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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?
(a) Extended family.
(b) Prominent villagers.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Friends of the family.

2. When did Ramanujan win a scholarship for his math skills?
(a) After high school.
(b) After college.
(c) After middle school.
(d) During high school.

3. Who was G. H. Hardy?
(a) Ramanujan's father-in-law.
(b) The mathematician who helped Ramanujan.
(c) Ramanujan's Colorado-author.
(d) Ramanujan's boss.

4. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?
(a) Cambridge of South India.
(b) The Bollytechnicum.
(c) Harvard of South India.
(d) Oxford of South India.

5. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?
(a) Because of his womanizing.
(b) Because of his progress in all his fields.
(c) Because of his rowdy behavior.
(d) Because he neglected his studies aside from math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?

2. Where had the author of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' taught?

3. Who is Namagiri?

4. What was Ramanujan like in school?

5. Where did Ramanujan eventually find work?

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