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ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which contribution from the civilization of ancient India does Albert Einstein refer to in this quotation? <br />"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.<br />-Albert Einstein “
A
its religion
B
its alphabet
C
its school system
D
its number system
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most important mathematical contribution of ancient India is the invention of the decimal system of numeration, including the number zero. The unique feature of this system is the use of nine digits and a symbol zero to represent all the integral numbers by assigning a place value to the digits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Other contributions of India to the world includes Chess, snakes and ladders, basmati rice, yoga, Sanskrit, Ayurveda, water on the moon, plastic surgery, binary system, ink, Fibonacci numbers, fiber optics, USB, and many more.

Detailed explanation-3: -The decimal number system in use today was first recorded in Indian mathematics. Indian mathematicians made early contributions to the study of the concept of zero as a number, negative numbers, arithmetic, and algebra.

Detailed explanation-4: -German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein once said: “I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time.” One of the greatest physicists of all time Einstein and Gandhi admired and respected each other.

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