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· Statement 1 is correct: William Jones led to the founding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784 with Jones himself as the president. He translated Shakuntala, Gita Govinda and the lawbook of Manu into english. · Statement 2 is incorrect: It was Charles Wilkins and not James Princep who translated Bhagavad Gita and Hitopodesha in English. James Princep interpreted for the first time the earliest Brahmi script and was able to read the edicts of the great emperor Ashoka. · Statement 3 is correct: In 1861, Alexander Cunningham founded the Archaeological Survey of India was appointed to the post of the Director General of Archaeological Survey of India. He is known as the father of Indian archaeology. · Statement 4 is correct: The East India Company appointed James Rennel to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767, while Colin Mackenzie was appointed as the Surveyor General of Madras Presidency in 1810, but these posts was abolished in 1815 and Colin Mackenzie was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India in 1815. He held this post from 1815 to 1821. It was he who produced the first authentic geographical map of south India.
Attorney-generals from 16 states condemned the ban yesterday and were discussing whether to challenge the administration in court.
Direction: In the following question, a sentence is given, divided into 5 parts. Part (E) is grammatically correct. Out of the other four parts, one pa...
Directions: The following sentences are divided into parts. Identify if there is any error in any of the parts. If there is an error, choose the lette...
It calls for the importance of reskilling in order to prepare current and future workforces for the job of the future.
Rise in the water level in the village and adjoining areas has laid to waterlogging and destruction of standing crops in the village.
In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of...
Given below are sentences with an error in each. The error is in one part of the sentence. Below each sentence are given the options containing the par...
A well-developed corporate bond market provides additional avenues to corporate for rising funds in a cost effective manner and reduces reliance...
Of the four given options, choose the most appropriate one.
I’ve got abusydaytomorrow, so IthinkI’ll hit thesack.