Tag: inventions and inventors in science

Questions Related to inventions and inventors in science

Which Indian scientist won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for demonstrating how the nucleotides in nucleic acids control the synthesis of proteins?

  1. Satyendra Nath Bose

  2. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

  3. S.S. Abhyankar

  4. Har Gobind Khorana


Correct Option: D

Marie Curie is credited to the development of which of the following element ?

  1. Thorium

  2. Cesium

  3. Radium

  4. Carbon


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Marie Curie and Pierre Curie discovered the element radium.  Thorium is discovered by Jons Jacob Berzellius. Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff  discovered Cesium and Carbon is recognized as an element by Antoine Lavoisier.    

Which planet was discovered by NASA's MAVEN to have a twisted magnetic tail? 

  1. Venus

  2. Mars

  3. Saturn

  4. Neptune


Correct Option: B

Which subatomic particle is named after the Indian scientist  Dr. Bose?

  1. Boson

  2. Boron

  3. Positron

  4. B meson


Correct Option: A

Law of electromagnetic induction was given by _____________.

  1. Hans Christian Oersted

  2. Michael Faraday

  3. Joseph Henry

  4. J.J. Thomson


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Law of electromagnetic induction,also known as faradays's law of electromagnetic induction was given by michael faraday.

Where in Kerala has a new edible freshwater fish been discovered? 

  1. Pampa river

  2. Periyar river

  3. Kallada river

  4. Kabini river


Correct Option: A

Scientists have discovered an artificial _____ which can help premature babies. Fill in the blank.

  1. Heart

  2. Lungs

  3. Pancreas

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following Indian scientists published papers that helped other scientists to simplify the complex mathematics problems?

  1. Meghnad Saha

  2. Vikram Sarabhai

  3. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  4. Salim Ali


Correct Option: C

Which of the following books is not written by Werner Heisenberg?

  1. Breakthrough

  2. The Physical Principles of the quantum theory

  3. Physics and Philosophy

  4. Physics and Beyond


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Werner Heisenberg was a german physicist and author of many theoretical looks such as :

a) The physical Principles of Quantum Theorem.
b) Physics and Philosophy
c) Physics and Beyond etc.

Antoine Henri Becquerel was awarded the Nobel Prize in $1903$ for.

  1. Discovering spontaneous radioactivity

  2. Diffraction of X-rays

  3. Demonstrating the influence of earth's magnetic field on its atmosphere

  4. Investigating the absorption of light by crystals


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Antonie Henri Becquerel was awarded Nobel prize in $1903$ for discovering spontaneous radioactivity.