Question # 1

Tsunami is a large sea wave caused by an earthquake experienced recently along the coasts of:

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India

China

Australia

Japan

The uppermost portion of the earth is called the crust or:

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Mantle

Minerals

Lithosphere

Sedimentary

The temperature of Sun's centre is 15 million C and the temperature of outer surface of sun is:

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4000 to 5000^oC

4500 to 5000^oC

5500 to 6000^oC

Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of:

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Hydrogenation

Crystallization

Oxidation

None of these

One fathom is equal to:

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6 metres

6 feet

60 feet

100 cm

Days and nights are caused by:

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Rotation of the earth on its axis

Revolution of the earth around the sun

Inclination of the earth's axis

None of these

Upon how many hills was Rome built?

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Three

Five

Seven

Nine

What is Floriculture?

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Study of flower yielding plants

Study of female reproductive organ

Teaching by pictures and models

Silk industry (culture of silk)

If you swim one km,how many miles do you swim?

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0.5

0.62

0.84

2.6

Albert Einstein was a:

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Physicist

Physician

Chemist

Biologist

The international Date-line passes through the:

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Bering Strait

Florida Strait

Gibraltar Strait

Malaca Strait

Bosphorus Strait connects Black Sea with the?

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Sea of Marmara

Aegean Sea

Mediterranean

Lonean Sea

Mention the instrument that is used to split light into its spectrum?

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Split meter

Spectroscope

Spectrograph

Electrometer

What is the farthest planet that can be seen without a telescope?

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Uranus

Neptune

Saturn

Jupiter

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

The artificial kidney operates on the principle of:

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Diffusion

Osmosis

Dialysis

Transport

What Indian tribe lived in Peru and had their capital city at Cuzco?

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Aztecs

Tortudians

Mayans

incas

Which of the following vitamins is essential for proper bone and teeth formation?

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Vitamin D

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin A

The largest living bird is:

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Duck

Dodo

Ostrich

Peacock

Who developed the telegraph code?

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Andre Ampere

Samuel Morse

Joseph Henry

Jean Fourier

The International Date-line is located in the:

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Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Which of the following tests helps in diagnosis of cancer?

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X-ray

Urine test

Biopsy test

Blood test

Pluto was discovered on what date?

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January 13, 1908

December 17, 1916

December 11, 1921

February 18, 1930

Which of the following is the scientific study and measurement of behaviour?

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Psychiatry

Psychology

Telepathy

Psychoanalysis

Oranges are rich source of:

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Carbohydrates

Vitamins

Fats

Proteins

Food is mainly digested in:

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Liver

Large intestine

Small intestine

Mouth

The direction of ocean currents is reversed with season:

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In the Pacific Ocean

In the Indian Ocean

In the Mediterranean Ocean

In the Atlantic Ocean

Jupiter is larger than the earth by about:

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5 times

10 times

20 times

25 times

Which of the following is a carnivorous plant?

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Urn plant

Pitcher plant

Cacti

Ribbon plant

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

Bile juice is secreted by:

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Pancreas

Liver

Spleen

Gall bladder

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) gas is used in which of the following products?

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Television

Tube light

Refrigirator

None of these

Which planet is known as the Earth's Twin?

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Venus

Mars

Uranus

Neptune

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

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Corrosion

Desaliantion

Detoxification

Erosion

Which Island was epicenter of Tsunami on 26, December 2004?

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Jawa

Sumatra

Bali

None of these

The must salty water body in the world is:

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Ural Sea

Dead Sea

Red sea

Lake assal

Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding:

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Potassium

Washing soda

Chlorine

None of these

What is the world's largest river?

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Rhine

Mississippi

Nile

Amazon

Which country is east of Lebanon?

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Iraq

Jordan

Syria

Turkey

Places experiencing equal impact of an earthquake are called:

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Snow lines

Seismic line

Isobars

Belts

Which of the following latitude forms a great circle?

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0°

23.5°

66.5°

90°

How many cubic millimetres constitute one cubic centimetre?

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1000

1200

1300

1500

Life of RBC in human blood is of:

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130 days

120 days

110 days

100 days

Which of the following is the lightest gas?

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Nitrogen

Hydrogen

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

Biological death of a patient means death of tissues of the:

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Brain

Lungs

Heart

Kidney

Which of the following is a protein?

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Wool

Natural rubber

Starch

Cellulose