MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

QUIZ COMPETITION PRIMARY SECTION

INSTRUCTIONIt consists of four rounds. 1. General round.2. Reasoning round.3. Personality round.4. Invention round.5. Rapid round.

1. GENERAL ROUND1. IN WHICH COUNTRY DID THE CHESS ORGINATED?

a) CHINA b) JAPANc) INDIA

2. IN THE NUMERALS 0 TO 99, WHICH IS THE LEAST REPEATED DIGIT ? a)5 b) 9 c)0

3. ALTHOUGH A MATHEMATICIAN, HE WON THE NOBLE PRIZE IN LITERATURE. WHO IS HE? 1) RAMANUJAN 2) G.H. HARDY 3) BERTRAND RUSSELL

4. WHICH IS THE FIRST COMPOSITE NUMBER?

a)3 b) 2 c) 4

5) TRIGON IS THE OLDTERM FOR ----- a) RECTANGLE b) RIGHT ANGLE c) TRIANGLE

2. REASONING ROUND

1. RAVI STANDING A ROW IN FIFTH POSITION, WE COUNT IN BACK HE IS IN NINTH POSITION. FIND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THAT ROW?

a)10 b) 12 c) 13

2.HOW MANY 25PAISE COINS ARE THERE IN RUPEES.5?

a)50 b) 10 c) 20

3. HOW MANY CUTS ARE TO BE MADE ON A STRING TO GET FOUR PIECES? a)4 b) 5 c) 3

4. FOR FINDING THE PRODUCT OF A NUMBERWITH 2, ONE BOY DIVIDE THE NUMBER BY 2 AND HE GET 2 AS THE ANSWER. THEN WHAT IS THE CORRECT PRODUCT? a) 4 b) 6 c) 8

5. Which is the only number that is the perimeter and area of the same square ?

a) 4 b) 8 c) 16

3. PERAONALITY ROUND

IDENTIFY THE GREAT PERSONALITIES

1) RAMANUJAN

2) G.H.HARDY 3) ARYABHATTA

1) G.H. HARDY 2) ERATHOSTHENES 3) SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN

1) SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN 2) BHASKARACHARRIYA 3) ARYABHATTA

1)SREEDEVI2) SAKUTHALA DEVI3) SUMAPATEL

1) EUCLID

2) RAMANUJAN 3) PYTHAGORAS

4. INVENTION ROUND 1.WHO INVENTED DECIMAL POINT? 1) HARDY 2) JONE NAPIER 3) ERATHOSTHANES

2. WHO INVENTED THE FIRST CHESS-PLAYING MACHINE? 1) L.TORRESY QUEVEDO 2 ) JOHN NAPIER 3) ISSAC NEWTON

3. WHICH COUNTRY INVENTED ZERO?

a)ROMAN b)INDIA c) JAPAN

4. WHO INTRODUCED THE MULTIPLICATION SIGN "X" IN MATHEMATICS? 1) WILLIAM .R.HAMILTON 2) WILLIAM OUGHTRED 3) JAMES THOMASON

5. WHICH MATHEMATICIAN INVENTED A CALCULATOR?

1)BLAISE PASCAL 2) ISAAC BARROW 3) JOHN NAPIER

5. RAPID ROUND1. WHO SAID, “NUMBER RULES THE

UNIVERSE” ?2. WHO WROTE “A

MATHEMATICIAN’S APOLOGY” ?3. WHICH IS THE NEXT LEAPYEAR?

1.

1. WHERE IS RAMANUJAN'S INSTITUTE LOCATED?

2. WHO IS KNOWN AS HUMAN COMPUTER?

3.WHICH IS THE INSTRUMENT COMMONLY USED FOR MEASURING ANGLES?

1. WHO IS CALLED THE " PRINCE OF MATHEMATICIANS" ?2. WHICH IS RAMANUJAN’S NUMBER ?3. THE SMALLEST MAGIC SQUARE IS OF THE ORDER ----.

1. BIBLE OF MATHEMATICS.

2. QUEEN OF MATHEMATICS. 3.A CLOCK IS DEAD. HOW MANY TIME WILL IT SHOW THE CORRECT TIME IN DAY?

1.WHO IS THE FATHER OF GEOMETRY? 2. BIRTH PLACE OF SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN?

3) NAME THE MOST ANCIENT DEVICE USED FOR CALCULATION PURPOSES ?