके विषयों के युग्म पर विचार कीजिए: 1. तिलकमंजरी : गणित 2. निघंटु : चिकित्सा शास्त्र 3. जानकीहरण : तर्कशास्त्र उपर्युक्त युग्मों में से कौन-सा/कौन-से सही सुमेलित है/हैं?

   1. केवल 1
   2. केवल 2
   3. 1 और 2
   4. 2 और 3
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   Answer: (2) 2 only

   उत्तर: (2) केवल 2

   Nighantus are Sanskrit glossaries, and in Ayurveda the term denotes lexicons of medicinal substances (e.g. Dhanvantari Nighantu, Raja Nighantu), so pair 2 is correct. Tilakamanjari is a Sanskrit prose romance by Dhanapala (11th century) and Janakiharana is a Sanskrit epic poem by Kumaradasa on the story of Rama and Sita, so neither is a work on mathematics or logic.

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