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  1. 2151UPPSC2009General ScienceEnglish

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (a) Silicon Carbide (b) Carbon Fibre (c) Carbon dioxide (d) Dichloro di fluoro methane List-II 1. Photosynthesis 2. Refrigerator 3. Artificial Diamond 4. Aircraft

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    Correct option: B — a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

  2. 2152Sikkim PSC2016General ScienceEnglish

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (Scientists) (a) Arber and Smith (b) Feldman (c) Mullis (d) Temin and Baltimore List-II (Achievements) 1. Developed transgenic plants with Agrobacterium T-DNA 2. Discovered endonucleases 3. Discovred reverse transcriptase 4. Discovered polymerase chain reaction

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    Correct option: C — a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4

  3. 2153UPSC2008General ScienceEnglish

    Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? 1. Francis Collins - Mapping human genome 2. Sergey Brin - Google Search Engine 3. Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia

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    Correct option: D — 1, 2 and 3

  4. 2154UPSC2003General ScienceEnglish

    Consider the following statements. 1. The common blue-green algae, Spirogyra and Ulothrix, are found in both fresh water ponds and oceans. 2. The chameleon can look ahead with one eye and at the same time look behind with another. Which of these statements is/are correct?

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    Correct option: B — Only 2

  5. 2155UPSC2013General ScienceEnglish

    Mycorrhizal biotechnology has been used in rehabilitating degraded sites because mycorrhiza enables the plants to 1. Resist drought and increase absorptive area. 2. Tolerate extremes of pH. 3. Resist disease infestation. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

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    Correct option: D — All of the above

  6. 2156UPSC2013General ScienceEnglish

    Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Viruses lack enzymes necessary for the generation of energy. 2. Viruses can be cultured in any synthetic medium. 3. Viruses are transmitted from one organism to another by biological vectors only. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

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    Correct option: A — Only 1

  7. 2157UPPSC2011General ScienceEnglish

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. List-I (a) Green Revolution (b) White Revolution (c) Yellow Revolution (d) Blue Revolution List-II 1. Oilseeds 2. Food grains 3. Fish and Aquaculture 4. Milk and milk products

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    Correct option: B — a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3

  8. 2158CGPSC2008General ScienceEnglish

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (a) Rutherford (b) Alfred Nobel (c) Cartwright (d) Graham Bell List-II 1. Powerloom 2. Telephone 3. Dynamite 4. Atom Bomb

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    Correct option: B — a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

  9. 2159UPSC2001General ScienceEnglish

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (Achievement in Genetics) (a) Discovery of transduction and conjugation in bacteria (b) Establishing the sex-linked inheritance (c) Isolation of DNA polymerase from E. coli (d) Establishing the complete genetic code List-II (Scientists) 1. Khorana 2. Korenberg 3. Lederberg 4. Morgan 5. Ochoa

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    Correct option: D — a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

  10. 2160UPPSC1994General ScienceEnglish

    Telescope was invented by

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    Correct option: A — Galileo

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