Genesis 2011 Sci Quiz Prelims Questions

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SCIENCE FORUM

PRESENTSGENESIS 11

SCI QUIZ

(IN ASSOCIATION WITH RVQUIZCORP)


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SCI QUIZ PRELIMS

-By

Ganesh Kalyansundaram

Anirudh Shenoy

Hridhay Rajkumar

Special Thanks to:

KNPAI the THIRDHari Narayanan


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QUESTION 1

Recently held National Science Day was

commemorating who/what?

(No Part Points)


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**QUESTION 3

X was invented in 1557 by Welshman RobertRecorde.

In his book The Whetstone of Witte (1557) hewrites:

...to avoid the tedious repetition of these words:., Iwill set (as Ido often in work use) a pair of

parallels (or Gemowe lines) of one length

What is X ?


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QUESTION 4

Google Doodle commemorating what?


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QUESTION 5

What is being talked of in the next slide?


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QUESTION 6

This process has been recognized by scientistsfor many years and was even described by theancient Greeks, who mentioned it in the myth ofPrometheus.

Having stolen the secret of fire from the gods ofOlympus, Prometheus drew down on himself theanger of Zeus, the ruler of gods and men. Zeus

punished Prometheus by chaining him to MountCaucasus where he was tormented by an eagle.The eagle preyed on _____________, which wasrenewed as fast as it was devoured.

What are we talking about ?


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QUESTION 7

The Law of Biogenesis, attributed to X statesthat life arises from pre-existing life, not fromnonliving material. X's empirical results weresummarized in the phrase "all life [is] from life",

also known as the "law of biogenesis".

In honor of X , an institution was opened inCoonoor, Nilgiris on April 6th 1907 and functionsunder the Government Of India(from 1977).

X also said that "Spontaneous generation is adream".

The picture on the next page is a dedic to X.

ID X


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**QUESTION 8

What has been blanked out in the next slide?


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QUESTION 9

MIT says this is 10 times more efficient than the

real thing. What is this?


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**QUESTION 10

ID the picture.


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QUESTION 11

Fourier , the famous French mathematician best

known for discovering the Fourier series which

is widely used today also gave the first proposal

and is given credit for the discovery ofsomething that is of much talk in the past few

decades.

What was his other discovery?


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QUESTION 12

Newtons writings suggest that one of his main

goals may have been the discovery of X.

It is said that The English Crown (English

Monarchy) was discouraging works towards thediscovery of X, and also to some extent banned

it.

Some say that Newton deliberately left his work

on X due to this.

But history indicates that origins of X seem to

be in ancient Hinduism. The Yoga Vasistha

written between the 10th and 14th century AD,

contains a story about X.


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**QUESTION 13


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QUESTION 14

X was invented at the Department of Interior Design

at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in

Budapest, Hungary by a sculptor and professor.

It is widely reported that X was built as a teaching

tool to aid students with 3D projects, but this is in

fact incorrect.

The actual purpose for inventing X was solving the

structural problem of moving the parts

independently without the entire mechanism falling

apart.

The Gordian Knot and Inca Gold were some of

the initial names considered before marketing X.

X Yenu ?


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QUESTION 15

German physicist Heinrich _____ described X in

1852.However, in 1672, Isaac Newton had

described it and correctly inferred the cause

after observing tennis players in hisCambridge college.

The match ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has

been criticized for the different X to previous

match balls. The current ball is described as

having less X and as a result flies further butwith less controllable swerve.


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QUESTION 16

Put funda for the cartoon on the next slide.


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QUESTION 17

X is stronger than steel and comparable in

strength to Kevlar. It is also especially ductile,

able to stretch up to 1.4 times its relaxed length

without breaking; this gives it a very hightoughness (or work to fracture), which equals

that of commercial polyaramid (aromatic nylon)

filaments, which themselves are benchmarks of

modern polymer technology. It can hold its

strength below 40 C.So what is this X?


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**QUESTION 18

Pic on next slide is of a fish named the Barrel-

eye.

Put funda.

Clue:1.Its been in the news in 2009 for a certain

reason.

2. What you see is NOT what you get A wise

man. ;)


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QUESTION 19

NASA has recently found that gravity also plays

a role in X formation. Modifying the gravity

causes different types of X.

In zero gravity ,such as in outer space , Xbecomes spherical , blue in colour and also more

efficient.

In normal conditions, such as on earth , Xs

dominant colour changes with temperature.

Give X.


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QUESTION 20

D (X is getting repetitive) was the son of a sail

maker. D studied mathematics at Lyon. But

ironically, D was awarded the Nobel Prize in

Chemistry in 1912 jointly with Paul Sabatier fordevising a new method for generating carbon-

carbon bonds which is of high value in organic

synthesis.

The method is an important means of preparing

organic compounds from smaller precursormolecules.

ID D.


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QUESTION 22

Inexhaustive list.

List of what?


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Sl.No YEAR LOCATION

18 1982 High Energy Physics CERN

19 1987 Surface Science Austin

20 1991 Quantum Optics Brussels

21 1998 Dynamical Systems and Irreversibility Brussels

22 2001 The Physics Of Communication Brussels

23 2005 The Quantum Structure Of Space And

Time

Santa Barbara

24 2008 Quantum Theory Of Condensed Matter Harvard


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QUESTION 23

Xs sleep with only one

brain hemisphere in slow-wave sleep at a time,

thus maintaining enough consciousness to

breathe and to watch for possible predators andother threats. Hence when one part of the brain

sleeps , the other part functions.

A recent study , revealed that Xs are the only

animals other than humans that develop a

natural form of type 2 diabetes, which may leadto a better understanding of the disease.

ID X.


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**QUESTION 24

What is being shown in the video?


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QUESTION 25

In 1917, Einstein applied the General theory of

relativity to model the structure of the universe

as a whole. He included ______ as a term in

his field equations for general relativity becausehe was dissatisfied that otherwise his equations

did not allow, apparently, for a static universe.

However, soon after Einstein developed his

static theory, observations by Edwin

Hubble indicated that the universe appears tobe expanding. This led Einstein to declare

________ as the biggest blunder of his life.

FITB.

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