science quiz

1.
The film focuses on
an outbreak of a
fictional virus
called Motaba
in Zaire and later in
a small town in the
United States. This
was modelled on a
real life virus.
Identify the virus.

2.
X is officially known as an Einstein–Rosen
bridge, is a
hypothetical topological feature
of spacetime that is much like a tunnel
with two ends, each in separate points in
spacetime.
Certain types of X would allow travel in
both directions from one part of the
universe to another part of that same
universe very quickly or would allow travel
from one universe to another.
The theory of general relativity predicts
that if X exists, they could allow time
travel.
Interstellar, the new sci-fi film
by Christopher Nolan, chronicles the
adventures of a group of scientist
explorers who use X to travel through
different dimensions and cover vast
distances in order to bring back food to
their dying planet.
Identify X.

3.
In "The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre
Dumas, the Saint-Mérans and the servant
Barrois are consecutively poisoned to death
having ingested beverages containing a poison.
In "The Sign of Four" by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, where Bartholomew Sholto is killed by a
poison dart. Dr. Watson confirms it was
poisoning, causing tetanus, thus the devilish
grin on the dead Sholto's face.
The same poison appears in many of Agatha
christie’s novels like The Mysterious Affair at
Styles, The Coming of Mr Quin and How Does
Your Garden Grow?
It is derived from a tree.
Identify the poison.

4.
This vehicle was invented by
Dean kamen. To move
forward or backward on it, the
rider just leans slightly
forward or backward. To turn
left or right, the rider turns
the right handlebar forward or
backward. Ironically the
owner of the company that
makes this vehicle died in an
accident while riding this
vehicle.
Identify the name/brand of
this self balancing vehicle
which Kamal hassan is seen
riding in the stills from the
movie Dasavatharam.

5.
In film making and video
game development, it
refers to recording actions
of human actors, and using
that information to
animate digital character
models in 2D or
3D computer animation.
Name this process of
recording
the movement of objects
or people.

PERFORMANCE CAPTURE OR MOTION
CAPTURE (MOCAP)

6.
In the movie “The prestige” one magician ,
convinced that his rival does a certain trick
by means of a machine he bought from the
famed scientist, visits him in Colorado
Springs (USA), where he has electrified
(literally) the entire town in exchange for
being able to use the town generator for
his own experiments in transmitting
energy without wires.
The scientist , according to the movie,
actually hits upon a way, not of
transporting objects, but of duplicating
them.
Identify the real scientist portrayed in this
movie.

7.
KSSP has launched a new online
science magazine in Malayalam.
Charles Darwin proposed the theory of
universal common descent through
an evolutionary process in his book On
the Origin of Species, saying,
"Therefore I should infer from analogy
that probably all the organic beings
which have ever lived on this earth
have descended from some one
primordial form, into which life was
first breathed.”
Name the online science magazine by
KSSP which is named after “the most
recent organism from which all
organisms now living on
Earth descend”.

LUCA- LAST UNIVERSAL COMMON
ANSCESTOR

8.
The picture on
the right shows
something that
has been done
for the first time
in the world.
What is the
significance?

Kodomoroid and otonaroid
THE WORLD’S FIRST ROBOT TV
NEWSREADERS(BY HIROSHI
ISHIGURO).

9.
The bearded man on the
extreme left in the picture
below is a fictional scientist
or inventor created by an
Indian writer featured in a
series of science fiction books
written in an Indian language.
This Indian character was
modelled on another fictional
scientist created by a world
famous English writer who is
known more for creating
another one of the most
iconic and famous characters
in literature.
Identify the two authors.

SIR ARTHOR CANON DOYLE AND
SATYAJIT RAY

10.
The picture on the
right shows a
Chinese goddess
and the picture on
the left shows her
pet rabbit. What is
the significance of
this mythology in
the light of a
recent
technological
achievement of
china?

The name of China’s first lunar lander was called
change (goddess of moon) and their first lunar
rover was named yutu (jade rabbit).

