Science Quiz 27

Science Quiz 27

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1. One of the Presidents of United States was also an inventor who invented many small practical devices including a revolving book-stand, a swivel chair and a wheel cypher. Who is he?

Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams

2. Micturition is the medical term for

Malnutrition
Urination
Microbial infection
Indigestion

3. Do you know what a female elephant is called?

Mare
Cow
Ewe
Sow

4. What was the code name of the nuclear weapons test conducted by US in 1945, prior to the bombing of Japan?

Trinity
Manhattan Project
Castle Bravo
Little Man

5. Sir C V Raman is the first scientist to be awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. Do you know the second scientist to be honoured with Bharat Ratna?

APJ Abdul Kalam
C N R Rao
Vikram Sarbhai
Homi J Bhabha

6. "The Book of Healing" is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia and the major work of an ancient Persian philosopher. Who is he?

Avicenna ibn Sina
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
Al-Kindi
Al-Farabi

7. Which country tops the list of countries by total green house gas (GHG) emissions?

India
USA
Russia
China

8. Which one of the following deals with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables?

Horticulture
Agriculture
Olericulture
Floriculture

9. Google recently launched the latest version of Android 8.0. What is the latest version called?

Marshmallow
Nougat
Lollipop
Oreo

10. Cassini–Huygens is an unmanned spacecraft by NASA which has entered the Grand Finale phase of its mission. To which planet was it sent?

Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter

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