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Q120 (IAS/2008) Science & Technology › ICT, AI, Cybersecurity & Emerging Tech › Science and technology initiatives Answer Verified

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? 1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome 2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine 3. Jimmy Wales : Wikipedia Select the correct answer using the code given below: Code:

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All three pairs are correctly matched. Francis Collins served as the de facto leader of the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium and was the prominent director associated with the Human Genome Project efforts to sequence the human genome [1]. Sergey Brin co-founded Google (with Larry Page) and was instrumental in developing the search engine that grew into Google, now the world’s leading search service. Jimmy Wales is identified as Wikipedia’s founder and has been publicly associated with establishing and promoting the online encyclopedia project. Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 3 are all correct.

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  1. [1] https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/educational-resources/fact-sheets/human-genome-project
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