Amity International School

Class-VII (Month- November)

Supplementary Reader / Scientists of India
( Practice Worksheet No.2)
pg. 40 to 98

Q1.Tick the correct option: (1X4=4)

1. The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in 1948 where Bhabha was the
________________
a) Founder
b) Member
c) Chairman
d) Expert

2. In 1955, the US National Academy of Sciences invited K S Krishnan to be the _______

a) Audience
b) Guest speaker
c) Mathematician
d) Director

3. J V Narlikar is the _______________ of the newly established Inter University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics based at Pune.
a) founder
b) researcher
c) director
d) physicist

iv )_______is the first Indian astronomer after whom an observatory and India’s most
powerful telescopes are named
a) Raja Ramana
b) S.N. Bose
c) M.K . Vainu Bappu
d) H. J. Bhava
Q.2. Use the help box given below and fill in the blanks: (1X4=4)

Astrophysics X- ray crystallography

Lecturership Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

i) J C Bose was offered a__________________________ at Presidency College in Calcutta

(Kolkatta).

ii) M N Saha made a great contribution in the field of ________________________________

iii) Raja Ramanna joined the __________________________________________________ as

professor in 1949.

iv) S N Bose is renowned for his experimental work in the branches of physics like
thermoluminescence and _____________________________________________

Q. 3. Match the following: (1X4=4)

a) S K Mitra (i) Physical Research Laboratory

b) V A Sarabhai (ii) Palaeobotanist

c) Birbal Sahni (iii) Plank’s Law and Light Quantum Hypothesis

d) S N Bose (iv) the study of ionosphere

Q.4 Find the names of the scientists who have been associated with the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research in the following maze. (1X4=4)

V P A S D H M K L P O

A H C C V F G T G H I

R G H Z B S K R W Q M

R A J A R A M A N N A

F T B Y R X E D C V B

B E H E R T N W Q A S

M R A L K J O H G F D

K S B Z X C N V B N M

L P H E R T Y U I O P

O V A S A R A B H A I
Q.5. Complete the flow chart of the great scientist, J B S Haldane (1X4=4)

1. John Burdon Sanderson Haldane was a Biologist.

2. He used to conduct horrifying _____________________________________________________.

3. He was born on Nov. 5 1892 at _____________________________________________________

and grew up in his father’s laboratory in the house.

4. His father’s name was John Scott Haldane, who was a noted
_________________________________

5. His brilliance in Mathematics enabled him to win the Russell Prize at the age of 16.

6. He died of ______________ at the age of 71 in Bhubneshwar.

 Amity International School

Class-VII ( Month- November)

Supplementary Reader / Scientists of India

(Practice Worksheet No. 2. Answer Key)

pg. 40 to 98

Q1.Tick the correct option:

1 The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in 1948 where Bhabha was the
________________
a) Founder
b) Member
c) Chairman
d) Expert

2 In 1955, the US National Academy of Sciences invited K S Krishnan to be the _______

a) Audience
b) Guest speaker
c) Mathematician
d) Director

3 J V Narlikar is the _______________ of the newly established Inter University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics based at Pune.
a) founder
b)researcher
c) director
d) physicist
 iv )_______is the first Indian astronomer after whom an observatory and India’s most
powerful telescopes are named
a) Raja Ramana
b) S.N. Bose
c) M.K . Vainu Bappu
d) H. J. Bhava

Q.2. Use the help box given below and fill in the blanks:

Astrophysics X- ray crystallography

Lecturership Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

i) J C Bose was offered a Lecturership at Presidency College in Calcutta (Kolkatta).

ii) M N Saha made a great contribution in the field of Astrophysics

iii) Raja Ramanna joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research as professor in 1949.

iv) S N Bose is renowned for his experimental work in the branches of physics like
thermoluminescence and X- ray crystallography

Q. 3. Match the following:

a) S K Mitra (i) Physical Research Laboratory 4

b) V A Sarabhai (ii) Palaeobotanist 3

c) Birbal Sahni (iii) Plank’s Law and Light Quantum Hypothesis 1

d) S N Bose (iv) the study of ionosphere 2

Q.4 Find the names of the scientists who have been associated with the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research in the following maze.

V P A S D H M K L P O

A H C C V F G T G H I

R G H Z B S K R W Q M

R A J A R A M A N N A

F T B Y R X E D C V B

B E H E R T N W Q A S

M R A L K J O H G F D

K S B Z X C N V B N M

L P H E R T Y U I O P

O V A S A R A B H A I
Q.5. Complete the flow chart of the great scientist, J B S Haldane

2. John Burdon Sanderson Haldane was the English – born Indian Biologist.

2. He used to conduct horrifying experiments on his body.

3. He was born on November 5 1892 at Oxford and grew up in his father’s laboratory in the house.

4. His father’s name was John Scott Haldane, who was a noted physiologist

5. His brilliance in Mathematics enabled him to win the Russell Prize at the age of 16.

6. He died of cancer at the age of 71 at Bhubaneshwar