QUIZ COMPETETION

BASED ON NOBLE
LAURATE PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER

PREPARED BY:
Mrs. MITHLESH KUMARI
PGT CHEMISTRY
K.V. OFD RAIPUR DEHRADUN
(UK)
 ROUND 1

Q1. NAME THE MOTHER OF PROF.

S.CHANDRASHEKHAR?
ANS.1: Smt. SITALAXMI
Q2. NAME THE FATHER OF THE
PROF. S. CHANDRASHEKHAR.
ANS.2: CHANRASHEKHAR
SUBRAMANYAM IYER
Q.3: NAME THE WIFE OF PROF.
S.CHANDRASHEKHER.
ANS.3: LALITHA DORAISWAMY
Q.4: HOW MANY SIBLINGS
(SISTERS & BROTHERS) DOES
PROF. S. CHANDRASHEKHER HAD?
ANS.4: 6 SISTERS & 3 BROTHERS
 ROUND 2
Q.1: WHAT IS THE DATE OF BIRTH
PROF. S. CHANDRASHEKHER?
ANS.1: 19 OCTOBER 1910
Q.2: NAME THE BIRTH PLACE AND
COUNTRY OF PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER.
ANS.2: LAHORE, INDIA. (NOW IN
PAKISTAN)
Q.3: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER PASSED
AWAY?
ANS.3: 21 AUGUST 1995
Q.4: NAME THE PLACE WHERE
PROF. S. CHANDRASHEKHER
DIED?
ANS.4: CHICAGO
 ROUND 3
Q.1: FROM WHICH COLLEGE PROF.
S. CHANDRASHEKHER COMPLETED
HIS GRADUATION?
ANS.1: PRESIDENCY COLLEGE
CHENNAI. (1925-1930)
Q.2: FROM WHICH COLLEGE HE
DID HIS RESEARCH WORK?
ANS.2: TRINITY COLLEGE
Q.3: NAME THE SCHOOL FROM
WHERE PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER COMPLATED
HIS SCHOOLING?
ANS.3: HINDU HIGH SCHOOL
TRIPLICANE MADRAS
Q.4: NAME THE UNIVERSITY THAT
AWARDED Ph.D. DEGREE TO PROF.
S. CHANDRASHEKHER
ANS.4: UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE
 ROUND 4

Q.1: WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF

I.S.R.O. ?
ANS.1: INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH
ORGANISATION.
Q.2: WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF
B.A.R.C. ?
ANS.2: BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH
CENTRE.
Q.3: WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF
N.A.S.A. ?
ANS.3: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS
AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION.
Q.4: WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF
L.A.S.R. ?
ANS.4: LABORATORY FOR
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE
RESEARCH.
 ROUND 5
Q.1: FOR WHICH FIELD OF PHYSICS
DID PROF. S. CHANDRASHEKHER
GOT THE NOBLE PRIZE?
ANS.1: ASTROPHYSICS
Q.2: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER RECIEVED THE
NOBLE PRIZE?
ANS.2: 1983
Q.3: NAME THE SCIENTIST WHO
GUIDED PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER DURING HIS
RESEARCH WORK AT TRINITY
COLLEGE.
ANS.3: R.H. FOWLER
Q.4: IN WHICH YEAR DID SIR C.V
RAMAN RECEIVED THE NOBLE
PRIZE FOR PHYSICS?
ANS.4: 1930
 ROUND 6

Q.1: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.

CHANDRASHEKHER RECEIVED
NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE
IN USA?
ANS.1: 1966
Q.2: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER RECEIVED
PADMA VIBHUSHAN?
ANS.2: 1968
Q.3: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER RECEIVED
COPLEY MEDAL OF THE ROYAL
SOCIETY?
ANS.3: 1984
Q.4: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER RECEIVED GOLD
MEDAL OF THE ROYAL
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY?
ANS.4: 1953
 ROUND 7

Q.1: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.