11.
The International Cricket Council
used it for the first time during
the semi-finals and final of the
Under-19 Cricket World Cup in
the UAE.
Besides the ICC under-19 World
Cup, the stumps have been used
in T20 competitions in New
Zealand, Australia, India and the
West Indies.
The inventor Bronte Eckermann
said this about how he got the
idea for the invention-
“My daughter was playing with a
ball that lit up when it was
thrown. I was hoping to produce
something that would add value
to cricket”.
Identify the invention.

12. Identify this event that happened in
Lake baikal featured in the photos
below.

Sochi winter olympics torch relay in
lake baikal.

13.
What did
these
people
featured in
the photo
achieve?

Brazilian neuroscientist Dr Miguel Nicolelis and his walk
again team with paralysed Juliano pinto who wore the
“ironman suit”to kick off the ball ceremoniously in the
inauguration ceremony of FIFA worldcup.

14.
The photo features LZR
Speedo swimsuit worn
by swimmers which is
now banned. Use of
such suits have been
used as an example of
an unethical practice in
sports. It had lead to
coining of a new term
indicating the unethical
practice.
Identify the term.

15.
Due to a rare genetic
disorder Matthias Schlitte
came with a powerful right
arm to the world. He
made this imbalance to his
advantage and opted for a
career as Armwrestler. He is a
seven-time German champion
and 14-time international
champion.
He goes by his nickname
hellboy. He is also addressed
by the media after a popular
cartoon character.
Identify the cartoon
character.

16.
The Company owned by
nelson brothers was asked
by the US Forestry Service
for a reliable way of
marking trees from a
distance because some
trees were across a stream
or thick brush.
The invention that resulted
from the above request
lead to development of a
particular sport.
Identify the sport.

17.
Identify the sporting
event (name of the
cup) in which these
robots compete. In
the earlier version
the robot on the top
was used. Now the
four legged variety
has been replaced
by the two legged
ones.

ROBOCUP OR Robot Soccer World Cup

18.
The DARPA Grand
Challenge is one of the
toughest competitions
in the world. In the
first edition none of
the teams won. Even
in the later editions
very few teams
complete the race.
Identify the nature of
competition.

Prize competition for American autonomous vehicles, funded
by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of USA

19.
The beverage was first developed
in 1965 by a team of researchers
at University of Florida, to
replenish the combination of
water, carbohydrates,
and electrolytes. It was done at
the request of from Florida
football club (whose logo is
featured on top) head coach Ray
Graves.
Originally produced and
marketed by Stokely-Van Camp,
the e brand was purchased by
the Quaker Oats Company in
1983, which, in turn, was bought
by another company in 2001.
Identify the brand of beverage.

20.
What is Desso
Grassmaster?

It is a sports playing field surface composed of
natural grass combined with artificial fibres.

21.
After successfully producing and
supplying tyres for Indian defence
helicopters, the company has now
started supplying indigenously
developed tyres for Sukhoi 30 MKI,
the most advanced fighter aircraft
group in the IAF fleet. The
development marks one of the
significant steps in defence’s
indigenisation programme. This will
result in significant savings as its tyres
will be priced 30-40 per cent lower
than the tyres the IAF used to procure
from outside the country.
Name the only Indian company to
make tyres for Indian defence
helicopters and aircraft.

22.
Edmund Albius was born in St.
Suzanne, Réunion. His mother, a slave,
died during his birth, and he was
adopted by his master, Féréol Bellier
Beaumont. In 1841, Albius at the age
of 12, discovered something
significant. After Albius’s discovery,
Réunion became for a time the world's
largest supplier of this commodity. In
1848, France outlawed slavery in its
colonies, and Albius left
the plantation for St. Denis, where he
worked as a kitchen servant. He was
convicted of stealing jewellery and
sentenced to ten years in prison, but
the sentence was commuted after five
years when the governor granted him
clemency in light of his enormous
contribution. Albius died in poverty
in St. Suzanne in 1880.
Identify his contribution.

Edmund Albius discovered an easy method of pollinating
vanilla orchid by hand which led to development of
commercialisation of vanilla production.

23.
It is black, lightweight and slim. It
weighs 0.5 kg and it is said it could be
carried in a purse or bag. It is priced at
Rs 1,22,360.00. It is named after the
name given to a 23-year-old woman
who was gang raped in Delhi in
December 16, 2012.
Identify the product and the name of
the product.

