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UGC NET June 2014 History
Who was the first mathematician to calculate the correct value of pi?
AAryabhata I ✓ Correct
BAryabhata II
CVarahamihira
DBrahmagupta
Correct answer: (A) Aryabhata I — Aryabhata I was the first to calculate the correct value of pi, so the answer is Aryabhata I.
Explanation
★Aryabhata I was the first to calculate the correct value of pi, so the answer is Aryabhata I.
★He gave a close and accurate value for this important number.
★He set out his ideas in his famous work the Aryabhatiya.
★He also worked on the motions of the planets and eclipses.
★He suggested that the earth rotates on its own axis.
★He is regarded as one of the greatest of the early Indian mathematicians.
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