Quiz on National Mathematics Day by PM SHRI KV PANNA

National Mathematics is celebrated on the birth anniversary of -

• Aryabhatt

• Varahmihir

• S R Ramanujan

• S R Ramanujan

Which is the smallest perfect number?

• 4

• 6

• 9

• 1

Which of the following is a Prime Number?

• 33

• 169

• 97

• 123

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.

In which Indian state at first the National Mathematics Day is observed on the birthday of Srinivas Ramanujan ?

• Uttarakhand

• Kerla

• Tamilnadu

• Karnatak

Which branch of mathematics, that uses letters as symbols when calculating, takes its name from the Arabic for ‘restoring of broken parts’?

• Geometry

• Algebra

• Arithmetic

• Trigonometry

What is Hardy–Ramanujan number which is the smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways?

• 1729

• 1675

• 1

• 65

What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone number pad?

• 25

• 0

• 1

• 16

In which country did the chess originate?

• China

• Japan

• India

• U.S.A.

National Mathematics Day is celebrated since

• 2020

• 2019

• 2010

• 2012