Question # 1

Insulin is secreted in:

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Pituitary

Pancreas

Liver

Parathyroid

Electric lamp was discovered by:

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Ford

Marconi

Edison

None of these

Hover Dam was constructed in 1936 in USA on the river?

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Michigan River

Colorado River

Mississippi River

None of these

The polar diameter of the earth is shorter than equatorial diameter by about:

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40 km

43 km

48 km

53 km

The earlier man like primate was:

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Dryophitecus

Ramapathecus

Australopithecus

Proconsul

Which of the following phenomenon gives an evidence for spherical shape of the earth?

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Solar eclipse

Lunar eclipse

Revolution

Rotation of earth

The same side of the moon always faces the earth because:

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Moon and earth have gravitational force

Moon cannot change its position

The period of rotation of the moon on its axis and period of revolution around the earth is almost the same

None of these

In an atomic explosion,enormous energy is related which is due to the:

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Conversion of neutrons into protons

Conversion of mass into energy

Conversion of mechanical energy intl nuclear energy

None of these

Light emitted by sun reaches earth in:

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8 minutes and 30 seconds

10 minutes and 30 seconds

12 minutes and 30 seconds

15 minutes and 30 seconds

Solar eclipse occurs when:

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Earth comes between sun and moon

Moon is at right angle to earth

Moon comes between sun and earth

Sun comes between moon and earth

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

If the difference in time between two places were 2 hours and 20 minutes,then the difference in their longitude would be:

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30°

35°

45°

50°

Animal meat is a good source of--

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Protein

Vitamin

CHO

Chlorophyll

point out the inventor of Minor's safety lamp.

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Goldmark

Davy

Spencer

Richter

Barometer was invented by:

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J.L. Baird

Torricelli

watson

Darwin

The largest part of the human brain is:

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Cerebellum

Cerebrum

Mid-brain

Medulla

Rusting of iron involves:

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Reduction

Oxidation

Decomposition

Displacement

The image formed on the retina of the eye is:

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Real and upright

Real and inverted

Virtual and upright

Real and enlarged

Lowest rate of photosynthesis takes place in:

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Orange light

Red light

Green light

Blue light

The doldrums is an area of

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Low temperature

Low pressure

Low rainfall

Low humidity

How many metres are there in one cubic decametre?

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1000

1500

1800

which scientist discovered electron?

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takamine

hall

j. thomson

long

Biological death of a patient means death of tissues of the:

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Brain

Lungs

Heart

Kidney

Japan is called ' the land of rising sun' because:

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Japan,being the eastern most country in the world,it has the earliest sunrise

Sun rises as soon there as it sets

Sun always remains in the eastern part

The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sun rise beautiful in Japan

Vitamin A,B and D were discovered by:

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Davis McColium

Harvey

Newton

Fermi

The largest source of pollution in the world in:

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Industrial effluents

Sewage and garbage

Automobile exhausts

Herbicides and insecticides

Inventor of disc record is:

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Jarvik

tait

berliner

edison

Victoria Falls in Africa is located on:

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River Niger

Riyer Zambezi

River Congo

River Nile

Polythene is industrially prepared by the polymerization of:

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Methane

Ethylene

Styrene

Acetylene

The chief production in region having black soil is--

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Cotton

Rice

Wheat

Tea

Which of the following is a best conductor of electricity?

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Ordinary water

Sea water

Boiled water

Rain water

Which of the following metals was first discovered by man?

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Bronze

Silver

Copper

Iron

Anticyclones are caused by

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Violent winds

Heavy rainfall

Winds that blow spirally outwards from the centre

None of these

Which of the following disease is not caused by bacteria?

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Typhoid

Measles

Leprosy

Tuberculosis

Rocks which are formed by the solidification of lava,are:

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Basalts

Sandstone

Limestone

Granites

What body of water is located directly west of Latvia?

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North Sea

Gulf of Bothnia

Gulf of Riga

Gulf of Finland

The anti-malarial drug Quinine is made from a plant, The plant is-

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Neem

Eucalyptus

Cinnamon

Cinchona

BCG is injected to get immunity from:

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Cholera

Polio

Tuberculosis

Small pox

The organs which are morphologically different but perform the same functions are called:

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Homologous organs

Analogous organs

Vestigial organs

None of these

Rayon is chemically:

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Amylose

Cellulose

Glucose

Pectin

Water is compound because:

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It contains two different elements joined by chemical bonds

It contains hydrogen and oxygen

It exists as solid, liquid or gas

None of these

Snake bite first affects the:

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Lungs

Blood circulation

Brain

Nervous system

What is measured by the unit joule?

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Work

Energy

Quantity of heat

All of them

The lightest layer of the earth is:

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Nife

Sima

Sial

Mantle

What South American city is the world's highest national capital?

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Lima

Sao Paulo

La Paz

Montevideo

How many decagrams are there in 10 grams?

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1

2

3

4