Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme, was also the founding director of which of the following institutes?

1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
2. Indian Institute of Science
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
4. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata

In which place was the 1st Science Congress held in January, 1914

1. Kolkata
2. Allahabad
3. Chennai
4. Pune

The class of elementary particles, bosons, was named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian Physicist. Which of the following Indian Scientists graduated from Presidency College Calcutta as a classmate of Satyendra Nath Bose?

1. Jagdish Chandra Bose
2. P.C.Mahalanobis
3. Praful Chandra Ray
4. Meghnad Saha

Sir C.V.Raman received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1930 for his ground breaking work in the field of

1. Brownian motion
2. Scattering of light
3. String Theory
4. Nuclear Physics

Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921 for his work on

1. Mass energy equivalence given by E=mc2
2. Hydrogen Atom
3. Theory of Relativity
4. Photoelectric effect

In Alternating Current (AC), the direction and magnitude of the current varies

1. Randomly
2. Periodically
3. Exponentially
4. Do not vary

Universal Gas Constant, R, is a property of?

1. Ideal gases
2. Halogen Gases
3. Inert Gases
4. All Gases

On a cool day in January, the temperature at a place fell below the freezing point and was recorded as -40° Centigrade. }n Fahrenheit scale, the same temperature would be

1. 32°F
2. -8°F
3. -40°F
4. -72

Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins it the bone marrow and results in high numbers of which abnormal cells

1. White blood cells
2. Red blood cells
3. Platelets
4. All of these

Which gland in the human body is also known as the third eye

1. Pineal
2. Pituitary
3. Mammary
4. Tear gland

Europeans are believed to have brought potatoes to India in the 18th century. Which region of the world is believed to be the origin of potato cultivation?

1. Eastern Ghana
2. Southern Peru
3. Portugal
4. West Indies

Bones found in the hands and feet as the percentage of total number of bones in the body of an adult human being is nearly equal to

1. 20%
2. 30%
3. 40%
4. 50%

Curcuma longa is the scientific name of which spice?

1. Cumin
2. Cloves
3. Turmeric
4. Coriander