BIOLOGY QUIZ HISTED BY THE TIMES OF EDUCATION for SPSTI @ Model DAV school, Chandigarh

1. Welcome the finalists!
• Akshita Gupta & Shagun – GMSS, 33-D
• Ishita & Kamal Preet – Shishu Niketan
• Vinnie & Ritika – Bhavan Vidyalaya
• Pratyusha & Vastvikta Goel – Shishu Niketan
• Abhijeet & Vivek – AKSIPS, 41-B
• Jyoti & Harshdeep – GMSS, 33-D

2. The Bounce

3. Rules
• 8 questions passing clockwise.
• +10 for correct answer. -0 for wrong answer.
• Do not pass, guess.
• N +1, rule.
• 1 question direct if no one answers.

5. 1.
Apart from Blood, there is another type of fluid
involved in transportation.
This is called ________ or tissue fluid. Through the
pores present in the walls of capillaries some
amount of plasma, proteins and blood cells escape
into intercellular spaces in the tissues to form the
tissue fluid or_______.
It is similar to the plasma of blood but colourless
and contains less protein.

7. 2. Types of what?
a. Abscisic acid
b. Auxins
c. Cytokinins
d. Ethylene
e. Gibberellins

8. Classes of
Plant hormones

9. 3. What is the first full cell formed after
fertilisation called? (Chart: for humans)

11. 4. Sexually reproducing individuals
have two copies of genes for the
same trait.
If the copies are not identical, the
trait that gets expressed is called
the X trait and the other is called
the Y trait.
Give X & Y ?

12. X- Dominant
Y- Recessive

13. 5.
The Codon AUG has dual functions in the translation
process. One of the functions is that it codes for the amino
acid methionine.
What is the other function?

14. AUG triggers the translation by
acting as a start signal.
It is also called the start codon.

15. 6. IVF is a process by which an
egg is fertilised by sperm outside the body.
The first successful birth of a "test tube
baby", Louise Brown, occurred in 1978.
Robert G Edwards Received the 2010
Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing IVF
for Humans.
Expand IVF ?

16. In Vitro Fertilisation

17. 7
• It was first stated by Francis Crick in 1956 and
restated in a paper published in Nature in 1970.
• Crick’s use of the phrase has led to problems &
controversies.
• Crick had called his earlier idea “sequence
hypothesis” and he applied this phrase to the
grand hypothesis for which little evidence was
available.
• Which phrase?

18. Central Dogma

19. 8.
• Give one word each for
1. Bee-keeping
2. Fish-breeding
• Both these industries are common in India.

20. • Apiculture (Bees)
• Pisciculture (fisheries)

21. Scores & Applause

22. Round 2
Indian Scientists
6 Questions
Write answers on the sheet.
(+10 / no negative)

24. 1
• He was a polymath, physicist, biologist,
archaeologist & early science fiction writer.
• He pioneered investigation of radio &
microwave optics. Institute of Electrical &
electronic engineers named him one of the
fathers of Radio science.
• He was reluctant to file for patents.

25. 2.
• He is known as “Father of Indian Green
Revolution”.
• He is a Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan & Padma
Vibhushan Recipient.
• He is a geneticist & international Administrator.
• Time magazine named him amongst 20 most
influential people of the 20th Century.
• He has headed Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) & International union for
conservation of Nature & Natural
Resources(IUCNNR).

26. 3
• He was a polymath known for his work in
genetics, physiology & evolutionary biology.
• He was also a mathematician making
contribution to statistics & biometry studies in
India.
• He was a socialist & staunch Marxist. He
worked at ISI, Calcutta.
• He gave the suggestion that life might have
originated from inorganic molecules.
• According to him, he came to India to avoid
wearing Socks.

27. 4.
• He was an Indian-American biochemist who
shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or
Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and
Robert W. Holley for research that helped to
show how the order of nucleotides in nucleic
acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell,
control the cell’s synthesis of proteins.
• He was born in Punjab (Present day Pakistan).
• Who?

28. 5.
• He is referred to as the “Birdman of India” and
he gave the title “Father of Indian ornithology”
to A. O. Hume.
• He was among the first Indians to conduct
systematic bird surveys across India and his
books helped develop ornithology. He became
the key figure behind the Bombay Natural
History Society and his efforts led to the
creation of Bharatpur bird sanctuary.

29. 6.
• He is an Indian-born American and
British structural biologist, who shared the
2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Steitz and
Yonath for studies of the structure and function
of the ribosome.
• In a lecture in January 2010 at the IISc, he
revealed that he failed to get admitted to any
of the IIT or the Christian Medical
College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
• He is a FRS and has been granted knighthood
but does not generally use the title.

