Question

The differences in years between Vikram era and Christian Era is ___________
A. 46
B. 57
C. 78
D. 135

Answer 1

Hint: The Vikram Samvat is a historical Hindu Calendar which is also an official religious calendar of Nepal. It uses lunar months and solar sidereal years whereas the Gregorian calendar determines the Earth’s revolution around the Sun.

Complete answer: The Vikram Era period is named after King Vikramaditya to mark his victory over Saka rulers. It starts at 57 B.C before the $9^{th}$ century with Vikramaditya It is based on the movement on the moon and it has 12 months with each month divided into two phases. The first day according to Vikram Samvat calendar is after Diwali.
To see the Christian era, the Gregorian calendar or Julian calendar was used. It determines the Earth’s revolution around the sun.
The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar. From this, we can say that the Vikram era is 57 years ahead of the Christian era.
Thus, the option B is the correct answer.

Note: Julian Calendar was replaced by the Gregorian calendar because of too many leap years. Some important Eras of history are (a) The Classical Era (600 B.C.E - A.D. 476), (b) Medieval Era or Post- Classical Era ( A.D. 476 - A.D 1450), (c) Early Modern Era (A.D. 1450-A.D. 1750) and (d) Modern Era (A.D. 1750-Present)