NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY - QUIZ

Why did Srinivasa Ramanujan first become interested in mathematics?

• He had a teacher who inspired him to study mathematics.

• His father was a famous mathematician who taught it to him when he was a small child.

• He obtained a mathematics book written for students at Cambridge when he was a teenager.

• He worked for the famous mathematician Ramachandran Rho who inspired him to study mathematics as well.

Why did Srinivasa Ramanujan drop out of college?

• He had to get a job to support his family, who were very poor.

• He became so obsessed with mathematics that he didn't study anything else and failed all his other exams.

• He was unable to obtain a scholarship and could not afford to continue after the first year.

• He contracted tuberculosis and had to be hospitalized, making it impossible for him to continue his education at that time.

This is a rhombus. Answer the question.

• 16

• 22

• 28

• 32

Type the answer in number form i.e, 6

There is a rich man who wanted to build a huge wall. There was a group of sixty men who said that they can build a wall in 40 days, but though the began the work together, 5 men quitted every ten days. How many more days do they need to finish it?

• 6 days

• 7 days i.e. one week

• 8 days

• 2 weeks

The day before yesterday I was 25.

The next year I will be 28.

This is true only one day in a year.

What day is my Birthday ?

• January 1

• December 31

• January 2

• December 30

A man is climbing up a mountain which is inclined. He has to travel 100 km to reach top of mountain. Every day He climbs up 2 km forward in day time. Exhausted, he then takes rest there at night time. At night, while he is asleep, he slips down 1 km backward because mountain is inclined. Then how many days does it take him to reach mountain top ????

• 99 days

• 100 days

• 98 days

• 101 days

For Rs.1 You get 40 Bananas.

For Rs.3 you get 1 Mango.

For RS.5 you get 1 Apple.

Now you want to get 100 fruits for Rs.100.

So, How many Bananas, Mangoes and Apples will you buy ??

• 99 apples, 2 mangoes, 50 bananas

• 29 apples, 3 mangoes, 83 bananas

• 83 apples, 80 mangoes, 19 bananas

• 19 apples, 1 mango, 80 bananas

Find the odd one out

(Z,A,H,N,F,L,K)

clue : count the number of lines in the letter

• Z

• L

• A

• K

Count the number of squares in the given figure.

• 32

• 30

• 28

• 26