30. • Exchange the sheets.
• Answers coming up.

31. 1
• He was a polymath, physicist, biologist,
archaeologist & early science fiction writer.
• He pioneered investigation of radio &
microwave optics. Institute of Electrical &
electronic engineers named him one of the
fathers of Radio science.
• He was reluctant to file for patents.

32. J.C. Bose

33. 2.
• He is known as “Father of Indian Green
Revolution”.
• He is a Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan & Padma
Vibhushan Recipient.
• He is a geneticist & international Administrator.
• Time magazine named him amongst 20 most
influential people of the 20th Century.
• He has headed Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) & International union for
conservation of Nature & Natural
Resources(IUCNNR).

34. M. S. Swaminathan

35. 3
• He was a polymath known for his work in
genetics, physiology & evolutionary biology.
• He was also a mathematician making
contribution to statistics & biometry studies in
India.
• He was a socialist & staunch Marxist. He
worked at ISI, Calcutta.
• He gave the suggestion that life might have
originated from inorganic molecules.
• According to him, he came to India to avoid
wearing Socks.

36. John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

37. 4.
• He was an Indian-American biochemist who
shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or
Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and
Robert W. Holley for research that helped to
show how the order of nucleotides in nucleic
acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell,
control the cell’s synthesis of proteins.
• He was born in Punjab (Present day Pakistan).
• Who?

38. Dr. Har Gobind Khorana

39. 5.
• He is referred to as the “Birdman of India” and
he gave the title “Father of Indian ornithology”
to A. O. Hume.
• He was among the first Indians to conduct
systematic bird surveys across India and his
books helped develop ornithology. He became
the key figure behind the Bombay Natural
History Society and his efforts led to the
creation of Bharatpur bird sanctuary.

40. Salim Ali

41. 6.
• He is an Indian-born American and
British structural biologist, who shared the
2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Steitz and
Yonath for studies of the structure and function
of the ribosome.
• In a lecture in January 2010 at the IISc, he
revealed that he failed to get admitted to any
of the IIT or the Christian Medical
College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
• He is a FRS and has been granted knighthood
but does not generally use the title.

42. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

43. Reverse Bounce

44. Rules
• 8 questions passing Anti-clockwise.
• +10 for correct answer. -0 for wrong answer.
• Do not pass, guess.
• N +1, rule.
• 1 question direct if no one answers.

45. 1.
• Movement is associated with life. Plants do
not move but there are Proteins, m-RNA etc
inside the cells which move. This molecular
movement is a necessary condition for life.
_______ do not show any molecular
movement in their structure when they are
independent. This led them to be described as
“Organisms on the verge of life”.
• Fill in the blank.

46. Virus (es)
• Ebola

47. 2.
• When we eat food, the food goes through the
oesophagus into the stomach. If a visual of the
oesophagus could be seen at such a time, it
would appear like a wave. We all give a similar
movement to the tube of toothpaste when the
toothpaste is near the end. The word comes from
2 Greek words meaning “around” & “to place”.
• What is this movement called/what is the word?

48. Peristalsis

49. 3.
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness characterizes
the scratch resistance of various minerals through
the ability of a harder material to scratch a softer
material.
The large amount of mineral in _______ accounts
not only for its strength but also for its brittleness.
_______ ranks 5 on Mohs hardness scale and has
a Young's modulus of 83 G Pa. Fill the blank.

50. • Enamel
• (One of the 4 major tissues making up human
tooth)

51. 4.
Which molecule is called the energy currency for
cellular processes?
When this molecule is broken by water, it
releases (30.5 KJ / mol) of energy.

52. • ATP (Adenosine Tri-phosphate)

53. 5.
Blood exerts pressure against walls of vessels in our bodies.
The pressure during contraction of ventricle is called the X
pressure and that during the relaxation of ventricle is called
the Y pressure.
Normal values of X & Y are 120 mm Hg and 80 mm Hg,
respectively.
What are X & Y?

54. • X- Systolic, Y-Diastolic

55. 6.
Which two scientists tried to imitate early
atmosphere on earth and filled the chamber with
inorganic molecules only and passed electric sparks
to imitate lightening. Their experiment ultimately
gave support to J.B.S Haldane’s idea of origin of life
on earth from inorganic molecules and chemical
self-replication.

