A. Euclid
B. Ptolemy
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- Eudoxus was born in:
A. Sparta
B. Stagira
C. Athens
D. Cnidus Peninsula - Rousseau’s Social Contract theory exercised immense influence on:__________?
A. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England
B. The French Revolution of 1779
C. The French Revolution of October 1917
D. The American War of independence - Which one of the following agencies exercises maximum influence on the formulation of public opinion:
A. Educational institutions
B. Religious institution
C. Trade associations
D. Press and radio - The political parties influence the public opinion by:
A. Propagating their own programme
B. By criticizing the government
C. By acquainting the people with important public questions
D. By keeping direct contact with the people - The legislature in a democratic country can influence public opinion by:
A. Enacting laws
B. By prescribing the duties of citizens
C. By granting rights
D. By focusing public attention on various problems facing the country during the course of parliamentary debates - The two persons who exercised maximum influence on Marx were:
A. Machiavelli and Hegel
B. Fishte and Laski
C. Hegel and Feurbach
D. Rousseau and Machiavelli - According to Karl Marx, main factor which has been inflouncing and continues to influence society is:
A. Social factor
B. Political factor
C. Economic factor
D. Religious factor
E. Cultural factor - Who said ‘Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but from many:”
A. Eratosthenes
B. Plato
C. Diophantus
D. Eppipides - A pupil of Plato’s great student, who developed the system of concentric spheres borrowed by Ptolemy, was this man who advanced the system of epicycles, adding an additional seven, laying the final groundwork for the system adopted by Aristotle and Ptolemy Who was he?
A. Eratosthenes
B. Callipus
C. Diophantus
D. Eppipides - Aside from developing the system of concentric spheres upon which the epicyclic Ptolemaic arrangement of the solar system was based, what other remarkable achievement was made by this great follower of Plato?
A. He first suggested that the solar system was sun-centered
B. He read all of Aristotle’s work straight through without falling asleep
C. He estimated the diameter and the circumference of the Earth accurately to within 1 mile
D. He estimated the solar year to be 365 days and six hours long
