Contributions of Indian Women to Mathematics

Contributions of Indian Women to Mathematics

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is known as the "Mother of Indian Mathematics"?

  1. Gargi Vachaknavi
  2. Lilavati
  3. Aryabhata
  4. Bhaskara II
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the decimal system?

  1. Aryabhata
  2. Bhaskara II
  3. Brahmagupta
  4. Srinivasa Ramanujan
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first Indian woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics?

  1. Anandibai Joshi
  2. Kadambini Ganguly
  3. Asima Chatterjee
  4. Shakuntala Devi
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian mathematician is known for her work on the Riemann hypothesis?

  1. Manjul Bhargava
  2. Renuka Ravindran
  3. Sujatha Ramdorai
  4. Neela Natarajan
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the first Indian woman to win the Ramanujan Prize?

  1. Renuka Ravindran
  2. Sujatha Ramdorai
  3. Neela Natarajan
  4. Manjul Bhargava
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian mathematician is known for her work on algebraic geometry?

  1. Sujatha Ramdorai
  2. Neela Natarajan
  3. Manjul Bhargava
  4. Renuka Ravindran
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society?

  1. Neela Natarajan
  2. Manjul Bhargava
  3. Renuka Ravindran
  4. Sujatha Ramdorai
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian mathematician is known for her work on graph theory?

  1. Manjul Bhargava
  2. Renuka Ravindran
  3. Sujatha Ramdorai
  4. Neela Natarajan
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the first Indian woman to be elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences?

  1. Renuka Ravindran
  2. Sujatha Ramdorai
  3. Neela Natarajan
  4. Manjul Bhargava
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian mathematician is known for her work on partial differential equations?

  1. Sujatha Ramdorai
  2. Neela Natarajan
  3. Manjul Bhargava
  4. Renuka Ravindran
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the first Indian woman to be elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences?

  1. Neela Natarajan
  2. Manjul Bhargava
  3. Renuka Ravindran
  4. Sujatha Ramdorai
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian mathematician is known for her work on representation theory?

  1. Manjul Bhargava
  2. Renuka Ravindran
  3. Sujatha Ramdorai
  4. Neela Natarajan
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the first Indian woman to be elected as a member of the Indian National Science Academy?

  1. Renuka Ravindran
  2. Sujatha Ramdorai
  3. Neela Natarajan
  4. Manjul Bhargava
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian mathematician is known for her work on algebraic number theory?

  1. Sujatha Ramdorai
  2. Neela Natarajan
  3. Manjul Bhargava
  4. Renuka Ravindran
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the first Indian woman to be elected as a member of the Third World Academy of Sciences?

  1. Neela Natarajan
  2. Manjul Bhargava
  3. Renuka Ravindran
  4. Sujatha Ramdorai