Know Your World - 42


1. ‘Sharbati Sonora’ refers to ______

A variety of wheat

2. Kisan-Khad is an example of fertilizer ______

N-P-K

3. Commercial Cork is obtained from the bark of ______

Oak

4. The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resource is located at ______

New Delhi

5. Origin of species was published by ______

Charles Darwin

6. The deficiency of ______ in the body leads to diabetis.

Insulin

7. Antibiotics are ______

drugs prepared from moulds and mould like organisms

8. An instrument to hear and analyse movements of heart and lungs ______

Stethescope

9. Largest reptile is ______

Crocodile

10. Life span of RBC is ______

120 days

11. An adult person will have ______ liters of blood

43256

12. In GM food, GM stands for ______

Genetically modified

13. Vaccine for influenza has been discovered by_____

Salk

14. The number of chromosomes in a normal human body cell is_____

46

15. Who is known as the father of Genetics?

Gregor Johann Mendel

16. The average length of human pregnancy is_____

36-38 weeks

17. Colour vision is made possible by the cells in the retina called_____

cone cells

18. The naturally occurring anticoagulant in the human body is_____

Heparin

19. The cellular energy is made available in the form of_____

ATP

20. Osteomalacia symptomised by bone softening is due to the deficiency of_____

Vitamin D

21. 1 gm of carbohydrate food gives energy which is about _____

4.2 k.cal

22. Who is the father of cloning?

Ian Wilmut

23. Who invented oral polio vaccine?

Albert Sabin

24. Name the disease which created panic in Asian countries in 2003.

Avian Flu

25. Name the first transgenic crop sown in India.

Bt. Cotton

26. Write the scientific name of coconut.

Cocus nucifera

27. Name the largest flower in the world?

Rufflesia

28. National Institute of Communicable diseases is located at ___

New Delhi

29. Name the inventor of mercury thermometer.

Fahrenheit

30. Name the scientist who prepared smallpox vaccine first.

Edward Jenner