BPSC 64th Prelims Exam 16 Dec 2018 Solved Paper

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Who among the following was the first to explain that the rotation of the earth on its own axis accounts for the daily rising and setting of the sun?

Aryabhatta
Bhaskara
Brahmagupta
Varahamihira
None of the above/More than one of the above

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Aryabhatta was the first to explain that the rotation of the earth on its own axis accounts for the daily rising and setting of the sun. In 499

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, the Indian astronomer Aryabhatta wrote that the spherical Earth rotates about its axis daily, and that the apparent movement of the stars is a relative mo- tion caused by the rotation of Earth.

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