b) Not flow from iron ball to water or from water to iron ball.

d) Increase the temperature of both.

SASTRA PRATIBHA CONTEST 2011Conducted by Science India Forum, UAE in association with

Vijnana Bharathi – India and supported by Embassy of India - UAEDate: 26 September, 2011 Duration: 1 hour Marks: 100

CATEGORY - JUNIOR (Std VIII, IX & X)J

CATEGORY

1SERIES

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1. Farmers can keep their soil fertile by

2. A modern variation of the ancient gurukula system

3. An ancient Indian University which accommodated 7,500 student, 1,500 teachers and 12,000 assistants and workers

4. Ayurveda is also known as

5. Oven-baked bricks were invented in India in around

6. Study of the sun is known as

7. Avesta is the text of

8. Proclaiming the copper technology of ancient India, a smelting furnace dated 800 BC was found in this place at Maharashtra

9. The name of an Indian naval Pilot hired by Vasco da Gama to captain his ships for the journey to India

10. The great Indian Mathematician who is credited as the Founder of Linguistics

11. Khonoma Farmers in Nagaland practiced this sort of shifting cultivation for centuries together

12. ‘Nikhilam’ is a word used in

13. In Ayurveda ‘Salya Tantra’ deals with

14. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany is located at

15. Author of “Gavayurveda”

16. “Salihotra Samhita” deals with

17. Har Gobind Khorana was awarded Nobel Prize in the year

18. ‘Rasa Ratnakara’ is a book written by

19. The publications on this chemical brought P.C. Ray recognition from all over the world

20. Founder of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

21. Author of the book ‘Greek Alchemy’

22. A student of Acharya P.C. Ray

23. PCRA stands for

24. Bird with the largest wing span

a) Re-growing the same crop

a) Dhal

a) Takshasila

a) Science of Life

a) 4000 BC

a) Hepatology

a) Parsis

a) Amaravati

a) Kumhar

a) Chandragupta

a) Rabi

a) Astronomy

a) Treatment of disease

a) Allahabad

a) Kautilya

a) Elephant

a) 1928

a) Charaka

a) Mercurous sulphite

a) Vikram Sarabhai

a) Berthelot

a) Homi Bhaba

a) Pollution Control Research Association

c) Petroleum Control Research Association

a) Ostrich

b) Irrigation

b) Tol

b) Jegadala

b) Science of Veda

b) 5000 BC

b) Hydroponics

b) Egyptians

b) Naikund

b) Kanha

b) Kautilya

b) Kharif

b) Vedic Mathematics

b) Surgery

b) Lucknow

b) Gautama

b) Dogs and Cats

b) 1948

b) Nagarjuna

b) Mercurous nitrite

b) Homi Bhabha

b) Von Hoffen

b) S.S. Bhatnagar

b) Eagle

c) Regular Tilling

c) Roll

c) Nalanda

c) Science of Meals

c) 6000 BC

c) Heliology

c) Zoroastrians

c) Nashik

c) Maiji

c) Varahamihira

c) Jhum

c) Algebra

c) Toxicology

c) Meerut

c) Parasara

c) Horses

c) 1968

c) Susrutha

c) Zinc oxide

c) C.V. Raman

c) Euler

c) C.V. Raman

b) Petroleum Conservation Research Association

d) Petrol, Coal Reserve Association

c) Albatross

d) Crop Rotation

d) Kole

d) Amaravati

d) Science of Astrology

d) 2000 BC

d) Ichthyology

d) Mangolians

d) Lonavala

d) Mayya

d) Panini

d) Risal

d) Astrology

d) Children’s disease

d) Muzafarpur

d) Panini

d) Medicinal Plants

d) 1988

d) Patanjali

d) Zinc nitrite

d) M.N. Saha

d) Perkin

d) S.N. Patel

d) Pelican

77. “Shi-al-Muhammad” is the translation of ………..

78. “We should be grateful to Indians who taught us how to count”. These are the words of ………..

79. The number known as Ramanujan Number

80. An iron ball at 40°C is dropped in a mug containing water at 40°C. The heat will

81. The star which does not shift its position is …………

82. Out of 32 students in a class, 8 like cricket. Percentage of students who don’t like cricket is …………………….

83. If one of the angles of a triangle is equal to the sum of the other two angles, then the triangle is………………….

84. The angle which is equal to 8 times its complement is …………………

85. In a rhombus ABCD, AC is the diagonal and ACB = 30°, then D = ………….

6486. One fourth of 2 is ……………….

87. Select the correct order of classification

88. The type of association between crop and weeds is an example of ……….

89. Burning of LPG is an example of ………..

90. The solution of an unknown substance ‘X’ becomes pink on adding phenolphthalein. The compound could be ………….

91. What is the chemical formula of Sulphurous acid?

92. Which non-metal catches fire if exposed to air?

93. Fastest growing plant

94. Fastest fish

95. Most common blood group in humans

96. Which gas in the atmosphere protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiations?

97. The animal kingdom is formally classified into major groups known as

98. Which rare element would you associate with Marie and Pierre Curie?

99. Who invented the miner's safety-lamp?

100. What is the pulse rate of an average healthy human being?

a) Charaka Samhita

a) Albert Einstein

a) 1729

a) Flow from iron ball to water

c) Flow from water to iron ball

a) Pole star

a) 50

a) an isosceles triangle

a) 80

a) 60°

60a) 2

a)

