He drew up a set of tables, entitled ‘Zij Muhammadshahi’, to enable people to make astronomical observations. He had Euclid‟s 'Elements of Geometry’, translated into Sanskrit as also several works on trigonometry, and Napier‟s work on the construction and use of logarithms. He tried to enforce a law to reduce the lavish expenditure which a Rajput had to incur on a daughter‟s wedding.

The above description relates to which of the following?
(a) Raja Sawai Jai Singh
(b) Raja Sawai Man Singh
(c) Rana Kumbha
(d) Rao Jodha

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He drew up a set of tables, entitled &lsquo;Zij Muhammadshahi&rsquo;, to enable people to make astronomical observations. He had Euclid‟s 'Elements of Geometry&rsquo;, translated into Sanskrit as also several works on trigonometry, and Napier‟s work on the construction and use of logarithms. He tried to enforce a law to reduce the lavish expenditure which a Rajput had to incur on a daughter‟s wedding.

The above description relates to which of the following?
(a) Raja Sawai Jai Singh
(b) Raja Sawai Man Singh
(c) Rana Kumbha
(d) Rao Jodha

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Raja Sawai Jai Singh of Amber (1681-1743) was a distinguished statesman, law-maker, and reformer. But most of all he shone as a man of science. He founded the city of Jaipur and made it a great seat of science and art. Jaipur was built upon strictly scientific principles and according to a regular plan. Its broad streets are intersected at right angles. Jai Singh was above everything a great astronomer. He erected observatories with accurate and advanced instruments, some of them of his own invention, at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi, and Mathura. Jai Singh was also a social reformer. He tried to enforce a law to reduce the lavish expenditure which a Rajput had to incur on a daughter‟s wedding and which often led to infanticide.

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He drew up a set of tables, entitled ‘Zij Muhammadshahi’, to enable people to make astronomical observations. He had Euclid‟s 'Elements of Geometry’, translated into Sanskrit as also several works on trigonometry, and Napier‟s work on the construction and use of logarithms. He tried to enforce a law to reduce the lavish expenditure which a Rajput had to incur on a daughter‟s wedding. The above description relates to which of the following? (a) Raja Sawai Jai Singh (b) Raja Sawai Man Singh (c) Rana Kumbha (d) Rao Jodha