Question # 1

The combustible material at the tip of a safety match stick is:

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Sulphur

Antimony sulphide

Manganese oxide

None of these

Who developed the telegraph code?

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Andre Ampere

Samuel Morse

Joseph Henry

Jean Fourier

The most accepted theory of origin of life is:

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Theory of special creation

Oparin-Haldane Theory of Chemosynthesis

Catastrophe Theory

None of these

The greatest deposits of loess are found in--

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New Zealand

Central Europe

China

Argentina

The four major components of atmosphere are

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Oxygen,Nitrogen,Carbon dioxide and Argon

Oxygen,Hydrogen,Helium and Carbon

Oxygen,Water vapours,Nitrogen,Argon

None of these

Which mountains are traditionally regarded as separating Europe from Asia?

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Carpathians

Balkans

Alps

Urals

Inventor of disc record is:

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Jarvik

tait

berliner

edison

which of the following is the invention of Franklin?

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lamp

Artificial

Bifocal lens

elestroplating

Which Mexican state is the most agriculturally productive?

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Sonora

Veracruz

California Norte

Yucatan

In which of the following activities silicon carbide is used?

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Cutting very hard substance

Making cement and glass

Disinfecting water of ponds

Making casts for statues

Which of the following characteristics is not shown by hydrogen?

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It supports combustion

It burns in air to form water

It combines all metals

None of these

Lunar eclipse occurs on:

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New moon

Full moon

Half moon

Quarter moon

who invented the audio cassettes?

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phillips

sharp company

hitachi

national company

Glucose syrup is made from:

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Oat

Wheat

Maize

Rice

Kilowatt is a unit to measure:

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Work

Electricity

Power

Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because:

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The sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon

The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth

The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth

None of these

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

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Hydrogenation

Crystallization

Oxidation

None of these

What is a laughing gas?

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Nitrous oxide

Sulphur dioxide

Carbon dioxide

Carbon mono-oxide

Which of the following glands in human body is popularly called 'Adam's apple'?

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Adrenal

Pituitary

Thyroid

Thymus

A heart beat requires approximately:

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0.8 second

20 seconds

1 minute

50 seconds

The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by:

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Gravitation and centrifugal force

The rotation and density

Their great size

Rotation of sun on its axis

The orbits of planets around the sun,or of satellites around the earth can be:

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Circular and elliptic

Circular and hyperbolic

Elliptic and parabolic

parabolic and hyperbolic

Proteins are made of:

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Sugar

Fatty acid

Nucleic acid

Amino acid

Most soluble in water is:

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Sugar

Camphore

Sulphur

Common salt

who is the discoverer of atomic reactor?

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hertz

faraday

szilardt

spencer

Who are the only people allowed to touch the Stonehenge monument?

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Druids

Stuarts

Lords

None of these

Activity of brain is recorded by:

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ECG

EEG

MET

CT

Ounce is equal to:

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437.5 grains

16 drams

Both a and b

None of these

Which country's name used to be the United Arab Republic and what is the current name for this country?

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Morocco

Egypt

Algeria

Libya

Wisdom teeth normally grow between the age of

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34-40

17-30

45-55

10-17

E=Mc was theorised by:

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Einstein

Max plank

Newton

Rutherford

Which continent is host to the most countries in the world?

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America

Asia

Africa

Europe

Hunts invention is:

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Pendulum

Safety-pin

Razor

pistol

The mean distances on the perihelion and aphelion is:

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100 km

149.5 km

180.5 km

185 km

Mention the roods in one acre.

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3 roods

1 rood

2 roods

4 roods

Which of the following countries are landlocked countries?

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Chad

Switzerland

Uganda

All of above

Allergy is caused due to:

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Inflammation of upper respiratory tract

Antigen-antibody reaction

Introduction of external material into body

None of these

What is the largest rock (Monolith or Monocline) in Australia?

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Mt, Whaleback

Uluru

Mt, Augustus

Bungle Bungles

Bosphorus Strait connects Black Sea with the?

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Sea of Marmara

Aegean Sea

Mediterranean

Lonean Sea

what is invented by Watson-Watt?

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Radar

Jenkins

Colt

Galileo

Israel has common borders with:

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Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt

Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Jordan

Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt

Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen

The world's largest flower is:

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Nelumbo

Rafflesia

Mango

Anacardium

Anemometer is an instrument used to:

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Find the wind direction

Measure wind speed

Measure humidity

Measure low pressure

White blood cells act

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As a defence against infection

As source of energy

For clotting blood

As a medium for oxygen transport from lung to tissues

Monazite is an ore of:

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Iron

Thorium

Titanium

Zirconium

Which of the science deals with tumour?

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Oncology

Serology

aoarnithology

Chronology