Ancient Indian Mathematicians and Mathematics

Name this famous Mathematician

• Brahmagupta

• Aryabhata

• Bhasker

• Srinivasa Ramanujan

He is a Vedic mathematician who is accredited with calculating the pi to some degree of precision.

• Baudhayana

• Katyayana

• Yajnavalkya

• Bhaskara

Who is the author of Maha- Sidhhanta?

• Aryabhata I

• Aryabhata II

• Bhaskara

• Baudhayana

He is the one who first uses the zero as a number. He gives rules to compute with zero.

• Bhaskara

• Brahmagupta

• Yajnavalkya

• Aryabhata II

This method explains how to use polynomial arithmetic to find equations to solve a problem.

• Sea-Mirror of Circle Measurements

• Mathematical Treatise of Nine Sections

• Ten Classics of Mathematics

• Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

Which Indian mathematician is credited with explaining the operation of division by zero and representing it as 1 ÷ 0 = ∞?

• Aryabhata
• Brahmagupta
• Bhaskara II
• Madhava of Sangamagrama

What is the value of π (pi) estimated by Aryabhata, correct to four decimal places?

• 3.1415
• 3.1416
• 3.142
• 3.14

Which ancient Indian text contains the roots of modern trigonometry, including the first use of sines, cosines, inverse sines, tangents, and secants?

• Sulba Sutras
• Surya Siddhanta
• Bhaskara's Treatise on Trigonometry
• Aryabhatiya

Which Indian mathematician provided categorical definitions of sine, cosine, versine, and inverse sine, along with complete sine and versine tables?

• Aryabhata
• Bhaskara II
• Madhava of Sangamagrama
• Brahmagupta

What type of numbers did Jain mathematicians recognize, including "infinite in one direction" and "infinite everywhere"?

• Countable and uncountable
• Prime and composite
• Rational and irrational
• Real and imaginary