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National Mathematics day quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. The National Mathematics Day is observed on the birthday of Srinivas Ramanujan born in which Indian state?

a)

UP

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Kerala

d)

andra

2.

Question 2. Which branch of mathematics, that uses letters as symbols when calculating, takes its name from the Arabic for ‘restoring of broken parts’?

a)

Algebra

b)

Geometry

c)

Trignometry

d)

statstics

3.

Question 3. The pattern of ‘florets’ in the head of a sunflower and the ‘fruitlets’ of a pineapple follow what famous mathematical sequence?

a)

Arithmetic Sequences

b)

Harmonic Sequences

c)

Fibonacci sequence

d)

Geometric Sequences

4.

Multiplying 21978 by what number gives you 21978 in reverse?

a)

4

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

5.

What movie is based on Ramanujan?

a)

Lion

b)

The man who knew infinity

c)

Ramanujan's life

d)

Rmanujan

6.

5. What is used in most in Ramanujan's theorems?

a)

e

b)

+

c)

Σ

d)

÷

7.

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

a)

1729

b)

1675

c)

1

d)

65

8.

Who is the first Indian to be elected as the fellow of the Royal Society?

a)

Ardaseer Cursetjee

b)

Ramanujan

c)

CV raman

d)

Jagdish chanra bose

9.

“Number rules the Universe” Who said it?

a)

ramanujun

b)

pythagoras

c)

arya bhatta

10.

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

a)

25

b)

0

c)

1

d)

16

11.

In which number system, there is no symbol for zero?

a)

Indian

b)

Arabic

c)

Roman

12.

What is the total number of Dots in all faces of Die

a)

20

b)

27

c)

16

d)

21

13.

How many zeros are there in one billion?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

7

d)

6

14.

In which country did the chess originate?

a)

Persia

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

Russia

15.

The name of the polygon that has 15 sides?

a)

Pentadecagon

b)

Quadrillion

c)

hexadecagon

16.

Which is the Mathematical device that consists of beads?

a)

opisometer.

b)

Abacus.

c)

slide rule

d)

integraph

17.

. Who is known as ‘Human Computer’?

a)

Ramanujan

b)

arya bhatta

c)

bhaskra

d)

Shakuntala Devi

18.

Which number does not have a reciprocal?

a)

1

b)

0

c)

-1

d)

2

19.

Who is known as ‘Father of Geometry’?

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Thales

c)

Euclid

d)

Copernicus

20.

Who was the Greek mathematician killed by Romans during the siege of Syracuse?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Euclid

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Galileo Galilei