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UNIT 1 - GENERAL SCIENCE - SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENTIFIC TEMPER (TOPIC 1)

MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENTIFIC TEMPER 


1. Who was the first person to use the term "Scientific Temper" ?

     JAWAHARLAL NEHRU 

2. When is the "Nation Scientific Temper Day" ?

   AUGUST 20

3. The Indian Parliament adopted the Scientific Policy resolution in which year ?

  1958

4. Jawaharlal Nehru articulated the concept of scientific temper in which year?

 1946

5. Nehru articulated the concept of scientific temper in which of his book ?

 The Discovery of India

6. Which is the best anti-dote to superstitious beliefs ?

 Scientific temperment 

7. Which article of the Indian Constitution mentions about the development of scientific temper ?

 Article 51A

8. Which part of the Indian Constitution specify the duty of every citizen is to develop the scientific temper , humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform? 

 Part IV A

9. What is a Scientific temper ?

 An attitude of logical and rational thinking 

10. What can be spread in verbal and non verbal areas ?

Power of reasoning

 11. What is the method of memorizing usually by continuous repetition called as ? 

 Rote Learning 

12. What is the method of meaningful or learning with understanding called as ?

 Conceptual Learning

 13. Who attempted to get an anti-superstition law in the state of Maharashtra ?

 Dr. Narendra Dabholkar 

14. Where is Nehru centre ?

 Mumbai

15. Who wrote the book Nehru re-visited ?

 M. V. Kamath 

16. Where is Raman Science Centre ?

Nagpur 

17. Which is the Indian Television series that took an initiative on the importance of science and technology in the Indian Society ?

DD Science 

18. When was Ministry of Science and Technology first established ?

 May 17

19. Who is the present Minister of Science and Technology ?

 Harsh Vardhan 

20. Which City is known as the Science City of India ?

 Bengaluru

21. When was the Science City established in Chennai ?

 1998

22. Which is the one and only spaceport of India ?

 SDSC (Satish Dhawan Space Centre) in Sriharikota

23. Which Indian chemist was awarded the Bharat Ratna award that made him the 3rd scientist after C.V Raman ?

 CNR Rao 

24. When was the VIgyan Prasar NETwork of Science club programme initiated ?

  1998

25. When was the Vigyan Bhawan , a premier convention centre established in New Delhi , India ?

   1956

26. When was the department of Science and Technology organised ?

  May 1971

27. When was ISRO established ?

  August 15th , 1969

28. When was DRDO established ? 

  1958

29. When was BARC established ?

  1954

30. When was ICAR established ?

  1929

31. When was Vigyan Mandir experiment initiated ?

  1953

32. Who initiated the Vigyan Mandir Experiment ?

  Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar

33. CSIR  introduced the an English Monthly Journal "Scientific Repoter" in which year ?

   1964

34. " It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural protect and improve the natural environment ". This statement refers to which article ?

  Article 51-A

35. Which was the first major programme under GoI to popularise Scientific temper among the people ?

  Vigyan Mandir

36. Which is the popular science periodical magizine published by CSIR in 1952 ?

  Vigyan Pragati 

37. When was NCSTC ( National Council for Science and Technology ) established ?

1982

38. When is National Science Day ?

February 28th

39. When is National Mathematics Day ?

 December 22

40. In which year was National Children's Science Congress held ?

 1993

41. When was National Teachers Science Congress held ?

 2003

42. When was the Science Express , a mobile scientific exhibition launched ?

 30th October 2007

43. What did India declare 2010-2020 as ?

 "Decade of Innovation"

44. Doordharshan initiated a broadcast of agriculture based programmes from which year ?

 1966

45. What is SRISHTI ?

  Science, Research and Innovation system for High technology led path for India 

46. When did the government of India launched the National Mission of Nano Science and Technology , an Umbrella programme was launched ?

  May 2007 

47. When was CSIR ( Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ) established ?

  26th September , 1942

48.  When was Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) established ?

  1954

49.  When was INCOSPAR (Indian National Committee for Space Research) established ?

  1962 

50.  In which year was the curriculum for the "Ten Year School" a framework brought out by NCERT implemented ?

  1975 

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