Question # 1

Which of the following the plant eat insects?

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Urn plant

Pitcher plant

Cacti

Ribbon plant

Ultra filtering unit of kidney is known as:

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Nephron

Glomerulus

Tubule

Vena cava

Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening,the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius about:

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22 km

36 km

40 km

45 km

Sedimentary rocks are formed by the process of:

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Metamorphism

Deposition

Weathering

Solidification

Bell metal is an alloy of:

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Brass and nickel

Zinc and copper

Tin and copper

Nickle and copper

Dolerite is an example of:

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Dyke

Batholith

Laccolith

Lopolith

'Blue dwarfs' refer to:

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Caucasians

Young stars

Old stars

None of these

Kilowatt is a unit to measure:

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Work

Electricity

Power

Jupiter is larger than the earth by about:

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5 times

10 times

20 times

25 times

Water vapour beyond the dew point results in:

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Precipitation

Condensation

Hailstorm

Formation of ice

What is the only country that shares a land border with Canada?

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Greenland

United States

Russia

Mexico

The winds blowing from sea towards the coastal areas are called:

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Ocean current

Sea breeze

Ocean current

Land breeze

What is the use of forensic medicine and science

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Post-mortem

Use of scientific techniques to solve criminal cases

For legal matters

For police

Which amongst the following pairs of organisms represents predator-prey relationship?

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Tiger and deer

Man and camel

Deer and rabbit

None of these

A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates:

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Rain

Storm

Fine weather

Extreme cold

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

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Druids

Stuarts

Lords

None of these

The function of hemoglobin in the body is:

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Transport of oxygen

Destruction of bacteria

Prevention of anemia

Utilization of iron

Name of branch of physics that studies the forces exerted by air or other gases in motion.

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Aero engineering

Aerodynamics

Aeronautics

None of these

How many cubic inches are there in one cubic foot?

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1628 cubic inches

1728 cubic inches

1428 cubic inches

1320 cubic inches

The approximate surface temperature on the sunlight side of the earth is:

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30 °C

25 °C

17 °C

10 °C

What does a philologist study?

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Word pronunciation

Languages

Learning

Autography

which of the following is the invention of Jarvik?

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Photography

photoohone

artificial heart

Colours photos

Which sea on Earth has no beaches?

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Sargasso Sea

Bass Sea

Nomad Sea

Utopia Sea

Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days for rotation and revolution ?

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Mars

Venus

Jupiter

Saturn

Wisdom teeth normally grow between the age of

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34-40

17-30

45-55

10-17

The tropical cyclone of the Bay of Bengal are usually calle:

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Hurricanes

Typhoons

Depression

Tornadoes

In which country would you find the mountains called the Ghats?

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Saudi Arabia

Russia

China

India

Ounce is equal to:

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437.5 grains

16 drams

Both a and b

None of these

The chemically inactive gas present in the atmosphere is:

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Water vapour

Nitrogen

Typhoon

Hurricane

Scurvy disease is caused by the shortage of:

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Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Which country has the largest claim in Antarctica?

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New Zealand

Australia

United States

Chile

The jet stream is found in the

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Troposphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

None of these

What is a bright streak of light seen in the sky?

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Meteorite

Asteroid

Meteoroid

Meteor

The centre of cyclone is called:

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Apex

Eye

Vertex

Focus

Excess of vitamin A accumulates in:

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Arteries

Bones

Liver

Intestine

The smallest planet is:

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Venus

Mercury

Neptune

Uranus

"Caldera" is a feature associatedwith

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Folding of rocks

Volcanos

Earthquakes

Cyclones

What reservoir is formed behind the Aswan High Dam in Egypt?

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Lake Powell

Grand Lake

Lake Reservoir

Lake Nasser

What is usually seen near the poles in the night sky that can be red, yellow or green?

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Zodiacal light

Aurora

Gegenschein

Plage

Who won the race to become the first to reach the South Pole when he arrived there on December 14, 1911?

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Roald Amundsen

Jean Charcot

Erich Drygalski

W.S Bruce

Microphone is the invention of:

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sharphone

berliner

kirchhoff

The crop most susceptible to frost is:

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Wheat

Cotton

Red gram

Black gram

Which of the following is not a contagious disease?

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Typhoid

Hysteria

Measles

Influenza

Which of the following diseases is hereditary?

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Dysentery

Tuberculosis

Cancer

Haemophilia

name the inventor of Hydrometer?

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Baume

Edision

Edison

Ester

The study of time in relation to earth's history is called:

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Geochronology

Geohistology

Geography

None of these