Question : Who is referred to as the "Darwin of the 20th Century?"
Option 1: Katherine Esau
Option 2: Ernst Mayr
Option 3: Har Gobind Khorana
Option 4: Marshall Warren Nirenberg
Correct Answer: Ernst Mayr
Solution : The correct option is Ernst Mayr.
German-American biologist, ornithologist, and science historian Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) made important contributions to the disciplines of evolutionary biology and biology philosophy. He was instrumental in the contemporary synthesis of evolutionary theory, which combined Mendelian genetics and Darwinian natural selection.
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Question : Who among the following is known as the 'Father of Medicine'?
Option 1: Charles Darwin
Option 2: Hippocrates
Option 3: Ernst Hackle
Option 4: Edward Jenner
Question : Who among the following gave "The Theory of Natural Selection"?
Option 1: Richard High Ebright
Option 2: Lamarck
Option 3: Charles Darwin
Option 4: Francesco Redi
Question : Which of the following activities is also referred to as the "Gold Collar" profession?
Option 1: Secondary
Option 2: Quaternary
Option 3: Primary
Option 4: Quinary
Question : In which year did Ernst Haeckel introduce the term "ecology" to describe the economies of living forms?
Option 1: 1888
Option 2: 1884
Option 3: 1887
Option 4: 1866
Question : The Anushilan Samiti was active in which part of the Indian subcontinent in the 20th century?
Option 1: Madras
Option 2: Bengal
Option 3: Punjab
Option 4: Bombay
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