Question # 1

What is the minimum wind speed of a hurricane?

Choose an answer

54 mph

74 mph

94 mph

114 mph

The core of the earth is also known as:

Choose an answer

Lithosphere

Barysphere

Besosphere

Centrosphere

Which of the following is the basic of modern periodic tables?

Choose an answer

Atomic number

Atomic size

Nickel and zinc

Nickel and silver

At a latitude of 45°,the earth spins on its axis at the rate of:

Choose an answer

1120 km/h

500 km/h

510 km/h

620 km/h

Which of the following is the lightest gas?

Choose an answer

Nitrogen

Hydrogen

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

Which country is east of Lebanon?

Choose an answer

Iraq

Jordan

Syria

Turkey

The total number of bones in human skull is:

Choose an answer

8

12

30

34

The blood pressure is the pressure of blood in:

Choose an answer

Arteries

Veins

Thigh bone

Gullet

The International Data-line is an imaginary line extending from pole along the places on the earth's surface and lies along the:

Choose an answer

0° meridian

180° meridian

100° meridian

120° meridian

Which two planets of the solar system have no satellites?

Choose an answer

Mercury and Venus

Venus and Mars

Venus and Neptune

None of these

The epicentre of an earthquake is the:

Choose an answer

Nearest point to surface from the focus perpendicular to the earth's surface

Point where R-waves touch the surface

Point of intersaction

None of these

Which gland is called master Gland?

Choose an answer

Pituitary gland

Testes

Ovaries

Adrenals

The sun: What was it 'born' and how long is it still expected to shine?

Choose an answer

7 billion years ago; 2 billion years

9.7 billion years ago; 1000 years

5.3 billion years ago; 900 million years

4.6 billion years ago; 5 billion years

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

Choose an answer

30°

35°

45°

50°

permanent hardness of water due to sulphates of the metal, can be removed by the use of:

Choose an answer

Nitrates

Zeolites

Sulphonates

None of these

Which one of the following is not a correct example of tropical cyclones?

Choose an answer

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Typhoons

Hydrosphere

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

Choose an answer

Brazil

Russia

Portugal

Canada

Clouds with vertical development are known as:

Choose an answer

Circus

Cirrocumulus

Stratums

None of these

Osteology is the study of bones. What is Palaeontology?

Choose an answer

Study of fossils

Study of eyes

Study of snakes

Study of virus

Eskers are related to what?

Choose an answer

Waves

Plate Tectonics

Glaciers

Winds

The blood-sucking organism are:

Choose an answer

Hookworms

Leeches

Earthworms

Pinworms

What is mixture farming?

Choose an answer

cultivating different crops in the same farm

cultivating crops and keeping livestock in the same form

Cultivating different varieties of same crop

None of these

The volcanic region "Ring of Fire" surrounds:

Choose an answer

Arabian Sea

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

What is the use of forensic medicine and science

Choose an answer

Post-mortem

Use of scientific techniques to solve criminal cases

For legal matters

For police

In which country is the world's southernmost city?

Choose an answer

Argentina

Chile

Australia

New Zealand

What is the world's largest river?

Choose an answer

Rhine

Mississippi

Nile

Amazon

Liquefied petroleum gas consists of mainly:

Choose an answer

Methane,butane and propane

Methane,hexane and heptane

Ethane,hexane and octane

None of these

cryogenics is a science dealing with:

Choose an answer

high temperature

low temperture

friction and water

growth of crystals

Which of the following types of rainfall is often accompanied with lightening and thunder?

Choose an answer

Convectional

Orographic

Frontal

None of these

Food is mainly digested in:

Choose an answer

Liver

Large intestine

Small intestine

Mouth

Which one of the following countries is not in Africa?

Choose an answer

Kenya

Nigeria

Bolivia

Ethiopia

The insert gas which is substituted for nitrogen in the air, used by deep sea divers for breathing is:

Choose an answer

Argon

Helium

Krypton

Xenon

Khmer is the official language of which country?

Choose an answer

Laos

Cambodia

Vietnam

Thailand

Evolution of human species occurred in:

Choose an answer

Asia

Africa

Europe

None of these

Mt. Kilimanjaro is in what country?

Choose an answer

Kenya

Ethiopia

Uganda

Tanzania

Name the quantity that is measured by the unit coulomb.

Choose an answer

Electricity

Electric charge

Atomic power

Electric difference

Which of the following is known as the ''Red Planet''?

Choose an answer

Mercury

Mars

Saturn

Venus

Which country became independent in 1961 and in 1964 it joined with Zanzibar and became Tanzania?

Choose an answer

Kenya

Tanganyika

Rwanda

Burundi

What is Celluloses?

Choose an answer

Fats

Carbohydrates

Vitamins

Protein

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:

Choose an answer

Perihelion

Aphelion

Perigee

Apogee

The four major components of atmosphere are

Choose an answer

Oxygen,Nitrogen,Carbon dioxide and Argon

Oxygen,Hydrogen,Helium and Carbon

Oxygen,Water vapours,Nitrogen,Argon

None of these

Which is the largest country of Europe according to area excluding Russia?

Choose an answer

Germany

Italy

Spain

Ukraine

Stem cutting are commonly used for regrowing:

Choose an answer

Cotton

Banana

Sugarcane

Mango

Oceans cover how much of the earth's surface?

Choose an answer

71 percent

75 percent

70 percent

76 percent

The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by:

Choose an answer

Cornea

Iris

Pupil

None of these

What is the least populous country in South America?

Choose an answer

Uruguay

Paraguay

Guyana

Suriname