A Life Science themed Quiz Competition

1. BIO-CONCEPTS
The Life Sciences themed
Quiz Competition

2. By
Kumar Aditya
Narayan Deb

3. PRELIMS ROUND

4. RULES
• There will be 15 Questions in total.
• There is no negative marking.
• Question number 4,7,8,9,10,12,14 are star marked questions.
They carry no extra marks but will be used to resolve ties.
• Some words in the questions are marked in block letters and
will serve as hints for the questions.

5. Q.1
• St Thomas's Abbey is an Augustinian church located in Brno in
the Czech Republic.
• The Abbey is unique amongst modern Augustinian
foundations because it is not called a priory, and indeed it has
an abbot whereas all other existing Augustinian friaries are led
by a prior.
• “X” was its most famous Abbot or religious leader to date,
who between 1856 and 1863 conducted his
famous experiments in the monastery Garden.
• The Augustinian Abbey now hosts a museum dedicated to “X”,
which is quite unique as it is one of the few religious
institutions which has a museum dedicated to science.
• Who is this famous Abbot “X”?

6. Q.2
• ______________ is the name of a marine organism
commonly found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
• Its name comprises of two words.
• The First word comes from the European country which was
first to arrive in India as explorers and last to leave India as
colonizers (year 1961).
• The Second word or group of words is a Royal Navy expression
for a powerful warship from the 16th to the 19th century.
• Identify this marine organism.

7. Q.3
• Zbtb gene which was originally named
POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor or “__________” is
a gene that is believed to act as a master switch for cancer, and is
responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout
surrounding cells.
• This gene was discovered by the team lead by geneticist Pier
Paolo Pandolfi from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center (MSKCC) in New York City.
• However, the “__________ Company”, which is widely popular
among children, threatened to file a case against MSKCC, New
York City the discoverer of the gene, for naming a cancer causing
gene after them. This caused MSKCC to change the name of the
gene to its present name Zbtb gene.
• Which company am I talking about or FITB?

8. Q.4
• The Emperor of All Maladies: _
____________ __ ________ is
a book written by Siddhartha
Mukherjee, an Indian-born
American physician.
• This book describes the authors
encounter with a dreaded
disease when he was a fellow
at Massachusetts General
Hospital.
• It won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize
for General Non-Fiction.
• The Guardian wrote that
"Mukherjee manages to convey
not only a forensically precise
picture of what he sees, but a
shiver too, of what he feels."
• FITB and which disease am I
talking about

9. Q.5
• Barleria prionitis is a shrub in the
family Acanthaceae, native to
Island and Mainland Southeast
Asia, China, the Indian
Subcontinent, the Arabian
Peninsula and northeastern Africa.
• It is widely used as an ornamental
and medicinal plant (Mostly folk
medicines) in India.
• Its common name, as Indians know
it literally means “Thunder Teeth”.
• This plant has been widely used as
an ingredient by an Indian
Ayurvedic Company to make their
most famous product.
• Identify the common name of this
Plant.

10. Q.6
• Jvarasura, the demon of Fever, was born out of sweat of the
fore-head of meditating Shiva.
• According to Shastra, He used to kill children by giving them
high fever. To save humanity from the dreaded Jvarasura the
Gods performed a sacrificial fire ceremony for
Goddess Parvati, from that fire emerged Goddess _________,
who was seated on a donkey, holding a pot of holy water and
a silver broom in her two hands.
• Goddess _________ used to enter the bodies of children and
cure them from inside by destroying the fever given by
Jvarasura. It is widely believed that during this process
children develop “Y” disease which can be cured by
worshipping Goddess _________.
• FITB and Identify “Y”?

11. Q.7
• _________ ______ is an Indian high-technology business
district spread across 600 km² in Hyderabad, India.
• It is located across the
suburbs,Turakapally, Shamirpet, Medchal, Uppal, Patancheu, J
eedimetla, Gachibowli and Keesara.
• The _________ ______ was started in the year 1999 by N.
Chandrababu Naidu, Ex Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh as a
cluster for advanced Biomedical research, training and
manufacturing.
• Now, _________ ______ houses big manufacturing facilities
of Pharma giants like Bharat Biotech, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory,
Johnson & Johnson and many more.
• FITB ( Hint: IT Hubs are known as Silicon Valley).