56. Stanley Miller Harold Urey

57. 7
What prefix is applied to crops which have
been genetically modified to produce the toxin
produced by Bacillus thuringiensis.
The toxin kills the insect that attack it.

58. Bt

59. 8
• In 1990s, Delhi was ranked 4 in the list of 41 most
polluted cities of the world. It has more cars than
states of Gujarat & WB combined. Due to high
pollution a PIL was filed in the SC. By an order
from SC, all public transport was to be done on X
instead of diesel because X is more efficient fuel.

60. • CNG – compressed natural Gas

61. End of Round 3
• Scores & Applause

62. Identify the Scientist: Round 4
• Write answers & exchange sheets after 5
questions.
• +10 for each correct answer.
• No negatives.

63. 1
• Was the sixth woman member of National Academy of Sciences.
• Received National Medal of Science from President Bush (Sr.) in 1989.
• Absolutely Dominated the field of Plant Biology.

64. 2.
Worked on – Analysis of
Biopolymers and
determined the triple helix
structure of collagen.

65. 3.

66. 4.
The scientist on the right side is Stanley N. Cohen.
These 2 gentlemen may be credited with launching
the field of Genetic Engineering.
Genetech is a biotech company founded by X.

67. 5.
He conceived the theory of Evolution by
natural selection independently and wrote
to Darwin.
This led to Darwin’s publication of “On the
origin of species”

68. Answers
• Exchange sheets.
• Coming up!

69. 1
• Was the sixth woman member of National Academy of Sciences.
• Received National Medal of Science from President Bush (Sr.) in 1989.
• Absolutely Dominated the field of Plant Biology.
Katherine Esau

70. 2.
Worked on – Analysis of
Biopolymers and
determined the triple helix
structure of collagen.
G. N. Ramachandran

71. 3.
Melvin Calvin

72. 4.
The scientist on the right side is Stanley N. Cohen.
These 2 gentlemen may be credited with launching
the field of Genetic Engineering.
Genetech is a biotech company founded by
Herbert Boyer

73. 5.
He conceived the theory of Evolution by
natural selection independently and wrote
to Darwin.
This led to Darwin’s publication of “On the
origin of species”
Alfred Russel Wallace

74. End of round 4
• Last Round- Choice Round.
• Scores.

75. Choice Round: Attempt or challenge
• Six categories will be given to participants.
• Choices begin from lowest scoring team to
highest.
• If you attempt and get right +10/0.
• If you challenge a team and they get it right, you
get -10.
• If you challenge a team and they get it wrong,
they get -10.
• A team can be challenged only once.
• Attempt/challenge TBA before seeing the
question.

76. Choices
Ecology Biology in Human Welfare
Biotechnology Bio-molecules
Cell Division Human Brain
Declare the category and your choice:
Attempt or challenge?

77. Ecology
• Each organism has an invariably defined range of
conditions that it can tolerate, diversity in the
resources it utilises and a distinct functional role
in the ecological system.
• The sum total of all of these is called the
organism’s (or species’) ecological ________.
• Fill in the blank.

78. Niche
• Go to Choices page.
Click on the image.

79. Human Brain
• The Neuron is an excitable cell because its
membrane is in a polarised state.
• It is polarised because there exists a gradient
in ion concentration across the membrane.
• The ionic gradient across the membrane is
maintained by active transport of ions by
which pump?

80. Na+/K+ Pump
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81. Biology in Human welfare
• A group of animals related by descent and
similar in most characters like appearance,
size, features etc. are said to belong to a
_____.
• The Jersey Cow is one popular example of a
cow ______.
• Both blanks are the same. Fill in the blank.

82. Breed
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83. Biotechnology
• _______ is a term used to refer to the use of bio-
resources by MNCs without proper authorisation
from the countries and people concerned
without compensatory payment.
• Fill in the blank.

84. Bio-Piracy
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85. Biomolecules
• In a polypeptide or a protein, a carboxyl group
(-COOH) and an amino group (-NH2) join to
release one molecule of water (H2O) and form
a ________ Bond.

86. Bond… Peptide Bond.
Click on the image.

87. Cell Division
• After Mitosis, cell divides into 2 daughter cells
by cytokinesis.
• The formation of a new cell wall begins with a
precursor called _____ _____ ( words) that
represents the middle lamella between the
walls of 2 adjacent cells.

88. Cell plate
Click on the image.

89. Teams
• Salim Ali
• G.N. Ramachandran
• H. G. Khorana
• M. S. Swaminathan
• V. Ramakrishnan
• J.B.S Haldane