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General Science Quiz - Scientists, Inventions and Discoveries

A mixed quiz covering scientists, scientific discoveries, inventions, and general science knowledge from around the world

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sir C.V.Raman got Nobel Prize in physics for the

  1. refraction of light
  2. reflection of light
  3. scattering of light
  4. dispersion of light
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists is known for his achievements in Mathematics?

  1. Jagadish Chandra Bose
  2. Srinivasa Ramanujan
  3. Vikram Sarabhai
  4. Salim Ali
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is popularly known as missile man of India? 

  1. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. Dr. C .V. Raman
  3. Dr. Har Gobind Khorana
  4. None of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for demonstrating how the nucleotides in nucleic acids control the synthesis of proteins?

  1. Satyendra Nath Bose
  2. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  3. S.S. Abhyankar
  4. Har Gobind Khorana
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which subatomic particle is named after the Indian scientist  Dr. Bose?

  1. Boson
  2. Boron
  3. Positron
  4. B meson
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists published papers that helped other scientists to simplify the complex mathematics problems?

  1. Meghnad Saha
  2. Vikram Sarabhai
  3. Srinivasa Ramanujan
  4. Salim Ali
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist's achievement is related to scattering of light?

  1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. C. V. Raman
  3. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  4. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists was also one of the Presidents of India?

  1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  3. Jagadish Chandra Bose
  4. Har Gobind Khorana
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Raman Effect' is named after which of the following Indian scientists? 

  1. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. C. V. Raman
  3. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  4. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists is known as the father of the Indian Space program?

  1. Vikram Sarabhai
  2. Srinivasa Ramanujan
  3. Har Gobind Khorana
  4. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist is most famous for his work on the quantum physics along side with Albert Einstein?

  1. Meghnad Saha
  2. S.S. Abhyankar
  3. Satyendra Nath Bose
  4. Vikram Sarabhai
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who in $1939$ suggested the name meson for middle-weight particles?

  1. Abraham Pais
  2. Homi J. Bhabha
  3. Hideki Yukawa
  4. C. Anderson
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