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(Please Mark The Most Appropriate Answer In The Red MCQ Answer Sheet.) 77. A car moves with a speed of 40Km/hr for 15 minutes and then with a speed of 60Km/hr for the next 15 minutes. The total distance covered by the car is b) 25 Km a) 100 Km 78. An Institute established by Megnadh Saha a) Institute of Nuclear Physics b) Indian Institute of Science c) 15Km d) 10Km c) Institute of Mathematics d) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 79. The first text book dealing with plants of Kerala written by Heinrich Van Reed Drackenstine c) Flora Zealanicum a) Species Plantarium b) Horthus Malabaricus 80. One of the following is a possible final stage of a star a) White dwarf b) Position Star 81. What is the chemical formula of Sulphurous acid? a) H2SO4 b) SO2 82. Which non-metal catches fire if exposed to air? a) Sodium b) Phosphorus 83. Fastest growing plant a) Ferns 84. Fastest fish a) Cosmopolitan Sailfish b) Bamboo c) Tachyon c) SO3 c) Calcium c) Coconut b) Shark c) Swordfish 85. Most common blood group in humans a) O b) A + c) AB 86. Which gas in the atmosphere protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiations? a) Ozone b) Oxygen c) Nitrogen 87. The animal kingdom is formally classified into major groups known as a) Phyla b) Sub Phyla c) Orders 88. Which rare element would you associate with Marie and Pierre Curie? a) Radium b) Platinum c) Gold 89. Who invented the miner's safety-lamp? a) Sir Humphrey Davy b) Thomas Alva Edison 90. What is the pulse rate of an average healthy human being? a) 16 beats per minute b) 72 beats per minute 91. The star which does not shift its position is ………… a) Pole star b) Shooting star c) Alexander Graham Bell c) 65 beats per minute c) Sun CATEGORY SASTRA PRATIBHA CONTEST 2011 J Conducted by Science India Forum, UAE in association with Vijnana Bharathi – India and supported by Embassy of India - UAE Date: 26 September, 2011 Duration: 1 hour Marks: 100 CATEGORY - JUNIOR (Std VIII, IX & X) d) Plantae Coromandelinae a) Rabi 1. Khonoma Farmers in Nagaland practiced this sort of shifting cultivation for centuries together b) Kharif c) Jhum d) Risal d) Neutrino 2. ‘Nikhilam’ is a word used in a) Astronomy c) Algebra d) Astrology d) H2SO3 3. In Ayurveda ‘Salya Tantra’ deals with a) Treatment of disease b) Surgery c) Toxicology d) Children’s disease d) Uranium 4. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany is located at a) Allahabad b) Lucknow c) Meerut d) Muzafarpur d) Banyan 5. Author of “Gavayurveda” a) Kautilya c) Parasara d) Panini d) Bluefin Tuna 6. “Salihotra Samhita” deals with b) Dogs and Cats a) Elephant c) Horses d) Medicinal Plants d) B + 7. Har Gobind Khorana was awarded Nobel Prize in the year a) 1928 b) 1948 c) 1968 d) 1988 d) Carbon Dioxide 8. ‘Rasa Ratnakara’ is a book written by a) Charaka b) Nagarjuna c) Susrutha d) Patanjali d) Families 9. The publications on this chemical brought P.C. Ray recognition from all over the world a) Mercurous sulphite b) Mercurous nitrite c) Zinc oxide d) Zinc nitrite d) Uranium 10. Founder of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research b) Homi Bhabha a) Vikram Sarabhai c) C.V. Raman d) M.N. Saha d) Sir Frank Whittle 11. Farmers can keep their soil fertile by a) Re-growing the same crop b) Irrigation c) Regular Tilling d) Crop Rotation d) 100 beats per minute 12. A modern variation of the ancient gurukula system b) Tol a) Dhal c) Roll d) Kole d) Orion 13. An ancient Indian University which accommodated 7,500 student, 1,500 teachers and 12,000 assistants and workers a) Takshasila c) Nalanda d) Amaravati b) Jegadala 92. Out of 32 students in a class, 8 like cricket. Percentage of students who don’t like cricket is ……………………. a) 50 b) 25 c) 75 d) 35 14. Ayurveda is also known as a) Science of Life 93. If one of the angles of a triangle is equal to the sum of the other two angles, then the triangle is…………………. a) an isosceles triangle b) an equilateral triangle c) an obtuse angled triangle d) a right triangle 94. The angle which is equal to 8 times its complement is ………………… a) 80 b) 72 c) 90 95. In a rhombus ABCD, AC is the diagonal and a) 60° b) 90° ACB = 30°, then D = …………. c) 120° 97. Select the correct order of classification b) phylum a) class order order 63 c) 2 c) order genus b) Gautama c) Science of Meals d) Science of Astrology 15. Oven-baked bricks were invented in India in around a) 4000 BC b) 5000 BC c) 6000 BC d) 2000 BC d) 88 16. Study of the sun is known as a) Hepatology b) Hydroponics c) Heliology d) Ichthyology d) 150° 17. Avesta is the text of a) Parsis b) Science of Veda b) Egyptians c) Zoroastrians d) Mangolians d) 1/2 18. Proclaiming the copper technology of ancient India, a smelting furnace dated 800 BC was found in this place at Maharashtra a) Amaravati b) Naikund c) Nashik d) Lonavala d) kingdom 19. The name of an Indian naval Pilot hired by Vasco da Gama to captain his ships for the journey to India a) Kumhar b) Kanha c) Maiji d) Mayya 64 96. One fourth of 2 is ………………. 