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Which of the following scientist is known as "Father of Microbiology" ?

  1. Alexander Fleming

  2. Hippocrates

  3. Louis Pasteur

  4. Antony van Leeuwenhoek
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Louis Pasteur is known as father of microbiology. He was a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist who his known for his discoveries of the principals of the vaccination, microbial fermentation an pasteurization. 

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Which of the following scientist is widely regarded as the "Father of India's nuclear science program" ?

  1. Vikram Sarabhai

  2. Satyendra Nath Bose

  3. Homi Jehangir Bhabha

  4. Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Homi Jehangir Bhabha $\left( { 30 }^{ th }October,1909-{ 24 }^{ th }January,1966 \right) $ was widely considered as the "Father of India's Nuclear Science Program"

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Where is the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) located?

  1. Jaisalmer

  2. Leh

  3. Jaipur

  4. Kota
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The Indian Astronomical Observatory, located near Leh in Ladakh, India, has one of the world's highest located sites for optical, infrared and gamma-ray telescopes. It is operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.

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Who invented the first telescope?

  1. Hans Lippershey

  2. Galileo

  3. Ptomely

  4. Plato
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The first telescope was made by Hans Lippershey in the early 1600s. He was a German-Dutch glassmaker, and he managed to reduce the amount of light in his telescope while focusing it. His model inspired other scientists to work on perfecting the telescope.

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Where is Vain Bappu observatory located?

  1. Udaipur, Rajasthan

  2. Jantar-mantar, Delhi

  3. Kavloore, Tamilnadu

  4. Patiala, Punjab
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The Vainu Bappu Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It is located at Kavaloore in the Javadi Hills, near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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The first man who entered into space ____________.

  1. Yuri Gagarin

  2. Alexi Leonav

  3. Valantino Tereshkova

  4. Kalpana Chawla
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Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel to space on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1. Alexei Leonov (misspelled as Leonav) was the first person to conduct a spacewalk. Valentina Tereshkova (misspelled as Valantino) was the first woman in space. Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut who died in the Columbia disaster in 2003.