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Question 1 |
Among the following find out the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan?
From zero to infinity | |
Riddles on numbers | |
Riddles on numbers | |
My life |
Question 2 |
Srinivasa Ramanujan was a genius in
Physics | |
Chemistry | |
Mathematician | |
Philosophy |
Question 3 |
Srinivasa Ramanujan born in which district of Tamilnadu?
Madurai | |
Erode | |
Salem | |
Ramanathapuram |
Question 4 |
As a school boy Srinivasa Ramanujan asked intriguing questions in
History | |
Geography | |
Chemistry | |
Mathematics |
Question 5 |
The subject neglected by Srinivasa Ramanujan is
History | |
English | |
Physiology | |
Physiology |
Question 6 |
During which class Srinivasa Ramanujan asked doubt to his teacher
Integral class | |
Algebra class | |
Trigonometry class | |
Arithmetic class |
Question 7 |
What was the reaction of the classmates to the Ramanujan questions?
Everyone applauded | |
Everyone applauded | |
Everyone roar into laughter | |
Everyone roar into laughter |
Question 8 |
What is the answer if zero banana is divided among zero people?
Zero | |
One | |
Negative value | |
Infinity |
Question 9 |
Who claimed that zero divided by zero is zero?
Ramanujan | |
Bhaskara | |
Some mathematician | |
Many mathematician |
Question 10 |
Native of Srinivasa Ramanujan is
Chennai | |
Salem | |
Kumbakonam | |
Coimbatore |
Question 11 |
Name the Indian mathematician who proved that zero divided by zero is infinity?
Aryabhatta | |
Bhaskara | |
Brahma gupta | |
Ramanujan |
Question 12 |
Which year Srinivasa Ramanujan was born?
1885 | |
1886 | |
1887 | |
1889 |
Question 13 |
Father of Srinivasa Ramanujan was
Merchant | |
Trader | |
Clerk | |
Priest |
Question 14 |
Father of Srinivasa Ramanujan worked in _______.
Medical shop | |
Grocery | |
Government office | |
Cloth shop |
Question 15 |
Who used to go to house of Ramanujan to solve their difficulties in mathematics?
Senior students | |
Class mates | |
Teacher | |
Professor |
Question 16 |
At what age Ramanujan got Loney’s theory on trigonometry?
13 | |
15 | |
17 | |
18 |
Question 17 |
Where Ramanujan got Loney’s theory on trigonometry?
School library | |
College library | |
From his teacher | |
Borrowed from his senior |
Question 18 |
Who showed Ramanujan, Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Applied Mathematics?
His teacher | |
His father | |
His senior | |
His friend |
Question 19 |
Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Applied Mathematics was the book of
Sir john | |
William peters | |
George Shoo bridge Carr | |
Pythagoras |
Question 20 |
At what age Ramanujan begin to work on the problems in Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Applied Mathematics?
14 | |
15 | |
20 | |
21 |
Question 21 |
Which book triggered mathematical genius inside Ramanujan?
Book of Aryabhatta | |
Maths the life | |
Derivation of Bhaskara | |
Synopsis of Elementary Results |
Question 22 |
How many note books was filled by Ramanujan before he went to abroad?
5 | |
6 | |
3 | |
10 |
Question 23 |
The notebooks filled by Ramanujan before his visit to abroad was later released under the
Riddles of Ramanujan | |
The theory | |
Frayed notebooks | |
The collected note books |
Question 24 |
Where did Ramanujan do his mathematical problems?
Slate | |
Slate | |
wall | |
both a and b |
Question 25 |
In which examination Ramanujan secured first class in mathematics?
State board | |
Matriculation | |
Entrance | |
Competitive exam |
Question 26 |
The scholarship awarded to Srinivasa Ramanujan is
Mahatma Gandhi scholarship | |
Subramanyan scholarship | |
The award of merit | |
William Pitt scholarship |
Question 27 |
How many times Ramanujan failed in first year of arts examination?
