Here’s a set of 20 General Knowledge questions about Srinivasa Ramanujan, along with multiple-choice options. The answers are provided in Section II.
Section I: Questions
- What was Srinivasa Ramanujan’s full name at birth?
- A) Srinivasa Varadhan
- B) Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar
- C) Srinivasa Iyengar
- D) Srinivasa Chatterjee
- When was Srinivasa Ramanujan born?
- A) December 22, 1887
- B) January 15, 1891
- C) March 14, 1883
- D) November 7, 1885
- Which mathematical fields did Ramanujan make substantial contributions to?
- A) Algebra and Geometry
- B) Calculus and Trigonometry
- C) Mathematical Analysis and Number Theory
- D) Statistics and Probability
- Ramanujan is known for his work on:
- A) Ramanujan’s sum
- B) Ramanujan prime
- C) Mock theta functions
- D) All of the above
- Which university did Ramanujan attend in England?
- A) Oxford University
- B) University of Cambridge
- C) University of London
- D) Imperial College London
- Who was the English mathematician that recognized Ramanujan’s talent and invited him to England?
- A) Isaac Newton
- B) Bertrand Russell
- C) G. H. Hardy
- D) Andrew Wiles
- In which year was Ramanujan elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)?
- A) 1918
- B) 1920
- C) 1916
- D) 1914
- What is the name of the constant that Ramanujan discovered, which is a fundamental object in number theory?
- A) Euler’s constant
- B) Pi
- C) Landau–Ramanujan constant
- D) Avogadro’s number
- Ramanujan’s work on partitions is celebrated for its:
- A) Simplicity
- B) Complexity
- C) Accuracy
- D) Ingenuity
- Where did Srinivasa Ramanujan pass away?
- A) Chennai
- B) Kumbakonam
- C) Erode
- D) Madurai
- Ramanujan’s notebooks contained how many results?
- A) About 1,000
- B) About 2,500
- C) About 3,900
- D) About 5,000
- Which of the following is NOT a contribution of Ramanujan?
- A) Circle method
- B) Ramanujan’s master theorem
- C) Ramanujan prime
- D) Fermat’s Last Theorem
- Ramanujan’s series for π (pi) is known for its:
- A) Slow convergence
- B) Rapid convergence
- C) Inaccuracy
- D) Complexity
- What was Ramanujan’s educational qualification when he left India for England?
- A) He had completed his Ph.D.
- B) He was a college dropout
- C) He had a master’s degree in mathematics
- D) He was a high school graduate
- Ramanujan was awarded a Bachelor of Science by Research degree (later named Ph.D.) for his work on:
- A) Highly Composite Numbers
- B) Prime Numbers
- C) Elliptic Functions
- D) Infinite Series
- Which of the following mathematicians was NOT an academic advisor to Ramanujan?
- A) G. H. Hardy
- B) J. E. Littlewood
- C) Leonhard Euler
- D) None of the above
- Ramanujan’s work has influenced which of the following modern-day theories?
- A) String Theory
- B) Quantum Physics
- C) Game Theory
- D) All of the above
- The Ramanujan Journal is dedicated to publishing work in all areas influenced by whom?
- A) Albert Einstein
- B) Isaac Newton
- C) Srinivasa Ramanujan
- D) Stephen Hawking
- Ramanujan was the first Indian to be elected as a Fellow of which college at Cambridge?
- A) King’s College
- B) Trinity College
- C) St John’s College
- D) Queens’ College
- Which of Ramanujan’s discoveries plays a key role in string theory and quantum physics today?
- A) K3 surfaces
- B) Mock modular forms
- C) Ramanujan’s sum
- D) Landau–Ramanujan constant
Section II: Answers
- B) Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar
- A) December 22, 1887
- C) Mathematical Analysis and Number Theory
- D) All of the above
- B) University of Cambridge
- C) G. H. Hardy
- A) 1918
- C) Landau–Ramanujan constant
- D) Ingenuity
- B) Kumbakonam
- C) About 3,9001
- D) Fermat’s Last Theorem
- B) Rapid convergence
- B) He was a college dropout
- A) Highly Composite Numbers
- C) Leonhard Euler
- D) All of the above
- C) Srinivasa Ramanujan
- B) Trinity College
- A) K3 surfaces
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