Science and Technology - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Jorge E. Hirsch
B)
Frederick Sainger
C)
Linus Pauling
D)
Percy Julian

Correct Answer :   Jorge E. Hirsch

The h-index is a commonly used measure that aims to encapsulate a scientist's productivity and impact into a single number. The metric is named for physicist J.E. Hirsch, who came up with the index in 2005 as a useful way to "characterize the scientific output of a researcher".

A)
Polyamides
B)
Polycarbonates
C)
Polyethylene
D)
Polyvinyl chloride

Correct Answer :   Polyethylene

Polycarbonates are the polymer widely used in making bullet proof material. Bullet proof glass is made by layering a polycarbonate material between pieces of ordinary glass in a process called lamination.

A)
270
B)
290
C)
300
D)
310

Correct Answer :   310

Kelvin is commonly used to measure very low and very high temperatures. So, the correct answer is 310 K. Note: The normal body temperature in Fahrenheit is 98.6° F which is equal to 37° C. Fahrenheit can be converted to Kelvin by first changing it to Celsius then adding 273.15.

A)
Volargram
B)
Dactylogram
C)
Egiogram
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Dactylogram

Fingerprint identification, known as dactyloscopy, or hand print identification, is the process of comparing two instances of friction ridge skin impressions (see Minutiae), from human fingers or toes, or even the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, to determine whether these impressions could have come from the same ...

A)
Louis Pasteur
B)
Graham Bell
C)
Alexander Fleming
D)
Edward Jenner

Correct Answer :   Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognised for discovering penicillin. The simple discovery and use of the antibiotic agent has saved millions of lives, and earned Fleming – together with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, who devised methods for the large-scale isolation and production of penicillin – the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.

A)
Sewage
B)
Mercury
C)
Polythene
D)
DDT

Correct Answer :   Sewage

Biodegradable pollutants are the waste emerging from a household which can be decomposed by microorganisms. These substances can be easily decomposed by naturally occurring agents such as oxygen, water, ultraviolet rays, microbes, acid rains, etc.

A)
Treatment to Alcoholism
B)
Treatment to drugs
C)
Treatment to Tobocaism
D)
Treatment to AIDS

Correct Answer :   Treatment to drugs

Detoxification is simply the process of withdrawing a person from a specific psychoactive substance in a safe and effective manner. Although addiction may necessitate detoxification in order to begin drug rehabilitation treatment, there are many reasons that patients must undergo detoxification.

A)
Niels Bohr
B)
Max Planck
C)
Ernest Rutherford
D)
Richard Feynman

Correct Answer :   Richard Feynman

Physicist Richard Feynman, the father of nanotechnology. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study and application of extremely small things and can be used across all the other science fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering.

A)
Coke
B)
Glass
C)
Liquid Nitrogen
D)
Ice Cream

Correct Answer :   Glass

Glass is sometimes called a supercooled liquid because it does not form a crystalline structure, but instead forms an amorphous solid that allows molecules in the material to continue to move.

A)
Methane
B)
Chlorophyll
C)
Cellulose
D)
Alkaloids

Correct Answer :   Cellulose

Cellulose is the most abundant organic compound on Earth.