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Daily quiz | On asteroid names Professor Jayant Murthy, former acting director of Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | In the inner region of the asteroid belt lies an asteroid about 10 km wide, discovered by astronomer Martin Watt in 1982. It is an extremely slow rotator with a…
Name this famous balancing rock weighing 300 tonnes, considered by the nearby city of Tandil to be its symbol. On February 29, 1912, it dropped from its precarious position and broke. Answer: Piedra Movediza | Photo Credit: Samuel Boote Q: ______ are large rocks balanced on a small point on a surface such that even…
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Daily Quiz | On Indian scientists and discoveries Identify this scientist. Name the fields she was known for. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | He was an Indian mathematician and physicist specializing in theoretical physics. He is best known for his work with Einstein. Name the scientist. What is the theory called? Answer :…
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Image for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Science Quiz appears thrice a week in the daily Science page. The page is available to read on all days except Saturday in the epaper. Questions: 1. In India, 70% of cancer related deaths occur in the first year, with lung cancer being…
Daily Quiz | On Union Budget Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presented the budget at 11 a.m., for the first time, instead of doing it at 5 p.m. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it can be materialised before the beginning of…
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Daily Quiz | On Titanic Identify this woman who was a survivor of the RMS Titanic START THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | The film’s production began in 1995 when Cameron shot footage of the Titanic wreck. On which research vessel were the modern scenes of the film shot? 2 / 7 | This British…
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Daily Quiz | On the Gaza Strip A displaced Palestinian at a UN relief centre in Gaza City START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Gaza has been continuously inhabited for more than 3,000 years. According to the Bible, who died in Gaza while destroying the Temple of the Philistines? 2 / 6 | Which empire’s…
Daily Quiz | On World Food Day Image for representational purposes only. A view of the harvest-ready paddy field near Kottekad in Palakkad. Every year, October 16 is observed as World Food Day. It is celebrated by organisations which are involved in alleviating hunger and improving food security. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 |…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Marine Ecosystems 1 / 5 | What is the name of the zone in the ocean where sunlight cannot penetrate and photosynthesis cannot occur? Abyssal zone Twilight zone Mesopelagic zone Aphotic zone The aphotic zone is the portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or…
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Questions: 1. A German engineer built the first train powered by electricity in 1879. He also founded a company that is a major electrical engineering multinational corporation today, and his name has been adopted as the SI unit of __________ ___________. Name the engineer and fill in the blanks. 2. In April 1869, George Westinghouse,…
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