Question # 1

One ton consists of:

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500 kilograms

1000 kilograms

1200 kilograms

1400 kilograms

Brass is an alloy of:

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Nickel and copper

Zinc and copper

Nickel and zinc

Nickel and silver

Which instrument is used for estimating the height of an aircraft above sea level?

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Barometer

Altimeter

Compass meter

Polo meter

The most malleable metal is:

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Silver

Gold

Aluminium

Sodium

Year is longest on:

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Mercury

Earth

Jupiter

None of these

What is the largest salt water lake in the world by area?

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Lake Superior

Lake Tahoe

Lake Baikal

Caspian Sea

Which of the following theories as regards the origin of life on earth is accepted today?

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Theory of spontaneous generation

Theory of special creation

Theory of biogenesis

Cosmozoic theory

Venom of cobra attacks on:

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Nervous system

Respiratory system

Digestive system

Circulatory system

The amount of insolation received at a place on the surface of earth depends on:

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Its longitude

Its climate

Its latitude

Its meridian

The species to which we belong is:

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Homo sapiens

Homo erectus

Australopithecus rebustus

None of these

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

After Russia and Ukraine, which European country is the largest in area?

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Germany

Belarus

Spain

France

Which U.S state is statistically most likely to be hit by a tsunami?

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California

Alaska

Hawaii

Florida

In February 1945, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met at this town on the Black Sea. What was the town Called?

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Yalta

Sevastopol

Istanbul

Odessa

During sleep,the man's blood pressure:

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Decreases

Flunctuates

Increases

None

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

Red Blood Cells (RBC) are also known as:

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Erythrocytes

Thrombocytes

Leucocytes

None of these

The Tiber River flows through which city?

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Madrid

Rome

Algiers

Baghdad

Which of the following country's border does not associated with Iran?

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Iraq

Kuwait

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Greenwich Mean Time(GMT) is the standard time of which of the following countries?

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India

Japan

UK

France

Sense of time is due to:

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Rotation of earth

Revolution earth

Rotation of moon

Both (a) and (b)

Electric automobile is the invention of:

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Franklin

Morrison

Edison

Jarvik

Equator passes through?

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Pakistan

Malta

Malaysia

Indonesia

What is the largest country in terms of area in Africa?

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Sudan

Nigeria

Algeria

Chad

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

Where is Dead Sea Situated in the following continents?

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Europe

Australia

Asia

Africa

The chemically inactive gas present in the atmosphere is:

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Water vapour

Nitrogen

Typhoon

Hurricane

Oneirology is the study of dreams. What is opthalmology?

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Study of fossils

Study of eyes

Study of snakes

Study of virus

Approximately how much sunlight does Oslo receive each day from November through January?

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One hour

Two hours

Three hours

Four hours

Solar system was discovered by

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Kepler

Galileo

Copemicus

Eratosthenes

The jet stream is found in the

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Troposphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

None of these

What is the new name of the island of Madagascar?

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Haiti

Malagasy

Mozambique

Maputo

Which type of cells has no nucleus?

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Red Blood cells

Nerve cells

White blood cells

None of these

Which of the following is not a stateless nation?

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Kyrgyzstan

Khalistan

Kurdistan

None of these

Spring tide means:

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Higher high tide, higher low tide

Higher high tide, lower low tide

Lower high tide, lower low tide

Lower high tide, higher low tide

who invented the steam-turbine?

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colaude

yale

parsons

hedley

The average heart beat per minute in a normal man is

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50

72

80

100

Which of the following elements is a chemical constituent of sand particles?

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Carbon

Iron

Sodium

Silicon

Which of the following is a warm ocean current?

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Kuroshio

Peruvian

Labrador

None of these

Which country lies on the equator?

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Tanzania

Gabon

Rwanda

Chad

Galileo's invention is

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telecope

Militery tank

telephone

razor

Human blood contains _________percentage of plasma

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35%

40%

50%

65%

Mount McKinley is the highest mountain of which state?

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Alaska

Texas

Yukon, Canada

California

The largest source of pollution in the world in:

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Industrial effluents

Sewage and garbage

Automobile exhausts

Herbicides and insecticides

Snake bite first affects the:

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Lungs

Blood circulation

Brain

Nervous system

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

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Hygrometer

Barometer

Anemometer

Thermometer