CSIR

FOUNDATION DAY
CELEBRATIONS - 2009

WELCOME
TO
SCIENCE QUIZ
FOR IX & X
SCIENCE QUIZ FOR IX & X
ROUND 1 : DIRECT QUESTIONS
ROUND 2 : CARRYOVER ROUND
ROUND 3 : VISUAL ROUND
ROUND 4 : BUZZER ROUND
ROUND 5 : RAPIDFIRE ROUND
ROUND 6 : UNCOVER & DISCOVER
ROUND 7 : MIMIC ROUND

RULES :
BE SILENT, PATIENT, QUICK & IMAGINATIVE
THINK BEFORE YOU ACT
EACH TEAM WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL PREFERENCE
QUIZ MASTERS DECISION IS FINAL
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DIRECT QUESTIONS ROUND
Select any number of your choice.
Each question carries 5 marks.
No carry forward to next team. No negative marks.

Time to answer : 30 sec

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Most of the organic compounds are flammable in nature. The
correct safety, symbol that is normally labelled on the bottles
of such compounds is

A B C D

D. To indicate that organic compounds are flammable

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A figure depicting parts of a neuron is given here. The
correct identification of the labels 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively is

(d) dendrites, cyton, nucleus, axon

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The part that prevents loss of water and the part that stores
water, in the plant shown in this drawing are

(c) Organisms-habitat correlation. Leaves modified

into spine to reduce less water from the plant body
and the fleshy stem stores water.
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The correct arrangement for taking temperatrure in the study
of the temperature-time graph is

(A) The thermometer must be dipped vertically in the

water level away from the bottom and sides of the
calorimeter and close to the middle of the water level
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Which is the best representation of the function y = x ?

A B C D

(B)
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Which famous mathematician and astronomer was the first
to propose that the planets went around the sun and not the
planets and sun around the earth?

(A)Kepler (B) Newton

(C) Copernicus (D) Napier

(C)
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What is the approximate speed of light?

(A)300000 km/sec (B) 30000km/hr

(C) 30000 km/sec (D) 300000 km/hr

(A)
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Which of the following processes is an example of chemical
weathering?

(A)the widening of cracks in rocks by tree roots

(B) the rusting of iron-rich rocks
(C) the expansion and contraction of rocks as
temperatures change
(D) the scouring of rocks by windblown sand

(B) Chemical weathering refers to processes that change

the chemical composition of rocks, forming new minerals
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Which is always a correct conclusion about the quantities in
the function y = x + 4?

(A) The variable x is always 4 more than y

(B) When the value of x is negative, the value of y
is also negative
(C) The variable y is always greater than x
(D) As the value of x increases, the value of y
decreases

(C) The variable y is always greater than x

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What gas is produced in incomplete combustion?

(A) Carbon dioxide

(B) Carbon Oxide
(C) Carbon Monoxide
(D) Carbon trioxide

(C) Carbon Monoxide

AUDIENCE QUESTION
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The number of bones in the Human face is

Correct answer is 14
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CARRYOVER QUESTIONS ROUND
Select any number of your choice.
Each question carries 5 marks.
If not answered, question will be carry forwarded to ONLY
next team.
Time to answer : 30 sec for 1st team
10 sec to next team
Right Answer : 5 marks Wrong answer : -2 marks

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TIME
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Aristotle thought that a moving object would stopOUT
because
its natural state was to be at rest.
Newton thought that friction is a force that opposes all
motion and eventually stops moving objects.
Suppose you were coasting on a level surface on a bicycle
and there was NO friction. What would happen to your
speed, according to Aristotle and according to Newton?
(A) Aristotle: slow and stop;------Newton: slow and stop
(B) Aristotle: maintain speed;------Newton: slow and stop
(C) Aristotle: maintain speed;------Newton: maintain speed
(D) Aristotle: slow and stop;-----Newton: maintain speed.

D Aristotle: slow and stop;

-----Newton: maintain speed
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A small stone is shot straight up in the air. The figure below
shows a plot of the stone's position vs. time (air resistance is
ignored). When is the stone moving the fastest?

(A) 3 - 4 and 4 - 5 seconds

(B) 3 - 4 and 7 - 8 seconds
(C) 0 - 1 and 4 - 5 seconds
(D) 0 - 1 and 7 - 8 seconds

(D) 0 - 1 and 7 - 8 seconds

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In the experiment to establish the relation between loss in
weight of an immersed solid with the weight of water
displaced by it, the correct setup is

(B) The solid must be suspended by an inextensible string

in the centre of the overflow can without touching its bottom
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Which type of energy is best represented by this picture?

