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Inventors and Scientific Discoveries

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This hub provides questions related to great inventors and their scientific discoveries. It covers the inventors of the telephone, radio, and microchips, alongside Nobel Prize winners. These facts are crucial for the general awareness section of major competitive exams.

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Inventors and Scientific Discoveries Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Alexander Fleming

  2. Robert Koch

  3. Robert Hooke

  4. Louis Pasteur

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Explanation

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 from the Penicillium mold. This was the first true antibiotic and revolutionized medicine by treating bacterial infections.

Multiple choice
  1. H. C. Grams

  2. Koch

  3. Hook

  4. Leeuwenhoek

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Explanation

The Gram staining technique was developed by Hans Christian Gram in 1884. This differential staining technique separates bacteria into Gram-positive and Gram-negative based on cell wall composition. Koch developed postulates, Hook worked on cells, and Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe microorganisms.

Multiple choice
  1. J. C. Bose

  2. Goldewski

  3. Wastermaeir

  4. Strasburger

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Explanation

In 1884, Goldewski gave the relay pump theory. According to him, ascent of sap takes place due to rhythmic change in the osmotic pressure of living cells of xylem parenchyma and medullary ray.

Multiple choice
  1. Banting and Best

  2. Beadle and Tatum

  3. Watson and Crick

  4. Sanger

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Explanation

Frederick Banting and John Macleod (with Charles Best and James Collip) discovered insulin in 1921-22, earning the 1923 Nobel Prize. Watson and Crick discovered DNA structure, Sanger developed protein sequencing, and Beadle and Tatum worked on gene-enzyme relationships.

Multiple choice
  1. human red blood cells

  2. sea urchin eggs

  3. salmon red blood cells

  4. orchid flowers

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Explanation

Microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), observed the nucleus in the red blood cells of salmon.