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National tricolour will be dropped in Moon via Moon Impact grobe on 14 November. The mission is to detect the presence of He-3 and water at Moon's surface. The instruments dropped will transmit the data collected to the Moon's satellite and then the earth. Chandrayan-1 has a life of 2 years.

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Chandrayan-2 will be having a Moon Lander and a Rover planned to launch in 2011-12. The rover would move on wheels on the lunar surface, pick up samples of soil or rocks, do a chemical analysis and send the data to the spacecraft orbiting above. Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) is joining with ISRO for development of Chandrayaan-2 Lander/Rover. The rover will weigh between 30 kg and 100 kg, depending on whether it is to do a semi-hard landing or soft landing. The rover will have an operating life-span of a month. It will run predominantly on solar power. The Moon mission will costs Rs 12,000 Crore.

In the final stage of the mission, India is planning to land humans on Moon.

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Name the causal organism of Tuberculosis ?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What is the common name for 'septicaemia' ?
Blood poisoning
Who discovered the vaccine for small pox ?
Edward Jenner
What is the common name for Carcinoma ?
Cancer
Who invented the 'stethoscope' ?
Dr. Rene Laennec
Who discovered pencillin ?
Alexander Flemming
What is the normal body temperature in human beings ?
98.4 F
What is Otology ?
Study of ear diseases
Who discovered the bacterium which causes 'anthrax' ?
Robert Koch
Expand the word BCG ?
Bacillus Calmette Guerin

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Which disease is known as Lock jaw ?
Tetanus
What is ECG ?
Electro Cardiogram
Which bacterium causes cholera ?
Vibrio Cholerae
Who is called as 'Father of Genetics ?
Gregor Mendal
Name the substance which acts as a "shock absorber" in the embryo ?
Amniotic fluid
Who first discovered 'cells'?
Robert Hooke
Who discovered the Nucleic acid ?
Miescher in 1868
Mention a function where in all the types of RNA are involved in a cell ?
Protein synthesis
Who coined the the word "protoplasm" ?
Purkinje in 1839
Name the most common bacteria used for scientific research ?
Escherichia coli

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What is the 'fruitfly' used for research in genetics called ?
Drosophila
Name the cells in which golgi apparatus is absent.
Mammalian RBC
Who observed bacteria first ?
Leeuwen Hock in 1723
What is the term used for the study of bones ?
Osteology
Name the bacteria which turns milk into curd.
Lactobacillus
Who proposed cell theory ?
Schleiden and Schwann
How many chromosomes are present in man ?
23 pairs
What is the name of the whale found in Ganges ?
Platanista gangeticus
Who is called as father of Modern Biology ?
Aristotle
The sexual periodicity in the female is known as the period of heart or oestrus. what is term applied for the sexual periodicity in male ?
Rutting season

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Which nerve carries messages from the eye to the brain ?
Optic nerve
Which particular bat sucks the blood of horses, dogs and other warm blooded animals ?
Vampyrus spectrum
What is the scientific name for the toe bones ?
Phalanges
Which particular animal gives birth to four offspring always ?
Tatusia novemcincta
Name the pigment which determines the skin color in man.
Melanin
Which is smallest flowering plant ?
Wolffia
Which is the heaviest plant ?
Giant sequoia
Which is the largest flower in the world ?
Raffleisa
Which is the biggest plant seed ?
Coco-de-mer
The process by which plants lose water as water vapour into the atmosphere is called ?
Transpiration

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Seed-bearing plants are known as ?
Angiosperms
The chief role of flower in the life of a plant is ?
To attract insects for pollination
Plant movement to external stimuli is called
Tactic
Fungi are plants lacking
Chlorophyll
Which trees has its name in Sanskrit meaning without sorrow ?
Ashoka
Plants which are attached to soil are known as
Lithophytes
Art of shaping plants is known as
Topiary
Which tree is known as 'Indian red wood tree ?
Dalbergia
Name the tree whose wood is used to make cricket bats ?
Willow
Which is the largest tree in the world ?
Giant Sequoia