a) Mutualism

a) Physical Change

a) Acidic

a) H SO2 4

a) Sodium

a) Ferns

a) Cosmopolitan Sailfish

a) O

a) Ozone

a) Phyla

a) Radium

a) Sir Humphrey Davy

a) 16 beats per minute

b) Susruta Samhita

b) Archimedis

b) 1829

b) Shooting star

b) 25

b) an equilateral triangle

b) 72

b) 90°

62b) 2

b)

b) Competition

b) Chemical Change

b) Basic

b) SO2

b) Phosphorus

b) Bamboo

b) Shark

b) A +

b) Oxygen

b) Sub Phyla

b) Platinum

b) Thomas Alva Edison

b) 72 beats per minute

c) Ashtanga Hridayam

c) Bernard Shaw

c) 1279

c) Sun

c) 75

c) an obtuse angled triangle

c) 90

c) 120°

63c) 2

c)

c) Commonsalism

c) Physical & Chemical Change

c) Neutral

c) SO3

c) Calcium

c) Coconut

c) Swordfish

c) AB

c) Nitrogen

c) Orders

c) Gold

c) Alexander Graham Bell

c) 65 beats per minute

d) Upavana Vinodam

d) Thomas Alva Edison

d) 1879

d) Orion

d) 35

d) a right triangle

d) 88

d) 150°

d)

d)

d) Parasitism

d) None of the above

d) Amphoteric

d) H SO2 3

d) Uranium

d) Banyan

d) Bluefin Tuna

d) B +

d) Carbon Dioxide

d) Families

d) Uranium

d) Sir Frank Whittle

d) 100 beats per minute

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60 1/2

class

order

family

genus

order

class

genus species

family

genus genus

order

class phylum order kingdom

25. A great Indian Philosopher who explicitly stated the concept of atom

26. The birth place of playing cards

27. This great Indian Scientist can be aptly called as the Inventor of Wireless Telegraphy

28. Dr. Anil Kakodkar obtained his basic degree in

29. The first nuclear reactor of India is located at

30. The Missile Man of India?

31. The Iron pillar of Delhi is believed to be cast during the ……… period

32. Which one of the following is not an example of connective tissue?

33. The enzymes of saliva helps in the partial break down of

34. Rearing of silk worm is called

35. Birbal Sahni was a ………… by profession

36. Homi Bhabha is famous for this theory

37. M.N. Saha’s remarkable contribution is in the field of ………….

38. The most ancient work in Mathematics

39. Radical motion of sunspots are also known as ……..

40. Sir C.V. Raman won Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on …………

41. Indian Association of Cultivation of Science is located at ………..

42. One of the subjects in which Sir C.V. Raman did research

43. Dr. Har Gobind Khorana was awarded Nobel Prize for his work on ……..

44. A scientist who shared Nobel Prize with H.G. Khoranna

45. The switches which automatically turn off when current in a circuit exceeds the safe limit are called ………..

46. The reflection caused by the irregularities in the reflecting surface is ………….

47. The author of the well known book “Drigganitham” in which the Parahita System had been revised

48. National Chemical Laboratory is located at ……………..

49. This enzyme connects sections of DNA

50. The United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy with Dr. Homi Bhabha as the Chairman was held in 1955 at

51. If the mass of a star exceeds the Chandrasekhar Limit, it would ………….

52. The Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad was established by ……………..

53. Author of ‘Krishisookthi”

54. The Scientist who was associated with the fabrication of the highly sensitive “Coherer” which detects radio waves

55 The Scientist who was famous for the ‘Thermal Ionization Formula’

56. Architect of Krishnarajasagar dam

57. The malarial parasite in mosquito was discovered by ……..

58. The first Director General of CSIR

59. A national Institute established by Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

60. An Indian Mathematician who had significant contribution to the analytical theory of numbers

61. Author of the book ‘Orders of Infinity’

62. There is a maximum mass of a star which can be supported against gravity by pressure made up of electrons and atomic nuclei. The value of this limit is about 1.44 times a solar mass. This is known as …………….

