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Q.

The constellation ‘Sapta Rishi’ is known to Westerners as the:

Explanation:

ANS. (C) 
The Big Dipper is an asterism consisting of the seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major. In Hindu astronomy, it is referred to as the “Collection of Seven Great Sages” (Saptarshi Mandal), as each star is named after a mythical Hindu sage.

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