From vaccine to Venus The Hindu Science Quiz
This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.
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An adjuvant is a substance added to a vaccine to improve its efficiency. The adjuvant boosts the reaction of the immune system to the antigen. Which of the following has adjuvant properties?
- Silicon
- Carbon
- Aluminium
- Iron
It was first discovered to have adjuvant properties in 1926. Since then, several vaccines for example for hepatitis B use aluminium as an adjuvant.
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In a launch planned in 2021, this telescope will be sent off into space. It will be a space observatory that is expected to look at distant worlds and solve mysteries of our solar system. Which of the following is being referred to here?
- Hubble Space Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
- New Horizons
- Juno probe
James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch in October 2021. It will float in space about a million miles away. It is a joint project with ESA and Canadian Space Agency, led by NASA.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swept close to Venus in February. This was one of the planned gravity assists which will be used to accelerate the probe in its journey towards the Sun. How many such gravity assists will the probe get from Venus?
The probe will get in all seven gravity assists and the one in February was the fourth.
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G.N. Ramachandran (1922 – 2001) was an Indian scientist famous for establishing the Ramachandran plot. What does the Ramachandran plot help understand?
- Protein folding
- Chaotic systems
- Rocket trajectory
- Mapping
Established in 1963, the Ramachandran Plot is used by biochemists to this day to validate protein structure.
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Earthworms are classified under the genus Annelida. What does the term annelid mean?
- Slimy skin
- Limbless worm
- Little rings
- Hairless
Little rings – the term refers to the body of the earthworms that appear like little rings joined together.
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