(A) Kinetic
(B) Elastic Potential
(C) Gravitational Potential
(D) Biological potential

(A) Kinetic Energy

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Select the word which best fits the picture
OUT

(A) insulator
(B) radiation
(C) convection
(D) Induction

(D) Induction
Electromagnetic induction is the production
of voltage across a conductor situated in a
changing magnetic field or a conductor
moving through a stationary magnetic field.
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a... Light the match.
b... Hold lit match just above the barrel. OUT
c... Move collar to close air hole.
d... Turn gas on.
e... Check tubing is properly connected.
The above are steps in the correct lighting
of a Bunsen burner. The correct order
should be:
(A) ecdab
(B) cadbe
(C) ecadb
(D) eabdc
(A) Is correct ans.
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It is a metabolic pathway that uses carbon
OUT
dioxide to make organic compounds,
especially glucose, using the energy from
sunlight. What is the name of the Process?

Photosynthesis
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Describe the effect on the area of a circle
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when the radius is doubled.

(A) The area is reduced by .

(B) The area remains constant.
(C) The area is doubled.
(D) The area is increased four times

(D) Is correct ans.

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You want to move a rock. Where should you
OUT
put the fulcrum to minimize the effort force
needed to overcome the resistance force?

(C) Is correct ans. Having more lever arm

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He was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer,
natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian and one of
the most influential men in human history. His
Philogophie Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published
in 1687, is considered to be the most influential book in
the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of
classical mechanics.
Which great man is being referred to here ?

Sir Issac Newton

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Put in order from oldest to youngest.
Cenozoic, Mesozoic,
Paleozoic, Precambian

(A) they are already in order

(B) Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambian, Cenozoic
(C) Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Precambian, Mesozoic
(D) Precambian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

(D) Is correct ans.

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In petroleum refining what name is
given to the process by which heavy OUT
hydrocarbon molecules are broken up
into lighter molecules by means of heat
and pressure?

(A) Firing
(B) Enthalphy
(C) Cavitation
(D) Cracking

(D) Cracking
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OUT

Why Penguins are not fear of Polar

Bears?

Penguins are in Antarcitica and Polar

bears stays in Arcitica
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VISUAL ROUND
Select any number of your choice.
Each question carries 5 marks.
If not answered, question will be carry forwarded to next
team.
Time to answer : 30 sec for 1st team
10 sec to next team
Right Answer : 10 marks Wrong answer : -3 marks

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Identify the astronomical event shown TIME
in figure by blue line which happened OUT
in 22nd July 2009
The path of the
total solar eclipse

The solar eclipse of

22 July 2009 was the
longest total solar
eclipse during the
21st century, not to
be surpassed until
June 2132.[1] It
lasted a maximum
of 6 minutes and 39
seconds off the coast
of Southeast Asia
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Identify the picture, and name it TIME
(recently launched by India which OUT
made indegeniously)
INS Arihant
Nuclear
Submarine

The 6000 tonne INS

Arihant submarine
is powered by an 85
megawatt capacity
nuclear reactor and
can acquire surface
speeds of 22 to 28
kmph (12-15 knots)
and submerged
speed upto 44
kmph (24 knots).
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Identify the person and mention one of TIME
his famous inventions OUT
Albert Einstein ; theory of relativity
German-born theoretical physicist .
While best known for the theory of
relativity (and specifically mass-energy
equivalence, E=mc2), he was awarded
the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his
1905 (Annus Mirabilis) explanation of
the photoelectric effect and "for his
services to Theoretical Physics".

There are only two

ways
to live your life.
One is as though
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Identify the picture launched recently TIME
by India, the organization who OUT
launched
India's first unmanned lunar
spacecraft , Chandrayaan-1;
Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO)
Chandrayaan-1 was India's first unmanned
Lunar probe. India launched the spacecraft
by a modified version of the PSLV, PSLV
C11[1][4] on 22 October 2008 from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore
District, Andhra Pradesh. The lunar
mission carries five ISRO payloads and six
payloads from other space agencies
including NASA, ESA, and the Bulgarian
Aerospace Agency, which were carried free
of cost
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Identify the person in the picture and TIME
one of his famous works OUT
Leonardo da Vinci
designed a bridge Leonardo da Vinci
for the Sultan of Famous works are the Mona
Istanbul In 1502. It Lisa and The Last Supper.
was never built, Da Vinci was an Italian
but recent studies painter, draftsman, sculptor,
have shown that architect, and engineer. Da
the bridge was an Vinci was a great engineer
amazing piece of and inventor who designed
engineering buildings, bridges, canals,
design, so a forts and war machines. He
Norwegian kept huge notebooks
company has built sketching his ideas. These
a smaller version drawings demonstrate a
from the same genius for mechanical
plans in Norway invention and insight into
(Golden Horn). scientific inquiry.
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Which organization this logo TIME
represents? Where is the International OUT
office located?
WWF was born into this world in 1961 by a
few eminent gentlemen who were worried by
what they saw happening in our world at that
time.