Once | |
Twice | |
Thrice | |
More than twice |
Question 28 |
Ramanujan begin to look for job not only to earn money for food but also
To construct home | |
To pay interest | |
To pay interest | |
To buy papers for his calculations |
Question 29 |
Ramanujan used ______ pen to write over what written in blue ink on the piece of paper.
Green | |
Blue | |
Brown | |
Red |
Question 30 |
Ramanujan showed his frayed note books to everyone
To show his talent in mathematics | |
To teach mathematics to others | |
To improve his skills in mathematics | |
To get a job telling that he knew mathematics |
Question 31 |
Who was impressed by the frayed notebooks of Ramanujan and offered him a job?
Director of madras port trust | |
Governor of madras | |
Commissioner of arcot | |
Director of local body |
Question 32 |
Who gave clerical job to Ramanujan at monthly salary of 25 rupees?
Francis day | |
Francis spring | |
Peter shore | |
Alameda |
Question 33 |
Who was Francis spring?
Director of madras port trust | |
Governor of madras | |
Commissioner of arcot | |
Director of local body |
Question 34 |
Which university granted research fellowship to Ramanujan?
Annamalai university | |
Bharathiyar university | |
Indian institute of technology | |
University of madras |
Question 35 |
Ramanujan got degree in
Arts and science | |
Economics | |
Commerce | |
No qualifying degree |
Question 36 |
Which year university of madras granted him a research fellowship?
1928 | |
1930 | |
1913 | |
1935 |
Question 37 |
Who is G.H Hardy?
Mathematician | |
Governor of London | |
Director of madras port trust | |
Professor of madras university |
Question 38 |
To whom Ramanujan wrote letter with set out of 120 theorems and formulae?
G.H. Hardy | |
Francis spring | |
Riemann | |
All the above |
Question 39 |
Who is George F. Riemann?
British mathematician | |
German mathematician | |
Irish mathematician | |
American mathematician |
Question 40 |
Which university granted him a fellowship of seventy five rupees per month?
University of madras | |
Cambridge university | |
California university | |
Texas university |
Question 41 |
How many sheets of paper did Ramanujan needs every month for doing calculations?
500 sheets | |
1000 sheets | |
1500 sheets | |
2000 sheets |
Question 42 |
Ramanujan’s conjecture about the kind of equations is known as
Sigma | |
Catalogue | |
Residual equation | |
Modular |
Question 43 |
Who proved Ramanujan’s conjecture is correct?
Francis spring | |
J.E. Littlewood | |
Riemann | |
Pierre deligne |
Question 44 |
Who was J.E. Littlewood?
Friend of Ramanujan | |
Colleague of hardy | |
Principal in Cambridge university | |
Director of port trust of madras |
Question 45 |
How many theorems did Ramanujan send to G.H. Hardy?
100 theorems | |
100 theorems | |
120 theorems | |
110 theorems |
Question 46 |
Which year Ramanujan sailed to Britain?
1929 | |
1914 | |
1915 | |
1935 |
Question 47 |
Which university Ramanujan stayed in Britain?
Texas university | |
London university | |
Cambridge university | |
Oxford university |
Question 48 |
Who found Ramanujan as unsystematic mathematician?
Littlewood | |
G.H. Hardy | |
Francis day | |
Pierre |
Question 49 |
Who was the youngest Indian to receive the fellowship of the Royal society?
Sir C.V. Raman | |
Ramanujan | |
Ramakrishna | |
Mahatma Gandhi |
Question 50 |
Ramanujan found himself as stranger in
Madras | |
Erode | |
Cambridge | |
Oxford |
Question 51 |
Ramanujan-Littlewood circle method a topic comes under
Algebra | |
Trigonometry | |
Integral callus | |
Number theory |
Question 52 |
Name the person who derived a long list of highest composite numbers?
