Question # 1

Prime Meridian is also called:

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Arctic circle

Equator

Greenwich Meridian

Arctic pole

How many colors the sunlight spectrum has?

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5

4

7

10

what is invented by babbage?

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teletype

zipper

calculating machine

tire

Which country lies on the equator?

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Tanzania

Gabon

Rwanda

Chad

In the northern hemisphere,the wind blowing from the Horse latitudes to the doldrums is called:

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Westerly wind

Trade wind

Polar wind

None of these

Which of the following is a chemical change?

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Rusting of iron

Tempering of iron

Bending of iron

Melting of iron

Which of the following is a living fossil?

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Blue green algae

Ginkgo

Fungus

Blue

The amount of actual water vapour of air is known as:

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Dew point

Absolute humidity

Relative humidity

Condensation point

What is the enzyme that is in stomach acid called?

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Amylase

Pepsin

Maltase

None of these

One degree of longitude/ latitude covers approximately:

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70 miles

56.6 miles

66.6 miles

28.6 miles

Earthquakes are caused by:

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Landslides

Eruption of volcanoes

Tectonic planets

None of these

Man cannot survive without taking minimum amount of:

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Carbohydrate

Fats

Proeins

Minerals

What does a philologist study?

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Word pronunciation

Languages

Learning

Autography

Most of the weather phenomena take place in troposphere only because:

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Temperature remains almost constant in troposphere

It contains electrically charged particles

It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun

It contains almost all the water vapour and most dust particles

The planet having five moons is:

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Venus

Mars

Uranus

Neptune

In which type of rocks are metals like gold and copper mostly found?

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Old sedimentary

Old igneous

Old metamorphic

New metamorphic

The vitamin which is very liable and easily destroy during cooking as well as storage is:

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Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Vitamin B

Vitamin D

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

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Leprosy

Asthma

Typhoid

Tetanus

Which metal is most abundant in the earth's crust?

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Calcium

Magnesium

Aluminum

Iron

The instrument used for measuring air pressure:

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Anometer

Barometer

Hygrometer

Thermometer

The intensity of earthquake is measured on:

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Beaufort scale

Richter scale

Mercalli scale

Secant Scale

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

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Mars

Venus

Jupiter

Saturn

The element nickel is a:

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Magnetic metal

Radioactive metal

Complex metal

Non magnetic metal

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

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Seismography

Lactometer

Hydrometer

None of these

When the lens of the eye becomes foggy,it is called:

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Myopia

Cataract

Presbyopia

Hypermetropia

Which of the following latitude forms a great circle?

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0°

23.5°

66.5°

90°

Hypertension is the term used for:

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Decrease in heart rate

Decrease in blood pressure

Increase in blood Pressure

Increase in heart rate

Which of the following is an Argillaceous rock?

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Shale

Sandstone

Limestone

Slate

Bile is produced by-

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Liver

Pancreas

Salivary gland

Stomach

The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest:

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Along the equator

At the North Pole

Along the tropic of cancer

Along the Arctic circle

Which of the following is a great circle?

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Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Arctic circle

Tropic of Cancer

The Saturn rings were discovered by:

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Copernicus

Newton

Galileo

None of these

Grand Cullie Dam is located in:

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USA

Canada

Russia

India

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

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Sulphur

Antimony sulphide

Manganese oxide

None of these

Gene is:

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A segment of DNA

A segment of DNA and histone

A segment of DNA, RNA and histone

All of the above

'Blue dwarfs' refer to:

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Caucasians

Young stars

Old stars

None of these

What is a bright region in the sun called?

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Prominence

Sunspot

Plage

Flare

The science of the Earth, its structure, and history

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Anatomy

Taxonomy

Hematology

Geology

Which of the following ores does not contain iron?

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Haematite

Magnenite

Cassiterite

Limonite

Food is mainly digested in:

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Liver

Large intestine

Small intestine

Mouth

Which is the brightest planet in the Solar System?

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Jupiter

Mercury

Uranus

Venus

Which Southeast Asian country was the only to not have been colonized by a European Country?

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Cambodia

Laos

Malaysia

Thailand

The local time of a place is known with reference to its:

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Distance from the capital city

Longitudinal position

Latitudinal position

None of these

carbon dioxide was discovered by:

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harvey

newton

fisher

soddy

In the northern hemisphere,the winds are deflected:

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To the left

To the right

Upward

Downward

To which two countries does Jutland belong?

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Denmark and Sweden

Denmark & Germany

Germany and Sweden

Denmark and Norway