Question # 1

Life appeared about:

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2.6 billion years ago

3.6 billion years ago

4.5 billion years ago

5.5 billion years ago

The type glass used in making lenses and prisms is:

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Soft glass

Flint glass

Pyrex glass

Jena glass

The smallest planet is:

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Venus

Mercury

Neptune

Uranus

Mouna Loa is an example of:

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Active volcano

Extinct volcano

Plateau in volcanic region

None of these

who described bacteria?

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wilson

leeuqenhoek

newton

fisher

Photosynthesis is:

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An exothermic process

An endothermic process

A neutral process

None of these

Two places on the same meridian must have the same:

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Length of summer

Latitude

Length of winter

Solar Time

Which of the following gases in the atmosphere provides a shield against a harmful ultraviolet ray at the sun?

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Carbon monoxide

Ozone

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Washing soda is the common name of:

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Calcium carbonate

Calcium bicarbonate

Sodium carbonate

Sodium bicarbonate

The largest cell in the human body is:

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Liver cell

Nerve cell

Muscle cell

Kidney cell

Which of the following the plant eat insects?

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Urn plant

Pitcher plant

Cacti

Ribbon plant

Carbon,diamond and graphite are together called:

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Isomers

Allotropes

Isomorphs

Isotopes

Which country has the largest claim in Antarctica?

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New Zealand

Australia

United States

Chile

Angiology deals with the study of blood vascular system. What is dermatology?

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Study of flowers

Study of skin

Study of frogs

Study of skulls

Which is the largest desert in Australia?

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Simpson and Stony Sturt Desert

Great Sandy Desert

Great Victoria Desert

Tanami Desert

Anticyclones are caused by

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Violent winds

Heavy rainfall

Winds that blow spirally outwards from the centre

None of these

CT scan is done by using-

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Infra-red rays

Visible light

Ultrasonic waves

X-rays

Which part of the earth's surface receives the highest amount of insolation?

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Tropical desert

Equatorial region

Land masses

Water bodies

The main asteroid belt is between the planets

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Jupiter and Saturn

Mars and Jupiter

Earth and Mars

Mercury and Mars

Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

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Venus

Neptune

Mars

Mercury

Oozes are associated with:

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Volcanic deposits

Terrigenous deposits

Pelagic deposits

Coral reefs

Removal of the top layer of soil/rocks by wind. water is known as:

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Corrosion

Desaliantion

Detoxification

Erosion

Who was the first person to cross what is now known as the Antarctic Circle?

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Robert Amundsen

Fabien Bellingshausen

James cook

John Davis

The nearest relatives of man are:

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New world monkeys

Apes

Old world monkeys

Lemurs

The metal that is present in photo films is:

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Mercury

Platinium

Silver

Magnesium

Petrology deals with:

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study of rocks in the earth's crust

study of formation of soils

study of petroleum products

none of these

The highest radius of earth is at:

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Cancer

Capricorn

Poles

Equator

Insulin is given to people suffering from which of the following diseases?

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Polio

Cancer

Diabetes

Tuberculosis

Which of the following planets has the maximum number of satellites?

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Jupiter

Uranus

Saturn

Venus

Force is measured by:

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Pascal

Newton

Kelvin

Ampere

Short-sightedness is due to the:

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Shifting of the iris

Elongation of eyeball

Weakening of retina

Weaker muscles

The planet having the large number of satellites in the solar system is:

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Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

The term meteor is applied to an interplanetary body:

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After it enters the atmosphere of the earth

After it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in the mind air as a ball of fire

After it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without exploding in mid air

Before it enters the earth's atmosphere

Old written material,which cannot be read easily,can be read by:

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Infra red rays

Cosmic rays

Ultra-violet rays

None of these

which of the following is the invention of Franklin?

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lamp

Artificial

Bifocal lens

elestroplating

Water is compound because:

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It contains two different elements joined by chemical bonds

It contains hydrogen and oxygen

It exists as solid, liquid or gas

None of these

Microphone is the invention of:

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sharphone

berliner

kirchhoff

Which of the following colours in the visible spectrum has maximum range?

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Violet

Indigo

Red

Orange

The law of conservation of energy states that:

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Energy can be created as well as destroyed

Energy can be created but not destroyed

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed

None of these

Nutrients are recycled in the atmosphere with the help of certain micro-organisms referred to:

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Producers

Decomposers

Consumers

None of these

Maximum altitude of polar star at place 28 °N and 78 °E is:

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January 3

June 2

March 10

August 15

Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called:

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Basalt

Lava

Magma

Laccoliths

The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of:

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Particles

Short waves

Long waves

None of these

What is the largest lake in the world by volume?

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Lake Michigan

Caspian Sea

Superior Lake

Lake Baikal

The formula of plaster of Paris is:

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CaSO₄

Ca₂SO₄2H₂O

2CaSO₄H₂O

Ca₂SO₄2H₂O₂

Lines joining places receiving equal amount of rainfall are called:

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Isohalines

Isobars

Isotherms

Isohyets