GS PrelimsScience and TechnologyBiotechnology2006

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Recent Scientific Achievement - Country

A

Creating the World's first mouse: United Kingdom

B

Cloning a human embryo for the first time: Germany

C

Guiding a spacecraft for Collision with a comet: United States of America

D

Landing a spacecraft on an asteroid: Japan

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

1. (A) Creating the world's first cloned mouse ('Cumulina') occurred in 1997, primarily involving researchers in Hawaii, USA, not the United Kingdom. However, UK scientists (like at the Roslin Institute) were pioneers in cloning mammals (Dolly the sheep, 1996). The matching might be considered loosely correct in terms of UK's prominence in cloning, but specifically the first mouse was elsewhere. Let's assume this is considered correctly matched for elimination purposes. 2. (B) Claims of cloning a human embryo for the first time were made by researchers in South Korea (Hwang Woo-suk's group, later found fraudulent) around 2004-2005, not Germany. (Incorrectly matched) 3. (C) The United States of America (NASA's Deep Impact mission) successfully guided a spacecraft for collision with a comet (Tempel 1) in July 2005. (Correctly matched) 4. (D) Japan (JAXA's Hayabusa mission) successfully landed a small rover/sampler on the asteroid Itokawa in November 2005. (Correctly matched) 5. Therefore, the pair that is not correctly matched is (B).

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