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NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY - QUIZ

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Srinivasa Ramanujan first become interested in mathematics?

a)

He had a teacher who inspired him to study mathematics.

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

2.

Why did Srinivasa Ramanujan drop out of college?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

3.

This is a rhombus. Answer the question.

a)

16

b)

22

c)

28

d)

32

4.

Type the answer in number form i.e, 6

(a)  

5.

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?

a)

6 days

b)

7 days i.e. one week

c)

8 days

d)

2 weeks

6.

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 ?

a)

January 1

b)

December 31

c)

January 2

d)

December 30

7.

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 ????

a)

99 days

b)

100 days

c)

98 days

d)

101 days

8.

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 ??

a)

99 apples, 2 mangoes, 50 bananas

b)

29 apples, 3 mangoes, 83 bananas

c)

83 apples, 80 mangoes, 19 bananas

d)

19 apples, 1 mango, 80 bananas

9.

Find the odd one out

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

clue : count the number of lines in the letter

a)

Z

b)

L

c)

A

d)

K

10.

Count the number of squares in the given figure.

a)

32

b)

30

c)

28

d)

26

11.

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