Father's of Various Fields

Questions on fathers of various fields are asked in government job exams. Recognizing the fact that government job aspirants need to learn about fathers of various fields, PendulumEdu has come up with an article on fathers of various fields. The article covers fathers and their fields in question answer format.

1. Who is known as the Father of Modern Physics?

Ans. Galileo Galilei is known as the Father of Modern Physics.

2. Who is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in world?

Ans. Norman Ernest Borlaug is known as the Father of the Green Revolution.

3. Who is known as the Father of Microbiology?

Ans. Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek is known as the Father of the Microbiology.

4. Who is known as the Father of Modern Astronomy?

Ans. Nicolaus Copernicus is known as the Father of the Modern Astronomy.

5. Who is known as the Father of Nuclear Physics?

Ans. Ernest Rutherford is known as the Father of the Nuclear Physics.

6. Who is known as the Father of Modern Computer Science?

Ans. Alan Turing is known as the father of Computer Science.

7. Who is known as the Father of Biology?

Ans. Aristotle is considered as the Father of Biology.

8. Who is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India?

Ans. M. S. Swaminathan is known as the Father of the Indian Green Revolution.

9. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?

Ans. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar is known as the father of the Indian Constitution.

10. Who is known as the Father of American Football?

Ans. Walter Chauncey Camp is known as the Father of American Football.

11. Who is known as the Father of Evolution?

Ans. Charles Darwin is known as the Father of Evolution.

12. Who is known as the Father of Modern Olympics?

Ans. Pierre De Coubertin is known as the Father of the modern Olympics.

13. Who is known as the Father of Numbers?

Ans. Pythagoras is known as the Father of the Numbers.

14. Who is known as the Father of Genetics?

Ans. Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Genetics.

15. Who is known as the Father of Internet?

Ans. Vint Cerf is known as the Father of the Internet.

16. Who is known as the Father of Botany?

Ans. Theophrastus is known as the Father of Botany.

17. Who is known as the Father of Zoology?

Ans. Aristotle is known as the Father of Zoology.

18. Who is known as the Father of Scientific Management?

Ans. Frederick Winslow Taylor is known as the Father of Scientific Management.

19. Who is known as the Father of Electricity?

Ans. Micheal Faraday is known as the Father of Electricity.

20. Who is known as the Father of Electronics?

Ans. Michael Faraday is known as the Father of Electronics.

21. Who is known as the Father of Television?

Ans. Philo Farnsworth is known as the Father of Television. He developed the first all-electronic television system.

22. Who is known as the Father of Nuclear Chemistry?

Ans. Otto Hahn is known as the Father of Nuclear Chemistry.

23. Who is known as the Father of Periodic Table?

Ans. Dmitri Mendeleev is known as the Father of the Periodic Table.

24. Who is known as the Father of Humanism?

Ans. Francesco Petrarca is known as the Father of Humanism.

25. Who is known as the Father of Telephone?

Ans. Alexander Graham Bell is known as the Father of the Telephone.

26. Who is known as the Father of Mobile Phone?

Ans. Martin Cooper is known as the Father of the Mobile Phone.

27. Who is known as the Father of Geometry?

Ans. Euclid is known as the Father of Geometry.

28. Who is known as the Father of Microscopy?

Ans. Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek is known as the Father of the Microscopy.

29. Who is known as the Father of Laptop PC?

Ans. Bill Moggridge is known as the Father of the Laptop. Osborne 1 is the first laptop computer known, designed by Adam Osborne.

30. Who is known as the Father of Psychology?

Ans. Wilhelm Wundt is known as the Father of Psychology.

31. Who is known as the Father of Surgery?

Ans. Sushruta is known as the Father of Surgery.

32. Who is known as the Father of New France?

Ans. Samuel de Champlain is known as the Father of New France.

33. Who is known as the Father of the American Constitution?

Ans. James Madison is known as the Father of the American Constitution.

34. Who is known as the Father of Plastic Surgery?

Ans. Sushruta is known as the Father of Plastic Surgery.

35. Who is known as the Father of Ayurveda?

Ans. Charaka is known as the Father of the Ayurveda.

36. Who is known as the Father of Western Medicine?

Ans. Hippocrates is known as the Father of Western Medicine.

37. Who is known as the Father of modern Medicine?

Ans. Hippocrates is known as the Father of Modern Medicine.

38. Who is known as the Father of White Revolution in India?

Ans. Dr Verghese Kurien is known as the Father of the Indian White Revolution.

39. Who is known as the Father of India's Missile Programme?

Ans. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is known as the Father of India's Missile Programme.

40. Who is known as the Father of modern Economics?

Ans. Adam Smith is known as the Father of modern Economics.

41. Who is known as the Father of DNA Fingerprinting?

Ans. Alec John Jeffreys and Lalji Singh (for India) are the fathers of DNA Fingerprinting.

