The year 2011 has been celebrated by UNESCO and IUPAC as International Year of Chemistry to mark the 100 years of Nobel Prize winning by Madam Curie in Chemistry. In this context, which of the following state- ments is/are correct ? 1. The unified theme o

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Q: 58 (CDS-I/2012)
The year 2011 has been celebrated by UNESCO and IUPAC as International Year of Chemistry to mark the 100 years of Nobel Prize winning by Madam Curie in Chemistry. In this context, which of the following state- ments is/are correct ?
1. The unified theme of the celebration is Chemistry— Our life, our future.
2. The celebrations are made to mark the contributions of women to the development of science.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below—

question_subject: 

General Knowledge

question_exam: 

CDS-I

stats: 

0,5,22,5,3,17,2

keywords: 

{'unesco': [2, 0, 3, 4], 'international year': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'chemistry': [0, 2, 4, 5], 'nobel prize winning': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'celebrations': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'year': [27, 4, 33, 49], 'celebration': [0, 0, 2, 5], 'science': [6, 2, 8, 8], 'years': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'madam curie': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'future': [0, 0, 0, 6], 'contributions': [2, 0, 2, 3], 'women': [9, 8, 22, 46]}

The correct answer to the question is option 1, which states that the unified theme of the celebration is "Chemistry— Our life, our future." This means that the celebrations in the International Year of Chemistry in 2011 focused on the importance of chemistry in our everyday lives and its potential for shaping the future.

Option 2, which states that the celebrations were made to mark the contributions of women to the development of science, is incorrect. While it is true that 2011 marked the 100 years of Nobel Prize winning by Madam Curie in Chemistry, the International Year of Chemistry was not specifically dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women to science. Rather, it aimed to highlight the significance of chemistry as a whole.

Therefore, option 1 is the correct answer to the question, while option 2 is incorrect.