#0.
To what system was Leibnitz referring when he wrote this?
I enclose an attempt to devise a new numerical
system. By basing it on the number 2 instead
of the number 10, I am able to write all
numbers in terms of 0 and 1.
A
numerical system
B
Binary System
C
modulo
D
Tuples
Answer: Binary System
#1.
What concept was developed by ancient Hindu mathematicians?
A
Digits
B
Number System
C
zero
D
Infinity
Answer: zero
#2.
He introduced what logarithms as a computational tool in 1614
A
Fermat
B
John Napier
C
Newton
D
Liebnitz
Answer: John Napier
#3.
He invented the syllogism as the keystone of his system of deductive logic.
A
Aristotle
B
Boole
C
Bacon
D
Lobachevski
Answer: Aristotle
#4.
What civilization developed the 360-degree circle and the 60-minute hour?
A
Greeks
B
Romans
C
Babylonians
D
Egyptians
Answer: Babylonians
#5.
The development of differential and integral calculus is attributed to ____________ and _________.
A
Descartes and Gauss
B
Bernoulli and Euler
C
Archimedes and Gauss
D
Newton and Leibnitz
Answer: Newton and Leibnitz
#6.
During what century did Newton and Leibnitz develop calculus and Descartes invent analytic geometry?
A
16th
B
17th
C
18th
D
19th
Answer: 17th
#7.
What Austrian-born mathematician demonstrated that there can be no proof of the consistency of a formal mathematical system from within that system?
A
Anton Zeilinger
B
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann
C
Kurt Godel
D
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli
Answer: Kurt Godel
#8.
In which civilization dot patterns were first employed to represent numbers?
A
Babylonians
B
Romans
C
Chinese
D
Greeks
Answer: Chinese
#9.
Which number system was commonly employed in various ancient civilizations?
A
2
B
5
C
10
D
60
Answer: 5
#10.
In which ancient civilization, numbers were for the first time represented by words?
A
Chinese
B
Arabic
C
Indian
D
Greeks
Answer: Indian
#11.
In which ancient civilization, odd and even numbers were divided into two sets, the odd ones
denoted as males and the even females?
A
Mayan
B
Romans
C
Chinese
D
Indian
Answer: Chinese
#12.
Among the numbers – Fibonacci, Kaprekar, Mersenne and Figurate numbers which one is
ancient in origin?
A
Mersenne
B
Kaprekar
C
Figurate number
D
Fibonacci
Answer: Figurate number
#13.
Who wrote an elaborate history of Greek geometry from its earliest origins?
A
Plato
B
Phytagoras
C
Eudemus
D
Euclid
Answer: Eudemus
#14.
The Babylonian geometry mainly boils down to solving?
A
Arithmetic
B
Trigonometric Equations
C
Algebraic equations
D
Functions
Answer: Algebraic equations
#15.
Which mathematician contemplated the creation of universal language ‘Characteristica
universalis’ and a precise science of reasoning ‘Calculus ratiocinator’?
A
D. Bernoulli
B
Euler
C
I. Newton
D
G.W Leibniz
Answer: G.W Leibniz
#16.
Which ancient book contains 64 Hexagrams?
A
The book of changes
B
The book of Hexagrams
C
The book of 64
D
The book of coming
Answer: The book of changes
#17.
Which mathematician prepared the trigonometric tables seen in a modern textbook?
A
Rene Descartes
B
Henry Briggs
C
John Napier
D
Claudius Ptolemy
Answer: Claudius Ptolemy
#18.
Who wrote one of the oldest documents on mathematics, Rhind Papyrus’?
A
Plato
B
Archimedes
C
Ahmose
D
Aristotle
Answer: Ahmose
#19.
Which ancient school odd thought believed that the universe is primarily made of numbers?