IMPORTANT - SCIENCE
BITS
Sodium Pentathol or
Thiopentone
injection is used in Narco Test.
Narco
Test or Narco analysis is also known as Truth
Serum Test ( Used to suspect Criminals to tell truth )
Breathalyzer Sensors -
contains aqueous solution of
Sulphuric acid, Potassium Dichromate and
Silver Nitrate. ( Breath analysers are used by Traffic Police
to find or detect alcoholic drinkers )
Duck Billed Platypus is the only animal that can give Milk as well as Eggs. It is a
semiaquatic egg laying mammal living in Tasmania (Australia )
Animal
which have 32 Brains - Leeches ( Phylum Annelida)
Fish
which gives Milk - Discus Fish ( Found in Amazon River basin in South America )
Animal
has teeth in its Stomach - Lobsters
Animal
has three Eyes in the world -
Tuatara ( Is a reptile lizard that lives only in New zealand )
Richest
Animal Milk -
Hooded Seal Mother ( milk used in preparation of ice creams )
Total
Bones in Human Body - 206
Total
Bones in New Born Baby – Average
300 to
306
Total
Muscles in Human Body - 639
( The adult human body is made up of 75 Trillion cells, 206
Bones, 600 Muscles and
nearly 78 internal organs in our body according to
shape, size and function from which 22
are internal organs. )
River
of Life
- Blood
Gestation
Period in Human beings - 09 Months
( 253 -
266 Days )
Weight
of Brain In human beings -
1400 grams
Largest Part of the Brain - Cerebrum
Largest Part of the Brain - Cerebrum
Small Brain
or Little Brain -
Cerebellum
In Human Beings Second Brain is - Enteric Nervous System ( ENS )
In Human Beings Second Brain is - Enteric Nervous System ( ENS )
Which part of human brain is affected by Alcohol
- Cerebellum
Length
of Alimentary canal in Humans -
Approximately 8 metres
Largest
Organ in Human Body - Skin
Largest
Gland in Human Body - Liver
Largest
Endocrine Gland - Thyroid
Largest
Artery In Human Body – Abdominal Aorta
Largest Vein in Human Body - Inferior
Venacava
Longest
Bone in the Human Body - Femur or
Thigh Bone
Strongest,
Longest, and Largest bone in Human Body
- Femur or Thigh Bone
Shortest
Bone in the Human Body - Stapes
Largest
Muscle in Human Body -
Gluteus maximus ( Buttock muscle )
Smallest
Muscle in Human Body - Stapedius
Normal
Temperature of Human Body - 98.6°F (37°C)
Life
Span of Red Blood Cells - 120 Days
Life
Span of White Blood Cells (W.B.C) - 10 to 15 days
Largest
W.B.C -
Monocyte
Smallest
W.B.C
- Lymphocyte
Menstrual
Cycle
- 28 days
Menopause
age
- 45 to
50 Years
Minimum Regeneration Power - In
Brain Cells
Blood
volume in Human Beings - 6.8
Litres (
in 70 Kg Body )
PH value
of Blood - 7.4
The Human Heart has 4 valves :
The Mitral / Bicuspid valve and
Tricuspid valve, which control blood flow from
the atria to the ventricles. The Aortic valve and Pulmonary valve, which control blood flow out of
the ventricles.
Blockage of Coronary artery leads to Heart Attack.
A heart
attack occurs when one or more of your coronary arteries become blocked. Over time, a coronary artery can narrow from the
buildup of various substances, including cholesterol
(atherosclerosis).
First
Man Heart transplantation - Dr. Christian
Barnard
Dr. Christian Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schur Hospital, Cape Town on 3rd
Dec, 1967 (South Africa )
Panangipalli Venugopal has pioneered heart transplant surgery in India, having performed
the first successful heart transplant in the country,
the count now standing at 26 transplants.
Nagarur Gopinath was an Indian surgeon
and one of the pioneers of cardiothoracic
surgery in India. He is credited with the first successful performance of open heart surgery in
India which he performed in
1962.
Joeseph E. Murray and his colleagues at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (1954) in Boston performed the first truly successful kidney transplant from
one twin to another. This was done without any immunosuppressive medication.
In India The first successful renal transplantation in India was performed in
1971 by the team led by Dr. Mohan Rao
and Dr. KV Johny at Christian Medical College, Vellore.
Left
Side of Heart Consists…….Blood -
Pure or Oxygenated
Blood
Right
Side of Heart Consists……. Blood - Impure or
Deoxygenated Blood
Normal B.P in
Human Beings -
120 / 80 mm
of Hg
B.P device Sphygmomanometer discovered by
- Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter
Von Basch (1881)
To check Heart Beat - Stethoscope was invented
in France in 1816 by René Laennec at the
Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris.
