Pi Day Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the World’s Most Fascinating Number!

Pi Day Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the World’s Most Fascinating Number!

Celebrate Pi Day with our exciting quiz packed with fun facts, surprising records, history, and mysteries surrounding π (pi) — the never-ending number that powers mathematics! From Archimedes and Albert Einstein to world records, Egyptian pyramids, and Pi Day parades, this quiz is perfect for students, math lovers, and curious minds. Challenge yourself and discover how much you really know about π!

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1. Which famous physicist was born on March 14, making Pi Day even more special?

Isaac Newton
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking

Mathematics Quiz 6 - General Maths and Mathematicians

Mathematics Quiz 6 - General Maths and Mathematicians

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1. What is the base used in deodecimal numeral system?

10
12
20
24

Mathematics Quiz 5 - General Maths and Mathematicians

Mathematics Quiz 5

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1. "Elements", a mathematical treatise, has been considered as the most successful and influential textbook ever written. Who is the writer?

Rene Descartes
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Charles Babbage

Mathematics Quiz 3 - General Quiz on Mathematics and Mathematicians

Mathematics Quiz 1 - General Quiz on Mathematics and Mathematicians

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1. Who among the following will be honored with Euler Book Prize 2017, which is named after Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler?

Jordan Ellenberg
Edward Frenkel
Steven Strogatz
Ian Stewart

Mathematics Quiz 4 - Mathematicians

Mathematics Quiz 4 - Mathematicians

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1. A Mathematician's Apology is a 1940 essay which gives the layman an insight into the mind of a working mathematician. Who is the author?

Srinivasa Ramanujan
G H Hardy
Gabriel Cramer
John Napier

Mathematics Quiz 2 - General Quiz on Mathematics and Mathematicians

Mathematics Quiz 2 - General Quiz on Mathematics and Mathematicians

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1. In which year did Government of India declare that Ramanujan's birthday (22 December) should be celebrated every year as National Mathematics Day?

2011
2009
2010
2012

2. SASTRA Ramanujan Prize of $10,000 to be given annually to a mathematician not exceeding the age of 32 for outstanding contributions in an area of mathematics influenced by Ramanujan. The 32 years was chosen as it is

The year Ramanujan was born
The year in which Ramanujan visited Cambridge
The age at which Ramanujan died
The number of years Ramanujan worked at Trinity College

3. Who defined Mathematics as the "science of quantity"?

Archimedes
Aristotle
Galileo
Descartes

4. Which of the following is NOT awarded in Mathematics?

Wolf Prize
Bocher Prize
Fields Medal
Nobel Prize

5. "So far as the theories of mathematics are about reality, they are not certain; so far as they are certain, they are not about reality". Can you name this person, who once remarked that "I don’t believe in mathematics"?

Euler
Euripides
Albert Einstein
Hermann Hankel

6. This scientist and statistician was a member of the first Planning commission of free india and the founder of Indian Statistical Institute. Can you name him?

Jauanta Kimar Ghosh
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Debabrata Basu
Samarendra Nath Roy

7. This Indian-born American mathematician and statistician was awarded the US National Medal of Science in 2002. Can you name this scientist whom The Times of India listed as one of the top 10 Indian scientists of all time?

C R Rao
Narendra Karmarkar
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Harish-Chandra

8. Who was the first mathematician to is considered the first to formulate the concept of zero and to give rules to compute with zero?

Archimedes
Brahmagupta
Bhaskaracharya
Euler

9. Which number is known as the Hardy–Ramanujan number?

1279
1729
1927
1792

10. Sir Isaac Newton developed a branch of Mathematics to study the motion of particles. Can you name it?

Algebra
Geometry
Combinatorics
Calculus

Mathematics Quiz 1 - General Quiz on Mathematics and Mathematicians

Mathematics Quiz 1 - General Quiz on Mathematics and Mathematicians

Do you love maths? Or are you one among those who have math phobia? This and the next two sets of questions are on Mathematics - not on mathematical problems but general questions on mathematics, mathematicians, awards, institutions and some trivia. 

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1. We know that the petals of flowers follow a number series. Do you know what it is?

Fibonacci series
Arithmetic series
Geometric series
Finite series

2. Who is the only Indian to receive Abel’s Prize which is considered to be equivalent to Nobel Prize?

S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Harish Chandra
C R Rao

3. NBHM (National Board for Higher Mathematics) was founded in 1983 to foster the development of higher mathematics in the country. Under which department/ministry it was founded by the Indian Government?

Department of Higher Education
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of School Education & Literacy

4. He had dropped balls of the same material, but different masses, from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of descent was independent of their mass. Who is he?

Galileo
Euclid
Archimedes
Pythagoras

5. The first major Russian female mathematician had to get married in order to leave Russia to study Maths. Who is she?

Sophie Germain
Evelyn Granville
Sofia Kovalevskaya
Ada Lovelace

6. Which foundation awards The Geometry Prize?

Mathematical Society of Japan
American Mathematics Society
European Mathematical Society
International Mathematics Union

7. Who is the last of the notable Jain Mathematician lived in 9th century from Karnataka?

Virasena
Mahavira Acharya
Shridhara
Manjula

8. Name the ancient Indian Mathematician wrote the books titled Nav Shatika, Tri Shatika and Pati Ganita

Shridhara
Virasena
Manjula
Shripati

9. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences: A National Institute for Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences is situated at

Delhi
Calcutta
Bangalore
Chennai

10. "I have broken the heart of that German". Sir Isaac Newton commented on a famous mathematician. Name the German Mathematician mentioned here.

Leibnitz
Gauss
Riemann
Euler



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Srinivasa Ramanujan Quiz

Srinivasa Ramanujan Quiz

On National Mathematics Day try this quiz on world renowned Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

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1. Hardy–Ramanujan number is the smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways. Which one of the following is the number?

2197
1927
1729
1279