Question # 1

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are called?

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Balkan States

Yugoslavia

Scandinavia

Baltic States

The earth rotates around its axis from:

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North to South

East to West

West to East

North to East

The percentage of oxygen in the atmospheric oxygen is approximately:

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10.95%

20.95%

30.95%

50.95%

Which of the following is a post-volcanic activity?

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Earthquakes

Lava ejection

Thermal spring formation

Typical behaviour of animals

What does a philologist study?

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Word pronunciation

Languages

Learning

Autography

The planet that lies at the outermost orbit of the solar system is:

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Saturn

Naptune

Mercury

None of these

who discovered vitamin C?

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fermi

bohr

peelbles

James lind

Which of the following countries are landlocked countries?

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Chad

Switzerland

Uganda

All of above

Where can you find the so-called "Pompeii of America"?

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Mexico

El Salvator

Ecuador

Peru

Life appeared about:

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2.6 billion years ago

3.6 billion years ago

4.5 billion years ago

5.5 billion years ago

Optics is the study of light with which study of science it belongs?

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Biology

Chemistry

Physics

None of these

Which of the following is the scientific study and measurement of behaviour?

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Psychiatry

Psychology

Telepathy

Psychoanalysis

which of the following is Galileo's invention?

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telephone

pendulum

ferquency

tank

Which disease is caused by the bacterial genus in milk?

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Typhoid

Diphteria

Cholera

Dysentery

Bell metal is an alloy of:

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Brass and nickel

Zinc and copper

Tin and copper

Nickle and copper

What is Xylography?

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Secret writing

Weather

Wood Engraving

History of life

Oranges are rich source of:

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Carbohydrates

Vitamins

Fats

Proteins

The unit of measuring distances between the stars is known as:

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Galactic unit

Light year

Cosmic kilometre

None of these

The process of cell division can take place by

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Heterosis

Fusion

Mitosis

None of these

What temperature can the center of Earth's core reach up to?

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7000 K

7500 K

7300 K

8100 K

Asteroids have their orbits between the planets:

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Mars and Jupiter

Earth and Mars

Jupiter and Saturn

Mercury and Venus

How many square centimetres constitute one square metre?

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200 sq.decimetre

100 sq.decimetre

300 sq.decimetre

400 sq.decitmetre

Two or more forms of a chemical element having different physical properties but having identifiable chemical compounds are called:

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Allotropes

Isotopes

Isomers

Isotones

Where is Edmund Hillary from?

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United Kingdom

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

PVC is obtained by the polymerization of:

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Vinyl chloride

Acetylene

Propene

Styrene

Which quantity's unit is kilogram cubic metre?

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Volume

Density

Area

Momentum

Which one of the following is most destructive?

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Cyclone

Tornado

Typhoon

Willy-willy

Oceans cover how much of the earth's surface?

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71 percent

75 percent

70 percent

76 percent

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 mean radius of the earth is approximately:

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3000 kms

400kms

6400kms

7000kms

The dynamo is a device for converting

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Mechanical Energy into electrical energy

Heat energy into electrical energy

Magnetic energy into electrical energy

Chemical energy into electrical energy

Earthquakes are caused by:

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Landslides

Eruption of volcanoes

Tectonic planets

None of these

Insulin is given to people suffering from which of the following diseases?

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Polio

Cancer

Diabetes

Tuberculosis

Which of the following is used as a material for making protective windows in space probes?

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Diamond

Steel

Carbon

Graphite

Which of the following animals resembles most to the human beings in terms of physical and mental capabilities?

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Chimpanzee

Monkey

Gorilla

Langur

The study of the composition of substances is known as:

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Statistics

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

Evolution of human species occurred in:

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Asia

Africa

Europe

None of these

Tides are the highest :

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When the earth is nearest to the sun

When the earth nearest to the moon

When the sun,moon and earth are in line

None of these

The dry wind 'Santa Ana' blows in:

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Siberia

California

Argentina

Switzerland

Soda water contains:

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Carbon dioxide

Nitrous acid

Carbonic acid

Sulphuric acid

"Liverpool" is the seaport of UK and "Lisbon" is the seaport of which country?

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Brazil

Russia

Portugal

Canada

Which of the following theories as regards the origin of life on earth is accepted today?

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Theory of spontaneous generation

Theory of special creation

Theory of biogenesis

Cosmozoic theory

Who was the first to observe ultraviolet rays?

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Rutherford

John Wilhelm Ritter

William Herschel

Auguste Comte

"Ring of Fire" refers to the ring of volcanoes present in

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Ring of earthquakes

Five Permanent members of UN

Circum-Pacific Seismic belt

Five continents

How many feet are in there in one 12 inches?

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1 foot

2 feet

3 feet

4 feet

The solar wind is composed of:

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Outward stream of protons of the sun surface

Ionized gas

plasma

All of these