Dialysis Machine discovered by
- Willem Johan Kolff
Steptoe and
Edwards -
By IVF Worlds first Baby Louise Brown on 25
July 1978, in Oldham General Hospital, Greater Manchester, UK ( in 1977 )
Subhash Mukhopadhyay - BY
IVF Worlds Second and India’s First Child name Kanupriya Agarwal /
Durga in 1978.
The
adult human body is made up of -
Approximately 75 Trillion cells
The
smallest cell is Mycoplasma bacteria (
PPLO - Pleuro Pneumonia Like Organism ) It is about 10 micrometer in size
The
largest cell is an egg cell of Ostrich
Smallest
Cell in Human Beings - Sperm
( Male gamete
)
Largest
Cell in Human Beings - Ovum
( Female gamete
)
Longest Cell in human beings - Neuron
or Nerve cell
Longest Nerve in Human beings - Sciatic
Nerve
( Note : The sciatic nerve is the largest and longest spinal nerve in the human
body. Extending from the lumbar and sacral plexuses in the lower back, the sciatic nerve runs through the buttocks and into the thighs. It
delivers nerve signals to and from the muscles and skin of the thighs, lower
legs and feet. )
Smallest
Nerve in Human beings
- Trochlear Nerve
( Note : The
trochlear nerve is unique
among the cranial nerves in several
respects: It is the smallest
nerve in terms of the number of axons it contains. It has the greatest
intracranial length. It is the only cranial nerve that exits
from the dorsal (rear) aspect of the brainstem. )
Pumps
in Human Heart - 2
Chambers in Human Heart -
4
Number
of Chromosomes in Human Beings - 23 Pairs
or 46 in Number.
Pulse
rate in Human Beings - 72
Normal
Heart beat in Human Beings - 72
to 75 per minute
Blood
Bank in Human Body - Spleen
Human
teeth are made up of four different
types of tissues - Pulp, Dentin, Enamel, and Cementum
Average
age for getting first baby tooth is 6
Months
Adult
Human Beings have 32 Permanent Teeth.
Humans
(Baby) usually have 20 primary teeth
Deciduous
or Milk or Baby or temporary or Primary
are the first set of teeth in
the growth development of Humans.
Tooth
Enamel is the hardest substance in
the Body.
The
shiny, white Enamel that covers your teeth is even stronger than bone.
Eye
color is determined by two pigment colours called - Melanin
and Lipochrome
Myopia -
Short Sightedness
- Near Sight -
Able to see nearby objects but cannot see the far - (Image falls infront of
retina of eyes) - Correction done by concave lens.
Hypermetropia -
Far Sightedness
– long sight -
Able to see far-away objects but cannot see the near one - (Image falls behind retina of eye) -
Correction done by double convex lens.
Sunlight
an average of 8 Minutes and 20
Seconds to travel from the Sun
to the Earth.
For
poisonous snake bite ……. injection - Snake
Venom Antiserum I.P ( Polyvalent, Enzyme refined,Equine immunoglobulins )
First Antibiotic Drug Penicillin discovered by - Alexander
Fleming, Scottish Bacteriologist ( 1928)
Father
of Biology - Aristotle
Father
of zoology - Aristotle
Father
of Botany - Theophrastus
Father
of Science - Galileo
Galilei
Father
of Physics - Albert Einstein (Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein)
Father
of Nuclear Physics – Rutherford
Father
of Worldwide Green Revolution – Dr. Norman E Borlaug
Father
of Green Revolution in India – Ms.
Swaminathan
Father
of Test tube Baby – Dr. Patrick Steptoe
Father of White Revolution (Milk ) - Verghese Kurien
Father
of Chemistry - Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Father of Modern Chemistry - Antoine Lavoisier is considered as the father of modern chemistry because
of his book ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY (1787).
