1. The richest source of Vitamin D from food is:
Answer: Cod liver oil
2. What was the first transgenic crop?
Answer: Tobacco
3. Which radioactive element was used in heart pacemakers?
Answer: Plutonium
4. Who coined the word ‘Biodiversity’?
Answer: W. G. Rosen
5. Which pair comprises the smallest and the largest endocrine glands in humans, respectively?
Answer: Pineal body – Thyroid
6. Name the sodium compound that is used for softening hard water.
Answer: Washing soda
7. Potato chips are stored in which gas to prevent oxidation?
Answer: Nitrogen
8. Who was the last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad?
Answer: Mir Osman Ali Khan
9. Who proposed the ‘Theory of Natural Selection’?
Answer: Charles Robert Darwin
10. Which place was called the “Nursery of the Bengal Army”?
Answer: Awadh