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Lalji Singh, a Common card
Lalji Singh was an Indian scientist who worked in the field of DNA fingerprinting technology in India and pioneer of Assisted reproductive technology, where he was popularly known as the "Father of Indian DNA fingerprinting".
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 163 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Lalji Singh quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lalji Singh card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2004, he received the Padma Shri in recognition of his ______ to Indian science and technology.
Answer
contribution. In 2004, he received the Padma Shri in recognition of his contribution to Indian science and technology. From the Lalji Singh article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Government spending. Government spending 80 · Lalji Singh 77 · Ministry of the Interior and Administration 74 · David Unaipon 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lillian Moller Gilbreth. Lillian Moller Gilbreth 54,000 · Monoculture 39,000 · Government spending 26,000 · Lalji Singh 12,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Singh also worked in the areas of molecular basis of sex determination, wildlife conservation forensics and evolution and migration of humans.
- In 2004, he received the Padma Shri in recognition of his contribution to Indian science and technology.
- Singh founded various institutes and laboratories in India, including the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics in 1995, Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species in 1998, and Genome Foundation in 2004, aiming to diagnose and treat genetic disorders affecting the Indian population, in particular the under-privileged people residing in rural India.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lalji Singh article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lalji Singh (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Indian Scholars Congress, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
