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Indian Scientists and Scholars Questions

Multiple choice botany tissue culture common modes of vegetative propagation plant breeding for food production plant tissue culture

Famous embryologist of India who also advanced the science of morphology and tissue culture in India is?

  1. P. Maheshwari

  2. T. S. Sadasivan

  3. Swaminathan

  4. Ramdas
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Panchanan Maheshwari was a world-renowned Indian botanist who made significant contributions to plant embryology and established the Department of Botany at the University of Delhi as a center for research.

Multiple choice biology towards green energy solar power plant generation of electricity production of electricity from solar energy

Who was the Indian scientist who was primarily responsible for setting of nuclear reactors in India?

  1. H. J. Bhabha

  2. V. A. Sarabhai

  3. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

  4. G. Madhavan Nair
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Dr. Homi Jhehangir Bhabha was the first Indian scientist who initiated to set nuclear reactors in India. He is also known as the ''Father of Nuclear Science".

Multiple choice botany biodiversity and classification common diseases in humans epidemics transmission of diseases

Which of the following is famous mycologist of India?

  1. P. Maheshwari

  2. M. Iyengar

  3. K. Shauna

  4. Sadasivan
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Prof. T. S. Sadasivan has an outstanding work done in the fields of Plant Pathology and Mycology, this laboratory was elevated as a Centre for Advanced Studies by the University Grants Commission in 1964. T.S. Sadasivan work on physiology of infection by Fusarium. Other famous Indian mycologists are KC. Mehta, B.B. Mundkar and C.V. Subraman

Multiple choice bio-chemistry cell-the basic unit of life introduction to cell discovery and cell theory cell discovery cell discovery and cell theory cell as structural and functional unit

Who among the following is the father of Indian cytology?

  1. A. K. Sharma

  2. P. Maheshwari

  3. B. P. Pal

  4. Lal Singhji
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Arun Kumar Sharma or A. K. Sharma is the father of Indian cytology.

He developed various new methods for chromosome analysis and gives a new theory of speciation. He also demonstrated the role of repeat DNA sequences under stress conditions as well as in the control of various genetic characters in plants.

Multiple choice

Which important idea is credited to intellectuals of the Gupta Empire

  1. Invention of the telescope

  2. development of humanity's first written script

  3. the concept of zero

  4. invention of the magnetic compass
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Gupta period mathematicians and astronomers, such as Aryabhata, are credited with formalizing the concept of zero and the decimal system.

Multiple choice

Which famous engineer is from Karnataka

  1. Dr. CNR Rao

  2. Dr. Abdul Kalam

  3. Narayana Murthy

  4. M. Vishweshwaraya
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Sir M. Visvesvaraya was an outstanding Indian engineer, scholar, and statesman born in Muddenahalli, Karnataka. His birthday, September 15, is celebrated as Engineers' Day in India to honor his contributions to dam construction and water systems.

Multiple choice

who published journal asiatic researches ?

  1. thomas babingtan maucauly

  2. william jones

  3. coolebrooke

  4. charles wood
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B Correct answer
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The Asiatic Society (founded by Jones) published 'Asiatic Researches' journal starting in 1788. William Jones was the key figure behind both the society and the journal. Option B is correct.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?

  1. Sir John Marshall

  2. RD Banerji

  3. A Cunningham

  4. Daya Ram Sahani
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Alexander Cunningham, the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, conducted early excavations and identified the site of Harappa, though the full significance was realized later by others.

Multiple choice physics science in daily life inventions and inventors in science scientists indian scientist: biography and achievements

Which of the following scientists is known for his outstanding work in the genetic code?

  1. Satyendra Nath Bose

  2. Vikram Sarabhai

  3. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  4. Har Gobind Khorana
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Har Gobind Khorana was a biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.

Multiple choice physics science in daily life inventions and inventors in science scientists indian scientist: biography and achievements

Which Indian scientist is known for his crucial role in the development of Indias missile and nuclear weapons programmes?

  1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

  2. C. V. Raman

  3. Jagadish Chandra Bose

  4. Har Gobind Khorana
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A.P.J Abdul Kalam aka Missile Man, is known for hi crucial role in development of Indian missiles and nuclear weapons programmes.

Multiple choice

Who is often referred to as the 'Father of PIL' in India?

  1. A. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

  2. B. Justice P.N. Bhagwati

  3. C. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud

  4. D. Justice A.P. Shah
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Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer is often credited as the 'Father of PIL' in India for his pioneering role in expanding the scope of PIL and making it an effective tool for social justice.

Multiple choice

Which Indian astrophysicist is renowned for his work on black holes and gravitational waves?

  1. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

  2. Vikram Sarabhai

  3. Homi J. Bhabha

  4. Meghnad Saha
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist who made significant contributions to the study of black holes and gravitational waves. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on the theory of white dwarf stars.

Multiple choice

Who is considered the father of Indian space research?

  1. Vikram Sarabhai

  2. Homi J. Bhabha

  3. Meghnad Saha

  4. C. V. Raman
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Vikram Sarabhai is widely regarded as the father of Indian space research. He was the founder and first chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and played a pivotal role in establishing India's space program.

Multiple choice

Which Indian astronomer developed the Saha ionization equation, which describes the ionization of atoms in stellar atmospheres?

  1. Meghnad Saha

  2. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

  3. Vikram Sarabhai

  4. Homi J. Bhabha
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Meghnad Saha was an Indian astrophysicist who developed the Saha ionization equation, which describes the ionization of atoms in stellar atmospheres. This equation is a fundamental tool in understanding the composition and structure of stars.