UPPSC 2018 General Studies I Solved Paper

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Many Sanskrit works on music were translated into Persian during the medieval period.
Reason (R): The early chisti Sufis were fond of musical assemblies called, ‘sama’
Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Validate

Solution:

(b) The first translation of Sanskrit works into Persian can be traced back to the

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century, a far more concerted effort becomes evident during the reign of Akbar, Jahangir and Shahjahan, even Aurangzeb,continued the tradition and contributed greatly. The early chisti Sufis were fond of musical assemblies called ‘Sama’.

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