SCIENCE QUIZ COMPETITION 2015

SCIENCE BUDDIES IX - C

ROUND 1

CLOCK - WISE

DIRECT – 6 marks

PASS – 3 marks

A REMEMBRANCE TO THE WORST

NUCLEAR ATTACK….

HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI NUCLEAR

DISASTER

1 ) WHICH WAS THE EXPLOSIVE

ELEMENT USED IN LITTLE BOY ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

URANIUM - 235

2 ) What was the name of the

plane that dropped the bomb in Hiroshima?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

ENOLA GAY

3 ) What did the bomb dropped

over Nagasaki blow up over?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

TENNIS COURT

4 )

August 6-9, 2015 marks the ______ th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski.

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

70 TH ANNIVERSARY

5 )

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL - UNESCO ,

IN FRONT OF THE BOMB DOME.

6 )

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

A MONUMENT AT THE SITE OF THE TENNIS COURT ,

AT THE PLACE WHERE FAT MAN WAS DROPED.

7 )

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

ALBERT EINSTEIN

8 )

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

SADAKO SASAKI

ROUND 2

Written Round

2 Marks each

1 ) WHICH IS THE WORLDS LARGEST

GATHERING OF PILGRIMS AND TOURISTS AT AN EVENT THAT WITNESSES A MASSIVE OUTPOURING OF FAITH ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

KUMBH MELA

2 )

THE WORD __________ COMES FROM THE SANSKRIT ROOT ‘YUJ’ , WHICH MEANS TO ‘YOKE’ OR TO UNITE THE SPIRIT AND PHYSICAL BODY TOGETHER

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

YOGA

3 )WHO IS THE FOUNDER CHAIRMAN OF AMUL ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

DR. VARGHESE KURIEN

4 )

___________ HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE GUINESS WORLD RECORDS FOR BEING THE LARGEST BUS OPERATOR IN THE WORLD

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

APSRTCANDHRA PRADESH STATE ROAD TRANSPORT

CORPORATION

5 ) WHICH IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST

INTEGRATED FILM STUDIO COMPLEX ? WHERE IS IT SITUATED ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

RAMOJI FILM CITY ,HYDERABAD

6 )

WHICH IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST TWO – WHEELER MANUFACTURING COMPANY ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

HERO MOTO CORP LTD

7 )

THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE AS “TEAR DROP ON THE CHEEK OF TIME “

WHICH MONUMENT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

TAJ MAHAL

8 )NAME THE RICHEST TEMPLE , SITUATED

IN OUR COUNTRY

WHERE CAN WE FIND IT ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

SREE PADMANABHA SWAMY TEMPLE , TIRUVANATHAPURAM , KERALA

ROUND 3

Written Round

2 Marks each

SCIENCE BUDDIES

1 )

WHAT IS THE FULL NAME OF Dr. KALAM ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM

2 )

AS _____________ , Dr. KALAM CONTRIBUTED

FOR THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SLV III

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

PROJET DIRECTOR

3 )

WHICH WAS THE SATELLITE THAT SLV III INJECTED

IN THE EARTH’S ORBIT ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

ROHINI SATELLITE

4 )

WHERE WAS THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT BORN ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

RAMESHWARAM , TAMIL NADU

5 )

WHICH WAS THE FIRST CAREER OF

DR. ABDUL KALAM?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

NEWSPAPER VENDORTO SUPPORT HIS STUDIES

6 )

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

WINGS OF FIRE

7 )

WHICH YEAR DID DR. KALAM EMERGE AS THE

PRESIDENT OF INDIA ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

25 TH JULY 2002

8 )

HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH

MISSILE HAS GOT HIM THE NAME ,

‘ THE MISSILE MAN OF INDIA ’ ?

AND THE ANSWER IS . . . . .

AGNI

ROUND 4

RAPID FIREBEFORE QUESTION - 7 MARKSAFTER QUESTION - 5 MARKSWRONG ANSWER - -2 MARKS

AND THE ANSWERS ARE . . . . .

1 ) ARYABHATTA

2 ) TUBERCULOSIS

3 ) L A S E R

4 ) FEAR OF DARKNESS

5 ) PEARS SOAP

6 ) C E R N

7 ) VITAMIN D

8 ) C V RAMAN

TIE

BREAKER

1 )

WHAT IS WIRELESS FIDELITY COMMONLY KNOWN AS ?

AND THE ANSWER IS……

WI - FI

2 )

AND THE ANSWER IS……

MUSHROOM CLOUD FORMATION

3 )

WHICH IS THE NEW PROGRAM ORGANISED BY NARENDRA MODI TO INTRODUCE E – GOVERNANCE EVEN IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY ?

AND THE ANSWER IS……

DIGITAL INDIA

4 )

AND THE ANSWER IS……

NEXT STUDIO

5 )

WHICH IS INDIA’S LARGEST ONLINE RETAILER ?

AND THE ANSWER IS……

AMAZON.IN

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