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Which of the following scientist discovered the "Pasteurization method of preserving milk" ?

  1. Louis Pasteur

  2. Robert Brown

  3. Archimedes

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Louis Pasteur discovered the Pasteurization method of preserving milk in 1964. This method killed harmful bacteria that tend to grow in dairy products like milk especially in the absence of refrigeration.

Vikram. A. Sarabhai did reasearch in the field of :

  1. Alpha Particles

  2. Beta Particles

  3. UV Rays

  4. Cosmic Rays


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vikram Sarabhai did his research in the field of Cosmic Rays and radio physics.

Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD) was founded by :

  1. Vikram Sarabhai

  2. Homi J Bhabha

  3. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD) was founded by Vikram Sarabhai in 1965.It was a charitable trust which was dedicated to Jawaharlal Nehru . The main aim of this foundation was to promote basic studying and thinking on current problems of development at individual and social level.

Who invented the instrument "Crescograph" ?

  1. Vikram A Sarabhai

  2. Jagadish Chandra Bose

  3. C V Raman

  4. Satyendra Nath Bose


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jagadish Chandra Bose invented $"Crescograph"$ in the early ${20}^{th}century$.

Which of the following scientist discovered the "Anti-Rabies Vaccine" ?

  1. Robert Hooke

  2. Robert Brown

  3. Louis Pasteur

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Louis Pasteur discovered $Anti-Rabies Vaccine$ in the mid ${19}^{th}century$.

Which of the following scientist discovered and proved that electricity can be sent to space as electromagnetic waves without wire ?

  1. Homi J Bhabha

  2. Jagadish Chandra Bose

  3. Vikram A Sarabhai

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jagadish Chandra Bose was the first to discover the electricity can be sent to space as EM waves without any transmitting medium.

Vikram Sarabhai played a major role in setting up of which of the following institutes ?

  1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

  2. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

  3. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vikram Sarabhai $\left( { 12 }^{ th }August,1919-{ 30 }^{ th }December,1971 \right) $ founded the $IIM,Ahmedabad$.

Which of the following scientist is known as "Father of Microbiology" ?

  1. Alexander Fleming

  2. Hippocrates

  3. Louis Pasteur

  4. Antony van Leeuwenhoek


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Louis Pasteur is known as father of microbiology. He was a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist who his known for his discoveries of the principals of the vaccination, microbial fermentation an pasteurization. 

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was awarded with Padma Bhushan in :

  1. 1964

  2. 1965

  3. 1966

  4. 1967


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1966 for his immense contribution in the filed of space research and hence he is also called as the Father of Indian space research.

Which of the following scientist did experiment on the satellite industrial television ?

  1. Homi J. Bhabha

  2. Satyendra Nath Bose

  3. Vikram A. Sarabhai

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Vikram Sarabhai did the experiment on the satellite industrial television.

He is also known as the Father of Indian space programme.

Which of the following scientist is widely regarded as the "Father of India's nuclear science program" ?

  1. Vikram Sarabhai

  2. Satyendra Nath Bose

  3. Homi Jehangir Bhabha

  4. Srinivasa Ramanujan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Homi Jehangir Bhabha $\left( { 30 }^{ th }October,1909-{ 24 }^{ th }January,1966 \right) $ was widely considered as the "Father of India's Nuclear Science Program"

Which of the following scientist designed the "Aryabhatta" satellite ?

  1. C V Raman

  2. Vikram A Sarabhai

  3. Homi J Bhabha

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vikram A Sarabhai designed "Aryabhatta" satellite. Sarabhai fabricated, designed and crafted the satellite and was launched in 1975 from Russia.

Which of the following discovered the Radio ?

  1. Thomas Alva Edison

  2. Guglielmo Marconi

  3. James Watt

  4. Charles Babbage


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Guglielmo Marconi an Italian scientist discovered radio. He send and received his first radio signals in Italy in 1895.

Which of the instruments used in chandrayaan were not indegenously built?

  1. HEX

  2. LLRI

  3. SIR-2

  4. MIP


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Spectrometer Infrared -2 (SIR-2) is an infrared spectrometer build for remote sensing of the lunar surface. SIR-2 represents german scientific contribution to the Indian chandrayaan lunar mission. The project is funded by the Max Planck society and partly by European space agency.

Among the following which is not the achievements of Chandrayaan-1.

  1. The discovery of the wide-spread presence of water molecules in lunar soil.

  2. Chandrayaans Moon Mineralogy Mapper has confirmed that moon was once completely molten.

  3. It has provided high-resolution spectral data on the mineralogy of the moon.

  4. Chandrayaan-1 has discovered large caves on the Mars surface that can act as a human shelter on the Mars.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chandrayaan- 1 was first Indian Planetary mission to moon. So option D is incorrect as it says information about Mars Surface. Hence it is incorrect.

All the statements given in option A, B and C are correct.

Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) was founded by :

  1. C V Raman

  2. Vikram Sarabhai

  3. J C Bose

  4. Homi J Bhabha


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) was founded by Vikram Sarabhai on 11 November, 1947. It is a national research institute for space and allied science which is supported by department of space. 

State whether the given statement is True or False :

Vikram A. Sarabhai is considered as a main personality behind the launching of India's first satellite "Aryabhatta". 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given statement is true.

Sarabhai had started a project for fabrication and launch of an Indian satellite and thus THE FIRST Indian satellite named Aryabhatta was launched in 1975.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at :

  1. Ahmedabad

  2. Pune

  3. Sriharikota

  4. Thiruvananthapuram


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is located in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. The space centre had its beginning as the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in 1962. It was then renamed after Dr. Vikram Sarabhai whomis known as Father of Indian space program.

Which of the followings (one or more) are the experiences as shared by Sunita Williams after her space journey?

  1. "We could not sit at one place. We kept floating in the spaceship from one end to another"

  2. "Water doesn't stay at one place. It floats around as blobs."

  3. "There was no need to use a comb. My hair kept standing all the time"

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There is no gravity in space, so the objects keep floating in space due to lack of gravitational force. Sunita Williams wanted to show that objects kept floating in space. She shared some experiences that they kept floating in spaceship, water floats around as blobs, her hair kept standing all the time in spaceship etc.

Name the scientist who is widely known as the "father of India's space programme" :

  1. C.V. Raman

  2. Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai

  3. Homi J. Bhabha

  4. Satyendra Nath Bose


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dr. Vikram A. Saranhai was an Indian scientist and innovator widely regarded as the father id India's space programme. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1956 and Padma Vibhushan in 1972.

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