Question # 1

Transistor was invented by:

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Baird

Shockley

Marconi

Graham Bell

The chief production in region having black soil is--

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Cotton

Rice

Wheat

Tea

Which of the following countries are landlocked countries?

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Chad

Switzerland

Uganda

All of above

Which cloud is known as high cloud?

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Cirrus

Stratus

Nimbus

Cumulus

The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of:

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Equator

Axis of the earth

Arctic circle

Tropic of Capricorn

Gun was invented by:

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Bushnell

Browning

Plante

Parson

An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude on Richter scale hit the northern areas and Azad Kashmir on:

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6th October 2004

8th October 2005

8th October 2006

6th October 2005

The planet which has longest year is:

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Mercury

Venus

Earth

Neptune

The point in the Earth's orbit when it is farthest from the sun (152.5 million kilometers) and it occurs on the 3rd or 4th of july is called:

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Aphelion

Perihelion

Latitude

Solar time

The only snake that builds a nest is:

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Krait

King Cobra

Chain viper

None of these

A star that flares up for a short time and then returns to its original magnitude is a:

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Pulsar

Nova

Quasar

Black hole

The cell theory for organism was proposed by:

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Schleiden and Schwann

Carolus Linnaeus

Felix Dujardin

None of these

The first Operational compound microscope was developed by:

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Robert Hooke

Robert Brown

Rutherford

None of these

Combustion is the process in which:

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Heat is produced

Heat and light are produced

Light is produced

None of these

Which of the following is essential for the formation of red blood cells?

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Vitamin C

Folic acid

Calcium

Vitamin A

The science of the Earth, its structure, and history

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Anatomy

Taxonomy

Hematology

Geology

Which of the following is a great circle?

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Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Arctic circle

Tropic of Cancer

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

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Neem

Eucalyptus

Cinnamon

Cinchona

name the inventor of sewing machine?

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tait

howe

goldmark

Digital crop

Heavy water is:

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Tritium oxide

Deuterium oxide

Rain water

Water at -4°C

What is the farthest planet that can be seen without a telescope?

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Uranus

Neptune

Saturn

Jupiter

The Horse latitudes are:

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The regions of calm and light variable winds

The regions lying between 5° N and 5° S

The region of low atmospheric pressure

None of these

One horse power is equal to:

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746 watts

736 watts

748 watts

770 watts

What is Xylography?

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Secret writing

Weather

Wood Engraving

History of life

What is meant by Horticulture?

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Science of flowers

Scientific cultivations

Science of agriculture

Rural study

What is Africa's newest country?

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South Sudan

Cole D'lvori

Burkina Faso

Erilrea

Nobel Prize was started after the name if Alfred Nobel who invented:

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Aeroplane

Telephone

Dynamite

Safety lamp

The tallest waterfall of them all, "Angel Falls" is located in which country?

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Bolivia

Colombia

Uruguay

Venezuela

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

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0.5%

2.5%

3.0%

3.5%

The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately:

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1° per day

2° per day

3° per day

4° per day

The hunting and gathering economy can support only

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1 person per sq. km

3 persons per sq. km

5 persons per sq. km

7 persons per sq. km

Proteins are made of:

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Sugar

Fatty acid

Nucleic acid

Amino acid

Deficiency of Vitamin E causes by the storage of:

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Rickets

Anaemia

Sterility

Beriberi

The Cook Strait runs between two islands of New Zealand. Name them.

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North Island, South Island

Cook Island, Stewart Island

North Island, Chatham Island

Chatham Island, Steward Island

Atom bomb is based on the principle of:

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Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fission

Both (a) and (b)

None of these

The position of the earth in its orbit,when it is at its greater distance from the sun causing summer in the Northern Hemisphere is:

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Perihelion

Aphelion

Perigee

Apogee

Which South American country is the only one that has territory below sea level?

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Brazil

Argentina

Colombia

Chile

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

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Myopia

Chromatic aberration

Spherical aberration

None of these

Ready source of energy available for athletes is:

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Carbohydrate

fats

Protein

Vitamin

Which planet takes the largest time to go once around the sun?

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Uranus

Jupiter

Neptune

Pluto

The instrument used for measuring air pressure:

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Anometer

Barometer

Hygrometer

Thermometer

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

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Dew point

Absolute humidity

Relative humidity

Condensation point

Only glucose is used for energy requirement by:

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Kidney

Muscles

Brain

Liver

The main institute of haemoglobin is:

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Magnesium

Iron

Calcium

Chlorine

Artesian wells are found in:

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Igneous rocks

Sedimentary rocks

Metamorphic rocks

None of these

Which is the Europe's highest peak?

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Jungfrau

Mont Blanc

Mount Elbrus

Matterhorn