All Categories MCQs
Topic Notes: All Categories
General Description
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
60731
Roger Sperry won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1981 for his discoveries concerning:
Answer:
The functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres (Split Brain)
Sperry showed that the left and right hemispheres of the brain have different functions.
60732
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of:
Answer:
Hepatitis C virus
Their discovery led to blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives from liver cirrhosis and cancer.
60733
Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2017 for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm?
Answer:
Hall, Rosbash, and Young
They identified the genes and proteins that act as the biological clock in organisms.
60734
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of:
Answer:
Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)
GFP, originally from jellyfish, is used as a glowing marker to visualize processes inside living cells.
60735
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines?
Answer:
Sauvage, Stoddart, and Feringa
They developed molecules with controllable movements, which can perform a task when energy is added (e.g., a molecular car).
60736
John C. Mather and George F. Smoot won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for their work on:
Answer:
The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
Using the COBE satellite, they showed the blackbody form and anisotropy of the CMB, supporting the Big Bang theory.
60737
Eric Cornell, Carl Wieman, and Wolfgang Ketterle won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001 for the achievement of:
Answer:
Bose-Einstein condensation
They produced a new state of matter where atoms cool down to near absolute zero and act as a single quantum entity.
60738
Carl David Anderson shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the:
Answer:
Positron
Anderson discovered the positron, the first known antiparticle (antimatter counterpart to the electron).
60739
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936 for the discovery of cosmic radiation?
Answer:
Victor Franz Hess
Hess discovered cosmic rays during balloon flights, proving radiation came from outer space.
60740
Peter Mitchell received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1978 for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of:
Answer:
The Chemiosmotic theory
His theory explains how ATP is generated in mitochondria via a proton gradient.