Monday, 30 December 2019

Unit I Srinivasa Ramanujan


UNIT  - I
1.    A Write the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan.                                            7M

B. Rewrite as directed.                                                                                       3M
1.    1. Probation     2. Interview     3.Selection      4. Appointment          
5. Advertisement   6.  Application (Arrange them in the order)
2.    The children will be swimming in the ocean this time next week. (Identify function and content words)
3.    Did you give the new couple your best wish-------------? (Plural Inflections)
    
2.    A. Justify Srinivasa Ramanujan is a great mathematician.                             7M

B.   Rewrite as directed.                                                                                      3M
1.    the/committee/lavish/entrainment/provided/were/members. (Sentence Construction)          
2.    1. House    2. Street    3. Room          4. Town           5. District (Arrange them in the order)
3.    Rao has lived in England for ten years.(Identify function and content words)
    
3.    A. Describe Srinivasa Ramanujan’s achievements as a mathematician.         7M
B.   Rewrite as directed.                                                                                      3M
1. bring up/on/a/low/a/income/very/family/it/difficult/is/to.
2.    1. Wall             2. Clay             3. House   4. Room    5. Bricks(Arrange them in the order)
3.    He is going to fly to Chicago next week. (Identify function and content words)

4.    A. Justify–Srinivasa Ramanujan as an incredible outpouring of mathematical genius.                                                                                                                           7M
B. Rewrite as directed.                                                                                       3M
 1. she/when/ate/served/I/to/lunch/her/content/heart’s.
2.    I don’t understand this chapter of the book. (Identify function and content words)
3.    A lot of patient----------were waiting for the doctor at the clinic. (Plural Inflections)


5.    Explain briefly about Srinivasa Ramanujan.                                                   7M
B. Rewrite as directed.                                                                                       3M
1. before/check/the/you/go/out/weather.(sentence construction)
2. Elephant           2. Cat  3. Mosquito    4. Tiger           5. Whale (Arrange them in the order)
3. North India experiences very cold weather-----------in winter. (Plural Inflections)

6.    A. Justify the continuing Spell of Srinivasa Ramanujan on the mathematicians till date.                                                                                                                                  7M
B.   Describe briefly the place of Abdul Kalam’s birth.                                        3M


7. A. Do you think Ramanujan would have made a greater contribution if he had never gone to England? Justify.                                                                                         7M
B. How did the cyclone that stuck the Rameswaram coast affect the author’s family business? How did they deal with the situation?                                        3M

8.    A. Do you think that Ramanujan’s contribution to mathematics would have been greater if 
he had been exposed to the work of other great mathematicians? Give examples.                                                                                                                                7M
B.    What event influenced the author to move away and study in Schwartz High School?                                                                                                                       3M
9.    A. What evidence do you find in the text to support the statement that Ramanujan was   an unusual mathematical genius?                                                              7M
B.   What was the emphasis on in the interview at the Air Force Selection? What do you
understand from the way the author dealt with failing the interview?          3M

10. A. Explain why did Ramanujan returned in 1919 to India.                          7M
B. What was the important lesson that Iyadurai Solomon taught the author?    3M

11. A. National Mathematics day is celebrated on whose name. Substantiate your answer. 7M
B.  Pleasures of Rainy Day                                                                                  3M
12. A. Write about the significance of the women in Ramanujan’s life?            7M
B. An ideal teacher                                                                                              3M
13. A. Which famous number theorist always used to carry a copy of Ramanujan’s  collected papers wherever he went?                                                                        7M
B. My First Day at College                                                                                  3M
14. Which seminal paper of Ramanujan was published in the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics, Oxford in 1914 which has paved the way for modern day computer algorithms?                                                                                                      7M
B. Things I like about My Teacher                                                                      3M
15. Srinivasa Ramanujan wrote to the English mathematician G.H. Hardy who arranged for     him to come to Cambridge. Justify.                                                     7M
B. Five Virtues I Admire most                                                                            3M


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