63. The toxic substance contained in compact fluorescent lamp is

64. An ancient text which considered that the ecology of a particular area is determined by the plant community present

65. This famous British Scientist is considered as the “Father of Indian Botany”

66. The first Chairman of Indian Atomic Energy Commission

67. A car moves with a speed of 40Km/hr for 15 minutes and then with a speed of 60Km/hr for the next 15 minutes. The total distance covered by the car is

68. An Institute established by Megnadh Saha

69. The first text book dealing with plants of Kerala written by Heinrich Van Reed Drackenstine

70. One of the following is a possible final stage of a star

71. The oldest of vedas

72. Indian Institute of Management is located at ………….

73. In 1957 Russian Space Programme had the successful launching of this satellite

74. What is known as the universal solvent?

75. The Indian Scientist who was not a Mathematician

76. ‘Venuaroham’ is a book written by ………….

a) Kanada

a) Persia

a) J.C. Bose

a) Mechanical Engineering

a) Kalpakam

a) Homi Bhabha

a) Gupta

a) Cartilage

a) Protein

a) Pisciculture

a) Ornithologist

a) Theory of Relativity

a) Astrology

a) Pancha Siddhanthika

a) Evershed Effect

a) Scattering of light

a) Mumbai

a) Thermodynamics

a) Interpretation of enzyme action

a) Robert. W. Holley

a) Electromagnet

a) Regular reflection

a) Sangamagrama Madhavan

a) Mumbai

a) Ligase

a) Geneva

a) Become a White Dwarf

a) Homi Bhabha

a) Kanada

a) M.N. Saha

a) J.C. Bose

a) M. Sreenivasan

a) Robert Hook

a) P.C. Ray

a) CFTRI, Mysore

a) C.V. Raman

a) Euler

a) Bose-Einstein Limit

a) Hydrogen

a) Atharva Veda

a) Carl Linneaus

a) Homi Bhabha

a) 100 Km

a) Institute of Nuclear Physics

a) Species Plantarium

a) White dwarf

a) Rig Veda

a) Baroda

a) Aryabhata

a) Water

a) Baudhayana

a) Bhaskaracharya

b) Salihotra

b) Egypt

b) S.N. Bose

b) Chemical Engineering

b) Trombay

b) Vikram Sarabhai

b) Chola

b) Skull

b) Fat

b) Apiculture

b) Astrophysicist

b) Theory of Coherer

b) Chemistry

b) Vedanga Jyothisha

b) Newton’s Effect

b) Theory of relativity

b) Bangalore

b) Acoustics

b) Interpretation of genetic code

b) Robert Clive

b) CROs

b) Lateral inversion

b) Parameswaran

b) Ahmedabad

b) Co-polymerase

b) Munich

b) Continue to collapse

b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

b) Parassara

b) S.N. Bose

b) M.N. Saha

b) S.R. Iyengar

b) Ronal Ross

b) S.S. Bhatnagar

b) NDRI, Lucknow

b) Srinivasa Ramanujan

b) S. Ramanujan

b) Bernauli’s Limit

b) Carbon

b) Sama Veda

b) William Roxberg

b) Vikram Sarabhai

b) 25 Km

b) Indian Institute of Science

b) Horthus Malabaricus

b) Position Star

b) Atharva Veda

b) Surat

b) Bhaskara

b) Sulphuric Acid

b) Aryabhata

b) Sangama Grama Madhavan

c) Aryabhata

c) India

c) M.N. Saha

c) Civil Engineering

c) Rawabhatta

c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c) Pandya

c) Blood

c) Starch

c) Sericulture

c) Paleobotanist

c) Cascade theory of electron showers

c) Astrophysics

c) Sulba Sutras

c) Bernauli’s Effect

c) Theory of diffusion

c) Calcutta

c) Algebra

c) Action of cancer suppressing drugs

c) Paul Haniman

c) MCBs

c) Diffused reflection

c) Aryabhata

c) Nasik

c) Kinase

c) Zurich

c) Become a Black Hole

c) Vikram Sarabhai

c) Palakapya

c) J.C. Bose

c) S.N. Bose

c) M. Visveswaraya

c) W.M. Haffkine

c) S.N. Bose

c) Bose Institute, Calcutta

c) Aryabhata

c) G.H. Hardy

c) Chandrasekhar Limit

c) Mercury

c) Rig Veda

c) Nathaneal Johnson

c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c) 15Km

c) Institute of Mathematics

c) Flora Zealanicum

c) Tachyon

c) Sama Veda

c) Ahmedabad

c) Sputnik

c) Hydrochloric Acid

c) Nagarjuna

c) Aryabhata

d) Bhaskara

d) Africa

d) P.C. Ray

d) Aeronautical Engineering

d) Panjim

d) Anil Kakodkar

d) Chera

d) Brain

d) All of the above

d) Syliviculture

d) Mathematician

d) Diffusion theory of Coefficient

d) Mathematics

d) Aryabhateeya

d) Wilson Effect

d) Magneto optic effect

d) Goa

d) Opto-electronics

d) Action of biomolecules on drug delivery

d) Henry. V. Theodore

d) Transistors

d) Total internal reflection

d) Neelakanta Somayaji

d) Pune

d) Cryptose

d) California

d) Become a Comet

d) M.N. Saha

d) Kasyapa

d) Homi Bhabha

d) Homi Bhabha

d) None of them

d) Dr. Manson

d) Homi Bhabha

d) IVRI, Izatnagar

d) Bhaskara

d) Bernouli

d) C.V. Raman Limit

d) Bismuth

d) Manu Smriti

d) George Rumphins

d) Anil Kakodkar

d) 10Km

d) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

d) Plantae Coromandelinae

d) Neutrino

d) Yajur Veda

d) Valsad

d) Arion

d) Aqua Regia

d) Brahmagupta

d) None of them

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