Tag: science & technology

Ligaments are tough bands of connective tissue that connect bones to other bones at joints, providing stability. Cartilage is flexible tissue that cushions joints (like in your nose and ears), tendons connect muscles to bones, and muscles are the contractile tissues that move bones but don't hold joints together.

The ell and the bolt are traditional units used to measure cloth and textiles. An ell was approximately 45 inches (used in England), and a bolt typically refers to a rolled piece of cloth of specific length. Land is measured in acres or hectares, firewood in cords, and rainfall in millimeters or inches.

Sir Ronald Ross was born in Almora, India in 1857 when his father was serving as a British military officer in the Indian army. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for discovering the malaria transmission cycle through mosquitoes. The other options are incorrect: Roald Dahl was a writer born in Wales, Patrick Manson was a physician known for tropical medicine but not born in India to a military officer, and Campbell Claye Grant Ross was Ronald Ross's son who became a famous novelist.

Sir Ronald Ross was born in Almora, India in 1857 when his father was serving as a British military officer. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his groundbreaking work demonstrating that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, which revolutionized tropical medicine. The other options are incorrect: Roald Dahl was a British author, Patrick Manson was a Scottish physician who mentored Ross but wasn't born in India, and Campbell Claye Grant Ross was Ronald Ross's son.

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is universally known as Mother Teresa, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work among the poor and dying in India. The other options are incorrect: Madame Bhikaji Cama was an independence activist, Elizabeth Ann was associated with Aurobindo Ashram but not globally recognized, and Annie Besant was a theosophist and social reformer.

Sir V.S. Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago on August 17, 1932 to Indian descent parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1971 for his novel In a Free State and authored acclaimed works including A House for Mr Biswas. The other options are incorrect: Bankim Chandra Bose was a Bengali novelist who died in 1894, Amartya Sen is an economist, and Rabindranath Tagore was a poet who died in 1941.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan studied physics and biology (baroda, physics; Ohio University, biology) before winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on ribosome structure and function - a field different from his educational specializations. The other options are incorrect: C.V. Raman won a Nobel in Physics (related to his physics background), Chandrasekhar won in Astrophysics (related to his physics background), and Naipaul is a writer, not a scientist.

Krypton is used in specialized medical imaging to detect heart defects and also in certain electronic devices like flash lamps and lasers. Radon is radioactive and hazardous. Neon is used in signs and lighting. Argon is used in welding and as an inert atmosphere.

The gallbladder's primary function is to collect and store bile produced by the liver. It does NOT produce bile (that's the liver's job), filter calcium (that's kidneys), or filter toxins (that's the liver). The gallbladder concentrates and stores bile for release during digestion.

Electromagnetic radiation is energy that travels through space in waves. This includes visible light, radio waves, X-rays, and other forms of radiation. Inertia is resistance to motion, potential energy is stored energy, and kinetic energy is energy of motion - none of these describe energy moving in waves.