SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA - 4

Q1. In April, 1975, from where was India's first satellite "Aryabhatta" launched?

A. Kapustin Yar

B. Cape Canaveral

C. Thumba

Q2. Name this Indian Chemist who founded "Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals", India's first pharmaceutical company and also discovered the chemical compound "Mercurous Nitrite".

A. Jagdish Chandra Bose

B. Upendranath Brahmachari

C. Prafulla Chandra Ray

Q3. Which among following natural number is known as "Hardy - Ramanujan number" or simply "Ramanujan's number" after Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?

A. 1729

B. 17843

C. 309

Q4. In 1954, who became the first scientist to be conferred with "Padma Vibhushan", the second highest Civilian Award of India?

A. Satyendra Nath Bose

B. Homi J. Bhabha

C. Har Gobind Khorana

Q5. Who among the following established the "Indian Academy of Sciences" in 1934?

A. C. V. Raman

B. Vikram Sarabhai

C. Meghnad Saha