WWFs mission is to stop the degradation of

the planets natural environment and to build
a future in which humans live in harmony
with nature, by:
conserving the worlds biological diversity
ensuring that the use of renewable natural
resources is sustainable
promoting the reduction of pollution and
wasteful consumption.

WWF "World Wildlife Fund, Switzerland

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Identify the person, and what he is TIME
famous for OUT

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

The Raman effect

win the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics

"for his work on the scattering of light
and for the discovery of the effect
named after him
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Identify the person in the picture TIME
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named after the satellite shown. What
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is the significance of this satellite?

Aryabhatta; First Indian

Experimental Satellite

Aryabhatta (476-550 A.D.) was born in Patliputra in

Magadha, modern Patna in Bihar. his famous treatise
the "Aryabhatta-siddhanta" but more famously the
"Aryabhatiya", the only work to have survived. It
contains mathematical and astronomical theories. His
greatest contribution has to be zero. His other works
include algebra, arithmetic, trigonometry, quadratic
equations and the sine table. He even computed the
circumference of the earth as 24835 miles which is
close to modern day calculation of 24900 miles.
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Which organization this logo represents?OUT
It
represents to which parent organisation.
WHO is the directing and
coordinating authority for health
within the United Nations
system. It is responsible for
providing leadership on global
health matters, shaping the
health research agenda, setting
norms and standards,
articulating evidence-based
policy options, providing
technical support to countries
and monitoring and assessing
health trends.

(A) World Health Organisation (WHO); UN

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Identify the person and the famous
OUT
innovation of this Scientist.

Jagadish Chandra Bose;

Crescograph to detect the minute
responses of living organisms ,
especially plants

Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, born on
November 30, 1858, and died on November
23, 1937, was the first person to put India on
the science-map of the world by his
inventions. He showed that plants responded
to light rays and wireless waves. He wrote
two world-famous books: Response in the
Living and Non-living (1902) and The
Nervous Mechanism of Plants (1926).
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Which organization this logo TIME
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represents? It represents to which
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parent organisation.
The United Nations Children's was
created by the United Nations General
Assembly on December 11, 1946, to
provide emergency food and
healthcare to children in countries that
had been devastated by World War II.
In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent
part of the United Nations System .
Headquartered in New York City,
UNICEF provides long-term
humanitarian and developmental
assistance to children and mothers in
developing countries.
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund -
UNICEF
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BUZZER ROUND

Read the question carefully and press the buzzer / tap the
table when you are ready to answer. Whichever team
acts first will be given chance to answer. Quiz leaders
decision is final.

Each question : 5 marks

Wrong answer : -3 marks

Time to answer : 30 Sec

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Which India-born
scientist is awarded
the Nobel Prize for
physiology and
medicine?
Clue 1 : developed the method of synthesis of DNA and RNA

Clue 2 : world-renowned biochemist

Dr. Hargobind Khorana

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Why is it better to
have round manhole
covers than square
ones?
A square manhole cover can be turned and
dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A
round manhole cannot be dropped down the
manhole. So for safety and practicality, all
manhole covers should be round.
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Name (a) the lightest,

and, (b) the heaviest
natural elements.
(a) Hydrogen, (b) Uranium;
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What is the fastest
speed allowed by the
laws of physics?

Speed of light
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Who is commonly
thought to be the
greatest scientist who
ever lived?
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
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Name the OUT
chemical on
which
heredity is
based?
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Chemically, DNA consists of two long polymers of
simple units called nucleotides, with backbones
made of sugars and phosphate groups joined by
ester bonds.. DNA is a long polymer made from
repeating units called nucleotides. The DNA chain
is 22 to 26 ngstrms wide (2.2 to 2.6 nanometres),
and one nucleotide unit is 3.3 (0.33 nm) long
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What is the title of

Charles Darwin's most
famous book?
On the Origin of Species
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Life on earth is
ultimately dependent
on what energy
source?
Sun
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The world is divided

into how many number
of time zones
24
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The number of
different genes in a
human is about:-
(a)ten thousand,
(b)ten million
(c)ten billion.
(a) ten thousand
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Audience Question TIME
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What colour will you

get when you mix a
blue and a yellow
pigment? Green
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Audience Question TIME
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Which organ on the

human face has the
most precise voluntary
movements
Eyes
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RAPID FIRE ROUND
Select any number of your choice. Each number contains set
of 10 questions which are posed to each team to answer in
two minutes

