Question # 1

Which is the largest country of Europe according to area excluding Russia?

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Germany

Italy

Spain

Ukraine

Animals which eat both plants and other animals are known as what?

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Omnivores

Herbivores

Carnivores

None of these

Tsunami is a large sea wave caused by an earthquake experienced recently along the coasts of:

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India

China

Australia

Japan

What countries flag has a dragon in the center, in between two yellow and orange triangles?

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Laos

Nepal

Thailand

Bhutan

Which of the following country's border does not associated with Iran?

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Iraq

Kuwait

Afghanistan

Pakistan

whose discoveries are aluminum and electroytic process?

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bell

hall

marconi

none of these

If the father has blood group A and mother has blood group O, then which of the following blood groups may be found in their son

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O

B

A

AB+

How many cubic millimetres constitute one cubic centimetre?

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1000

1200

1300

1500

Which of the following is the unit for measurement of power?

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Watt

Joule

Volts

Kelvin

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

In which type of rocks are coal and petroleum found?

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Granite

Igneous

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

The rising of the evening star indicates the

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South Pole

North Pole

East

West

Two places on the same meridian must have the same:

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Length of summer

Latitude

Length of winter

Solar Time

Plants receive their nutrients mainly from:

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Chlorophyll

Atmosphere

Light

Soil

Who was the first to observe ultraviolet rays?

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Rutherford

John Wilhelm Ritter

William Herschel

Auguste Comte

A huge mass of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before it starts melting is called:

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Avalanche

Glacier

Iceberg

None of these

Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity?

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Silver

Mica

Copper

Zinc

Increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere

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Rise in earth temperature

Fall in earth temperature

Uniform earth temperature

increase in ultraviolet rays

The mammal which lays eggs is:

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Bat

Duck-billed platypus

Squirrel

Kangaroo

In which one of the following countries, is the ratio of hydroelectric generation to the total electricity generation to the highest?

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Norway

Sweden

Italy

Denmark

What is the temperature of a normal man?

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81.1^oC

37^oC

21.7^oC

90^oC

The hardest substance available on earth is:

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Diamond

Silver

Coal

Platinum

Ornithology is the study of:

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Worms

Birds

Insects

Amphibians

What is Graticule?

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The complete network of parallels and meridian on the earth.

The latitude extent of country.

The difference between standard time.

None of these

The science of vegetable culture is known as:

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Arboriculture

Horticulture

Apiculture

Agriculture

A defect in eye lens due to dispersion of light is called:

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Myopia

Chromatic aberration

Spherical aberration

None of these

The asteroid belt is a zone between the orbits of Mars and:

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Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Junpiter

What is the largest Caribbean Island?

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Cuba

Jamaica

Hispaniola

St.Thomas

The four major components of atmosphere are

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Oxygen,Nitrogen,Carbon dioxide and Argon

Oxygen,Hydrogen,Helium and Carbon

Oxygen,Water vapours,Nitrogen,Argon

None of these

Who gave the first general theory of evolution on earth?

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Lamarck

Stanley Miller

Aristotle

None of these

Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe?

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Cosmology

Cosmography

Astronomy

None of these

At a latitude of 45°,the earth spins on its axis at the rate of:

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1120 km/h

500 km/h

510 km/h

620 km/h

Which of the following is an amphibian?

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Whale

Turtle

Frog

Cow

The first synthetic fibre made by man was:

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Rayon

Nylon

Polyster

None of these

Monazite is an ore of:

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Iron

Thorium

Titanium

Zirconium

Which of the following substance is a bad conductor of electricity but a good conductor of heat?

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Asbestos

Mica

Celluloid

None of these

What are 'Red giants'?

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Caucasians

Old Stars

Young stars

None of these

Photosynthesis is:

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An exothermic process

An endothermic process

A neutral process

None of these

The largest cell in the human body is:

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Liver cell

Nerve cell

Muscle cell

Kidney cell

Which country does the Tropic of Cancer pass through?

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Laos

Sudan

Morocco

China

name the inventor of submarine.

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vail

holland

lake

pascal

If you swim one km,how many miles do you swim?

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0.5

0.62

0.84

2.6

What is the object called when we see the streak of light in the sky?

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Meteor

Meteorite

Meteoroid

Jupiter

What is the average adult pulse rate?

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140-150

115-125

72-80

60

What is it called when the sun is blocked out by the Moon's shadow?

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Lunar eclipse

Earth eclipse

Solar eclipse

Partial eclipse

Coal is an example of:

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Sedimentary rocks

Sand dune

Metamorphic rocks

None of these