Mathematics Quiz For Msc-ii Students) Second Round

The Indian dish “Vada” is in the shape of a : a) b) c) d)

Cylinder Torus Circle Ellipsoid

Ans. (b)

What is the brick called in geometrical term : a) b) c) d)

Cuboid Prism Rectangle Cube

Ans. ( a )

What is the instrument employed to measure the angle a star makes with the horizon ? a) b) c) d)

Sextant Astrolabe Spectroscope Telescope

Ans. ( a )

Of the following devices , tell which one is employed for multiplying and dividing numbers a) b) c) d)

Slide rule Divider Mechanical calculator Computer

(a)

Who built the first automatic calculating machine ? a) b) c) d)

Vannevar Bush George Stibitz Howard H. Aiken Charles Babbage

Ans. ( d )

Of the following branches of mathematics , tell which one was born out of painting a) b) c) d)

Topology Projective geometry Solid geometry None

Ans. ( b )

Who is considered the founder of trigonometry ? a) b) c) d)

Claudius Ptolemy Hipparchus Menelaus 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) b) c) d)

Greek numeral system Brahmi numeral system Coptic numeral system Arabic numeral system

Ans. (a)

The symbols X , M , V, L etc. are : a) b) c) d)

Arabic numerals Roman numerals Greek numerals 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) b) c) d)

Writer Doctor Teacher 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) b) c) d)

An obvious and simple geometrical fact A geometrical truth A statement on geometry The statement that has been proved

Ans. ( a )

“ Two wrongs do not make a right” What does this proverb says a) b) c) d)

Mathematics does not hold true in ethics Ethics is wrong mathematics Ethics does not hold true in mathematics 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) b) c) d)

Supplementary events Complementary events Adjoining events Adjacent events

Ans. ( b )