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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
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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
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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
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96. One fourth of 2 is ……………….
60
62
a) 2
b) 2
2
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b) Vedic Mathematics
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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
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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
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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