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Which is the most abundant of all the proteins in the high vertebrates?
Collagen

What is an ‘apoenzyme’?
The protein part of an enzyme

The word ‘chromosome’ is derived from Greek words meaning
Coloured body

What is ‘Pleiotropy’?
The appearance of two or more characters which are controlled by a single gene

A particular branch of genetics has been called ‘bean-bag genetics’. Name it.
Population genetics

What does the term ‘Gene Pool’ mean?
Total number of different kinds of genes pooled by all the members of a population

Which scientist was the first to discovered the cell?
Robert Hooke

In which structure Robert Hooke see the cell?
Cork

A group of cells with similar structure and performing similar functions are called
Tissue

Who first propounded the cell theory?
Theodar Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden

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Power houses of the cells are called
Mitochondria

Phycology is the scientific study of
Algae

Ichthyology is the scientific study of
Fishes

What is the name given to the study of the behaviour of animals in their natural environment?
Ethology

The study of tissues of the body is called
Histology

The study of cell nuclei, especially in reference to their chromosomes is known as
Karyology

The branch of horticulture that deals with the study of fruits and their cultivation is known as
Pomplogy

The study of the patterns of distribution of animals and plants in different parts of the earth is known as
Biogeography

The branch of biology that deals with the formation, structure and function of cell is known as
Cytology

‘Taxonomy’ is the study of
Classification of organisms

The study of insects is known as
Entomology

The classification of organisms by their chemical constituents is known as
Chemotaxonomy

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The branch of biology that studies organisms in terms of their relationships with other organisms vis-Ã*-vis their local environment is known as
Ecology

The branch of botany which deals only with the study of trees is known as
Dendrology

The branch of botany which deals only with study of trees is known as
Dendrology

The branch of biology that deals with the from and structure of organisms without regard to function is known as
Morphology

The science of the forms of the life existing in prehistoric times as represented by fossil animals and plants is known as
Palaeontology

The science of the structure of the animals and plants based upon dissection and microscopic observations is known as
Anatomy

The study of the relationship of living things to environment and each other in pre-historic times is known as
Palaeoecology

The study of rainfall and other aspects of fast climatic conditions by analyzing the annual growth rings of trees is known as
Dendroclimatology

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The dating of fossil animals and plants counting the ridges on fossil shells and corals is known as
Palaeochronology

The study of annual rings in trees to determine dates and environmental conditions in the past is known as
Dendrochronology

Who was the first person to discover the existence of male and female reproductive cells?
Hippocrates

Which scientist is reputed to have invented the term ‘biology’?
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

What is ‘the theory of spontaneous generation’?
Origin of life from non-life

Who gave the name ‘artery’ to the blood vessels which carry oxygenated blood?
Praxagoras of Cos

Who was the first scientist to have conducted dissections of the human body?
Alcmaeon

The first person to float in space was
Alexei Leonov

Which was the first spaceship to hit the moon?
Lunik-II

In which year the first man landed on the moon?
1969

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Which is the fist man-made object to reach the moon?
Pioneer-4

In which year was ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
Established?
1969

What is the highest record of staying in space?
237 days

The first human being to set foot on the moon was
Neil Armstrong

India’s first earth satellite station is situated at
Arvi near Pune

Who was the first person who died in space?
Vladimir Komarov

Who was the first modern Indian astronomer?
C. Raghunathachary

Which was the first Russia communication satellite?
Molniya-1

The first weather satellite launched in space was
Tiros-1

Which Indian rocket succeeded in placing small satellite, ‘Rohini’ into orbit”
SLV-3

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Name the first American to go into space?
Alan Shepard

Which is the country other than the U.S.A or Russia with manned space programme?
France

‘Aryabhatta’ is the name given to
India’s first artificial satellite

Which was ‘the word’s first artificial satellite’ which entered in to space?
Sputnik-1

Which is the first space craft to bring moon rocks to earth
Luna-16

The smallest planet in our solar system is
Mercury

Who is the first Asian astronaut?
Pham Taan

The first animal sent to space was ‘Laika’, it was a
Dog

Which planet is nearest to the earth?
Mars

The first ‘space probe’ to reach Jupiter was
Pioneer-10

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Who was the first Indian cosmonaut?
Rakesh Sharma

Which planet is known as the ‘red planet’?
Mars

‘Sea of Tranquillity’ is another name given to
Moon

The brightest star in the night sky is
Sirius

Name the planet which was discovered by Galileo?
Venus

How does the earth look when seen from moon?
Greenish blue

Which planet is renowned for dust storms?
Mars

Which planet is termed as the ‘Evening star’?
Mars

Which brightest star is also known as ’Dog star’
Sirius

The smallest stars are called
White Dwarfs