Euclid's geometry

1m questions

A pyramid is a

solid figure with base as a triangle or a square or any other polygon with it side faces as triangles converging at a point at the top.

The alters also called ____ were _____ or ______ for household rituals.

combination of other polygons for public worship like rectangle triangle trapezium.

vedis, square or circle

The sriyantra was_______ isosceles triangle producing ___ _______triangles.

9 interwoven, 43 subsidiary

The Indus valley civilization in 3000 BCE was highly developed and well planned. The roads were ______ and there was underground drainage system.

parallel

Bricks were kiln fired and ratio of length:breadth: thickness was found to be ______.

4:2:1

_______ was a Greek mathematician who gave the first known proof that was __________________.His most famous pupil was Pythagoras.

Thales, diameter bisects the circle

_____was a teacher at Alexandria in Egypt he collected all the known work and arranged it in “______” treaty which had 13 chapters each called a book.

Euclid, elements.

A point is that which has ____.

no part

A line is _________ length

Breadthless

The ends of lines are _____

Points

A ________________ is a line that lies evenly with the points on itself.

straight line

A surface is that which has ______and______ only.

length breadth

The edges of a surface are ________.

lines

A________ is a surface which lies evenly on the lines itself.

plane surface

__________ is a system of axioms.

Consistent

Axioms and postulate are ______________ truths. Axioms are assumptions__________________, postulate are assumptions __________

obvious universal,throughout mathematics, specific to geometry

Parallel lines are the line that

don't intersect anywhere.

perpendicular lines are two lines which are

right angled to each other.

line segment is a _______ line.

terminated

radius of a circle is a

line segment joining the centre of the circle to any point on its circumference.