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1. Isaac Newton is best known for which of the following?

  1. AKnown as the 'Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme'
  2. BDeveloped the Bohr model of the atom, describing electron energy levels
  3. CFormulated the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation
  4. DKnown as the 'Father of Genetics' for his experiments on pea plants establishing the laws of inheritance
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Answer: C

Isaac Newton: Formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation.

2. Charles Darwin is best known for which of the following?

  1. ADiscovered electromagnetic induction, the principle behind electric generators
  2. BDiscovered X-rays
  3. CProposed the theory of evolution by natural selection
  4. DKnown as the 'Father of Microbiology' for his pioneering work with microscopes
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Answer: C

Charles Darwin: Proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection.

3. Louis Pasteur is best known for which of the following?

  1. AInvented and flew the first successful motor-operated airplane
  2. BDiscovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic
  3. CDeveloped the process of pasteurization and pioneered the germ theory of disease
  4. DDeveloped the periodic table of elements
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Answer: C

Louis Pasteur: Developed pasteurization and germ theory of disease.

4. Gregor Mendel is best known for which of the following?

  1. AKnown as the 'Father of Genetics' for his experiments on pea plants establishing the laws of inheritance
  2. BIdentified the bacteria causing tuberculosis and cholera, a founder of modern bacteriology
  3. CDeveloped the process of pasteurization and pioneered the germ theory of disease
  4. DFormulated the laws of planetary motion
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Answer: A

Gregor Mendel: Known as the 'Father of Genetics' for work on pea plants.

5. Stephen Hawking is best known for which of the following?

  1. ADeveloped the periodic table of elements
  2. BKnown for his theoretical work on black holes and cosmology
  3. CThe inventor of dynamite, whose will established the Nobel Prizes
  4. DFormulated the laws of planetary motion
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Answer: B

Stephen Hawking: Known for work on black holes and cosmology.

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