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Famous Personalities and Discoveries

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Famous personalities and discoveries questions test your knowledge of historical figures, scientists, and their groundbreaking inventions. These are highly scoring topics in SSC, banking, and state PSC general awareness sections. Solve these questions to memorize important contributions easily.

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Famous Personalities and Discoveries Questions

Multiple choice

Plants were first described by

  1. Aristotle

  2. Pluto

  3. Theophrastus

  4. John Ray
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 Theophrastus described plants by their uses, and attempted a biological classification based on how plants reproduced, a first in the history of botany.

Multiple choice

Earth

  1. Dante

  2. Plato

  3. Emile Zola

  4. Hale
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The question is ambiguous as 'Earth' is not a famous literary work by Emile Zola. It is possible the question refers to 'La Terre' (The Earth), which is a novel by Emile Zola, but the phrasing is unclear.

Multiple choice

Who is called the father of computer?

  1. Bill Gates

  2. Hollerith

  3. Charles Babbage

  4. William Oughtred
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Charles Babbage is widely considered the father of the computer for his design of the Analytical Engine.

Multiple choice

Who discovered the law of gravitation?

  1. Isaac Newton

  2. Pavlov

  3. Einstein

  4. Rutherford
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Isaac Newton formulated the law of universal gravitation in his work Principia Mathematica, published in 1687.

Multiple choice

Which of the following scientists announced the universal law of gravitation?

  1. Louis Pasteur

  2. C.V. Raman

  3. Faraday

  4. Issac Newton
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Isaac Newton announced the universal law of gravitation, describing the gravitational attraction between all objects with mass. Louis Pasteur worked in microbiology, C.V. Raman in physics (Raman effect), and Faraday in electromagnetism. Note: 'Issac' should be 'Isaac'.

Multiple choice

Who proposed the law of limiting factors?

  1. Henri Braconnot

  2. Julius von Sachs

  3. Frederick Frost Blackman

  4. Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Frederick Frost Blackman proposed the law of limiting factors. A process is contingent on a variety of factors, like the rate is limited by the speed of the slowest factors. This minimum value is the optimum value, which indicates the highest rate and a maximum value above which no photosynthesis can occur.

Multiple choice

Who is regarded as the father of railway system?

  1. James Watt

  2. George Stephenson

  3. James Hargreaves

  4. Richard Ark Wright
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B Correct answer
Explanation

George Stephenson is widely recognized as the father of the railway system for his pioneering work in steam locomotive development. James Watt is known for the steam engine, while Hargreaves and Arkwright are associated with the textile industry.

Multiple choice

Who is known as the 'Father of Green revolution'?

  1. Norman Borlaugh

  2. Albert Howard

  3. Vavilov

  4. Garner and Allard
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Norman Borlaug is widely recognized as the Father of the Green Revolution for his work in developing high-yielding wheat varieties that saved millions from starvation.

Multiple choice

Who coined the term 'microscope'?

  1. Galileo Galilei

  2. Zacharias Janssen

  3. Robert Hooke

  4. Giovanni Faber

  5. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Giovanni Faber (1625) coined the term 'microscope'.