Question # 1

Which metal is most abundant in the earth's crust?

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Calcium

Magnesium

Aluminum

Iron

whose invention is Polaroid camera?

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wilson

land

fisher

newton

Storm accompanied by strong winds revolving round a centre of atmospheric low pressure is known as:

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Blizzard

Cyclone

Chinook

Gale

Who discovered uranium fission?

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Priestly

Fermi

Dewas

Tilghman

Blood group of an individual is controlled by:

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Shape of RBC

Genes

Shape of WBC

Haemogloben

The Galapagos Islands belong to which country?

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Ecuador

Colombia

Venezuela

Peru

The Bosporus is a strait separating what large land masses?

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Asia and Europe

Australia and New Zealand

Europe and Afirca

Iceland and Greenland

Between which two Scandinavian countries would you find the Oresund?

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Sweden and Finland

Sweden and Denmark

Denmark and Norway

Norway and Finland

What is sponge?

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A plant

A fungus

An animal

A fossil

Clotting of blood vessels is called:

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Thrombosis

Fibrosis

Agglunitation

None

Which of the following is not an ore of aluminium?

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Azurite

Bauxite

Feldspar

Cryolite

Study of earthquakes is called:

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Geodery

Geology

Seismology

Plate tectonic

The core of the earth is also known as:

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Lithosphere

Barysphere

Besosphere

Centrosphere

The first satellite was launched by:

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France

USSR

USA

UK

The greatest deposits of loess are found in--

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New Zealand

Central Europe

China

Argentina

Photosynthesis is:

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An exothermic process

An endothermic process

A neutral process

None of these

The art of compiling dictionary is called

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Phycology

Cartography

Philately

Lexicography

Mars is the ____________ plant from the Sun.

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Third

Fourth

Fifth

Second

Which of the following metals remains in liquid form under normal conditions?

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Uranium

Mercury

Radium

Zinc

The doldrums is an area of

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Low temperature

Low pressure

Low rainfall

Low humidity

Electron was first identified by:

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J.J. Thomson

J.Kepler

Rutherford

Chadwick

Which clouds usually have the lowest altitude?

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Cumulonimbus

Cumulus

Cirrus

Stratus

If there is no sun,the colour of the sky would be:

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Orange

Blue

Yellow

None of these

What is the name of the bell inside Parliament Clock Tower?

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Big Ben

London Eye

Stonehenge

None of these

What is the smallest independent country in the Western Hemisphere?

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Belize

Dominica

St. Kitts & Nevis

Grenada

The ratio of pure gold in 18 carat gold is:

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60%

75%

85%

100%

What is a fireball that produces a sonic boom called?

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Meteorite

Bolide

Comet

No such object

Vitamin B-Complex represents a group of how many vitamins?

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5

6

9

12

Which of the following is biodegradable?

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Paper

D.D.T

Aluminium

Plastic

The International Date-line is located in the:

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Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Oral polio vaccine was discovered by:

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Jonas Salk

Robert Hook

Fleming

Darwin

The largest gland in the human body is:

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Heart

Kidney

Liver

Brain

The evolution of human species took place mainly in:

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Arthropod

Reptile

Amphibian

Echinoderm

The worlds largest lake is:

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Lake Victoria

Caspian Sea

Black Sea

Superior Lake

The study of animals is called what?

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Hematology

Taxonomy

Zoology

Anatomy

Volcanoes that have not erupted at all in historic times retain the features of volcanoes are called:

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Active

Dormant

Extinct

Sleeping

White blood cells act

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As a defence against infection

As source of energy

For clotting blood

As a medium for oxygen transport from lung to tissues

Which country's name used to be the United Arab Republic and what is the current name for this country?

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Morocco

Egypt

Algeria

Libya

The largest planet of the solar system is:

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Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Through which choke point does the least oceanic cargo pass?

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Strait of Gibraltar

Strait of Malacca

Strait of Magellan

Strait of Hormuz

Eskers are related to what?

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Waves

Plate Tectonics

Glaciers

Winds

In which of the following processes light energy is converted into chemical energy?

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Respiration

Photosynthesis

Fermentation

Photorespiration

Among the planets of the solar system,the one which has the longest period of rotation is:

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Mars

Venus

Saturn

None of these

In which of the following activities silicon carbide is used?

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Cutting very hard substance

Making cement and glass

Disinfecting water of ponds

Making casts for statues

How many astronomical units (AU) is the planet Mercury from the Sun?

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1.00 AU

38 AU

3.8 AU

10.0 AU

The study of relation of animals and plants to their surroundings is called:

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Ecology

Ethnology

Genealogy

Iconology