Littlewood | |
G.H. Hardy | |
Pierre | |
Ramanujan |
Question 53 |
The disease that affected Ramanujan is
Tuberculosis | |
Cancer | |
Tumour | |
Asthma |
Question 54 |
Besides mathematics Ramanujan was a good
Astrologer | |
Speaker | |
Writer | |
Both a and b |
Question 55 |
Who used to give lectures on subjects like “God, Zero and Infinity”?
Ramanujan | |
Littlewood | |
Francis day | |
Hardy |
Question 56 |
Who is the author of the poem, “The comet”?
Ruskin bond | |
William temple | |
Norman nickelson | |
Norman Little ford |
Question 57 |
Find the object that appears in night sky with a glittering tail
Meteoroids | |
aurora | |
Pole star | |
Comet |
Question 58 |
Which part of comet contains chemicals?
Head of comet | |
Body of comet | |
Tail of comet | |
Inner surface of comet |
Question 59 |
- Rampaging through the heavens.
- What do you mean by rampaging?
Running fast | |
Beating heavily | |
Travelling with noise and causing damage | |
Sudden move |
Question 60 |
- Rampaging through the heavens.
- Who is rampaging through the heaven?
Sun | |
Earth | |
Comet | |
Pole star |
Question 61 |
- Rampaging through the heavens.
- Which word could you replace “rampaging” with?
Charging | |
Rolling | |
Speeding | |
Flying |
Question 62 |
When the comet takes rest?
At regular intervals | |
Before reaching earth | |
On the earth atmosphere | |
It never takes rest |
Question 63 |
- Faster the cheetah.
- In the above line who is moving faster than cheetah?
Earth | |
Comet | |
Star | |
Sun |
Question 64 |
- “With shockwave reaching to the ground
- Causing the land to quake”
- What is causing land to quake?
Shockwave | |
Electromagnetic wave | |
Micro wave | |
Solar wave |
Question 65 |
- “With shockwave reaching to the ground
- Causing the land to quake”
- What causes shockwave?
Comet | |
Sun | |
Moon | |
Earth |
Question 66 |
The chemicals in tail of comet is the main reason for
Creation of solar system | |
Creation of ozone layer | |
Origin of species in earth | |
Presence of water in moon |
Question 67 |
- “In the dark they leave behind,
- Could have life on the earth”
- In the above line “they” refers to?
Comet | |
Sun | |
Earth | |
Moon |
Question 68 |
- “But I know no better spectacle
- Than a comet in full flight”
- Who does ‘I’ refer to?
Ruskin bond | |
William temple | |
Norman nickelson | |
Norman Little ford |
Question 69 |
- “But I know no better spectacle”
- What is the best spectacle mentioned by the author in the above line?
Seeing comet on sky | |
Visiting space | |
Full flight of comet | |
Watching stars on sky |
Question 70 |
- “bigger than a mountain”
- Who is bigger than mountain?
Sun | |
Earth | |
Comet | |
Moon |
Question 71 |
- “So powerful and strong”
- As per Norman Little ford which is strong and powerful.
Sun | |
Comet | |
Moon | |
Solar wind |
Question 72 |
- “The outer ice is melting
- Causing vapour from the force”
- Whose outer ice is melting?
Sun | |
Jupiter | |
Himalayas | |
Comet |
Question 73 |
What causes the outer ice of comet to melt?
Pressure of the atmosphere | |
Heat energy of sun | |
Magnetic field of earth | |
Fast movement of comet |
Question 74 |
- “The outer ice is melting
- Causing vapour from the force”
- Melting of outer ice creates _____ in comet.
Trail | |
Head | |
Body | |
Shape |
Question 75 |
- “If one should come too close to earth
- The atmosphere will shake.”
- Who closeness causes the shake in earth?
