sci-tech 09 prelims
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RVQuizCorp
Under The Peepal Tree 2009
Sci Tech Quiz
Prelims
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1) When two viscous fluids of
different specific gravities aremixed and slightly heated, theheavier one creates an impression
of being brought to boil. Bubblesrise to the top and froth-likeformation coupled with fumes
make people believe that it isboiling.
An explanation given to explain
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Dunking babies in oil in Hubli
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2) Certain research results indicate thatlistening to this kind of music may induce ashort-term improvement on theperformance of certain kinds of mentaltasks known as spatio-temporal reasoning.
This is called X effect.
A research was conducted with reasoningtests before and after listening to themusic. It was found that, effectively, IQ
scores were 8 to 9 points higher after theparticipants had listened to the music thanbefore.
X ?
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Mozart Effect
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3) An almost exhaustive list:
Morris William Travers
Alfred Gibbs BourneMartin Onslow ForsterC.V.Raman
Jnan Chandra Ghosh
Maneklal Sakalchand ThackerSatish DhawanC.N.R.RaoS. RamasesanGovindarajan PadmanabhanGoverdhan Mehta
Currently X
ID X or put funda.
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P. Balaram Directors ofIISc
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4) Connect
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Celcius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin Temperature Scales.
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5) Significance?
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Worlds last known case of Smallpox
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6) Also called your plastic palwhos fun to be with, he findshimself waiting several millionyears to park cars for an exclusiverestaurant, staying on space shipsbeing driven into the hearts ofsuns so that he can manuallywork the teleport to saveeveryone else on board, being
dropped several miles on to solidrock, and being left to defendhimself against awesome military
technology.
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Marvin, the Paranoid Android
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7) What is called asolidus if written as adiagonal line or avinculum if written as ahorizontal line?
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The line between the numerator and
denominator in a fraction
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8) Whats blanked out?
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Hot Air Parody of Mac book Air
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:
9) X,Y :
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Isaac Newton and James Chadwick
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10) Video shows an exothermicchemical reaction that results
from the ignition of a mixture ofcarbon disulfide and nitricoxide. It is a combustion
process in which a fuel isoxidised.
The distinctive sound of thereaction gives this reaction aspecial name.
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Barking Dog Experiment
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11) 3rd March of this year wascelebrated as what? (Apartfrom Dattas birthday)
Such an event occurs 9 times
every century.
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Square Root Day 03/03/09
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12) This picture is 1474 megapixel. Since nocamera exists to take such a resolutionpicture, by what technique was this image
taken?
To demonstrate the resolution:
Pic1 - Before zooming
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After zooming in to where the white handwas:
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Gigapan
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A B
A and B are the same thing but are found on two different objects. Give me fu, the tie breaker would be if you can give me where both A and B can be found
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13) These are the plaques on the satellites Pioneer and
Voyager, both of which are meant to give the finder ofthe satellite an idea of where and what earth is allabout.
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14) Whoitis??
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The Zune Guy
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15) X is the collective pseudonym under whicha group of (mainly French) 20th-centurymathematicians wrote a series of books
presenting an exposition of modern advancedmathematics, beginning in 1935. With the goalof founding all of mathematics on set theory,
the group strove for utmost rigour andgenerality, creating some new terminologyand concepts along the way.
While X is an invented personage, a group
carrying his surname is officially known as theAssociation des collaborateurs de X has anoffice in Paris.
Notations introduced by the group include: the
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Nicholas Barbouki
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16) 2nd Dec, 1967, Denise Darvall and her mother wererun down by a drunk driver on Main Road, Salt River.Denises mother died immediately. Denise had multipleinjuries including a skull fracture and extensive headinjuries. She could not be kept alive without mechanicalassistance, and was essentially brain dead. By 9 pm, theresuscitation team stopped trying to revive Denise.
On 3rd Dec, 1967, Louis Washkansky underwent anoperation at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.The operation was a success, but Washkansky had aweakened immune system and died of double pneumoniaeighteen days later. Washkansky was a Lithuanian Jew,
who migrated to South Africa in 1922, aged nine.Washkansky saw active service in World War II in Eastand North Africa and Italy. Washkansky was an avidsportsman, taking part in soccer, swimming, andweightlifting. However, late in his life his health declined
substantially: he was diabetic, and had an incurable heart
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First Heart Transplant
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17) This word is commonly used internet slang
derived from an English word, which impliesdominance or humiliation of someone. Theoriginal English word In hacker jargon this wordmeans obtaining control or to compromise. Anoutside party who has gained unauthorizedaccess to system is said to have _____ the system.
What is the slang word and the word from whichit was derived?
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Pwn/ pwn-ing from own
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Pi = 3.141592653589..
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exp(i* ) = -1
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20) X is a unit of quantum information. Thatinformation is described by a state vector in a two-level quantum-mechanical system, which is formally
equivalent to a two-dimensional vector space overthe complex numbers. In addition, the quibit shouldhave these properties.
scalability
can be initialized controlled unitary transformations measurable scalable
X has some similarities to a classical form ofinformation representation, but is overall verydifferent. But while in the classical form, information
is represented only by a set of discrete values, in X,they can, in addition, be represented by their
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Quantum Bit/ Qubit/ Qbit
21) Th X h th i d b J
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21) The X hypothesis, proposed by JamesLovelock, was first scientifically formulated in the1960s by Lovelock as a consequence of his work
for NASA on methods of detecting life on Mars.
It is an ecological hypothesis proposing that thebiosphere and the physical components of the
Earth (atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere andlithosphere) are closely integrated to form acomplex interacting system that maintains theclimatic and biogeochemical conditions on Earth
in a preferred homeostasis.It was named after the Greek supreme goddess ofEarth. The theory was initially, said to be a wayto explain the fact that combinations of chemicalsincluding oxygen and methane persist in stable
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Gaia Hypothesis
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22) Citing trademark infringement concern,T-mobile is demanding that blog site
Engadget Mobile stop using______
in itslogo. In a letter posted sent to Engadget, T-Mobile pronounced, "Based on the differentcharacter of the goods and services offeredby the Deusche Telekom Group andWeblogs, we assume that it is in the bestinterest of both of our entities to ensure
that the particular services can be clearlyseparated and that consumers are notconfused..." And it's not an early April Fool'sjoke, they say. It's not totally unreasonable,there is recedent for this sort of thin . Like
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The colour magenta
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manual for the general working of a very simple
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The new iPod Shuffle 3G
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24) X received a posthumoushonorary fellowship in 2002 from
Britain's Royal Society ofChemistry, which is the UnitedKingdom's professional body for
chemical scientists. The fellowshipis generally exclusive to eminentscientists. X was made a fellow for
contributions to forensicchemistry, and the award hasbeen described as "tongue-in-
cheek" for the enerall serious
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Sherlock Holmes
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25) The simplest method to measure temperatuethis way is to count the number of_____in 15seconds and add 40. The sum usually approximates
the temperature within a few degrees Fahrenheit.
The original formula for determining temperaturefrom____appears to have been published in 1897
by A.E. Dolbear, a physics professor at Tufts College.Since Dolbears time, formulas have been devisedfor various sub-species. For example:
Field ______: T = 50 + (N - 40 / 4)
Snowy Tree _______: T = 50 + (N - 92 / 4.7)
Katydid: T = 60 + (N - 19 / 3)
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