89Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is located atBangalore 90The Atomic Energy Commission was set up inAugust 1948 91The first Indian Satellite wasAryabhatta 92The first Indian Satellite was launched in the year1975 93ASLV stands forAugmented Satellite Launch Vehicle 94INSAT stands forIndian National Satellite 95The fear of women is known asGynophobia 96The fear of men is known asAndrophobia 97The scientist who developed the Quantum theory wasMax Plonck 98The steam engine was invented byJames Watt 99The botanical name of tea isCamellia Sinensis 100Logarithms were devised byJohn Napier 101The acid used in a car battery isSulphuric acid 102The system for writing by blind people was invented byLouis Braille 103The parachute was used for the first time byJ.P.Blanchard 104The German physicit who first demonstrated the existence of Radio waves wasHenrich Hertz 105The instrument that records the intensity of earthquakes isSeismograph 106The laws of floating bodies was discovered byArchimedes 107The density of milk is measured by aLactometer 108Fountain pen was invented byL.E.Waterman 109The instrument used to measure the pressure of gases is theMonometer 110Bhaskara I was a famousAstronomer 111The first atomic power station established in India was theTarapore Atomic Power Station 112The role of heredity was demonstrated byMendel 113The instrument used to measure the concentration of salt water is theSalinometer 114Spectroscopy is the study ofAnders John Angstrom 115Dactylography is the study ofFinger Prints 116A tangent galvanometer is used to study theStrength of direct current 117The fruit of Oak is calledAcron 118ZETA stands forZero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly 119The formula C6H5OH stands forPhenol 120Michael Faraday worked as an assistant under another scientist whose name wasSir Humphry Davy 121Vulcanised rubber was invented byCharles Goodyear 122The symbol Zn stands forZinc 123The symbol He stands forHelium 124Celluloid was invented byA.Parker 125Glider was invented bySir George Caley 126Safety matches was inventedbyJ.E.Lundstrom 127Radio valve was invented bySir J.A.Fleming 128Space Applications Centre is located atAhmedabad 129Atomic Energy Commission islocated atMumbai 130Dynamics is the study ofMovements of bodies 131Statics is the study ofForces acting on bodies at rest 132Mechanics is the study ofForces acting on bodies 133Zoology is the study ofAnimal life 134Botany is the study ofPlant life 135Psychology is the study ofHuman mind 136The first American to orbit earth wasJohn H.Glen 137The electro-cardiograph wasinvented byWilliam Einthoven 138The molecular formula of cane sugar isC12H22O11 139A compound which containsonly hydrogen and Carbon is called aHydrocarbon 140The liquid used to preserve specimens of plans and animals isFormalin 141The law of segregaton was propounded byMendel 142Auriscope is used to detectEar disorders 143The three states of matter areSolid,liquid and gas 144The scientific name for bloodplatelets isThrombocytes 145The response of a plant to heat is calledThermotropism 146The response of a plant to touch is calledTrigmotropism 147The symbol Zr stands forZirconium 148Nickel was discovered byCronstledt 149Manganese was discovered byGahn 150The common name for pottasium carbonate is Potash
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