Sun | |
Comet | |
Solar wind | |
Aurora |
Question 76 |
- “Rampaging through the heavens
- Never stopping day or night,
- A spectacle of a lifetime
- A comet in full flight”
- Write the rhyme scheme of the above stanza
aabb | |
abcb | |
abab | |
abcd |
Question 77 |
- “Rampaging through the heavens
- Never stopping day or night,
- A spectacle of a lifetime
- A comet in full flight”
- Pick the rhyming words in the above stanza
Night-flight | |
Heaven-night | |
Lifetime-night | |
Full flight |
Question 78 |
- “........ say the chemicals
- In the dust they leave behind,
- Could have started life on the earth”.
- Who said that chemicals of comet are the reason for creation of mankind?
Priest | |
Astrologer | |
Scientist | |
Scientist |
Question 79 |
- “I cannot say if this is true
- I do not have the right”
- In the above line ‘I’ refer to whom?
Comet | |
Sun | |
God | |
The author |
Question 80 |
Nationality of Norman Little ford?
British | |
American | |
German | |
Irish |
Question 81 |
Work of Norman Littleford focused on
Working class people | |
Space science | |
Love and nature | |
Faith in god |
Question 82 |
______ is an icy solar body, which when passing close to the sun releases the gases.
Comet | |
Pole star | |
Solar wind | |
Aurora |
Question 83 |
- “If one should come too close to earth
- The atmosphere will shake,
- With shock wave reaching to the ground
- Causing the land to quake”
- Pick out the rhyming words
Earth-ground | |
Shake-quake | |
Shake-earth | |
Quake-ground |
Question 84 |
Norman Little ford born in
California | |
Maryland | |
Los Vegas | |
Los angles |
Question 85 |
- “If one should come too close to earth
- The atmosphere will shake,
- With shock wave reaching to the ground
- Causing the land to quake”
- Write down the rhyme scheme of the above stanza
abcb | |
abcb | |
abac | |
abcd |
Question 86 |
Who is the author of the short story “Mother’s voice”?
kamala das | |
Savitha Singh | |
Neerja Dhanapal | |
Vasil Berezhnoy |
Question 87 |
The main characters of the short story “Mother’s voice” is
Mother and her son | |
Mother and her daughter | |
Father and his son | |
Mother and her pet |
Question 88 |
On weekdays, as Mother went about the chores____________.
she constantly thought of her son | |
she was always tired | |
her singing would be soft and almost inaudible | |
her singing was muted and a little sad |
Question 89 |
- “she looked around and admired the Moonscape”
- Who looked around moonscape and admired?
Daughter | |
Grandmother | |
Mother | |
Sister |
Question 90 |
- “He took her along the endless Tunnels of Selenopolis”
- Who took mother to Selenopolis?
Father | |
Son | |
Grandchild | |
Brother |
Question 91 |
- “He took her along the endless tunnels of Selenopolis”
- What do you mean by Selenopolis?
Gateway | |
A city in Africa | |
Moon city | |
Tall tower |
Question 92 |
- ‘I never realized it was such a beautiful place’.
- The mother admired beauty of
Nile river | |
North pole region | |
Moonscape | |
Maldives |
Question 93 |
In the short story, ‘Mother’s voice’ who had a young and ringing voice?
Son | |
Lovebirds | |
Linnet | |
Mother |
Question 94 |
In the short story, ‘Mother’s voice’ who is visiting moon for the first time?
Son | |
Son | |
Grandmother | |
Little linnet |
Question 95 |
- ‘Back home the orchards are in bloom’.
- What do you mean by orchards?
a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees | |
a garden with hanging flower | |
a garden in the middle of sea | |
a decorative plant |
Question 96 |
A moving pavement of Selenopolis is covered with.
Green plastic strips | |
Green plastic strips | |
Decorative flowers | |
Sea blue nylon strips |
Question 97 |
The walls of moving path decorated with
Sodium vapour lamp | |
Mercury lamp | |
Fluorescent lamp | |
Quartz lamp |
Question 98 |
The shape of tent over a crater whose diameter is about one kilometre
Lotus shape | |
Lotus shape | |
Flower pot shape | |
Tortoise shape |
Question 99 |
The Community of Nations Square is where people__________.
live on the moon | |
work on the moon | |
walk on the moon | |
people of different nationalities come after work |
Question 100 |
Which is looked as the size of Ostankino TV tower?
