Match the names of outstanding Indian scientists given in List I with area of their specialized work given in List II and select
Match the names of outstanding Indian scientists given in List I with area of their specialized work given in List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :
| List- I | List-II |
| A. Dr. Raja Ramanna | 1. Plant chemistry |
| B. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan | 2. Nuclear physics |
| C. Prof. U.R Rao | Thermodynamics & astrophysics |
| D. Prof. Meghnad Saha | 4. Space research |
| 5. Agricultural science |
Codes :
(a) A-3; B-5; C-2; D-1 (b) A-2; B-1; C-4; D-3
(c) A-2; B-5; C-4; D-3 (d) A-3; B-1; C-4; D-2
1 Answers
(c) Raja Ramanna India's Most Eminent Nuclear Physicist, if we have today achieved the status of a "developed country" in nuclear science and technology, it is in large measure a consequence of Dr. Ramanna's ideals, policies and efforts.
M. S. Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist. He is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India."
Udipi Ramachandra Rao is a space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. Prof Rao's experiments on a number of Pioneer and Explorer spacecrafts, led to a complete understanding of the solar cosmic ray phenomena and the electromagnetic state of the interplanetary space. Meghnad Saha was an Indian astrophysicist, best known for his development of the Saha equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars.