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What is a ‘Firmware’?
Non-alterable software fixed on a piece of hardware- ROM chips
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In India which are the government agencies having authority to give internet services?
BSNL, MTNL

Who wrote the famous book ‘The Art of computer Programming’?
Donald Kunth

Who evolved the technique to produce the first test-tube baby?
Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe

What is the name of the first test tube baby?
Louise Brown

Who performed the first kidney transplantation?
Richard Lawter

Who is considered to be the Father of Plastic Surgery?
Susruta

Who invented ‘condom’?
Physician of Charles II of England

Who devised the vaccination?
Edward Jenner

Who discovered the circulation of blood?
William Harvey

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Who discovered Malaria Parasite?
Ronald Ross

Who discovered anti-toxin injections for Diphtheria?
E.A.Behring

The ‘primitive’ portion of human brain is known after this medical man who discovered it:
Pierre Broca

Who was first to discover one celled animals?
Anton Leewenhock

Who discovered the cause of yellow fever?
Reed

Who discovered the science of ‘chemotherapy’
Paul Ehlrich

Who is the founding father of modern anatomy?
Andreas Vesalius
Who is considered as the father of heart transplantation?
Christian Bernard

Who is called the father of Red Cross?
Henri Dunant

Who is father of Physiology?
Thales

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Who is considered to be father of Brain surgery?
Harvey Cushing

Who is known as the father of Homeopathy?
Samuel Hahnemann

Who is considered to be father of Micro Biology?
Louis Pasteur

Who propounded the theory of Evolution?
Charles Darwin

Who is believed to be the father of Virology?
Beijernick

Who was propounded the theory that hysteria represented un discharged emotional energy?
Sigmund Freud

Who is known as the father of Osteotherapy?
Andrew Taylor Still

For measuring heart-beat of a person which device is used?
Stethoscope

Which device is used to measure blood pressure?
Sphygmo manometer

Which teeth is used for grinding food?
Canine

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What gives the human brain its energy?
Glucose

Which is the principle organ concerned in the loss of the heat from the human body?
Skin

What is the unit of measuring the energy requirements of human body?
Calorie

How many chromosomes are there in a body cell of human beings?
46

Which is the largest bone of thigh?
Femur

Which is the disease that caused due to shortage of red blood cells?
Anaemia

Which disease is gingivitis?
Inflammation of gums

He condition in which the eye are weak and tired easily is called
Asthenopia

Chloromycetin is a drug used for:
Typhoid

The gland which is present next to brain is
Pineal

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‘Podiatry’ is a science dealing with the disease of the
Teeth

Which vitamin prevents the bleeding of gums?
Ascorbic acid

Diabetes can be controlled by the injection of
Insulin

Chemicals that kills insects, weeds and disease organisms, ticks, mites and rats are collectively known as:
Pesticides

Any organism that damages the economics and physical well-being of human is called a
Pest

To which class of pesticides do DDT, BHC and Endosulphan belong:
Organo chlorines

Which pesticide represents about 50% of the total volume of pesticides used in India?
BHC

What is the name given to the pale yellow resin obtaining from the bark of ‘pistacia lentiscus’ and which is used for making varnish?
Mastic

Which of the kind of tree is ‘ Turpentane’ obtained?
Most kinds of pine tree

Which animal is generally considered to be the first animal domesticated by man?
Dog

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Breeding and management of insects for the production fo silks is known as
Sericulture

What is apiculture?
Bee-keeping

What is Pisci culture?
Production of fishes

Production of useful aquatic plants and animals is known as
Aqua culture

What does the caterpillar of Bombyx Mori produce?
Silk

Organism which can bring about soil nutrient enrichment are known as
Bio-fertilizers

The additional symbol of IAEA to denote radioactive material?
A skull and crossbones with a person running

Antibodies made outside by the by hybrid cell cultures are known as
Monoclonal antibodies

Who first thought of producing antibodies by hybrid cell culture or hybridomas?
Caesar Milstein and George Kohler

The world’s first successful human heart transplant operation was performed by Dr.Bernard. Name the individuel whose heart was used whose hear was used?
Miss Denise Ann Darvall

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Who invented Hover-bed for severely burnt patients?
Dr.J.T.Scales

‘Fluosol DA’ is a derivative of petroleum and milky white in colour. What is it called common parlance?
Artificial blood

Who was the first patient to receive an artificial heart?
Barney Clarke

Name the condition of the eye which round objects to appear as though they oval?
Astigmatism

Who invented the cardiac pacemaker?
Ake Senning

‘Iron lung’ is an artificial device to assist respiration in an unconscious patient. Who invented it?
Philip Drinken

Who invented ECG (Electro Cardiography)?
Willem Einthoven

Who was the first scientist to record the electrical activity of the brain?
Hans Berger

The total amount of living material in unit of area is known as
Biomass

What percent of solar energy reaching earth’s surface is converted into biomass?
0.2%