Space station | |
Space tower | |
Astrodome | |
Space shuttle |
Question 101 |
- “I’m sure it’s better in the river, Dnieper when you come to the Earth for
- Your holiday”
- Who is asking the young astronaut to come to earth for holidays?
His mother | |
His teacher | |
His friends | |
His relatives |
Question 102 |
Space ships in astrodomes are planning an expedition to a
Sun | |
Neighbouring galaxy | |
Jupiter | |
Jupiter |
Question 103 |
As per mother why people settles easily in moon?
Nearer to earth | |
Water are present | |
Oxygen is available | |
Moon is in the gravitation field of earth |
Question 104 |
- “But if you leave your sun...anything might happen......”
- Identify the speaker who belongs to the short story, ‘Mother’s voice2’
Son | |
Mother | |
Space captain | |
Space supervisor |
Question 105 |
Which is the cradle of life?
Sun | |
Moon | |
Earth | |
Mars |
Question 106 |
- ‘He saw how beautiful his native planet was, a real wonder of nature’.
- In short story, ‘Mother’s voice’ who wondered the beauty of native planet?
Mother | |
Son | |
Space captain | |
Shuttle operator |
Question 107 |
- ‘When will you take your holidays?’
- The answer of the young astronaut for the above question of his mother is.
Two months later | |
In next year | |
He is not sure about his holidays | |
Next spring |
Question 108 |
- The thought of such a tremendous journey was already sending a chill through his heart’
- Tremendous journey –referred here is
Journey to mars | |
Visit of his mother in moon | |
Journey to other galaxy | |
Visit of his father to sun |
Question 109 |
The mother of young astronaut ask him to visit earth in
Summer | |
Spring | |
Autumn | |
Winter |
Question 110 |
- ‘You think I don’t want to walk barefoot on the dewy grass?’
- Identify the speaker
Young astronaut | |
Mother of young astronaut | |
Mother of young astronaut | |
Space captain |
Question 111 |
In the short story, ‘Mother’s voice’ the young astronaut listens the
Music in tape-recorder | |
Recorded voice of his mother | |
Voice of nature | |
Sound of moon |
Question 112 |
What is seen as 12th-magnitute star in telescope?
Sun | |
Earth | |
Moon | |
Jupiter |
Question 113 |
___________ occupies more than a hundred square kilometres on the moon.
Selenopolis | |
Metropolis | |
Astrodome | |
Orchards |
Question 114 |
- Senior students used to go to his dingy house to get their difficulties in mathematics solved.
- Find the meaning of underlined word/phrase.
Small | |
Small | |
A dark and dirty | |
Small and clean |
Question 115 |
Uncouth, he would visit offices, showing everyone his frayed notebooks.
Find the meaning of underlined word/phrase.
behaving in an unpleasant way | |
behaving is a pleasant manner | |
need for money | |
difficult situation |
Question 116 |
- his friends found him pale, exhausted and emaciated
- Find the meaning of underlined word/phrase.
Bold and strong | |
Healthy | |
Confused state | |
Weak and thin |
Question 117 |
- She went about the chores; her singing was muted and a little sad.
- Find the meaning of underlined word/phrase.
Market | |
Regular task | |
Heavy pain | |
An old home |
Question 118 |
- The letter was _____ to the address.
- Fill in blanks with suitable phrasal verb
Send out | |
Send in | |
Send at | |
Sent back |
Question 119 |
______ may be used to indicate the relationship between the ideas expressed in a clause or a sentence.
Connectors | |
Preposition | |
phrase | |
adverb |
Question 120 |
The purpose of the connector, ‘instead of’ is
Contrasting | |
Qualifying | |
Adding | |
Sequencing |
Question 121 |
The man has much money. ______ , he isn’t happy at all.
Fill in the blank with suitable connector.
