The document describes a science quiz competition between 6 teams (A through F). It provides the questions asked in each round of the competition, including general science questions, identification of scientists from photos, and a rapid-fire round of true/false science statements. The competition involved multiple choice, short answer, and identification questions across several rounds testing the teams' knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, and other science topics.

1. Science Quiz Competition
By
Sachin Narwadiya
Scientist C
Vigyan Prasar
sachin@vigyanprasar.gov.in

2. Round I
General
Terms and conditions
• Each team will get two questions with multiple choice.
• If unanswered, question will not PASS ON to next team.
• Each question will have 10 points.
• Answer time is 10 second.

3. TEAM- A

4. Team A:
What is the periderm of a plant also known
as ?
a) roots
b) stem
c) bark
d) leaves

5. TEAM- B

6. Which scientist discovered neutron?
a) James Chandwick
b) John Dalton
c) Rutherford
d) J.J.Thomson

7. TEAM- C

8. How many moons did Venus have?
a) 3
d) 2
b) 0
c) 1

9. TEAM- D

10. The sum of proton and neutrons
present in the nucleus of any atom
is called as____________
a) Avogadro's Number
b) Mass Number
c) Atomic Number
d) Valency

11. TEAM- E

12. Which disease is not caused by a virus?
a) Rabies
b) Small pox
c) Measles
d) gonorrhoea

13. TEAM- F

14. In which solution gold is soluble?
a) In Aqua-ragia
b) In acids
c) In alkalis
d) In silver nitrite

15. TEAM- A

16. The metal that is present in Photo
Films is
a) Mercury
b) Platinum
c) Magnesium
d) Silver

17. TEAM- B

18. An alloy used in making heating elements
for electric heating devices is —
a) Nichrome
d) German Silver
b) Solder
c) Alloy steel

19. TEAM- C

20. Limes became part of the British
Royal Navy's diet in an attempt to
prevent what?
a) Influenza
d) Rickets
b) Scurvy
c) Melanomas

21. TEAM- D

22. Hygrometer is an instrument
used to measure_________
a) Rainfall
b) Humidity
c) Snow fall
d) Heat

23. TEAM- E

24. From 21st march to 23rd September
______hemisphere of Earth closer to Sun
a) Northern
b) Eastern
c) Western
d) Southern

25. TEAM- F

26. Which gas is filled in packet-
packed snacks like potato chips?
a) Nitrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Neon
d) Carbon dioxide

27. Audience Questions
1. Rheumatism affects which part of the
body?
2. Oxides of non metals are _______ in
nature
3. DOTs treatment is related to which
disease?
4. Rickets disease caused due to lack of
____Vitamin.

28. Round II
Terms and conditions
• Each team will get two questions with 10 point to
each question.
• If unanswered, question will PASS ON to next team
carrying 5 bonus point.
• Answer time is 30 seconds.

29. TEAM- A

30. What is the biggest planet in our
solar system?
Jupitor

31. TEAM- B

32. Galvanised iron sheets have a
coating of
Zinc

33. TEAM- C

34. What is 0 degrees Celsius on the
Fahrenheit scale?
32F

35. TEAM- D

36. Phenolphthalein and methyl
orange are used as…………
indicators

37. TEAM- E

38. The functional unit of kidney is…..
Nephron

39. TEAM- A

40. What is the name of the closest
star to the earth?
Sun

41. TEAM- B

42. An acid which is called as king
of chemicals…………………..
Sulphuric acid

43. TEAM- C

44. The element common to all
acids is
Hydrogen

45. TEAM- D

46. Non stick cooking utensils are
coated with____________
Teflon

47. TEAM- E

48. The primary mode of heat
transfer in fluids is called as…..
Convection

49. TEAM- F

50. The molten rock that comes
from a volcano after it has
erupted is known as what?
Lava

51. Audience Questions
• What is unit of illumination?
• Which is the hottest planet in solar system?
• Speed of wind is measured by instrument
called as………
• The year 2015 celebrated as the international
year of………….

52. Round IV
Photo Identification Round
Terms and conditions
• Each team will get one question
• Picture of Sceintist will be shown on the screen.
•If identified without any clue then 10 points will be
awarded.
• 2 points for each clue will be deducted for next four clues.
• If unanswered, question WILL NOT pass on to next team.