Nirbheek revolver made by Indian
ordnance factory

TS GANESH THE ONLY COFFEE PLANTER WHO
PRODUCES KOPI LUWAK IN INDIA

25.
Engineered for a combination of
thinness, lightness, and damage-
resistance, it is used primarily as the
cover glass for portable electronic
devices including mobile
phones, portable media
players, laptop computer displays, and
some television screens.
Even though the product was used
until the early 1990s in various
commercial and industrial
applications, including automotive and
aviation it came into consumer
electronics when Apple asked Corning
for a toughened glass that would
eventually go into the iPhone.
What is the registered trademark
for toughened glass manufactured by
U.S. glassmaker Corning Inc.

26.
Recently a jewellery chain launched a
innovative custom designed jewellery.
The HELIX - DNA jewellery collection
entails unique designs encrusted with
your own DNA. For inscribing DNA in
a jewellery one has to go to a
company store and give DNA sample
through a collection kit which is then
sent over to technology partner iDNA.
iDNA will then generate a graphic
image of the sample which is then
embossed on the jewellery.
Identify the name of the jewellery
chain.

27.
This electric scooter you
see on the right is
designed, produced by an
Indian company for the
USA market.
The scooter boasts of
features like a huge cargo
bay for carrying luggage,
detachable battery for easy
recharging and ability to
sync the vehicle with the
smart phone.
It is called GenZee.
Identify the company.

28.
Why was
this
Mumbai
restaurant
in news
recently?

They delivered pizza using a drone

29.
In late 1983, Rob Campbell and Taylor
Pohlman founded Forethought, Inc in
order to develop object oriented bit-
mapped application software. In
1984, they hired Bob Gaskins, a
former Ph.D. student at the University
of California, Berkeley, in exchange for
a large percentage of the company's
stock. He and software
developer Dennis Austin led the
development of a program called
Presenter.
It was originally designed for
the Macintosh computer. This
company was later bought over by
another company.
What is the present name of
‘presenter’?

30.
Before 1959, only two-point lap belts were
available in automobiles. The two-point
belts strapped across the body, with a
buckle placed over the abdomen, and in
high-speed crashes had been known to
cause serious internal injuries.
A relative of a company’s CEO Gunnar
Engelau had died in a car crash, which
helped motivate the company to increase
its safety measures. So the company hired
Nils Bohlin, who had designed ejector
seats for Saab fighter airplanes in
the 1950s, to be the company's first chief
safety engineer.
Within a year, Bohlin had developed the
three-point seat belt, introduced in cars in
1959. In the interests of safety, the
company made the new seat belt design
available to other car manufacturers for
free.
Identify the company.

31.
Recently a android mobile
application was developed
by ‘Sparknova’ a company
in Technopark.
The uniqueness of this app
is that it has been
developed for a exclusive
purpose of helping people
to contact a particular
person.
Identify the person.

Akhouri Sinha, adjunct professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology
and Development at the University of Minnesota, was recognised by the US
Geological Survey, which named the mountain Mt Sinha (990 M) in
Antarctica, for his work he did as an explorer in 1971-72.

33.
Ravish Malhotra born on 25
December 1943 in Lahore
(now in Pakistan) is a
retired Air Commodore of
the Indian Air Force. Ravish
Malhotra was awarded the
Kirti Chakra in 1985. Malhotra
is the Co-Founder & Chief
Mentor of the aerospace
division of Dynamatic
Technologies.
There was a time whenIndia
followed his every move.
Why was and is , he famous?

Ravish Malhotra served as backup for Rakesh Sharma on
the Soyuz T-11 mission which launched the first Indian citizen
into space, but unfortunately himself never went to space.

34.
The idea for the device came to Manu Prakash,
assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford,
from a toy music box (featured on the bottom left).
The box used a tiny hand crank to pull a paper ribbon
through a set of pins on concentric disks. Prakash got
the idea that the rotating pins could also be used to
pump fluids through tiny channels or to control valves
and droplet generators in a programmable
fashion. Like the music box, the device includes a
hand-cranked wheel and paper tape with periodic
holes punched by the user.
(a)What did Manu Prakash invent based on the toy ?
(b) Also identify the other invention (featured on the
bottom right) he is known for.

