National Science Day quiz

Who was the first Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

• K Kasturirangan

• Vikram Sarabhai

• Satish Dhawan

• Homi J Bhaba

Which astronomer accurately calculated the time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun to nine decimal places?

• Bhaskara II

• Nagarjuna

• Sawai Jaisingh

• Ramajuna

Indian-American scientist Har Gobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize for his contribution in

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Genetics

• Mathematics

Which Indian scientist discovered high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice in India?

• Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

• Yamuna Krishnan

• Srinivasa Ramanujan

• M. S. Swaminathan

Which Indian scientists played a major role in the launch of India's first satellite 'Aryabhatta'?

• Prafulla Chandra Ray

• Satyendra Nath Bose

• Srinivasa Ramanujan

• Vikram Sarabhai

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, played an important role in the discovery of?

• Photoelectric effect

• Quantum theory

• Photosynthesis

• Nucleus discovery

Which Indian scientist got a Nobel prize for his work on Black hole?

• Venkataraman Radhakrishnan

• Har Gobind Khorana

• S. Chandrashekar

• Satyendra Nath Bose

Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao, was an Indian physicist in which field?

• Cosmology

• Paleontology

• Biotechnology

• Spectroscopy

Which famous botanist of India is well-known for the invention of the crescograph?

• H.J. Bhabha

• S.N. Bose

• J.C. Bose

• H.G. Khorana

Which Indian scientist became the first Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission of India?

• Homi Jehangir Bhabha

• Srinivasa Ramanujan

• Har Gobind Khorana

• M. S. Swaminathan