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KPSC KAS 2017 · Question 76 of 200

‘‘The Sanskrit Language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure : more perfect than Greek, more copious than Latin and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bringing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in roots of verbs and in the form of Grammar ....’’ Which of the following scholars said the above statement ?

Modern Indian History

  1. AWilliam JonesCorrect
  2. BThomas McCaulay
  3. CColebrooke
  4. DJohn Gilchrist

Answer: A. William Jones

Explanation

Sir William Jones, in his 1786 address to the Asiatic Society, praised Sanskrit as 'more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin'.

Source: KPSC Gazetted Probationers Prelims 2017, Paper-I (General Studies, subject code 261), Series A

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