12. Q.8
• __________ is a glycoprotein found in the saliva of Desmodus
genus of Bats.
• It is composed of 708 amino acids, weighing about 76.9 kDa.
• It functions as an anticoagulant, inhibiting coagulation
factors IX (IXa) and X (Xa), thus keeping the blood of the bitten
victim from clotting while the bat is drinking blood.
• Guess the “scary” name of this compound.

13. Q.9
• Identify this famous
organization
Headquartered in
Parel, Mumbai which
happens to be the
oldest vaccine
manufacturer in India.

14. Q.10
What is being depicted in the
following reactions?

15. Q.11
• The name of this part of brain comes from the Greek word
which refers to a small “Coma or S-Shaped” marine animal.
This part of brain has been named as such due to the
structural resemblance with this animal.
• However, those who are not so familiar with Greek language,
the name of this part of brain remind them of a large semi-
aquatic mammal.
• Which part of brain am I talking about?

16. Q.12
• This monument is
located in Main
Street, Pongaroa,
New Zealand.
• Which famous
personality is this
monument dedicated
to?
• Hint : Don’t go for
the obvious answer

17. Q.13
• _________ is a cyclic ecological phenomenon that literally
means “ Death of Bamboo”.
• It occurs after every 48-50 years in the North-Eastern states
of Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, as well as many places of
Assam.
• Flowering of Melocanna baccifera, a species of bamboo is
believed to be the root cause of this event.
• This flowering is followed by a plague of Black Rats which is
also known as Rat Flood.
• Identify this event or Fill in the blanks.

18. Q.14
CONNECT

19. Q.15
• __________is an extremely
rare and endangered
mammal found only in the
African continent. They are
endemic to the northeastern
region of Democratic
Republic of Congo.
• Although ________has
striped markings
reminiscent of zebras, it is
most closely related to
the giraffe. It is one of the
only two surviving members
of Giraffidae (the other one
being giraffe).
• Identify this unique animal.

21. ANSWERS

23. Q.1
• St Thomas's Abbey is an Augustinian church located in Brno in
the Czech Republic.
• The Abbey is unique amongst modern Augustinian foundations
because it is not called a priory, and indeed it has an abbot
whereas all other existing Augustinian friaries are led by a prior.
• “X” was its most famous Abbot or religious leader to date, who
between 1856 and 1863 conducted his famous experiments in
the monastery Garden.
• The Augustinian Abbey now hosts a museum dedicated to “X”,
which is quite unique as it is one of the few religious institutions
which has a museum dedicated to science.
• Who is this famous Abbot “X” and by what famous sobriquet he
is known to all of us?

24. The Father Of Genetics

25. Q.2
• ______________ is the name of a marine organism
commonly found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
• Its name comprises of two words.
• The First word comes from the European country which was
first to arrive in India as explorers and last to leave India as
colonizers (year 1961).
• The Second word or group of words is a Royal Navy expression
for a powerful warship from the 16th to the 19th century.
• Identify this marine organism.

26. Portuguese Man-o’-War

27. Q.3
• Zbtb gene which was originally named
POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor or “__________” is
a gene that is believed to act as a master switch for cancer, and is
responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout
surrounding cells.
• This gene was discovered by the team lead by geneticist Pier
Paolo Pandolfi from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center (MSKCC) in New York City.
• However, the “__________ Company”, which is widely popular
among children, threatened to file a case against MSKCC, New
York City the discoverer of the gene, for naming a cancer causing
gene after them. This caused MSKCC to change the name of the
gene to its present name Zbtb gene.
• Which company am I talking about or FITB?

28. Pokemon
POK erythroidmyeloid
ontogenic

29. Q.4
• The Emperor of All Maladies: _
____________ __ ________ is
a book written by Siddhartha
Mukherjee, an Indian-born
American physician.
• This book describes the authors
encounter with a dreaded
disease when he was a fellow
at Massachusetts General
Hospital well as the history of
its treatment and research.
• It won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize
for General Non-Fiction.
• The Guardian wrote that
"Mukherjee manages to convey
not only a forensically precise
picture of what he sees, but a
shiver too, of what he feels."
• FITB and which disease am I
talking about

30. Cancer

31. Q.5
• Barleria prionitis is a shrub in the
family Acanthaceae, native to
Island and Mainland Southeast
Asia, China, the Indian
Subcontinent, the Arabian
Peninsula and northeastern Africa.
• It is widely used as an ornamental
and medicinal plant (Mostly folk
medicines) in India.
• Its common name, as Indians know
it literally means “Thunder Teeth”.
• This plant has been widely used as
an ingredient by an Indian
Ayurvedic Company to make their
most famous product.
• Identify the common name of this
Plant.