(a) portable, programmable chemistry kit could be used around the world to
test water quality, provide affordable medical diagnostic tests, assess soil
chemistry for agriculture or serve as a snake bite venom test kit costing less
than 5 dollars..
(b) Foldscope is an optical microscope that can be assembled from simple
components, including a sheet of paper and a lens costing less than a dollar

35.
He worked on the acoustics of
musical instruments. He
worked out the theory
of transverse vibration of
bowed strings, on the basis
of superposition velocities. He
was also the first to
investigate the harmonic
nature of the sound of the
Indian drums such as
the tabla and the mridangam.
Identify this famous Indian
scientist who did research on
Indian musical instruments.

36.
It is a colloquial Hindi-Urdu word that
can mean an innovative fix. It is often
used to signify creativity to make
existing things work or to create new
things with meagre resources. It is
increasingly accepted as a
management technique and is
recognised all over the world as an
acceptable form of frugal engineering
at peak in India.
For example the picture on the right
shows a vehicle which uses agriculture
pump set for the engine and the body
is made of parts taken from multiple
sources.
People in parts of northern India do
call such vehicles by this word.
Identify the word.

37.
The cryostat is a large, stainless steel
structure (3,800 ton steel) surrounding
the vacuum vessel and
superconducting magnets, providing a
super-cool, vacuum environment. It is
one of the largest components of the
project. cryostat will be the world's
largest high-vacuum pressure chamber
ever built. It will be made by Indian
company Larsen and Toubro.
India, being one of the seven Members
of the international project based in
cadarache, France, is in charge of
procuring the cryostat.
The picture on the right shows a cake
modelled on the cryostat of this
project.
Identify the project.

38.
The launch of 125 cc TVS-Flame(bottom)
has become a dispute between Bajaj Auto
and TVS Motor over patent. Flame was in
news because of a suit filed by Bajaj
Auto alleging a patent infringement. In
September 2007 Bajaj claimed that the
technology used is a violation of their
indigenous technology (patent no
195904) under the Patents act. After
the Chennai high court restrained TVS
from launching the bike in the original
version. So TVS made a change and sold
the bike. TVS finally started selling the
original version after Supreme Court
allowed it to sell the vehicle. Now the
model has been discontinued and
replaced with new model called phoenix.
Identify the technology over which the
two companies had a dispute.

39. He is an American scientist of Indian origin, inventor and entrepreneur. He was born on the 2nd of
December, 1963 to a Tamil Family in Bombay, India. At the age of seven, he left with his family to live in the
United States. In 1979, as a 14-year-old high school student at Livingston High School in New Jersey, he
invented something and patented it. This invention has led to a controversy in the recent years. In 2009, he
was hired by CSIR Tech and fired very shortly thereafter which also created controversy. In September 2014, he
married American actress Fran Drescher.
Identify the person and his invention which is controversial.

40.
The picture on the right features Mr
Bojji Rajaram. He is a inventor who
worked as an engineer for Konkan
railway corporation.
He is known for two of his inventions.
One is the anti collision device (raksha
kavach) a rail safety device to prevent
accidents. Both his inventions have
been covered by channels like national
geographic and discovery.
In the national geographic programme
on ACD he was asked to stand
between two moving trains fitted with
ACD as a confidence test. Both the
trains stopped well in advance.
As of now both his inventions have not
been adopted in India.
The other invention was abandoned
when there was an accident resulting
in death of a person.
Identify the other invention.

The Barn owl and red sand boa are both popular with fraudsters who lure
people into buying it for huge sums of money claiming that these animals will
bring good luck and lot of money.

42. Photographer Nick Brandt has captured haunting images of the lake and its dead in a book
titled "Across the Ravaged Land“. Brandt discovered the remains of flamingos and other animals.
He took these creatures as he found them on the shoreline, and then placed them in 'living'
positions and took photographs. The alkaline water in Lake Natron has a pH as high as 10.5 and is
so caustic it can burn the skin and eyes of animals that aren't adapted to it.
Where on earth would you find this lake?

