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    Which is the highest award of the I.M.U

    bestowed on a person for his outstand-

    ing contributions to mathematicsa) Copley medal

    b) Fields medal

    c) Fishers medal

    d) Russels medal

    Ans. ( b )

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    Who was supposed to win the latest

    Fields Medal (2006), but declined it?

    a) Andrei Okounkov

    b) Wendelin Werner

    c) Terence Tao

    d) Grigory Perelman

    Ans. (d)

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    Of the following famous problem tell

    which one has been solved recently

    a) Four square problem

    b) Fermats last Theoremc) Warnings problem

    d) Didos problem

    Ans. ( b )

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    Who said the following famous quote

    "Mathematics is the Queen of all Sciences

    and the Theory of Numbers is the Queen

    Mathematics

    b) Andrew Wiles

    c) Paul Erdos

    d) Carl Frienderish Gausse) Leonhard Euler

    Ans. (c)

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    Any positive integer that may be expressed

    as the sum of four squares . Which is this

    theorem ?

    a) Four Square Theorem

    b) Floquet Theoremc) Dirichlets Theorem

    d) Lagranges Theorem

    Ans. ( a )

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    God made the all the rest is the work of

    man said Leopold Kronecker about

    a) Zero

    b) Complex Numbersc) Primary Numbers

    d) Integers

    Ans. ( d )

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    The Pythagorean Theorem only applies to right-angled

    triangles. However, there is a more general "law" that

    governs all triangles in a relationship similar to that ofthe Pythagorean Theorem. What is the name of this

    law?

    The sine law The cosine law

    The tangent law

    The triangle law

    Ans. ( b )

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    If 20< y < 30 and x and y are both integers.

    What is the greatest possible value for x ?

    a) 75

    b) 76

    c) 79

    d) 80

    Ans. ( c )

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    A point on the wheel of a bicycle draw

    one of the following curve :

    a) Logarithmic spiral

    b) Ellipsoid

    c) Cycloid

    d) Hyperbola

    Ans. ( a )

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    Who is the first person to give stage

    performance for his mental calculation

    abilities ?

    a) Shakuntala Devi

    b) Zerah Colburn

    c) Parker Bidder

    d) Alexander Craig Aitken

    Ans. ( b )

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    What is equivalent of the Roman numeral

    D in the number systema) 1000

    b) 500

    c) 50

    d) 10

    Ans. ( b )

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    Which decimal number is equivalent to

    the Roman numeral C

    a) 50

    b) 1000

    c) 10

    d) 100

    I (one) , V (five), X (ten), L (fifty) ,

    C (one hundred), D ( five hundred ), M (one thousand)

    Ans. ( d )

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_(number)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I
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    How many triangles are there in the

    diagram ?

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    How many equilateral triangles are there in

    this figure?

    a) 4 b) 6 c ) 16 d) 8

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    Where is the Ramanujan Institute of

    Mathematics located ?

    a) Tiruchirapalli

    b) Trivandrum

    c) Lucknow

    d) Madras

    Ans. ( d )

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    Zero is denoted by several names in ancient

    India . Tell which one is the old one out of

    the following:

    a) Gagana

    b) Sunyac) Gati

    d) Kha

    Ans. ( c )

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