UPSC Prelims 2008 · General Studies

Question 143: Science and Technology

Nobel Prize–winning scientist James D. Watson is known for his work in which area?

aMetallurgy

bMeteorology

cEnvironmental protection

dGenetics

AnswerThe answer is (d).

James D. Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for working out the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, a landmark in genetics and molecular biology. He later led the early years of the Human Genome Project.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) He did no work in metallurgy.
(b) He did no work in meteorology.
(c) He is not known for environmental protection.
(d) Genetics is his field.

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