UPSC CDS I 2024 GK Paper

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Consider the following statements about Sawai Jai Singh's astronomical work:
1. He learnt of the accuracy of European observations, and obtained de La Hire's tables from which he reproduced a refraction table.
2. His astronomers also developed a telescope of their own to observe the lunar phases of Venus.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 
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