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science & technology Online Quiz - 491

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I was a 19th century German mathematician and astronomer. I developed a lot of math: there's my configuration, formed by two mutually inscribed tetrahedra, my transformation in number theory, my transformations in projective geometry, my function, and my inversion formula. Pretty nifty, eh? You're probably most familiar with the strip named after me, a two-dimensional surface with only one side. Who am I?

  1. Felix Klein

  2. August Ferdinand Möbius

  3. David Hilbert

  4. Henri Poincaré


Correct Option: B

I was a 20th century physicist at Princeton and MIT. I designed apparatus for experiments in radiation and particle physics. My eponymous invention, a static electricity generator, has been superseded by other, higher energy devices. But, it is still used for demonstrations in classrooms and science museums worldwide. Who am I?

  1. Robert Shocking

  2. Frank Zappa

  3. Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins

  4. Robert Jemison Van de Graaff


Correct Option: D

I was a twentieth century German physicist who helped develop modern quantum theory. My wave equation was one of my greatest discoveries, and I received a Nobel Prize for it. But, you've probably heard of me because of my cat. Is it alive, or is it dead? Let's open the box. Who am I?

  1. Max Planck

  2. Hermann Weyl

  3. Max Wein

  4. Erwin Schrödinger


Correct Option: D

Who first introduced Graphic User Interface (GUI)?

  1. Novell's DR DOS

  2. IBM

  3. Apple's Macintosh

  4. None of the Above


Correct Option: C
  1. PC

  2. Computing Machines

  3. ENIAC

  4. None of the Above


Correct Option: C

When was the Pentium introduced?

  1. 1993

  2. 1990

  3. 1989

  4. None of the Above


Correct Option: A
  1. 1980 in U.S.A.

  2. 1946 in U.S.A.

  3. 1970 in Japan.

  4. None of the Above


Correct Option: B

Who wrote the first book about personal computers in 1974?

  1. Ted Nelson

  2. George Boole

  3. Miami, Florida

  4. John Napier


Correct Option: A

How long would it take to send the encyclopedia Britanica over a Fibre optic cable at a rate of 2 gigabits per second?

  1. Two seconds

  2. One second

  3. Three seconds

  4. None of the Above


Correct Option: A

Name the computer language invented by 'Niklaus Wirth'.

  1. Cobol

  2. Pascal

  3. Fortran

  4. None of the Above


Correct Option: B

Who inventented Pencillin

  1. Sir Almroth Wright

  2. Sir Alexander Fleming

  3. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

  4. Professor Albert Neuberger


Correct Option: B

What does H in H1N1 refer to?

  1. Haemoglobin

  2. Hongkong

  3. hemagglutinin

  4. hemoprotein


Correct Option: C
  1. Haemoglobin

  2. Hongkong

  3. hemagglutinin

  4. hemoprotein


Correct Option: C

Who inventented Pencillin

  1. Sir Almroth Wright

  2. Sir Alexander Fleming

  3. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

  4. Professor Albert Neuberger


Correct Option: B
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