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  • Question
  • Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?


  • Options
  • A. Hargobind Khorana
  • B. J.J. Thompson
  • C. Benjamin Franklin
  • D. Meghnad Saha

  • Correct Answer
  • Hargobind Khorana 


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    • 1. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for

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    • A. Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962
    • B. Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
    • C. Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962
    • D. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
    • Discuss
    • 2. The most recent era of the geological time scale is

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    • A. Mesozoic
    • B. cenozoic
    • C. Triassic
    • D. paleocene
    • Discuss
    • 3. The term 'regur' refers to

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    • A. deltaic alluvial soils
    • B. lateral soils
    • C. black cotton soils
    • D. red and yellow soils
    • Discuss
    • 4. The gas used in the manufacture of vanaspati from vegetable oil is

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    • A. hydrogen
    • B. oxygen
    • C. nitrogen
    • D. carbon dioxide
    • Discuss
    • 5. Gulf cooperation council was originally formed by

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    • A. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
    • B. Second World Nations
    • C. Third World Nations
    • D. Fourth World Nations
    • Discuss
    • 6. What is unique about the film 'Adi Shankaracharya'?

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    • A. It has won the National Award.
    • B. It is the first Bengal film.
    • C. It is the first Sanskrit film.
    • D. It has no female actress.
    • Discuss
    • 7. According to Avogadro's Hypothesis, the smallest particle of an element or a compound, that can exist independently, is called ____ .

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    • A. a molecule
    • B. a cation
    • C. an anion
    • D. an atom
    • Discuss
    • 8. The first death anniversary day of Sri Rajiv Gandhi was observed as the

    • Options
    • A. National Integration Day
    • B. Peace and Love Day
    • C. Secularism Day
    • D. Anti-Terrorism Day
    • Discuss
    • 9. The mountains which come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola are

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    • A. young mountains
    • B. old mountains
    • C. volcanic mountains
    • D. fold mountains
    • Discuss
    • 10. The dark lines in the solar spectrum are due to

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    • A. absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the outer layers of the sun
    • B. destructive interference between waves of certain definite wavelengths
    • C. absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the prism used in the photograph
    • D. absence of corresponding wavelengths from the light emitted by the core of the sun
    • Discuss


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