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1. Which one of the following scientists invented the first antibiotic?
  1. Alexander Fleming
  2. W Fleming
  3. Louis Pasteur
  4. C Waksman

Answer: Alexander Fleming

2. Who is the founder of Bacteria?
  1. Robert Koch
  2. Louis Pasteur
  3. Antonia Van Leeuwenhoek
  4. A.Fleming

Answer: Antonia Van Leeuwenhoek

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3. Who discovered the double helix structure of DNA?
  1. Louis Pasteur
  2. James Watson and Francis Crick
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. All of the Above

Answer: James Watson and Francis Crick

4. Which one of the following scientists discovered insulin?
  1. S.A. Waksman
  2. Frederick Banting
  3. Ronald Ross
  4. Edward Jenner

Answer: Frederick Banting

5. The concept of ‘Ecological Transition’ was first used by whom?
  1. Elton
  2. Bennett
  3. Berkeley
  4. Ratzel

Answer: Bennett

6. Who among the following invented the vaccine for smallpox?
  1. Robert Koch
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. Louis Pasteur

Answer: Edward Jenner

7. Cells were first observed in cork by ______ in 1665.
  1. Theophrastus
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Answer: Robert Hooke

8. Who is the bacteriology founder?
  1. Robert Koch
  2. Louis Pasteur
  3. Edward Jenner
  4. Landsteiner

Answer: Louis Pasteur

9. When did Robert Koch receive the Nobel prize for his work on isolating the tuberculosis bacterium?
  1. 1905
  2. 1906
  3. 1907
  4. 1910

Answer: 1905

10. Which biologist has discovered the word cell?
  1. Robert Hooke
  2. Robert Brown
  3. Louis Pasteur
  4. None of these

Answer: Robert Hooke

11. Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars '
  1. Kiran Bedi
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Nelson Mandela
  4. Sheikh Abdullah

Answer: Kiran Bedi

12. Who was the father of DNA fingerprinting in India?
  1. Sir Alec John Jeffreys
  2. R. Mishra
  3. Susruta
  4. Lalji Singh

Answer: Lalji Singh

13. In which year the word Cell was used?
  1. 1665
  2. 1666
  3. 1667
  4. 1668

Answer: 1665

14. By what name is the research on the blood circulatory system known?
  1. Angiology
  2. Cardiology
  3. Hematology
  4. Osteology

Answer: Angiology

15. Theophrastus is called the father of:
  1. Botany
  2. Chemistry
  3. Zoology
  4. None of the above

Answer: Botany

16. Who was the Polio Vaccine’s discoverer?
  1. Darwin
  2. Jonas Salk
  3. Louis Pasteur
  4. Eli Whitney

Answer: Jonas Salk

17. Who invented hybridoma technology for the first time?
  1. Landsteiner
  2. Fire and Mello
  3. Kohler and Milstein
  4. D’Herelle

Answer: Kohler and Milstein

18. Who has authored the book “Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals”?
  1. William Harvey
  2. James Watson and Francis Crick
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. Louis Pasteur

Answer: William Harvey

19. Which one of the following instrument is used to measure the density of milk?
  1. Polarimeter
  2. Glactometer
  3. Calciometer
  4. Lactometer

Answer: Lactometer

20. In which year did Louis Pasteur discover that yeast is responsible for producing alcohol from sugar?
  1. 1830
  2. 1857
  3. 1891
  4. 1904

Answer: 1857

21. Who discovered the TB antibiotic “streptomycin”?
  1. Joseph Lagrange
  2. Selman Waksman
  3. Linda Buck
  4. James Croll

Answer: Selman Waksman

22. How many DNA molecules are there in each chromosome?
  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Ten
  4. Infinite

Answer: One

23. Who was the father of DNA finger printing in India?
  1. Sir Alec John Jeffreys
  2. Lalji Singh
  3. Susruta
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: Lalji Singh

24. A device used to test whether an object is carrying charge or not is called
  1. Electrometer
  2. Charge metre
  3. Electroscope
  4. Chargoscope

Answer: Electrometer

25. Into how many groups are plants divided?
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 5
  4. 4

Answer: 5

26. Who is the father of ‘Immunology’?
  1. Robert Koch
  2. Louis Pastuer
  3. Edward Jenner
  4. Landsteiner

Answer: Edward Jenner

27. Who suggested that “everyone has a specific blood group”?
  1. Louis Pasteur
  2. Mendel
  3. Darwin
  4. Landsteiner

Answer: Landsteiner

28. Who is the founder of oceanography?
  1. Susumu Tonegawa
  2. Alhazen
  3. Karl Landsteiner
  4. Matthew Maury

Answer: Matthew Maury

29. Who invented coffee filter?
  1. Orville
  2. Wilbur Wright
  3. Melitta Bentz
  4. Nikola Tesla

Answer: Melitta Bentz

30. Who is known as the father of neuroscience?
  1. Santaigo Ramony Cajal
  2. Alessandro Volta
  3. Salim Ali
  4. None of the above

Answer: Santaigo Ramony Cajal

31. Who discovered the iridium layer and won Nobel Prize also?
  1. Henry Moseley
  2. Pierre Curie
  3. Santiago Ramon
  4. Luis Alvarez

Answer: Luis Alvarez

32. Who built the first working, programmable, electro mechanical computer?
  1. Konrad Zuse
  2. Laszlo Jozsef Biro
  3. Brandenburg
  4. Karl Benz

Answer: Konrad Zuse

33. The Father of white revolution is
  1. Patanjali
  2. Jagadish Chandra Bose
  3. Verghese Kurein
  4. Raja Ramanna

Answer: Verghese Kurein

34. Who invented the safety break, which stop the elevator from crashing?
  1. Thomas Edison
  2. Eli Whitney
  3. Henry Ford
  4. Elisha Otis

Answer: Elisha Otis

35. Name the scientist who had discovered that some molecules have mirror images?
  1. Lord Kelvin
  2. Louis Pasteur
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. Henry Moseley

Answer: Louis Pasteur

36. Who is known as the father of plastic surgery?
  1. Charaka
  2. G.D. Naid
  3. Sushruta
  4. None of the above

Answer: Sushruta

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