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National Mathematics Day 2024

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Srinivasa Ramanujan born?

a)
Madras
b)
Kumbakonam
c)
Erode
d)
Thanjavur
2.

What was Ramanujan's primary area of mathematical study and contribution?

a)

Geometry and Calculus

b)

Statistics and Number Theory

c)
Number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions
d)
Calculus
3.

Who was the British mathematician who recognised Ramanujan's genius and invited him to Cambridge?

a)
J.E. Littlewood
b)
G.H. Hardy
c)
E.H. Neville
d)
M.J.M. Hill
4.

What was the name of the book that significantly influenced Ramanujan's early mathematical studies?

a)
Principia Mathematica
b)

A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics

c)
Orders of Infinity
d)
Elements of Geometry
5.

What is the Hardy-Ramanujan number?

a)

1927

b)

1792

c)

1729

d)

2719

6.

What was the title of Ramanujan's thesis for which he received a Bachelor of Arts by Research degree?

a)
Asymptotic Formulae in Combinatory Analysis
b)

Highly Composite Numbers

c)
Some Definite Integrals
d)
On Certain Arithmetical Functions
7.

What was the primary reason for Ramanujan's return to India from England?

a)
Homesickness
b)

Ill health

c)
Family obligations
d)
Completion of his studies
8.

Which of the following is NOT a mathematical contribution associated with Ramanujan?

a)
Ramanujan prime
b)
Ramanujan theta function
c)
Mock theta functions
d)
Riemann Hypothesis
9.

What was the name of the journal that published work in all areas of mathematics influenced by Ramanujan?

a)
The Indian Mathematical Society Journal
b)

The Ramanujan Journal

c)
Nature
d)
Messenger Math
10.

Complete this famous quote by Srinivasan Ramanujan "An equation for me has no meaning unless ________________ "

a)

it expresses a thought of God

b)

it can be practically implemented

c)

it serves some purpose

d)

it is a part of the cosmic thought

11.

Which degree Srinivasa Ramanujan got from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1916 ?

a)

Bachelor of Science by research

b)

Bachelor of Commerce by research

c)

Master of Science by research

d)

bachelor of arts by research

12.

Ramanujan-Hardy number is also known as

a)

taxicab number

b)

taxibus number

c)

motor number

d)

fundamental number

13.

Which of these books unlocked Ramanujan's interest in maths at the mere age of 15 ?

a)

Differential Calculus

b)

A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics 

c)

The Applications of Elliptic Functions

d)

The Theory of Numbers

14.

What is special here?

a)

every row, column, and diagonal add up to the same number.

b)

every row and column add up to the same number.

c)

every column and diagonal add up to the same number.

d)

every row and diagonal add up to the same number.

15.

Srinivasa Ramanujan was the first Indian at which college.

a)

Trinity College, Cambridge

b)

University of Cambridge

c)

Kings college, Cambridge

d)

Peterhouse, Cambridge

16.

Why is 1729 a magic number

a)

It is the only number that can be expressed as the sum of the cubes of two different sets of numbers

b)

It is the only 4 digit number ending in 9

c)

It is the only 4 digit prime number

d)

None of the above

17.

His house in Tamilnadu was set up as a museum named ............... after 2000

a)

Ramanujan Centre

b)

Ramanujan Mathematics Centre

c)

Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre

d)

Srinivasa Iyenger Centre

18.

Ramanujan became member of Royal Society of London in the year....

a)

1918

b)

1920

c)

1916

d)

1922

19.

When was Srinivasa Ramanujan born?

a)

22 Dec 1887

b)

22 Dec 1897

c)

22 Dec 1987

d)

22 Dec 1886

20.

Which Ramanujan's Theorum states that if you add all the natural numbers, that is 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on, all the way to infinity, you will find that it is equal to -1/12 ?

a)

Ramanujan–Nagell equation

b)

Ramanujan's calculus equation

c)

Ramanujan Summation

d)

Ramanujan Magic Square