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The Impact of Black Holes on Indian Public Understanding of Science

This quiz is designed to assess your understanding of the impact of black holes on Indian public understanding of science.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the first Indian scientist to propose the existence of black holes?

  1. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  2. Meghnad Saha
  3. Vikram Sarabhai
  4. Homi J. Bhabha
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is credited with developing the theory of black hole accretion disks?

  1. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  2. Meghnad Saha
  3. Vikram Sarabhai
  4. Homi J. Bhabha
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian space observatory that was launched in 2015 to study black holes?

  1. AstroSat
  2. Chandrayaan-1
  3. Mangalyaan
  4. NISAR
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian city is home to the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), one of the world's largest radio telescopes used to study black holes?

  1. Mumbai
  2. Delhi
  3. Kolkata
  4. Pune
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian scientist who is the current director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), a leading research institute in the field of black hole studies?

  1. Dipankar Bhattacharya
  2. Somak Raychaudhury
  3. Naresh Dadhich
  4. Sanjeev Dhurandhar
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is known for his work on the gravitational waves emitted by black holes?

  1. B. S. Sathyaprakash
  2. C. V. Vishveshwara
  3. Sanjeev Dhurandhar
  4. Naresh Dadhich
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian scientist who is a member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which captured the first image of a black hole in 2019?

  1. Sheperd Doeleman
  2. Heino Falcke
  3. Feryal "Oz" Ozel
  4. Sera Markoff
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is known for his work on the thermodynamics of black holes?

  1. A. K. Raychaudhuri
  2. C. V. Vishveshwara
  3. Naresh Dadhich
  4. Sanjeev Dhurandhar
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian scientist who is a leading expert on the quantum gravity of black holes?

  1. Abhay Ashtekar
  2. Amitabha Sen
  3. Sumati Surya
  4. Vijay Balasubramanian
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is known for his work on the black hole information paradox?

  1. Vijay Balasubramanian
  2. Sumati Surya
  3. Amitabha Sen
  4. Abhay Ashtekar
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian scientist who is a leading expert on the cosmology of black holes?

  1. Tarun Souradeep
  2. Pankaj Jain
  3. Ravi Sheth
  4. Subir Sarkar
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is known for his work on the gravitational lensing of black holes?

  1. Pankaj Jain
  2. Ravi Sheth
  3. Subir Sarkar
  4. Tarun Souradeep
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian scientist who is a leading expert on the numerical relativity of black holes?

  1. Bala R. Iyer
  2. M. S. S. Gowda
  3. Sanjeev Dhurandhar
  4. Naresh Dadhich
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is known for his work on the black hole-neutron star merger?

  1. M. S. S. Gowda
  2. Sanjeev Dhurandhar
  3. Naresh Dadhich
  4. Bala R. Iyer
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Indian scientist who is a leading expert on the astrophysics of black holes?

  1. Dipankar Bhattacharya
  2. Somak Raychaudhury
  3. Naresh Dadhich
  4. Sanjeev Dhurandhar
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