WorksheetsQUIZALIA
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name the only Indian to win Nobel Prize in physics?
Dr. CV Raman
Abhijit Banerjee
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
What is the study of gravitation called?
Acarology
Barology
Ecohydrology
Arachnology
Which discovery was done by Gopinath Kartha?
Restriction enzymes
Gel Electrophoresis
Enzyme ribonuclease
The Structure of DNA
Which Indian female scientist worked on pioneering work in protein folding?
Asima Chatterjee
Darshan Ranganathan
Janaki Ammal
Anna Mani
Name the biographical web series based on the lives of two brilliant scientists, Vikram Sarabhai and Homi J. Bhaba?
Rocket Boys
The Dropout
The Crown
Our Flag Means Death
When is world science day celebrated ?
November 18
December 1
November 10
November 9
who established the world science day ?
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
International Organization for Standardization
(IOS)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)
which year is the first world science day celebrated?
November 10 2010
November 10 2000
November 10, 2001
November10,2002
Why is world science day celebrated ?
Strengthen public awareness of the role of science for peaceful and sustainable societies.
Promote national and international solidarity for shared science between countries.
Build Climate-Ready Communities
All of the above
What is the theme of the world science day for 2019 ?
Global COVID-19 pandemic
Open Science, leaving no one behind
Human Right
Green societies
Science day is celebrated in India to Honour ?
C.P. Srinivasa Ramanujan
Homi J. Bhabha
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Sir CV Raman
Sir C.V. Raman awarded Nobel Prize on ...................... was a First Asian person.
1935
1937
1940
1930
UNESCO headquarters is located in ?
Geneva, Switzerland.
Paris, France.
Washington, USA.
London, England.
Who invented zero ?
Aryabhata
Brahmagupta
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Bhāskara II
Which of the following will lead to a more sustainable world culture?
increasing green energy production for everyone
increasing consumer growth for all developing nations
reducing overall consumption and halting population growth
creating industrial systems that are linear in design and operation
Environmental science is most accurately viewed as a science
Incorporating economics, social sciences, geography, and policy
Incorporating all the sciences, politics, economics, and social sciences
Incorporating world politics, decision making, and the environment
Designed to solve environmental problems using current technologies
It has been well documented that world population growth negatively impacts ecosystem services. The current world population is estimated to be closest to:
3 billion
5 billion
7 billion
10 billion
Specific examples of potentially renewable natural resources are:
water, soil, air, and oil
timber, water, and mineral resources
forests, water, and soil
tidal energy, water, and mineral ores
A modern day example of the "tragedy of the commons" would be:
strip-mining in a national park or national forest
use of herbicides and pesticides by industrial agriculture in California
acid precipitation falling throughout the northeastern United States
razing sheep in private park
Carbon-neutrality approaches refer to:
reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion
eliminating use of of all carbon-based compounds
cap-and-trade efforts currently employed by global interprise
adhering to the Montreal Protocol, purchasing carbon offsets, and employing ecosystem services
