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Q.

Consider the following statements with regard to Raja Sawai Jai Singh:

1. He founded the city of Jaipur.

2. He tried to enforce law to reduce lavish expenditure in Rajput weddings.

3. He translated Euclids Elements of Geometry into Sanskrit.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Explanation:
  • The most renowned Rajput ruler of the 18th century was Raja Sawai Singh of Amber. He was a distinguished statesman, lawmaker and reformer.
  • He founded the city of Jaipur and built upon strictly scientific principles and according to a regular plan. Its broad streets are intersected at right angles. ( Hence, Statement 1 is correct.)
  • Jai Singh was above everything a great astronomer. He erected observatories with accurate and advanced instruments, some of them of his own inventions, at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura. His astronomical observations were remarkably accurate. He drew up a set of tables, entitled Zij Muhammadshahi, to enable people to make astronomical observations. He had Euclid's "Elements of geometry" translated into Sanskrit as also several works on trigonometry and Napier's work on the construction and use of logarithms. ( Hence, Statement 3 is correct).
  • Jai Singh was also a social reformer. He tried to enforce a law to reduce the lavish expenditure which the Rajputs had to incur on their daughters weddings. This had given rise to the evil practice of infanticide. This remarkable prince ruled Jaipur for nearly 44 years from 1699-1743. ( Hence, Statement 2 is correct).

Thus, Option D is Correct.

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