Question # 1

Soda water contains:

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Carbon dioxide

Nitrous acid

Carbonic acid

Sulphuric acid

Which country's flag is the inverse of the flag of the Red Cross?

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Japan

Denmark

Switzerland

Sweden

Victoria Falls in Africa is located on:

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River Niger

Riyer Zambezi

River Congo

River Nile

Which type of cells has no nucleus?

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Red Blood cells

Nerve cells

White blood cells

None of these

Zoology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of:

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Animals

Plants

Pets

Humans

The crust forms what percentage of the volume of the earth:

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0.5%

2.5%

3.0%

3.5%

The incoming short-waves solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long wave radiation from earth going back to space.This is known as:

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Heat balance of earth

Wave balance of Earth

Earth radiation

None of these

The doldrums is an area of

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Low temperature

Low pressure

Low rainfall

Low humidity

Volcanoes that have not erupted at all in historic times retain the features of volcanoes are called:

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Active

Dormant

Extinct

Sleeping

Where is Apalachicola?

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Kentucky

South Carolina

Florida

West Virginia

The Kiel Canal links-

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Mediterranean and Black Sea

Pacific and Atlantic oceans

Mediterranean and Red Sea

North Sea and Baltic Sea

The upper chambers of the heart is called?

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Apex

Aorta

Atria

None of these

The typhoons are more frequently experienced in:

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The north sea

Philippines Islands

West Indies Island

None of these

Dolerite is an example of:

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Dyke

Batholith

Laccolith

Lopolith

Pituitary gland is also known as:

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Small grand

Large gland

Master gland

None of these

Study of earthquakes is called:

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Geodery

Geology

Seismology

Plate tectonic

which scientist discovered electron?

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takamine

hall

j. thomson

long

The scientific study of aging is know as:

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etiology

geratology

osteology

teratology

Where is the world's highest active volcano located?

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U.S.A

Chile

Japan

Philippines

Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of neutrons?

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Chadwick

Goldstein

Bohr

Rutherford

The gastric glands in the stomach produce which enzyme?

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Ptyalin

Pepsin

Tropism

Insulin

What is philography?

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Word pronunciation

Languages

Autograph collecting

None of these

who invented the furnace for steel?

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^Siemens

harrison

hertz

none of them

Coal is formed from:

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Rocks

Soil

Organic Matter

Lava

Which area of the brain is responsible for control of the body temperature?

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Pituitary

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Pineal

What percentage of insolation is received by the earth's surface?

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47%

51%

60%

79%

The sun's energy production takes place where?

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The surface

The Core

The Corona

None of these

Diamond is an allotropic form of:

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Silicon

Carbon

Sulphure

Germanium

Which strait is the only natural passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?

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Strait of Dover

Palk Strait

Strait of Gibraltar

Magellan

The study of heredity and resulting variations is called;

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Genetic Engineering

Genetics

Heredity Science

None of these

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

Hunts invention is:

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Pendulum

Safety-pin

Razor

pistol

Which human gland does secret growth hormone?

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Pancreas

Thalamus

Pituitary Gland

Liver

The main factor which determines the balance of nature is:

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Human activities

Habit and habitat

Environmental pollution

Availability of food

The art of compiling dictionary is called

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Phycology

Cartography

Philately

Lexicography

Which Indian state lies between Bhutan and Nepal?

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Utter Pradesh

Punjab

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Lunar Sea refers to:

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A small sea on the moon

A sea on early which experiences high tides due to gravitational attraction of the moon

A dark plain on the moon

A large water body illuminated by moonlight

Which is the lowest water body on earth?

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Black Sea

Dead Sea

Aral Sea

Red Sea

Which of the following does not provide carbohydrates?

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Fish

Cheese

Butter

Spinach

Seasons on the earth are caused by:

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Revolution of earth round the sun and its axis tilted at 66^1/2

Rotation on earth round its axis

All places of earth have equal temperature

None of these

The North and South Equatorial currents are caused by:

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Difference in temperatures

The prevailing trades

The prevailing westerlies

None of these

The visible part of the sun is called:

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Ionosphere

Hydrosphere

Photosphere

Troposphere

Which of the following elements is not-radioactive?

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Zirconium

Thorium

Uranium

Plutonium

Which of the following is brightest planet?

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Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

name the discoverer of chlorine.

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freud

dohl

fermi

scheele

Balloons are filled with:

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Oxygen

Helium

Nitrogen

Argon