The first person to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English was Charles Wilkins. Charles Wilkins, an English Orientalist and typographer, translated the Bhagavad Gita into English in 1785. His translation was a significant early effort to make this important Hindu scripture accessible to English-speaking audiences and played a crucial role in introducing Indian philosophical and spiritual texts to the Western world.
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12 Mins English English50 Questions100 Marks60 Mins English English10 Questions20 Marks12 Mins EnglishWho wrote to the Committee of Public Instruction on introducing English as the official language of the Government and that of education?
Who among the following Mughal rulers carried out an experiment for newborn babies to be raised in silence, only to find that the children produced no speech at all?
Who described Raja Rammohun Roy as ‘the inaugurator of the modern age in India’?
Who wrote to the Committee of Public Instruction on introducing English as the official language of the Government and that of education?
Who is the author of the short story, The Ghost of Firozsha Baag?
Which British administrator passed a resolution for the "Promotion of European literatures and Science among the natives of India"?
Who among the following has written a series of poems entitled, 'Very Indian Poems in Indian English'?
What is the correct chronological order of publication of the texts given under?
(A) R.K. Narayan's The Financial Expert
(B) Manohar Malgonkar's A Bend in the Ganges
(C) Raja Rao's Kanthapura
(D) Shashi Tharoor's The Great Indian Novel
(E) Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Match List – I with List – II
List – I (Novel) | List – II (Writer) |
(A) Waiting for the Mahatma | (I) Bhabani Bhattacharya |
(B) So Many Hungers | (II) R.K. Narayan |
(C) The Sword and the Sickle | (III) Manohar Malgonkar |
(D) Distant Drum | (IV) Mulk Raj Anand |
Who wrote to the Committee of Public Instruction on introducing English as the official language of the Government and that of education?
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