CHANDRASHEKHER RECEIVED BRUCE
MEDAL?
•a) 1952
•b) 1962
•c) 1949
•d) 1951
ANS.1: (a) 1952
Q.2: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER RECEIVED
HENARY DRAPER MEDAL?
• a) 1961
• b) 1971
• c) 1962
• d) 1952
ANS.2: (b) 1971
Q.3: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER RECEIVED
GORDON J. LAING AWARD?
•a) 1969
•b) 1979
•c) 1989
•d) 1999
ANS.3: (c) 1989
Q.4: IN WHICH YEAR PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER BECAME HONORARY
FELLOW OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
OF SCIENCE?
•a) 1977
•b) 1988
•c) 1989
•d) 1999
ANS.4: (b) 1988
 ROUND 8

Q.1: WHICH FAMOUS BOOK OF

AUTHOR HENRIC IBSEN IS
TRANSLATED INTO TAMIL BY PROF.
CHANDRASHEKHER’S MOTHER?
•a) A DOLL’S HOUSE
•b) A DOLLY’S HOUSE
•c) HOUSE OF DOLL
•d) NONE OF THE ABOVE
ANS.1: (a) A DOLL’S HOUSE
Q.2: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
BOOK IS WRITTEN BY PROF. S.
CHANDRASHEKHER?
•a) THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF
BLACK HOLES
•b) EDUCATION AND THE ATOMS
•c) ELEMENT IF THE UNIVERSE
•d) PEACEFULL USES OF NUCLEAR
EBERGY
ANS.2: (a) THE MATHEMATICAL
THEORY OF BLACK HOLES
Q.3: IDENTIFY THE BOOK WRITTEN BY
PROF. S. CHANDRASHEKHER?
•a) MODERN NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
•b) PLASMA PHYSICS
•c) MICROGRAPHIA
•d) THE SELFISH GENE
ANS.3: (b) PLASMA PHYSICS
Q.4: IDENTIFY THE NAME OF THE BOOK
WRITTEN BY PROF. S. CHANDRASHEKHER?
•a) PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF
SEMICONDUCTORS
•b) LETTER ON SUN SPOT
•c) DISCOURSE OF THE COMMET
•d) AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY
OF STELLER STRUCTURE.
ANS.4: (d) AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
STUDY OF STELLER STRUCTURE.
 ROUND 9

Q.1: CHANDRASHEKHER LIMIT IS

ASSOCIATED WITH
•a) DWARF STAR
•b) WHITE STAR
•c) WHITE DWARF
•d) STABLE WHITE DWARF STAR.
ANS.1: (d) STABLE WHITE DWARF
STAR.
Q.2: A STAR THAT ENDS ITS NUCLEAR
BURNING LIFE WITH A MASS
GREATERTHAN THE CHANDSHEKHAR LIMIT
MUST BECAME
•a) PROTON STAR.
•b) ELECTRON STAR.
•c) NEUTRON STAR.
•d) WHITE STAR.
ANS.2: (c) NEUTRON STAR.
Q.3): CHANDSHEKHAR LIMIT WAS
FORMULATED ON THE BASES OF
•a) THEORY OF RELATIVITY.
•b) PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM PHYSICS.
•c) BOTH (a) AND (b)
•d) NONE OF THE ABOVE.
ANS.3: (c) BOTH (a) AND (b)
Q.4: IF A WHITE DWARF STAR DOES NOT
COPLETELY EXHAUST ITS THERMONUCLEAR FUEL
THEN ITS LIMITING MASS IS
•a) EQUAL TO 1.44 TIMES MASS OF THE SUN
•b) GREATER THAN 1.44 TIME MASS OF THE
SUN.
•c) LESS THAN 1.44 TIME MASS OF THE SUN.
•d) NONE OF THE ABOVE.
ANS.4: (b) GREATER THAN 1.44
TIMES THE MASS OF THE SUN.
 ROUND 10
IDENTIFICATION
ROUND
 Q.1 NAME THE SCIENTIST

• (a) Albert Einstein

• (b) Galileo Galilei
• (c) Alexander
Fleming
• (d) John Dalton
Q.2 NAME THE SCIENTIST
• (a) Isaac Newton
• (b) John Dalton
• (c) C.V Raman
• (d) Aryabhatta
Q.3 NAME THE SCIENTIST
• (a) Michael faraday
• (b) Aristotle
• (c) J.J Thomson
• (d) Isaac Newton
Q.4 NAME THE SCIENTIST
• (a) Dr. Hargovind
Khurana
• (b) S.
Chandrashekhar
• (c) Alexander
Fleming
• (d) John Dalton