1. Who among the following first discovered cells?
a) Robert Hooke
b) John Dalton
c) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
d) Edward Jenner
Answer. a) Robert Hooke
1. Robert Hooke was the first person to observe a cell in 1665 using a self-designed microscope (capable of about 200–300X magnification). While examining a thin slice of cork, he observed small box-like compartments and named them ‘cells’.
2. John Dalton: Atomic theory
3. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen: X-ray discovery
4. Edward Jenner: Discovery of the Vaccine
2. Water passes from the soil into the roots of the plant by what process?
a) Diffusion
b) Mosaic
c) Capillary
d) Osmosis
Answer. d) Osmosis
1. In plants, water from the soil enters root cells by this process of osmosis.
2. Water moves from an area with more water and less solute (dilute solution) to an area with less water and more solute (concentrated solution) until the concentrations in the two areas become equal. This movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane is called osmosis.
3. The process of conversion of Solid into Liquid by heating is ...
a) Liquidation
c) Boiling
c) Melting point
d) Fusion
Answer. d) Fusion
1. The transformation of a substance from a solid to a liquid state is called melting or fusion.
2. The specific constant temperature at which a pure solid converts into a liquid is known as its melting point.
3. The reverse transition—where a liquid changes back into a solid by releasing heat—is called freezing or solidification.
4. India's first semiconductor plant was inaugurated in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Tamilnadu
Answer. b) Rajasthan
Context:
1. Rajasthan entered India’s strategic semiconductor sector with the inauguration of its first Semiconductor ATMP/OSAT facility at Bhiwadi.
2. It is India’s first SME-led Semiconductor ATMP/OSAT (Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging / Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) facility established by Sahasra Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd.
5. Goddess Vagdevi is the name of which goddess?
a) Maa Laxmi
b) Maa Durga
c) Maa Saraswati
d) Maa Dhara
Answer. c) Maa Saraswati
Context:
1. The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court delivered a historic 242-page verdict declaring the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati).
2. The Bhojshala complex is an 11th-century protected historical monument that originally served as a premier center for Sanskrit learning and a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati). Over centuries of regional shifts, parts of the temple structure were utilized to construct the Kamal Maula Mosque, making it a deeply contested religious site.
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