Consider the following pairs : Books — Authors I. Dayabhaga — Jimutavahana II. Prithviraj Raso — Chandbardai III. Lilavati — Bhaskaracharya IV. Mitakshara — Vijnaneshvara How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
- A.One
- B.Two
- C.Three
- D.All the four
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is D, All the four. Every book in the list is paired with its real author.
Dayabhaga, written by Jimutavahana in Bengal in the twelfth century, is a work on Hindu law of inheritance; under it a son gets a share in family property only after the father's death. Mitakshara, Vijnaneshvara's commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti written at the court of the Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI, gives sons a right in ancestral property from birth. Prithviraj Raso is the Hindi epic poem on Prithviraj Chauhan by his court poet Chand Bardai. Lilavati is the arithmetic section of Bhaskaracharya's (Bhaskara II) Siddhanta Shiromani, said to be named after his daughter.
A is wrong because all four pairs, not just one, are correct. B is wrong for the same reason. C is wrong because no pair in the list is mismatched.
Exam tip: Dayabhaga (Jimutavahana, Bengal) and Mitakshara (Vijnaneshvara) are the two schools of Hindu inheritance law.
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