42. Who is known as the Father of Modern Chemistry?

Ans. Antoine Lavoisier is known as the Father of Modern Chemistry.

43. Who is known as the Father of Sociology?

Ans. Auguste Comte is known as the Father of Sociology.

44. Who is known as the Father of Palaeobotany?

Ans. Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart and Birbal Sahni (for India) are the fathers of Palaeobotany.

45. Who is known as the Father of Computer?

Ans. Charles Babbage is known as the Father of Computer.

46. Who is known as the Father of Physiology?

Ans. Claude Bernard is known as the Father of Physiology.

47. Who is known as the Father of Cinema in India?

Ans. Dadasaheb Phalke (Dhundiraj Govind Phalke) is known as the Father of Cinema in India.

48. Who is known as the Father of Modern Cinema?

Ans. David Wark Griffith is known as the Father of Modern Cinema.

49. Who is known as the Father of Vaccination?

Ans. Edward Jenner is known as the Father of Vaccination.

50. Who is known as the Father of Biodiversity?

Ans. Edward O Wilson is known as the Father of Biodiversity.

51. Who is known as the Father of Hydrogen Bomb?

Ans. Edward Teller is known as the Father of Hydrogen Bomb.

52. Who is known as the Father of Geography?

Ans. Eratosthenes is known as the Father of Geography.

53. Who is known as the Father of Modern Finance?

Ans. Eugene F. Fama is known as the Father of Modern Finance.

54. Who is known as the Father of Modern Ecology?

Ans. Eugene P. Odum is known as the Father of Modern Ecology.

55. Who is known as the Father of Railways?

Ans. George Stephenson is known as the Father of Railways.

56. Who is known as the Father of Homeopathy?

Ans. Samuel Hahnemann is known as the Father of Homeopathy.

57. Who is known as the Father of History?

Ans. Herodotus is known as the Father of History.

58. Who is known as the Father of Blue revolution in India?

Ans. Hiralal Chaudhuri is known as the Father of blue revolution in India.

59. Who is known as the Father of Radio Science?

Ans. Jagadish Chandra Bose (J C Bose) is known as the Father of Radio Science. He was the first to demonstrate the science behind capturing radio waves.

60. Who is known as the Father of Civil Aviation in India?

Ans. Jehangir Ratanji Dadbhoy (JRD) Tata is known as the Father of Civil Aviation in India.

61. Who is known as the Father of Atom Bomb?

Ans. J. Robert Oppenheimer is known as the Father of Atom Bomb.

62. Who is known as the Father of Modern Geology?

Ans. James Hutton is known as the Father of Modern Geology.

63. Who is known as the Father of Geography in India?

Ans. James Rennell is known as the Father of Geography in India.

64. Who is known as the Father of Modern Education?

Ans. John Amos Comenius is known as the Father of Modern Education.

65. Who is known as the Father of Artificial Intelligence?

Ans. John Mccarthy is known as the Father of Artificial Intelligence.

66. Who is known as the Father of Robotics?

Ans. Joseph F. Engelberger is known as the Father of Robotics.

67. Who is known as the Father of Biotechnology?

Ans. Karl Ereky is known as the Father of Biotechnology.

68. Who is known as the Father of Blood Groups?

Ans. Karl Landsteiner is known as the Father of Blood Groups.

69. Who is known as the Father of Bacteriology?

Ans. Louis Pasteur is known as the Father of Bacteriology.

70. Who is known as the Father of Modern Plastic Surgery?

Ans. Sir Harold Gillies is known as the Father of Modern Plastic Surgery.

71. Who is known as the Father of Space Program in India?

Ans. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai is known as the Father of Space Program in India.

72. Who is known as the Father of Endocrinology?

Ans. Some physicians say that Charles Edward Brown-Sequard is the Father of Endocrinology while others say that Thomas Addison is the Father of Endocrinology. (Students have to choose the answer based on the options).

73. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Air Force?

Ans. Subroto Mukherjee is known as the Father of the Indian Air Force.

74. Who is known as the Father of Civil Engineering?

Ans. John Smeaton is known as the Father of Civil Engineering. (Sir Mokshagundam Vishveshwarayya is known as the Father of Civil Engineering in India.)

75. Who is known as the Father of veterinary science in India?

Ans. Shalihotra (son of Hayagosha) is known as the Father of veterinary science in India.

76. Who is known as the Father of Thermodynamics?

Ans. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot is known as the Father of Thermodynamics.

77. Who is known as the Father of Cytology?

Ans. Robert Hooke is known as the Father of Cytology.

78. Who is known as the Father of Modern Philosophy?

Ans. René Descartes is known as the Father of Modern Philosophy.

79. Who is known as the Father of Email?

Ans. Ray Tomlinson is known as the Father of Email.

80. Who is known as the Father of Modern India?

Ans. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the Father of Modern India.