43.
The Derweze area is rich in natural gas.
While drilling in 1971, Soviet
geologists tapped into a cavern filled
with natural gas. The ground beneath
the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a
large hole with a diameter of 70
metres (230 ft) .To avoid poisonous gas
discharge, it was decided the best
solution was to burn it off. Geologists
had hoped the fire would use all the
fuel in a matter of days, but the gas is
still burning today. Locals have dubbed
the cavern "The Door to Hell".
It is also called as the most beautiful
ecological disaster.
Where is this derweze or darvasa gas
crater? (name of the country)

44.
The mechanical elephant is 12 meters
high and 8 meters wide, made from 45
tons of wood and steel. It can take up
to 49 passengers for a 45-minute walk.
It is part of an artistic, touristic and
cultural project.
Where will you find this elephant?
(name of the country)
The theme park where this machine is
found is a tribute to a world famous
author pictured below.

45.
This 64-year-old Japanese-American
man who lives in California, makes
parts for model steam trains using
computer-aided design, and has spent
the past few years battling ill-health,
first prostate cancer, and later a stroke.
He had added Dorian Prentice to his
actual name in 1973.
A journalist of Newsweek Leah
McGrath Goodman claims he blew the
cover of this person and has found his
true identity. After this article the
press and media swarmed this man’s
house.
This person refused to meet or answer
the media and refuted the newsweek
allegation.
What did ‘Newsweek’ claim?

Dorian Prentice SATOSHI NAKAMOTO(or) Dorian
S Nakamoto is the actual founder of BITCOIN,
the cryptocurrency

Coconut crab is claimed to be largest land-dwelling arthropod in the world.The carnivorous crabs can
weigh up to 9lbs (4kg) and have large claws with which to crack open coconuts. They are found in
the area (garder island, south pacific ocean) where Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred
Noonan are thought to have disappeared during their bid to circumnavigate the globe. A 1940s
investigation suggested that Ms Earhart and her navigator's remains could have been carried off
and hidden by coconut crabs.

47.
Eugene Goostman is a 13-
year-old boy from Odessa,
Ukraine, who has a pet
guinea pig and a father
who is a gynaecologist. He
is not very good in English
communication and has
less than average general
knowledge.
What did Eugene
Gootsman achieve
recently?

Eugene Goostman is a chatterbot that convinced many humans that
they were chatting with a human. The Goostman bot has competed in a
number of Turing test contests since its creation and had won prizes. On
7 June 2014, at a contest marking the 60th anniversary of Turing's
death, 33% of the event's judges thought that Goostman was human.

48.
Puli Space
Technologies (named after
the puli, a small dog breed) is
a company established by
individuals in June 2010 in
order to take part in Google
Lunar X Prize Challenge and
other competitions, and
further to facilitate
development of space
industry in this country, to
promote scientific thinking
and encourage students to
choose scientific careers.
Identify the country.

49.
Whole genome sequencing (also known
as full genome sequencing, complete
genome sequencing, or entire genome
sequencing) is a laboratory process that
determines the complete DNA sequence
of an organism's genome at a single
time.
The first two genome sequences
belonging to individuals were made
(2007) available to researchers within a
few days of each other.
One is X and the other belongs to J. Craig
Venter (top), who as president of the
Celera Corporation started a human
genome project in competition with the
government.
X and Dr. Venter are both taking a
considerable personal risk in making their
genomes publicly available. they are, in
principle, exposing all their imperfections
to public view for the sake of advancing
research.
Identify X (bottom).

JAMES WATSON , one of the co founders of
Double helix structure of DNA

50.
Amarula is a cream
liqueur from South
Africa. It has an
alcohol content of
17% by volume.
What is the
connection between
the elephants and this
brand?

Elephants enjoy eating the fruit of the marula tree. Because of the marula tree's
association with elephants, the distiller has made them its symbol and supports
elephant conservation efforts, co-funding the Amarula Elephant Research Programme
at the University of Natal, Durban

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