Father of Biotechnology - Károly Ereky
Father of Microbiology - Antonie
Philips Van Leeuwenhoek
First compound microscope made by - Hans
and Zacharias Janssen
Jean
Antoine Nollet - Reverse Osmosis ( 1748
)
Thomas Jefferson (
America ) - Desalination Process ( 1791
)
Female Anopheles
mosquito - Causes
Malaria
Female
Aedes Aegypti mosquito
- Causes Dengue
First
Genetic Garden - Tamil Nadu
Sunshine
Vitamin - Vitamin D (
Calciferol )
Beauty
Vitamin is known as - Vitamin E
( Tocopherol )
Which planet of our solar system has 53 Moons
– Saturn
Which invisible line divides our Earth into two
halves – Equator
Which planet is nick named as the Red planet
– Mars
Name the seventh planet from the sun – Uranus
Quicksilver
is the other name of which element – Mercury
Which is the only metal to be liquid at room
temperature - mercury
What is the hottest planet of the solar
system - Venus
Name the brightest planet in the night sky
- Venus
Europa
orbits
- what planet………… - Jupiter
Which planet is known as the “ Gas giant planet ” - Jupiter
Name the star closest to the earth - Sun
Moon borrows light from which star – The Sun
What is the shape of the full moon – Circle
What name is given to the planets located outside solar system - Extra solar planets
Will there be any impact on your height if you go to
space -
Your height will increase
What is the shortest magnet of the universe - A neutron star
What is the temperature on Venus
- 460 Degree Celsius
How long earth takes to rotate once - 24 Hours
What is the distance of Moon
from earth - 384,400 km
What is the age of sun ---
5
Billion years
Our milky way has the shape of which food snack - Doughnut
What do we called the lower part of our Earth – Southern Hemisphere
Name the most outer layer of our earth – The crust
Name the hot liquid rock surface under the earth – Magma
Name the Volcanic rock which can float in water – Pumice
Where sound travels faster, either in water or
air -
Water
What is the basic cause of Aurora - Charged particles from solar wind
Name the force which helps in remaining at the
ground - Gravity
Name the country having the longest coastline - Canada
What is the cause of Tsunami
- Tsunami is caused by the displacement of water due to earthquake or
landslide under sea
What is dust
- Small particles carried by air currents
What are the units for the measurements of
radioactive element activity - The Becqueral ( Bq)
1 Bq = 1 disintegration per second
Two spoons of sugar dissolved in a glass of water
makes - A Solution
Animal without backbones are known as – Invertebrates
Which two animals can see behind them without moving
their head - Rabbits
and Parrots
How many bones are in the axial part of Skeleton – 80 Bones
Which pigment determines the color of the human
skin - Melanin
REM stands
for – Rapid Eye Movement
Where is the smallest bone present in the human
body -
Middle ear
Which side of the brain controls the left side of
the human body – Right side
Which is the longest river on the earth – Nile river
A human
skeleton is divided into parts. One is the axial skeleton and the other is - Appendicular
skeleton part
Which part of the human body forms the skeletal
system but is not a bone – Teeth
Name the softest mineral found on the earth – Talc
At what time the
pill bugs are most active - At
night
Name the mineral necessary for our bones - Calcium
What is the percentage of Nitrogen in the air – 78.09%
How many times does the humming bird beat its wings
in a second - 80
times
Guppies are omnivores or carnivores - Omnivores
Who invented bulb
- Thomas Edison
Fe is
the symbol of which element - Iron
Dmitri
Mendeleev invented what - Periodic table
What is the name of the particular environment in
which an organism lives - Habitat
What is female mosquito called and causes
malaria - Female
Anopheles
Name the tallest animal of the world – Giraffee
A group of mostly female lions is called a pride, and
a group of male lions is called a coalition.
Name the largest primate animal of the world - The Gorilla
In which only continent the giraffes live - Africa
Bamboo is the
diet of which animal - Giant Panda
Dolphin is an amphibian or a
Mammal - A mammal
Which object
of the body produces Red blood cells
- Bone marrow
Which animal can store water in its body - Camel
Name the process by which molecules of a solvent
tend to pass through a semi-permeable membrane from a less concentrated solution
into a more concentrated one - Osmosis
What would you get if you mix all light colours
together - White
How much patents did
Thomas Edison filed alone - 1093
What is trepanning
- An ancient form of medicine which
involved making holes in human skull to relieve pressure
Why does eyesight change as you get older - The eyes
lens continues to grow throughout life, becoming thicker and less
transparent
What is the amount of salt in average
human body - 250
grams
What is the reason for popping up of bubbles
- Bubbles get dry from
surrounding air
How many
bones are there in human body - 206
What quantity of dust in homes is made of human
skin -
Almost 70
Percent
Can humans lick their elbows - Yes
What is the manometer is used for - Measuring
the pressure of closed system
Which organisms are known as the oldest fossils - Blue
- green Algae
Where the blue – green algae were first found in fossils - In south Africa and were about 3.2
Billion years old
What is a tomato
either a fruit or vegetable - Fruit
What is the percentage of AB negative blood type in
humans - Less
than 1
Percent
Which blood type is the rarest in the humans - AB
negative
What is the name
of Sydney Blue gum
- Eucalyptus saligna
Which substance is the hardest in the entire human
body --
Enamel of Tooth
Who is the inventor of Battery
-- Count Alessandro Volta
What is the Pyrogen
- Substance causing fever
( Pyrogen a substance, typically produced by a
bacterium, which produces fever when introduced or released into the blood.
)
What happens when lightening hit the tree ? The water in the tree boils up and burst up
the tree
What is the name of the tallest grass of the
world -- Bamboo
What is the average height of Bamboo
- 39 meters
What is the temperature of human body during
digestion - Slightly
higher than normal
King
of Indian Forest – Teak
Land
of rising Sun – Japan
Land
of Setting Sun – U.S.A
Land
of midnight sun - Norway
Lungs
of the Earth – Forests - South America Rain forest ( Example : Amazon rain forest )
Queen
of flowers - Rose
Ship
of Desert - Camel
Land of the flying fish - Barbados ( Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West
Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America. )
Land of White Elephants
- Thailand