32. Vicco Vajradanti

33. Q.6
• Jvarasura, the demon of Fever, was born out of sweat of the
fore-head of meditating Shiva.
• According to Shastra, He used to kill children by giving them
high fever. To save humanity from the dreaded Jvarasura the
Gods performed a sacrificial fire ceremony for
Goddess parvati, from that fire emerged Goddess _________,
who was seated on a donkey, holding a pot of holy water and
a silver broom in her two hands.
• Goddess _________ used to enter the bodies of children and
cure them from inside by destroying the fever given by
Jvarasura. It is widely believed that during this process
children develop “Y” disease which can be cured by
worshipping Goddess _________.
• FITB and Identify “Y”?

34. Shitala Devi, Y= Chicken Pox

35. Q.7
• _________ ______ is an Indian high-technology business
district spread across 600 km² in Hyderabad, India.
• It is located across the
suburbs,Turakapally, Shamirpet, Medchal, Uppal, Patancheu, J
eedimetla, Gachibowli and Keesara.
• The _________ ______ was started in the year 1999 by N.
Chandrababu Naidu, Ex Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh as a
cluster for advanced Biomedical research, training and
manufacturing.
• Now, _________ ______ houses big manufacturing facilities
of Pharma giants like Bharat Biotech, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory,
Johnson & Johnson and many more.
• FITB ( Hint: IT Hubs are known as Silicon Valley).

36. Genome Valley

37. Q.8
• __________ is a glycoprotein found in the saliva of Desmodus
genus of Bats.
• It is composed of 708 amino acids, weighing about 76,9 kDa.
• It functions as an anticoagulant, inhibiting coagulation
factors IX (IXa) and X (Xa), thus keeping the blood of the bitten
victim from clotting while the bat is drinking.
• Guess the “scary” name of this compound.

38. Draculin

39. Q.9
• Identify this famous
organization
Headquartered in
Parel, Mumbai which
happens to be the
oldest vaccine
manufacturer in India.

40. Haffkine Institiute

41. Q.10
What is being depicted in the
following reactions?

42. Tears come out while cutting
onions due to the above reactions

43. Q.11
• The name of this part of brain comes from the Greek word
which refers to a small “Coma or S-Shaped” marine animal.
This part of brain has been named as such due to the
structural resemblance with this animal.
• However, those who are not so familiar with Greek language,
the name of this part of brain remind them of a large semi-
aquatic mammal.
• Which part of brain am I talking about?

44. Hippocampus

45. Q.12
• This monument is
located in Main
Street, Pongaroa,
New Zealand.
• Which famous
personality is this
monument dedicated
to?
• Hint : Don’t go for
the obvious answer

46. Maurice Wilkins

47. Q.13
• _________ is a cyclic ecological phenomenon that literally
means “ Death of Bamboo”.
• It occurs after every 48-50 years in the North-Eastern states
of Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, as well as many places of
Assam.
• Flowering of Melocanna baccifera, a species of bamboo is
believed to be the root cause of this event.
• This flowering is followed by a plague of Black Rats which is
also known as Rat Flood.
• Identify this event or Fill in the blanks.

48. Mautam

49. Q.14
CONNECT

50. Charles Darwin
• 1st image = Darwin’s Finches
• 2nd image = Beagle dog breed, HMS Beagle Charles Darwin’s
Ship
• 3rd image = Giant tortoise of Galapagos Islands
• 4th image = Equation for measure of evolutionary change
known as Darwin

51. Q.15
• __________is an extremely
rare and endangered
mammal found only in the
African continent. They are
endemic to the northeastern
region of Democratic
Republic of Congo.
• Although ________has
striped markings
reminiscent of zebras, it is
most closely related to
the giraffe. It is one of the
only two surviving members
of Giraffidae (the other one
being giraffe).
• Identify this unique animal.

52. Okapi