However | |
Therefore | |
Meanwhile | |
Similarly |
Question 122 |
- This restaurant has some of the best chefs in the town. _____________ their service is excellent.
- Fill in the blank with suitable connector.
However | |
Therefore | |
Moreover | |
Similarly |
Question 123 |
- I can play quite a few instruments.______________, the flute, the guitar and the piano.
- Fill in the blank with suitable connector.
moreover | |
meanwhile | |
For instance | |
Similarly |
Question 124 |
- She will not recognize us.
- Find the passive voice of above sentence.
We will not recognize her | |
We will not be recognized by her | |
We will not being recognized by her | |
We being not recognized by her |
Question 125 |
- Convert the following active sentences into passive sentences.
- A friend of mine is repairing the car.
- The car _____ by a friend of mine.
Is repaired | |
Is being repaired | |
Was repairing | |
Was being repairing |
Question 126 |
Convert the following active sentences into passive sentences.
- Open the window
Let the window be opened | |
Let open the window | |
Let open the window | |
Let the window be open |
Question 127 |
Convert the following active sentences into passive sentences.
- Help me.
Let me get helped by you | |
You are requested to help me | |
I am being helped by you | |
You to help me |
Question 128 |
- Convert the following active sentences into passive sentences.
- Her silence worries me.
- I _______ her silence.
Am being worried by | |
Am worried by | |
was being worried by | |
None of the above |
Question 129 |
- Convert the following active sentences into passive sentences
- They speak English in New Zealand.
- English _______________ in New Zealand
Is being spoken | |
Is speaking | |
Is spoken | |
Are spoken |
Question 130 |
- Convert the following active sentences into passive sentences
- His attitude shocked me.
- I _______ by his attitude.
Has shocked | |
Had been shocked | |
Had been shocked | |
Had been shocked |
Question 131 |
- Infinity
- Find the part of speech
Verb | |
Adjective | |
Noun | |
Adverb |
Question 132 |
- Dingy
- Find the part of speech.
Noun | |
Verb | |
Adverb | |
Adjective |
Question 133 |
Who explained that he came up with the idea of cash dispensers in 1965?
Jack Nicholson | |
Jack Nicholson | |
John Shepherd-Barron | |
John peters |
Question 134 |
Which bank commissioned Shepherd-Barron to build six cash dispensers?
City union bank | |
State bank of London | |
Barclays | |
HDFC bank |
Question 135 |
Where the first ATM was installed?
America | |
London | |
Maryland | |
Scotland |
Question 136 |
Who was the first person to withdraw cash from ATM ?
Jack sparrow | |
Brad bitt | |
Reg varney | |
Steve smith |
Question 137 |
Which year ATM was installed?
1956 | |
1967 | |
1974 | |
1989 |
Question 138 |
John Shepherd-Barron was born in
London | |
Scotland | |
France | |
India |
Question 139 |
Which theory of Ramanujan helps the ATMs to dispense cash?
Number theory | |
Divide and calculate theory | |
Partition theory | |
Arithmetic theory |
Question 140 |
Glenn Gould is widely regarded as _______ most famous and eccentric pianist.
America’s | |
France’s | |
Canada’s | |
Russia’s |
Question 141 |
Comets are believed to be remnants of the materials created by the _____.
Sun | |
Moon | |
Earth | |
Jupiter |
Question 142 |
Who is the author of the poem ‘The star’?
Jane Taylor | |
Peterson | |
Savitha raj | |
Kamala das |
Question 143 |
Comets orbit at the very edge of the galaxy, past ____.
Jupiter | |
Neptune | |
Pluto | |
Saturn |
Question 144 |
- ‘Look, son, isn’t it a miracle? The ______ floats through space, all by itself’.
Moon | |
Sun | |
Earth | |
Asteroids |
Question 145 |
- She spent four years studying for her law degree. _______ , she continued to work at the bank.
However | |
Therefore | |
Meanwhile | |
Similarly |
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