III. Answer in not more than 50 words.
1. What are the three types of calendars? List them.
2. Describe the Hijri calendar.
3. Why do you find the Saka calendar in most Hindu homes.
IV. Answer in 50 to 75 words.
1. Describe the different types of calendars with examples.
2. Why was BC/AD replaced with BCE/CE?
3. How is a lunisolar calendar similar to and different from a sol
4. Which calendar is most widely used today? Who introduced
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1.Solar, lunar and lunisolar/solilunar calendars.
2.The Hijri year is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar, which begins its count from the Islamic New Year in 622 CE. During that year, Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib (now Medina).
The Islamic calendar also known as the Hijri, Lunar Hijri, Muslim or Arabic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
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4.The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most of the world.
It is named after Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in October 1582.
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