53. TEAM-A

54. 1. Indian geneticist and international
administrator, renowned for his leading
role in India's Green Revolution
4. In 1999, Time magazine placed him in the 'Time
20' list of most influential Asian people of the 20th
century
2. He is known as "Indian Father of Green
Revolution"
3. He served as Director General of the
International Rice Research Institute (1982–88)
Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan

55. TEAM-B

56. 1. He was a great mathematician and
astronomical scientist
2. He worked on the approximation for pi , and
may have come to the conclusion that is
irrational
Aryabhata
3He discussed the concept of sine in his
work by the name of ardha-jya, which
literally means "half-chord".
4. His system of astronomy was called the audAyaka system.

57. TEAM-C

58. 2 He was born in Raipur, British India (today
Tehsil Kabirwala, Punjab, Pakistan)
4. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1978
1. He was an Indian-American biochemist
who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for
Physiology or Medicine with Marshall
W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley
3. He and his team had established that the
mother of all codes, the biological language
common to all living organisms, is spelled
out in three-letter words: each set of three
nucleotides codes for a specific amino acid
Har Gobind Khorana

59. TEAM-D

60. Jagadish Chandra Bose
He was a Bengali polymath, physicist,
biologist, botanist, archaeologist, as
well as an early writer of science
fiction
He pioneered the investigation of
radio and microwave optics
He made a number of pioneering
discoveries in plant physiology
He used his own invention, the crescograph, to measure plant
response to various stimuli

61. TEAM-E

62. Yellapragada Subbarow
After earning a diploma from the Harvard Medical School he
joined Harvard as a junior faculty member.
His colleague, George Hitchings, who
shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine with
Gertrude Elion
Most of his career spend in USA
He is a Indian Biochemist discovered
function of ATP as energy
molecule

63. TEAM-F

64. Salim Ali
Eha's Common birds of Bombay, encouraged him to make a
collection of birds and offered to train him in skinning and
preservation
He was introduced to the serious study
of birds by W. S. Millard, secretary of
the Bombay Natural History Society
(BNHS)
He was a famous bird watcher-
Ornithologist
He was born into a Sulaimani Bohra
Muslim family of Bombay

65. • Each team will be asked continuous questions for 1
minute or maximum eight question.
• Answer should be given in True or False.
• Each question will carry 5 points.
Terms and conditions
Round V
Science in General

66. 01. Lipids in diet are mainly triacylglycerols.
2. Tetraethyl lead is used as petrol additive
3. 0.85% NaCl is the concentration in Normal Saline
04. 40g NaOH in 1 Litre water constitutes 1 Molar
solution.
05. Proteins are polypeptides.
06. Radium has atomic number 88
07. Inner transition series in periodic table is called as
lanthenide series
08. Buffer resists change in pH

67. 09.Solutions having pH more than 7 are acids.
10. Chlofluorocarbon can deplete ozone layer
11. RBCs formed in bone marrow
12. Washing soda is sodium carbonate
13. 36km/hr can also expressed as 10m/s
14. DDT, Aldrin, Chlordan are pesticides
15. Grass rich in cellulose
16. Frogs have 3 chambered heart.

68. 17. Crescograph is the instrument that measures the growth of plants
18. Kossel and Lewis in 1916 developed electron theory of chemical
bonding.
21. Proton acceptor is an acid
22. Common salt is NaCl
23. Lime water turns blue when carbon dioxide passed through it.
24. Formation of gas bubbles is a chemical change.
19. Iodine acts on starch to give blue colour
20. Hyaluronic acid present in synovial fluid.

69. 25. RBCs swells in isotonic solutions.
26.Skin is longest organ of human body.
27. Cancer is contagious disease
28. Ductility is property of metals
29. Electrons are larger than molecules
30. The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth
31. The chemical make up food often changes when you cook it.
32. Sharks are mammals.

70. 34. Atoms are most stable when their outer shells are
full
35. Filtration separates mixtures based upon their
particle size
36. Venus is the closest planet to the Sun
37. Conductors have low resistance.
38. Molecules can have atoms from more than one
chemical element.
39. Water is an example of a chemical element.
40. The study of birds is known as ornithology
33. The human body has four lungs

71. 41. Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in the
world
42. Floatation separates mixtures based on density
43. Herbivores eat meat.
44. Atomic bombs work by atomic fission
45. Molecules are chemically bonded
46. Spiders have six legs
47. Kelvin is a measure of temperature
48. The human skeleton is made up of less than
100 bones