60 62 a) 2 b) 2 2 (Please Mark The Most Appropriate Answer In The Red MCQ Answer Sheet.) b) Vedic Mathematics 60 genus 20. The great Indian Mathematician who is credited as the Founder of Linguistics a) Chandragupta b) Kautilya c) Varahamihira d) Panini d) Chera family class family order 21. The Iron pillar of Delhi is believed to be cast during the ……… period a) Gupta c) Pandya b) Chola genus genus species class 22. Which one of the following is not an example of connective tissue? a) Cartilage b) Skull c) Blood d) Brain 23. The enzymes of saliva helps in the partial break down of b) Fat a) Protein c) Starch d) All of the above 24. Rearing of silk worm is called a) Pisciculture b) Apiculture c) Sericulture d) Syliviculture 25. Birbal Sahni was a ………… by profession a) Ornithologist b) Astrophysicist c) Paleobotanist d) Mathematician 98. The type of association between crop and weeds is an example of ………. a) Mutualism b) Competition c) Commonsalism 99. Burning of LPG is an example of ……….. a) Physical Change b) Chemical Change c) Physical & Chemical Change d) Parasitism d) None of the above 100. The solution of an unknown substance ‘X’ becomes pink on adding phenolphthalein. The compound could be …………. a) Acidic b) Basic c) Neutral d) Amphoteric SERIES (Please Mark The Most Appropriate Answer In The Red MCQ Answer Sheet.) 26. Homi Bhabha is famous for this theory b) Theory of Coherer a) Theory of Relativity c) Cascade theory of electron showers d) Diffusion theory of Coefficient 27. M.N. Saha’s remarkable contribution is in the field of …………. b) Chemistry a) Astrology c) Astrophysics d) Mathematics 28. The most ancient work in Mathematics a) Pancha Siddhanthika b) Vedanga Jyothisha c) Sulba Sutras d) Aryabhateeya 29. Radical motion of sunspots are also known as …….. a) Evershed Effect b) Newton’s Effect c) Bernauli’s Effect 30. Sir C.V. Raman won Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on ………… b) Theory of relativity a) Scattering of light c) Theory of diffusion 31. Author of the book ‘Greek Alchemy’ b) Von Hoffen a) Berthelot 32. A student of Acharya P.C. Ray a) Homi Bhaba b) S.S. Bhatnagar c) Euler c) C.V. Raman (Please Mark The Most Appropriate Answer In The Red MCQ Answer Sheet.) 52. One of the subjects in which Sir C.V. Raman did research a) Thermodynamics b) Acoustics c) Algebra d) Opto-electronics 53. Dr. Har Gobind Khorana was awarded Nobel Prize for his work on …….. a) Interpretation of enzyme action b) Interpretation of genetic code d) Action of biomolecules on drug delivery c) Action of cancer suppressing drugs 54. A scientist who shared Nobel Prize with H.G. Khoranna b) Robert Clive a) Robert. W. Holley c) Paul Haniman d) Henry. V. Theodore d) Wilson Effect 55. The switches which automatically turn off when current in a circuit exceeds the safe limit are called ……….. a) Electromagnet d) Transistors b) CROs c) MCBs d) Magneto optic effect 56. The reflection caused by the irregularities in the reflecting surface is …………. a) Regular reflection b) Lateral inversion c) Diffused reflection d) Total internal reflection 57. The author of the well known book “Drigganitham” in which the Parahita System had been revised a) Sangamagrama Madhavan b) Parameswaran c) Aryabhata d) Neelakanta Somayaji 58. National Chemical Laboratory is located at …………….. a) Mumbai b) Ahmedabad c) Nasik d) Pune c) Kinase d) Cryptose d) Perkin d) S.N. Patel 33. PCRA stands for a) Pollution Control Research Association c) Petroleum Control Research Association b) Petroleum Conservation Research Association d) Petrol, Coal Reserve Association 59. This enzyme connects sections of DNA b) Co-polymerase a) Ligase 34. Bird with the largest wing span b) Eagle a) Ostrich c) Albatross d) Pelican 60. The United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy with Dr. Homi Bhabha as the Chairman was held in 1955 at c) Zurich a) Geneva b) Munich d) California 