The Indian dish “Vada” is in the

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

Ans. (b)

1
What is the brick called in
geometrical term :

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

Ans. ( b )
2
Of the following curves , tell which
one of resemble the heart :

a) Hypocycloid
b) Trochoid
c) Cardioid
d) Epicycloid

Ans. ( c )
3
 “ 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 )

4
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)

5
The symbols X , M , V, L etc. are :
a) Arabic numerals
b) Roman numerals
c) Greek numerals
d) Moorish numerals

Ans. ( b )

6
Zero is denoted by several names in
ancient India . Tell which one is the old
one out of the following:
a) Gagana
b) Sunya
c) Gati
d) Kha

Ans. ( c )

7
Which is the number that is the
perimeter and area of a same square

a) 25
b) 16
c) 64
d) 121

Ans. (b)

8
Which is the number – other than 0 & 1
whose square root is equal to the sum
of its digits
a) 144
b) 36
c) 121
d) 81

Ans. ( d )
9
Which is the highest award of the I.M.U
bestowed on a person for his outstand-
ing contributions to mathematics
a) Copley medal
b) Field’s medal
c) Fisher’s medal
d) Russel’s medal

Ans. ( b )
10
Which is the (other than 1 & 2) that is
sum of the factorial of its digits

a) 92
b) 246
c) 145
d) 347

Ans. ( c )

11
Where is the Ramanujan Institute
of Mathematics located ?

a) Tiruchirapalli
b) Trivandrum
c) Lucknow
d) Madras

Ans. ( d )

12
 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 )
13
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 ) 14