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    Which creature possesses the largest eyes ?
    Giant Squid
    Which Indian wild goats can survive at great altitudes near the snow line ?
    Ibex
    Which is the most primitive living mammal ?
    Platypus
    Which is the fastest swimming bird ?
    Gentoo Penguin
    Which is the heaviest bird ?
    Kori Bustard
    Which is the fastest flying bird ?
    Spine-tailed swift
    The region in which toucans are from ?
    England
    Which bird has flippers instead of wings ?
    Penguin
    Name the the Indian bird which is on the verge of extinction.
    Great Bustard
    Which is the National bird of India ?
    Peacock

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    Which bird lays the biggest egg ?
    Ostrich
    The region where Skunks are found ?
    North America
    Which animal species has the largest brain ?
    Sperm whale
    A Gorilla is identified from another by its.
    Nose print
    Name the animal which sustains itself in extreme cold and warm desert conditions.
    Yak
    Which animal has the longest gestation ?
    Asiatic Elephant
    The region in which Giraffes are found.
    Africa
    Name the only animal that can not swim ?
    Camel
    The region where Koala Bears are found ?
    Australia
    which is the largest rodent in the world ?
    Capybara

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    The region in which zebras are found ?
    Africa
    Which is the largest and rarest lizard ?
    Komodo Dragon
    Which is the most common monkey of india ?
    Rhesus
    Name the region in which Badgers are found ?
    Europe
    The-Gaint Panda lives exclusively on which type of a food ?
    Bamboo shoots
    Camel's hump containing what ?
    Fat
    Which animal has the highest blood presure ?
    Giraffe
    What decides the colour of the skin of a human body?
    Melanin
    What is the literial meaning of Dinosaur ?
    Terrible Lizards
    Which is the most poisonous animal ?
    The Arrow Poison Frog

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    Which disease is known as the 'white death ' ?
    Tuberculosis
    Which is the largest and most widely distributed amphibian ?
    Frog & Toad
    'Kwashiorkor' is a disease caused by deficiency of
    Proteins
    'Leukemia' results in an increased production of
    White blood cells
    'Minamata disease' is due to
    Mercury poisoning
    Diplopia is ----------
    Double vision
    What is the main function of white blood corpuscles ?
    Protect the body against diseases
    What is the total number of muscles in the human body ?
    639
    Which vitamin prevents night blindness ?
    Vitamin A
    Which vitamin prevents the bleeding of gums ?
    Ascorbic Acid

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    What is meant by britannia metal?
    An alloy containing Tin, Antimony and Copper
    From which or did Marie Curie isolate radium?
    Pitchblende
    Of which metal is lepidolite a mineral ?
    Lithium
    What is manufactured using Bessemer process?
    Steel
    Who invented artificial silk?
    Joseph W Swan
    Who invented cement ?
    Joseph Aspdin
    Who invented Nylon ?
    Dr.Wallace H Carothers
    Who invented synthetic dyes ?
    William Perkins
    Who invented the method of manufacturing steel from iron ?
    Henry Bessemer
    Who invented Vulcanite Rubber ?
    Charles Goodyear

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    Who invented Carbon dioxide laser ?
    C K N Patel
    Who invented terylene ?
    W Ramson and Y Smith
    who discovered the structure of benzene ?
    August Kekule
    Insects blood color is...?
    Yellow
    Who Discovered sulpha drug ?
    Gerhard Domagk
    who discovered the ionization formula?
    M N Saha
    Who discovered argon ?
    Sir William Ramsay
    What makes peppers hot ?
    Capsaicin
    Who discovered Helium ?
    Sir William Ramsay
    who discovered methane ?
    Alessandro Volta
    who discovered the chemical principle of respiration ?
    A L Lavoisier

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    Who discovered DDT ?
    Paul Muller
    Who discovered the structure of atom ?
    Rutherford and Neils Bohr
    Who discovered the law of electrolysis ?
    Michael Faraday
    Who discovered Vitamins ?
    Funk and F G Hopkins
    Who Discovered Bacteria ?
    Leeuwen Hock
    Who discovered insulin ?
    F G Banting
    Who discovered the laughing gas ?
    Joseph Priestly
    Who postulated Quantum theory ?
    Max Planck
    Who split the Uranium atom and discovered the possibilities of Chain reaction ?
    Otto Hahn
    Who discovered Chlorine ?
    Carl Wilhem Scheele

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