Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Who among the following calculated the value of ‘pi’ (π) first?

Options:

Budhayana

Aryabhatt

Bhaskaracharya

Sridharacharya

Correct Answer:

Budhayana

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1- Budhayana

Ancient Indian mathematician Baudhayana is perhaps the first person to calculate the value of . pi.. In his text Baudhayana Shulba Sutra, he mentions that the perimeter of the pit is thrice its diameter, so the approximate value of jc is 3.