Question # 1

Which of the following glands is situated beneath the brain and whose over secretion produces giant-size children?

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Pituitary

Adrenal

Thyroid

Pancreas

The distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth is:

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3 light-years

4 light-years

5 light-years

6 light-years

Osteology is the study of bones. What is Palaeontology?

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Study of fossils

Study of eyes

Study of snakes

Study of virus

Where would you find the Ebro Basin?

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Italy

Spain

Portugal

Greece

Healing of wounds is hastened by vitamin:

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A

B

C

K

Which part of the body has greatest regeneration power?

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Liver

Kidney

Pancreas

Brain

Lake Victoria's shores touch all of the following countries except:

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Rwanda

Tanzania

Kenya

Uganda

Solar system was discovered by:

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Kepler

Galileo

Copernicus

Plato

Which is the smallest among the following water bodies?

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Arctic Sea

Hudson Bay

Japan Sea

Okhotsk Sea

The weight of an average human male brain is about:

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1 kg

1200 gm

1350 gm

1500 gm

The period of one revolution of sun around the centre of galaxy is called:

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Cosmic year

Astronomical year

Light year

Parsec

Where would you find Mauna Loa volcano?

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Philippines

Japan

Hawaii

China

Which one of the following is used for measuring the speed of wind?

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Hygrometer

Barometer

Anemometer

Thermometer

Seasons on the earth are caused by:

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Revolution of earth round the sun and its axis tilted at 66^1/2

Rotation on earth round its axis

All places of earth have equal temperature

None of these

The earth revolves around the sun at the speed(per minute) of:

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1000 km

1200 km

1300 km

More than 1600 km

How many rods constitute one chain?

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4

6

8

10

Reflex action in the body is controlled by:

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Sensory nerves

Motor nerves

Central nerves system

None of these

Which of the following is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors?

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Heavy water

Liquid sodium

Cadmium

Graphite

Which is the largest muscle in the body?

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Buttock muscle

Stapedius

Monocyte

Lymphocyte

How many colors the sunlight spectrum has?

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5

4

7

10

Which of the following is the unit for measurement of power?

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Watt

Joule

Volts

Kelvin

This ancient city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire.

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Constantinople

Carthage

Istanbul

Ur

How many litres are there in one dekalitre?

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10

12

15

18

Bagasse,a by-product of sugar manufacturing industry, is used for the production of:

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Glass

Paper

nylon

Alcohol

Which of the following is not a contagious disease?

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Typhoid

Hysteria

Measles

Influenza

What is the exact time it takes the earth to revolve around the sun?

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365 days, 7 hours, 32 minutes, and 18 seconds

365 days, 2 hours, 12 minutes, and 49 seconds

364 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes, and 38 seconds

365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds

A color blind person has difficulty to distinguishing between which colors?

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Green and Voilet

Green and Red

White and Yellow

Black and Blue

Which Mexican state is most directly south of Arizona?

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Chihuahua

Durango

Coahuila

Sonora

Aswan High Dam lies near which line of latitude?

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Tropic of Capricom

Equator

Tropic of Cancer

Horse Latitude

What endocrine gland is involved in the clinical condition known as Myxedema?

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Hypothalamus

Pituitary

Thyroid

Adrenal

A light year is equal to:

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6 million, million kms

7.50 million, million kms

9.50 million, million kms

11 million, million kms

name the inventor of submarine.

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vail

holland

lake

pascal

What is the coloured part of the eye called?

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Pores

Pupil

Parts

Iris

Electric current is measured by:

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Anemometer

Ammeter

Voltmeter

Commutator

What is meant by Horticulture?

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Science of flowers

Scientific cultivations

Science of agriculture

Rural study

The enzyme that converts glucose to ethyl alcohol is:

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Diastase

Zymase

Maltase

Invertase

What do we call the tubes that carry blood away from the heart?

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Arteries

Intestines

Veins

None of these

who invented the furnace for steel?

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^Siemens

harrison

hertz

none of them

What are the two parts of the nervous system?

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Cranial and spinal

Central and peripheral

Parietal and occipital

Frontal and temporal

Retina in the eyes act as a:

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Film in the camera

Lens in the camera

Shutter in the camera

None of these

Oozes are associated with:

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Volcanic deposits

Terrigenous deposits

Pelagic deposits

Coral reefs

What of Agrostology?

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Study of forests

Study of grasses

Study of plants

Study of agriculture

Which of the following enzymes converts proteins into peptones?

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Pepsin

Trypsin

Erepsin

Amylase

The intensity of earthquake is measured on:

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Beaufort scale

Richter scale

Mercalli scale

Secant Scale

The southern tip of South Africa can best be described as having which form of agriculture?

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Dairy farming

Mediterranean agriculture

Intensive Subsistence tillage

Nomadic herding

The typhoons are more frequently experienced in:

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The north sea

Philippines Islands

West Indies Island

None of these