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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. Edward Jenner

  2. Barry Marshall

  3. Homer Simpson

  4. Alexander Fleming

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 when he noticed that a mold called Penicillium notatum had killed bacteria in a petri dish.

Multiple choice
  1. Thomas Edison

  2. Albert Einstein

  3. George Swann

  4. John Weeks

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Thomas Edison is credited with developing the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb in 1879. While others had experimented with light, Edison's design was the first to be widely used.

Multiple choice
  1. Rosalind Franklin

  2. James Watson

  3. Francis Crick

  4. Erwin Chargaff

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Erwin Chargaff discovered that the amount of adenine equals thymine and the amount of guanine equals cytosine, which provided the basis for base-pairing rules.

Multiple choice zoology classification of living beings classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification different types of classifications introduction to classification of living organisms

Three kingdom system was proposed by 

  1. Haeckel

  2. Whittaker

  3. Aristotle

  4. Mayer

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A Correct answer
Explanation

In 1860s, the German investigator Ernst Haeckel proposed a three-kingdom system of classification. Haeckel's three kingdoms were Animalia, Plantae, and Protista. 

Multiple choice zoology classification of living beings classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification different types of classifications introduction to classification of living organisms

Which of the following scientist created the group Protista for both unicellular plants and animals?

  1. Haeckel

  2. Pasteur

  3. Lister

  4. Koch

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A Correct answer
Explanation

In the year 1866, Ernst Haeckel proposed the three kingdom classification. The three kingdoms are protista, plantae and animalia. The unicellular prokaryotic organisms were placed in the group of monera. This group includes the organisms which have chloroplast and resemble plants as well as the organisms which resemble animals. The group of protists are divided into two groups as plant-like protists and animal-like protists. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Multiple choice chemistry nature of things objects around us different types of materials materials around us and importance of grouping

Who was the scientist to make attempts for giving explanatory definition of element?

  1. Rontgen

  2. Dalton

  3. Rutherford

  4. Laveziour

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Rontgen discovered X-rays.
Dalton proposed the postulates of Atomic Theory.
Rutherford discovered $\alpha$ and $\beta$ and also [performed the Gold-foil experiment for the discovery of the nucleus.
Laveziour attempted to give the explanatory definition of elements and stated that element is the basic unit of substance.

Multiple choice business maths correlation and regression analysis karl pearson coefficient of correlation karl pearson's product moment method karl's pearson method

Who has coined the term Regression?

  1. Francis Galton

  2. R.A. Fisher

  3. Daniel

  4. Karl Pearson

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Regression is a technique for determining the statistical relationship between two or more variables where a change in a dependable variable is associated with and depends on a change in one or more independant variables. The term regression has been coined by Francis Galton.

Multiple choice commercial applications population - the increasing numbers and rising problem impact of depletion of natural resources population growth models depletion of resources

The concept that 'population tends to increase geometrically while food supply increases arithmetically was put forward by

  1. Adam Smith

  2. Charles Darwin

  3. Thomas Malthus

  4. Stuart Mill

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The concept that 'population tends to increase geometrically while food supply increases arithmetically were put forward by Thomas Malthus. In his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was greatly influenced by the English clergyman Thomas Malthus. Malthus published a book in 17981798 stating that populations with unlimited natural resources grow very rapidly, after which population growth decreases as resources become depleted. This accelerating pattern of increasing population size is called exponential growth.

So, the correct answer is 'Thomas Malthus'.

Multiple choice botany photosynthesis action spectrum and absorption spectrum spectrum of electromagnetic radiation chloroplast and pigments of photosynthesis

What is the name of scientist who showed that sunlight is essential for photosynthesis?

  1. Jan Ingenhousz

  2. Joseph Priestley

  3. Robert Hook

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jan Ingen-Housz showed that sunlight is essential for photosynthesis. He concluded that green plants purify the air in presence of sunlight. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

Multiple choice biology cell biology and biotechnology agritourism biotechnology commercial applications of biotechnology

The Nobel Laureate, who developed semi-dwarf wheat varieties of  

  1. Norman E Borlaug

  2. Herbert Boyer

  3. William Harvey

  4. Typhoid Mary.

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A Correct answer
Explanation

  • The Nobel Laureate, Norman E. Borlaug at International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement in Mexico , developed semi-dwarf varieties of wheat. Example; Sonalika and Kalyan Sona which are high yielding and disease resistant.
  • Herbert Boyer is a researcher in biotechnology and discovered the restriction enzymes. 
  • William Harvey is the father of circulatory system. 
  • Maer Mallon known as Typhoid Mary . She was the first carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever.
So, the correct option is 'Option A' .

Multiple choice urea organic compounds with functional group containing nitrogen

Urea was first organic compound to be synthesised by:

  1. Laminar

  2. Wohler

  3. Beryine

  4. Haber

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Friedrich Wohler synthesized urea from ammonium cyanate in 1828, the first organic compound made from inorganic starting materials, disproving vitalism theory. Laminar is misspelled (should be Lavoisier? Neither made urea). Bergius (Beryine?) worked on hydrogenation. Haber developed ammonia synthesis.