Question # 1

What is Mercury in our solar system?

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The smallest planet

The fastest planet

The planet nearest to Sun

All of these

A chronometer measures:

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Sound waves

Time

Water waves

Colour contrast

The science of celestial bodies is known as:

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Carpology

Agronomy

Radio astronomy

Astronomy

In laundry soaps, a material called filler is used; which of the following is filler?

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Talc

Soda ash

Sodium silicates

None of these

The branch of medicine dealing with the nervous system and its disorders:

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Neurology

Taxonomy

Archaeology

Mineralogy

Which among the following is a positively charged particle emitted by a radioactive element?

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Beta rays

Alpha rays

Gamma rays

Cathode rays

The blood pressure is the pressure of blood in:

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Arteries

Veins

Thigh bone

Gullet

The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean to which Sea?

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Tyrrhenian Sea

Sea of Azov

The Red Sea

The lonian Sea

Where is Edmund Hillary from?

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United Kingdom

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

Which of the following countries is closest in size to Yemen?

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Myanmar

Syria

Oman

Mali

Where is Apalachicola?

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Kentucky

South Carolina

Florida

West Virginia

Which of the following is an Argillaceous rock?

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Shale

Sandstone

Limestone

Slate

Latitude of South Pole is:

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0°

40°

60°

90°

Most soluble in water is:

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Sugar

Camphore

Sulphur

Common salt

Petrology deals with:

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study of rocks in the earth's crust

study of formation of soils

study of petroleum products

none of these

Herbicides are used for the elimination of:

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Insects

Weed

Pests

Ringing

Which planet's winds are the fastest in the Solar system?

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Neptune

Mercury

Pluto

Jupiter

Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis as the fastest rate?

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Mercury

Earth

Jupiter

Saturn

The scientists have found some proofs of presence of water on which of the following planets?

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Neptune

Venus

Mars

Mercury

The chromosomes number in man is 46. What is it in orangutan,chimpanzee and gorilla?

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40

43

45

48

What is the largest fresh water lake in the world by volume?

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Lake Michigan

Caspian Sea

Superior Lake

Lake Baikal

The vitamin which cannot be had from any vegetables is:

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Vitamin B

Vitamin D

Vitamin C

Vitamin K

The lower layer of the atmosphere is known as--

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Mesosphere

Ionosphere

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

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Venus

Neptune

Mars

Mercury

What is the only country that shares a land border with Canada?

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Greenland

United States

Russia

Mexico

The four largest planets of the solar system in the descending order are:

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Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune

Saturn,Jupiter,Uranus,Neptune

Uranus,Neptune,Saturn,Jupiter

Jupiter,Uranus,Saturn,Neptune

Which is the largest muscle in the body?

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Buttock muscle

Stapedius

Monocyte

Lymphocyte

When the wind is defected due to the rotation of the earth,it is called as:

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Polar wind

Geostropic wind

Westerlies

Trade winds

Which sea lies within the Philippines?

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Timor Sea

Coral Sea

Sibuyan Sea

Arafura Sea

Where is the Wakhan Corridor?

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Afghanistan

Qatar

Vietnam

China

If the difference in time between two places were 2 hours and 20 minutes,then the difference in their longitude would be:

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30°

35°

45°

50°

According to Dalton's atomic theory,the smallest particle which can exist independently is:

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A cation

An atom

A molecule

An anion

Which of the following is known as 'graveyard' of Red Blood Cells?

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Spleen

Liver

Bone marrow

Appendix

What is the difference between hurricanes and typhoons?

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Location

Wind Speed

Direction of spin

None of these

The tropical cyclone of the Bay of Bengal are usually calle:

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Hurricanes

Typhoons

Depression

Tornadoes

Snakes and lizards are animals that are:

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Warm-blooded

Cold-blooded

Both

None of these

Insulin is secreted in:

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Pituitary

Pancreas

Liver

Parathyroid

Using the International Date LIne as the limit, as geographers usually do, which country stretches farthest to the east?

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China

North Korea

Japan

Russia

What South American city is the world's highest national capital?

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Lima

Sao Paulo

La Paz

Montevideo

what is invented by Yale?

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parachute

tank

lamp

cylinder lock

The vertical igneous rocks inside the earth's surface are called:

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Sill

Dyke

Baccolith

Laccolith

Which is the Europe's highest peak?

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Jungfrau

Mont Blanc

Mount Elbrus

Matterhorn

Pampero is

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A cold wind which prevails in Argentine and Uruguay

A low pressure area in Ecuador

A moisture laden wind

A high pressure areas

The study of human population is called:

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Anatomy

Demography

Cytology

Histology

mention out the discoverer of intelligence testing.

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alfred

hunt

bell

niese

What is the brightness scale of stars called?

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Magnitude

Temperature

Albedo

Density