HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA
Instructions:
- The marks are indicated in the right-hand margin.
- There are NINE questions in this paper.
- Attempt FIVE questions in all.
- Question No. 1 is compulsory.
Identify the Indian scientific historian who authored the book, Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century (1971).
Give the year of introduction of the Science Technology Innovation Policy (STIP; second science and technology policy of India).
Briefly define the concept of positivism.
Name any one technological achievement of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Name the Indian scientist-astronomer who, around the 5–6 Century AD, gave the concept that the earth rotates on its axis.
Name the ancient Indian physician who is credited as the father of Indian surgery.
Name the Fourth Century AD monument of Delhi, which is hailed as a metallurgical marvel of India.
List any one salient feature of India's Science and Technology Policy, 2003.
Identify two important scientific domains addressed in the Charaka Samhita.
List two qualities of Wootz Steel, also known as Damascus Steel.
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
Dharampal
List and elaborate upon any two significant technological advancements in pre-historic India.
Write a detailed note on the influence of Arabic sciences on Indian astronomy and mathematics.
Identify and explain two ways in which the science and technology of India responded to the introduction of Western science in the colonial period.
Would you agree with the statement that the advent of information technology has paved the way for faster development of the nation's economy? Give arguments in favour of your response.
Outline the development of Science and Technology Policy in India since Independence.
Identify and explain any two major technological advancements of India that demonstrate the complexity of Indian indigenous technologies in the pre-colonial period.
Objectivity vs. Subjectivity
Concept of causation
Historical positivism