Wednesday 12 February 2014

General Science-66

     1.    Superconductivity is a phenomenon in which the resistance of a substance:
a.    increases with temperature
b.    decreases with temperature
c.    does not change with temperature
d.    becomes zero at very low temperature
     2.    Liquids transmit pressure equally in all directions. This is known as:
a.    Boyle-Pascal’s Law
b.    Pascal’s Law
c.    Archimedes’ Principal
d.    None of the above
     3.    The life history of human malarial parasite in Anopheles was first described by;
a.    Patrick Manson
b.    Laveran
c.    Ronald Ross
d.    Richard Pfeiffer
     4.    Which of the following is based on the process of fusion?
a.    Atom bomb
b.    Hydrogen bomb
c.    Ordinary bomb
d.    Napalm bomb
     5.    Hybridization is:
a.    downward movement of water through soil
b.    a process of tilling the land
c.    decayed vegetable matter
d.    cross-fertilization between two varieties
     6.    Of the following foods, which one is the best source of protein?
a.    Butter
b.    Fish
c.    Lettuce
d.    Milk
     7.    The volume of which of the following materials decreases when it is heated from 0°C to 5°C? 
a.    Air
b.    Copper
c.    Water
d.    Mercury
     8.    On a night when the sky is clear, the temperature may dip considerably; on a cloudy night the temperature will usually dip much less. The reason for this difference is that:
a.    the clear sky allows radiant energy to escape readily from the earth 
b.    on a cloudy night the clouds are warm and therefore retard the cooling
c.    the clear sky allows the cold of outer space to reach the earth
d.     currents of air carry the heat away from the earth on a clear night
     9.    Which of the following chemicals is useful in photography?
a.    Aluminium hydroxide
b.    Potassium nitrate
c.    Silver bromide
d.    Sodium chloride
     10.  The purest form of water can be obtained from:
a.    a deep tubewell
b.    a running stream
c.    a hot water spring
d.    a heavy shower of rain
     11.  Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the:
a.    force of adhesion
b.    force of friction 
c.    centrifugal force
d.    force of cohesion 
     12.  If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body:
a.    Increases
b.    remains unchanged
c.    decreases
d.    may decrease or increase
     13.  The buoyancy depends on:
a.    the shape of the body
b.    the mass of the body
c.     the mass of the liquid displaced
d.    the depth to which the body is immersed
   14.  The working of a rocket is based on the principle of:
a.    Electricity
b.    Kepler’s Law
c.    Newton’s Law
d.    conservation of momentum
    15.  Acceleration is the rate of change of:
a.    Direction
b.    Distance
c.    Speed
d.    Weight
    16.  A body falling freely from a height towards the earth moves with uniform:
a.    Speed
b.    velocity 
c.    acceleration
d.    weight
     17.  Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the
a.    earth’s gravitational pull
b.    moon’s gravitational pull
c.    centripetal force due to the earth’s rotation
d.    pressure of the atmosphere 
     18.  The number of chromosomes in human body is:
a.    42
b.    44 
c.    46
d.    48
     19.  The drug quinine is used in the treatment of:
a.    bubonic plague
b.    malaria
c.    typhus
d.    yellow fever
     20.  Reproductive cell in normal human beings are produced:
a.    in greater numbers for a longer period of time in the male
b.    for a longer period in the female than in the male 
c.    in equal numbers in both sexes

d.     in greater  numbers by the female then by the male

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