Jones discovered that his interests were shared by many British officials living in Calcutta at the
time. Englishman like Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed were also busy discovering
the ancient Indian heritage, mastering Indian languages and translating Sanskrit and Persian works
into English. Together with them, Jones set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal and started a journal
called Asiatick Researches.
30.Name the organization established by Jones. (1)
31. In which part of the world is silicon valley located? (1)
32. What does the following image infer? (1)
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Death Rate
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Explanation:
30ans- asiatic researchers
31 - Calcutta (now Kolkata
Explanation:
30. With this object in view a madrasa was set up Calcutta in 1781 to promote the study of Arabic. Persian and Islamic law, and the Hindu College was established in Benaras in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts that would be useful for the
administration of the country.
31.Silicon Valley, industrial region around the southern shores of San Francisco Bay, California, U.S., with its intellectual centre at Palo Alto, home of Stanford University.e
Birth rate is the number of individuals born in a population in a given amount of time. Human birth rate is stated as the number of individuals born per year per 1000 in the population.yh
death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time