35. A great Indian Philosopher who explicitly stated the concept of atom a) Kanada b) Salihotra c) Aryabhata d) Bhaskara 61. The oldest of vedas a) Rig Veda 36. The birth place of playing cards a) Persia b) Egypt d) Africa 62. Indian Institute of Management is located at …………. a) Baroda b) Surat 37. This great Indian Scientist can be aptly called as the Inventor of Wireless Telegraphy c) M.N. Saha b) S.N. Bose a) J.C. Bose d) P.C. Ray 63. In 1957 Russian Space Programme had the successful launching of this satellite c) Sputnik a) Aryabhata b) Bhaskara d) Arion 38. Dr. Anil Kakodkar obtained his basic degree in a) Mechanical Engineering b) Chemical Engineering c) Civil Engineering d) Aeronautical Engineering 64. What is known as the universal solvent? a) Water b) Sulphuric Acid c) Hydrochloric Acid d) Aqua Regia 39. The first nuclear reactor of India is located at b) Trombay a) Kalpakam c) Rawabhatta d) Panjim 65. The Indian Scientist who was not a Mathematician a) Baudhayana b) Aryabhata c) Nagarjuna d) Brahmagupta 40. The Missile Man of India? a) Homi Bhabha c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam d) Anil Kakodkar 66. ‘Venuaroham’ is a book written by …………. a) Bhaskaracharya b) Sangama Grama Madhavan c) Aryabhata d) None of them 41. If the mass of a star exceeds the Chandrasekhar Limit, it would …………. c) Become a Black Hole a) Become a White Dwarf b) Continue to collapse d) Become a Comet 67. “Shi-al-Muhammad” is the translation of ……….. a) Charaka Samhita b) Susruta Samhita c) Ashtanga Hridayam d) Upavana Vinodam 42. The Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad was established by …………….. c) Vikram Sarabhai a) Homi Bhabha b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam d) M.N. Saha 68. “We should be grateful to Indians who taught us how to count”. These are the words of ……….. a) Albert Einstein b) Archimedis c) Bernard Shaw d) Thomas Alva Edison 43. Author of ‘Krishisookthi” a) Kanada d) Kasyapa 69. The number known as Ramanujan Number a) 1729 b) 1829 d) 1879 b) Vikram Sarabhai b) Parassara c) India c) Palakapya 44. The Scientist who was associated with the fabrication of the highly sensitive “Coherer” which detects radio waves c) J.C. Bose a) M.N. Saha b) S.N. Bose d) Homi Bhabha 45. The Scientist who was famous for the ‘Thermal Ionization Formula’ c) S.N. Bose a) J.C. Bose b) M.N. Saha d) Homi Bhabha b) Atharva Veda c) Sama Veda d) Yajur Veda c) Ahmedabad d) Valsad c) 1279 70. An iron ball at 40°C is dropped in a mug containing water at 40°C. The heat will a) Flow from iron ball to water b) Not flow from iron ball to water or from water to iron ball. c) Flow from water to iron ball d) Increase the temperature of both. 71. Author of the book ‘Orders of Infinity’ a) Euler b) S. Ramanujan c) G.H. Hardy d) Bernouli 46. Architect of Krishnarajasagar dam a) M. Sreenivasan b) S.R. Iyengar c) M. Visveswaraya d) None of them 47. The malarial parasite in mosquito was discovered by …….. a) Robert Hook b) Ronal Ross 72. There is a maximum mass of a star which can be supported against gravity by pressure made up of electrons and atomic nuclei. The value of this limit is about 1.44 times a solar mass. This is known as ……………. c) W.M. Haffkine d) Dr. Manson a) Bose-Einstein Limit d) Homi Bhabha 73. The toxic substance contained in compact fluorescent lamp is a) Hydrogen b) Carbon d) IVRI, Izatnagar 74. An ancient text which considered that the ecology of a particular area is determined by the plant community present c) Rig Veda a) Atharva Veda b) Sama Veda d) Manu Smriti d) Bhaskara 75. This famous British Scientist is considered as the “Father of Indian Botany” c) Nathaneal Johnson a) Carl Linneaus b) William Roxberg d) George Rumphins d) Goa 76. The first Chairman of Indian Atomic Energy Commission a) Homi Bhabha b) Vikram Sarabhai d) Anil Kakodkar 48. The first Director General of CSIR a) P.C. Ray b) S.S. Bhatnagar 49. A national Institute established by Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar a) CFTRI, Mysore b) NDRI, Lucknow c) S.N. Bose c) Bose Institute, Calcutta 50. An Indian Mathematician who had significant contribution to the analytical theory of numbers c) Aryabhata a) C.V. Raman b) Srinivasa Ramanujan 51. Indian Association of Cultivation of Science is located at ……….. a) Mumbai b) Bangalore c) Calcutta b) Bernauli’s Limit c) Chandrasekhar Limit d) C.V. Raman Limit c) Mercury d) Bismuth c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam