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Questions: 1. On January 30, 1982, computer programmer Richard Skrenta wrote the world’s first computer virus that ‘escaped’ to other networks. Among other things, the virus would display a poem about itself every 50th time a programme containing it was run. Name the virus. 2. What was the first virus of the original IBM Personal…
Bhopal: People take part in ‘Rangpanchami Ger’ celebrations, in Bhopal, Saturday, March 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Questions: 1. In a person with X, stimulating one sensory pathway, like smelling petrol, evokes a response from a different pathway, like seeing a blue square. For example, people with chromesthesia, a form of X, see colours…
SpaceX’s Starship flies during its fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Questions: 1. The path an object traces as it moves through the four dimensions of spacetime is called its X. When X forms a closed loop in spacetime, the object can be said to be…
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Questions: 1. The ______ ______ defines the most distant point in the universe from which light can reach us in a finite amount of time. The sphere whose radius is this distance forms a horizon. Fill in the blanks. 2. The event horizon is an imaginary spherical surface surrounding a gravitational singularity. Matter that enters…
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Questions: 1. This device, when used onboard aircraft, tells the pilots how fast the vehicle is ascending or descending. American engineer Paul MacCready has described it as a “pressure altimeter with a leak which tends to make it read the altitude of a moment earlier.” Name the device. 2. The X superseded the circumferentor in…
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A miner checks the gas lamp before entering the coal mines of New Ghusick colony in Asansol, West Bengal, on April 13, 2004. T | Photo Credit: Parth Sanyal Questions: 1. The Davy lamp was a type of ______ ____ that Humphry Davy designed for use in coal mines. The design prevented the coal dust…
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Questions: 1. The colossal squid is the planet’s largest squid, mollusc, and invertebrate (by mass) — yet it isn’t without its own predators. Based on a few studies, its top predator seems to be _____ ______, which is the earth’s largest toothed predator. They get their name from the oily substance filling their heads. Fill…
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Questions: 1. In 1643, X filled a tall cylindrical container closed at one end with liquid mercury, then turned it upside down on a basin of mercury until the container was fully vertical. The mercury in the container dropped by some height but not further, leaving behind a vacuum in the receptacle. Name X. Hint:…
Image for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto 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. Malaria is caused by parasites transmitted through the bite of this female mosquito, discovered in 1897…
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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…