Time to answer : 1 min 10 questions (max)

Each question : 2 marks

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Next Round
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1. Expand LCA (Light Combat
Aircraft)
2. What is DRY- Solid CO 2
ICE ?temp is called absolute zero
What 00
4. The value of 45-5 is 1 K

5. What is the raw material to (Silica)

manufacture glass?
6. At room temperature, which metal
(Silver)
conducts electricity better than any other
7. metal?
How many cms of mercury is Atmospheric
Pressure at SEA-Level ? 76cms
8. Liquids are hard to compress, gases are
carry to compress : - true/ false
Lizards belong to which animal group? Reptiles
10. Who measured speed of light using
stellar aberration---- Bradley / Galleleo/
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2730K
1. What is the freezing point of H2O in Kelvin
Calcium Carbonate
What is the chemical compound of Chalk
3. Expand LPG
(Liquified petrolium gas)
4. A Googol is a very large number and is
(100
represented as 10x . What is the value of x?
)
5. What is the watery part of the (Plasm
blood?
6. What is larger - Molecules/ a)
Atom/Electrons
7. Which planet is near twin of the
earth in size and mass? (Venus)
8. Mixtures normally give off heat / gas to
indicate chemical reaction is in process - True/
False9. Neutral solution has pH 7
value
10. Nucleous are -
Protons +Neutron / Proton +Electron / Neutron
 3 ROUND - 5
1. Substances that dont conduct Insulators
heat is called
2. What has the chemical sulphuric acid
formula H2SO4metal does oxygen combine
3. With which (Iron)
to 4.
form
Anrust?
angle less than 90o is (Acute Angle)
called
Expand WANas?in relation to computers(Wide Area
6. Light year is a measuring Network) Distan
unit of - ce
7. The study of earthquake is (Seismology)
called as
8. Protons do not have any charge - True/
False blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of
9. Which
the body? (Red blood cells
10. Organism takes energy from food to grow;
(Metabolism)
The process is known as . . .
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1. Which organ does the most work in the
digestion system? (Small
intestine)
What is the common name for Nitrous oxide.
Laughing gas
3. The heat from the sun gets to earth byRadiation
mean
4. A of . . .has a volume of 8cc. What is its
cube
surface area? (24cm2 )
5. Which protein in the blood of many animals
transports oxygen to the tissues? (Hemoglobin)
6. Residue of thermal power plants is (Fly ash)
known as?
. Solvents dissolve solutes - True/False
. Expand TNT in relation to explosion (Trinitrotolu
ene)
9. The least reactive elements of the periodic
table are (Noble Gases )
10. What is the device for Ammeter
measuring current.
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1. Sodium Chloride is commonly
known as: salt / table salt /
2. What atomic process keeps the Sun
common (Nuclear
shining
salt.
? 3. In Mathematics, India's most preciousFission)
gift to
the world is (Zero )
4. Expand HTML (Hyper text mark up
5. Name the metal which is language)
in liquid state at
room temperature? (Mercury)
6. Prior to 1957, what was the only satellite
orbiting the earth? (Moon)
7. Most of mass of an atom is made up of its
surrounding electron cloud -
8. Materials
True/Falsethrough which light cannot pass are
said to be (Opaque)
9. The study of the Universe beyond (Astronomy)
the
10. earthscientist
Which is discovered the radioactive
element radium? (Marie Curie)
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UNCOVER & DISCOVER
Select any number of your choice. Each reveals a picture
covered with numbers, uncovering each number loses 1 mark.
If not answered carried forward to next team starting from the
left over stage.

Time to answer : 1 min

Each question : 10 marks maximum
Systematically reduces by number of uncoverings.

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OPTICAL FIBERS
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NUCLEAR REACTOR AT BHABHA ATOMIC

RESEARCH CENTRE, (BARC), MUMBAI 62
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5 8 6

9 3 2

LARGE HADRAON COLLIDER

World's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator
63
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5 8 6

9 3 2

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

64
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5 8 6

9 3 2

LAND ROVER
65
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5 8 6

9 3 2

NUCLEAR BOMB OVER HIROSHIMA/ NAGASAKI

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5 8 6

9 3 2

CROSS-SECTION OF THE SKIN 67

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5 8 6

9 3 2

FROGS LIFE CYCLE

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RAIN WATER HARVESTING

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5 8 6

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SOLAR PANELS
(SOLAR ENERGY)
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5 8 6

9 3 2

ASIMO
(HUMONOID)
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MIMIC ROUND

THE END
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For your kind Co-operation

V. SRINIVAS, SERC
SAPTARSHI SASMAL, SERC
K. GOPALA KRISHNA, NML 73