Question # 1

Which of the following is not a component of the brainstem?

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Medulla oblongata

Midbrain

Forebrain

Pons

who invented the stainless steel?

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walker

edison

berarley

none of these

The average salinity of sea water is:

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2%

3.5%

5.5%

7%

Which country does the Tropic of Cancer pass through?

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Laos

Sudan

Morocco

China

point out the discoverer of the theory of isotopes?

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edison

soddy

biro

waterman

In which type of rocks are metals like gold and copper mostly found?

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Old sedimentary

Old igneous

Old metamorphic

New metamorphic

mention out the discoverer of intelligence testing.

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alfred

hunt

bell

niese

Japan is called ' the land of rising sun' because:

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Japan,being the eastern most country in the world,it has the earliest sunrise

Sun rises as soon there as it sets

Sun always remains in the eastern part

The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sun rise beautiful in Japan

Prime Meridian is also called:

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Arctic circle

Equator

Greenwich Meridian

Arctic pole

what Bernard discovered?

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phonograp

human heart

pendulum

safety-pin

Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is located in the southern Doda district of the Indian administered state of Jammu and Kashmir, It was constructed on

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Ravi River

Sutlej River

Chenab River

Indus River

Among the following the deepest sea is:

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Red Sea

Caribbean Sea

Bering Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The only line of latitude which is as large as any line of longitude is the:

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Prime Meridian

Tropic of Capricom

Tropic of cancer

Equator

The vertical igneous rocks inside the earth's surface are called:

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Sill

Dyke

Baccolith

Laccolith

How much blood does an average adult have in the body?

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3-4 litres

4-5 litres

5-6 litres

6-8 litres

The heaviest mass revolving round the sun is:

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Moon

Jupiter

Neptune

Pluto

The plane of contact of the troposphere and stratosphere is known as:

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Mesosphere

Tropopause

Ionosphere

None of these

The inclination of the earth's axis to plane of the orbit is---

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90^o

23 1/2^o

66 1/2^o

0^o

who inventor the gas mantle?

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wellsbach

spenser

berliner

colt

who discoverer cosmic rays?

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soddy

wheeler

victor hess

planck

How many cubic inches are there in one cubic foot?

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1628 cubic inches

1728 cubic inches

1428 cubic inches

1320 cubic inches

The study of insects is called what?

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Taxonomy

Entomology

Hematology

Anatomy

Which ocean has the world's largest number of active volcanoes and is called:

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Indian ocean

pacific ocean

Atlantic ocean

Antarctic ocean

Antipodes are:

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Places diametrically opposite on earth surface

Lines joining places having a time difference

Lines joining places having the same depth

None of these

Washing soda is the common name of:

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Calcium carbonate

Calcium bicarbonate

Sodium carbonate

Sodium bicarbonate

Anticyclones are caused by

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Violent winds

Heavy rainfall

Winds that blow spirally outwards from the centre

None of these

name the discoverer of chlorine.

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freud

dohl

fermi

scheele

In which country would you find the mountains called the Ghats?

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Saudi Arabia

Russia

China

India

Ready source of energy available for athletes is:

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Carbohydrate

fats

Protein

Vitamin

Which variety of glass is heat resisting?

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Pyrex glass

Hard glass

Flint glass

Bottle glass

What is it called when the Moon is blocked out by the earth's shadow?

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Lunar eclipse

Earth eclipse

Solar eclipse

Partial eclipse

How is known the study of animals and plants that had lived on earth in the past?

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Histology

Paleontology

Hysteria

History

White Blood Cells are also known as:

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Leucocytes

Thrombocytes

Erythrocytes

None of these

The International Data-line is an imaginary line extending from pole along the places on the earth's surface and lies along the:

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0° meridian

180° meridian

100° meridian

120° meridian

The metal that is present in photo films is:

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Mercury

Platinium

Silver

Magnesium

The most malleable metal is:

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Silver

Gold

Aluminium

Sodium

Maximum differences in the spacing of longitude is:

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At poles

At equator

At tropic

At Arctic circle

Hanging valleys are formed due to the action of:

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Volcanic eruption

Glacier

Waves of Ocean

River

Which of the following substance is a bad conductor of electricity but a good conductor of heat?

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Asbestos

Mica

Celluloid

None of these

What is the world's longest river?

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Nile river

Yangtze river

Mississippi River

Amazon river

The Kiel Canal links-

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Mediterranean and Black Sea

Pacific and Atlantic oceans

Mediterranean and Red Sea

North Sea and Baltic Sea

The most important ore of aluminium is:

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Calcite

Bauxite

Calamine

Galena

who discovered that the earth was not the centre of the universe?

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Aristotle

Copernicus

Sir Lsaac Newton

Darwin

Twelve constellations referred to as zodiac,are:

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sign of Roman gods

Imaginary region that encompasses the path of the planets

A group of stars

None of these

Which one is a mammal?

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Shark

Squid

Octopus

Whale

Mention the science of the chemistry of life which studies animals and plants by looking at chemicals they contain.

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Biology

Chemistry

Biochemistry

Histology