Question # 1

Which of the following is a lightest metal?

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Mercury

Silver

Lithium

Lead

Which of the following has the least penetrating power?

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Alpha particles

Beta particles

Gamma rays

None of these

Which of the following is a universal blood donor?

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A

B

O

A-

The steam engine was invented by:

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James Watt

James Joule

Thomas Newcomen

Issac newton

Horticulture is the study of garden cultivation. What is sericulture?

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Study of flower yielding plants

Study of female reproductive organ

Teaching by pictures and models

Silk industry (culture of silk)

Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the:

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Earth on the moon

Earth on the sun

Sun and the moon on earth

Moon on earth

The endocrine system chemically controls the various functions of cells, tissues, and organs through the secretion of:

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Enzymes

Lipids

Hormones

Vitamins

The jet stream is found in the

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Troposphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

None of these

Which of the following crops is the largest consumer of water?

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Rice

Wheat

Pulses

Sugarcane

According to Dalton's atomic theory,the smallest particle which can exist independently is:

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A cation

An atom

A molecule

An anion

Carbon,diamond and graphite are together called:

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Isomers

Allotropes

Isomorphs

Isotopes

Which of the following is a good nuclear fuel?

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Uranium-238

Neptunium-239

Plutonium-239

Thorium-236

Using the International Date LIne as the limit, as geographers usually do, which country stretches farthest to the east?

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China

North Korea

Japan

Russia

Which strait connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea

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Dardanelles Strait

Shelekhov Gulf

Tatar Strait

Yellow Sea

Which of the following countries are landlocked countries?

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Chad

Switzerland

Uganda

All of above

Lunar eclipse occurs on:

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New moon

Full moon

Half moon

Quarter moon

who invented the paper machine?

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hoe

bell

dickinson

marconi

Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of:

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Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin E

The inclination of the earth's axis to plane of the orbit is---

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90^o

23 1/2^o

66 1/2^o

0^o

The dry wind 'Santa Ana' blows in:

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Siberia

California

Argentina

Switzerland

Electric current is measured by:

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Anemometer

Ammeter

Voltmeter

Commutator

The constellation of stars appears at different position in the sky at different times during night mainly:

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Because earth rotates about its axis

Because earth revolves around the sun

Because of optical illusion

Because celestial bodies are changing their position

The original inhabitants of New Zealand are known as-

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Maoris

Bedouins

Magyars

Tartars

The Florida Strait connects the Atlantic Ocean to:

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Caribbean Sea

Gulf of Mexico

Pacific Ocean

Bermuda

Which of the following diseases is caused due to allergic reaction?

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Leprosy

Asthma

Typhoid

Tetanus

The study of bacteria in relation to disease

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Taxonomy

Hematology

Bacteriology

Archaeology

Which nutrients are most likely to be affected by food processing and storage?

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Fats

Carbohydrates

Vitamins

Proteins

Formerly, Somalia was under the control of which two imperialist countries?

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Italy and Britain

France and Britain

Italy and France

Germany and Portugal

The bright heavenly body with a long luminous tail,is called

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A planet

A constellation

A comet

A satellite

USA is divided into___________ time zones.

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5

7

10

12

In laundry soaps, a material called filler is used; which of the following is filler?

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Talc

Soda ash

Sodium silicates

None of these

Which country lies on the equator?

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Tanzania

Gabon

Rwanda

Chad

Where is the world's highest active volcano located?

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U.S.A

Chile

Japan

Philippines

who invented the telephone?

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graham bell

pascal

spenser

colt

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

What is the new name of the island of Madagascar?

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Haiti

Malagasy

Mozambique

Maputo

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 only line of latitude which is as large as any line of longitude is the:

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Prime Meridian

Tropic of Capricom

Tropic of cancer

Equator

Mention the inventor of engine (high speed).

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Geo Brayton

Daimler

Both of them

none of them

name the inventor of military tank.

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daimler

swinston

tesla

biro

What is called the study of Algae?

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Phycology

Cartography

Philately

Lexicography

The instrument used for recording tremors of earth,is known as:

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Seismography

Lactometer

Hydrometer

None of these

Red-Green color blindness in man is known as:

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Protanopia

Dueteranopia

Both (a) and (b)

None

The study of bacteria in relation to diesease

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Taxonomy

Hematology

Bacteriology

Archaeology

What is a fireball that produces a sonic boom called?

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Meteorite

Bolide

Comet

No such object

what is invented by Yale?

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parachute

tank

lamp

cylinder lock