Contributions to Mathematics

Q. Who among the following discovered the 'zero'?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Grutsamad
3. Maharshi Charak
4. Vagbhatta

Q. Who among the following is known as the "Father of Mathematics"?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Bhaskaracharya
3. Vishwakarma
4. Varahamihir

Q.

A ray $\overrightarrow{AB}$ and $\overrightarrow{BA}$ means the same thing.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following works were written by Aryabhatta?

1. Vagbhatta Samhita
2. Lilawati Ganit
3. Dash Gitika
4. Arya Siddhanta

Q. ‘Dash Gitika’ and ‘Arya Siddhanta’ were books written by .

1. Aryabhatta
2. Vagabhatta
3. Bhramhagupta
4. Aapasthamba

Q. Which of the following is a value of Pi?

1. 31.4
2. 22/7
3. 3.14
4. 7/22

Q. 'Ashtang' method in mathematics was introduced by ________.

1. Vagabhatta
2. Bhaskaracharya
3. Brahmgupta
4. Aryabhatta

Q. Which of the following scholars declared that the Earth rotates on its own axis?

1. Bhaskaracharya
2. Varahamihir
3. Brahmagupta
4. Aryabhatta

Q. Aryabhatta mentioned the value of (Pi) as 22/7 or 3.14 in his book Aryabhattiyam. What are some of the other major contributions attributed to Aryabhatta?

1. He mentioned that given a circle, Pi is the ratio of its diameter to its circumference.
2. He discovered the process of writing zeros after figures.
3. He mentioned that the value of Pi is a constant.
4. He discovered zero.

Q. Manjul Bhargava was awarded the coveted Fields Medal for his path-breaking work in Number Theory in 2014.

1. True
2. False

Q. wrote the ‘Lilawati Ganit’ and the ‘Bij Ganit’ in 1150 CE.

1. Bhaskaracharya
2. Aryabhatta
3. Bhramhagupta
4. Boddhayan

Q. ________ is credited with the discovery of the addition (+) and subtraction (-) signs.

1. Brahmgupta
2. Aryabhatta
3. Bhaskaracharya
4. Aapstambha

Q. Which of the following mathematicians were honoured with the Fields Medal?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Akshay Venkatesh
3. Manjul Bhargava
4. Grutsamad

Q. The Pi is used to measure ________.

1. the area of a triangle
2. the area of a circle
3. the perimeter of a square
4. the perimeter of a circle

Q. Many era-defining mathematical discoveries are considered to have originated in India. What were some of these discoveries?

1. Development of decimal system
2. Discovery of zero
3. Pythagoras theorem
4. Addition and subraction signs

Q.

Who painted the first image of bharat mata?

a. Rabindranath Tagore

b. Abanindranath Tagore

c. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

d. Natesa Sastri

Q. ______ discovered the process of writing zero after figures.

1. Aryabhatta
2. Grutsamad
3. Bhaskaracharya
4. Brahmgupta