The Indian dish “Vada” is in the

shape of a :
a) Cylinder
b) Torus
c) Circle
d) Ellipsoid

Ans. (b)
What is the brick called in
geometrical term :

a) Cuboid
b) Prism
c) Rectangle
d) Cube

Ans. ( a )
What is the instrument employed to
measure the angle a star makes
with the horizon ?

a) Sextant
b) Astrolabe
c) Spectroscope
d) Telescope

Ans. ( a )
Of the following devices , tell which
one is employed for multiplying and
dividing numbers

a) Slide rule
b) Divider
c) Mechanical calculator
d) Computer

(a)
 Who built the first automatic
calculating machine ?
a) Vannevar Bush
b) George Stibitz
c) Howard H. Aiken
d) Charles Babbage

Ans. ( d )
Of the following branches of
mathematics , tell which one was born
out of painting

a) Topology
b) Projective geometry
c) Solid geometry
d) None

Ans. ( b )
Who is considered the founder of
trigonometry ?

a) Claudius Ptolemy
b) Hipparchus
c) Menelaus
d) Heron

Ans. ( b )
Who first proved the Fundamental
Theorem of Calculus?
• James Gregory
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Newton Sir Issac
• Leonhard Euler

Ans. ( a )
The symbols ε , κ , λ , µ ,ν, belongs to
a) Greek numeral system
b) Brahmi numeral system
c) Coptic numeral system
d) Arabic numeral system

Ans. (a)
The symbols X , M , V, L etc. are :
a) Arabic numerals
b) Roman numerals
c) Greek numerals
d) Moorish numerals

Ans. ( b )
It is interesting to find out that Pierre de
Fermat was only an amateur
mathematician. What was his main
profession?
a) Writer
b) Doctor
c) Teacher
d) Lawyer

Ans. ( d ) ( 1601 -1665 )

Who solved the Fermat's Last Theorem?
• Andrew Wiles
• Paul Erdos
• Atle Selberg
• Yutaka Taniyama

Ans. ( a )
The term “Postulate” means :

a) An obvious and simple geometrical fact

b) A geometrical truth
c) A statement on geometry
d) The statement that has been proved

Ans. ( a )
 “ Two wrongs do not make a right”
What does this proverb says

a) Mathematics does not hold true in ethics

b) Ethics is wrong mathematics
c) Ethics does not hold true in mathematics
d) Mathematics and ethics are pole apart

Ans. ( a )
 What is known as “New Maths” ?
a) The Principle of set theory introduced at an
elementary level
b) A new method of teaching mathematics
c) Mathematics taught as fun and play
d) None of these

Ans. (a)
When the T.V. is on or and turned off
these two events are mathematically
known as :

a) Supplementary events
b) Complementary events
c) Adjoining events
d) Adjacent events

Ans. ( b )