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Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? Theory/Law — Associated Scientist

1. Continental Drift : Edwin Hubble
2. Expansion of Universe : Alfred Wegener
3. Photoelectric Effect : Albert Einstein

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Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. Francis Collins — Mapping human genome
2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine
3. Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia

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Nobel Prize–winning scientist James

D. Watson is known for his work in which area?

What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine worked to get the prize?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Co-founder of Microsoft
2. Space walker
3. Administrator of NASA
4. Nobel Prize winner, 2006 in Physics

List-I (Person) A. John C. Mather B. Michael Griffin C. Paul G. Allen D. Piers Sellers

List-II (Known as)

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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Recent Scientific Achievement : Country

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? Inventor : Invention

1. Christopher Cockerell : Hovercraft
2. David Bushnell : Submarine
3. J. C. Perrier : Steamship

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Match List-I (Indian Scientist/Scholar) with List-II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Telecommunication
2. Physics
3. Economics
4. Solid State Chemistry and Material Science

List I A. C. N. R. Rao B. Jagdish Bhagwati C. G. N. Ramchandran D. Ashok

List II

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Who among the following invented Lasers?

Consider the following statements:

1. Adam Osborne produced the first portable computer.
2. Ian Wilmut created the first cloned sheep.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

The research work of Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield, the Nobel Prize winners for Medicine in 2003, relates to

Match List I (Scientists) with List II (Achievement) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Developed transgenic plants with Agrobacterium T-DNA
2. Discovered endonucleases
3. Discovered reverse transcriptase
4. Discovered polymerase chain reaction

List I (Scientists) A. Arber and Smith B. Feldman C. Mullis D. Temin and Baltimore

List II (Achievement)

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Achievement in genetics) I. Discovery of transduction and conjugation in bacteria II. Establishing the sex-linked inheritance III. Isolation of DNA polymerase from E. coli IV. Establishing the complete genetic code

List II (Scientists) A) Khurana B) Kornberg C) Lederberg D) Morgan E) Ochoa

Match the names of outstanding Indian scientists given in List I with the area of their specialised work given in List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I I. Dr. Raja Ramanna II. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan III. Prof. U. R. Rao IV. Prof. Meghnad Saha

List II A) Plant Chemistry B) Nuclear Physics E) Agricultural sciences

C) Thermodynamics and astrophysics

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I I. Theory of Mutation II. Theory of Evolution III. One-gene-one-enzyme hypothesis IV. Operon concept

List II A) Beadle and Tatum

B) Jacob and Monod

C) Darwin

D) De Vries

Of the four landmarks in medical history given below, which one was the first to take place?

Who among the following anticipated Newton by declaring that all things gravitate to the earth?

“By weaving threads of physics, chemistry and biology into a rich tapestry, this remarkable scientist provided a unifying molecular view of the world... He touted the wonderful properties of Vitamin C first as a cure of common cold and later as a preventive agent against cancer.” One of science’s major figures of all time referred to above is