Question # 1

What is the official height (feet above sea level) of Everest?

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29,200

29,000

29,035

28,500

Accumulation of water in tissues is caused by the:

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Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Vitamin A

The gases used in different types of welding would include:

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Oxygen and acetylene

Hydrogen and nitrogen

Oxygen and nitrogen

Hydrogen and helium

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are called:

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Gaseous planets

Asteroid planets

Blue planets

Terrestrial planets

Which planet is known as the Earth's Twin?

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Venus

Mars

Uranus

Neptune

Which part of the earth's surface receives the highest amount of insolation?

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Tropical desert

Equatorial region

Land masses

Water bodies

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

The purest form of iron is:

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Steel

Wrought iron

Cast iron

Pig iron

Milk contains the flat soluble vitamin A,D,E and:

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K

B

C

None of these

The Human cell contains how many chromosomes?

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44

48

46

23

who discoverer of the psychoanalysis is:

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Sabin

Jenner

Freud

Salk

which is the invention of Jenkins?

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safety-pin

pistol

nylon

movie machine

The hunting and gathering economy can support only

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1 person per sq. km

3 persons per sq. km

5 persons per sq. km

7 persons per sq. km

Most of the weather phenomena take place in troposphere only because:

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Temperature remains almost constant in troposphere

It contains electrically charged particles

It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun

It contains almost all the water vapour and most dust particles

Which two European countries compose the iberian Peninsula?

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Spain & Porugal

Albania & Greece

Italy & San Marino

Norway & Sweden

What is the difference between hurricanes and typhoons?

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Location

Wind Speed

Direction of spin

None of these

which law was discovered by newton

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law of motion

law of gravitation

law of falling

all of these

Which of the following is brightest planet?

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Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

Which South American country is the only one that has territory below sea level?

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Brazil

Argentina

Colombia

Chile

The study of the structure and organization of living things (study of human body) is called?

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Taxonomy

Hematology

Anatomy

Archaeology

What is Floriculture?

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Study of flower yielding plants

Study of female reproductive organ

Teaching by pictures and models

Silk industry (culture of silk)

The proportion of nitrogen in dry air is:

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78% by volume

20% by volume

70% by weight

25% by weight

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

In the northern hemisphere,the winds are deflected:

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To the left

To the right

Upward

Downward

Stainless steel is an alloy of:

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Iron,carbon and nickel

Iron,chromium and nickel

Iron and manganese

Iron and zinc

Radioactive disintegration of uranium ultimately results in formation of:

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Radium

Thorium

Lead

Polonium

Which is the lowest water body on earth?

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Black Sea

Dead Sea

Aral Sea

Red Sea

Which land is famous for Break basket?

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Monsoon lands

Steppes

Savanna

Prairies

The blood pressure is the pressure of blood in:

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Arteries

Veins

Thigh bone

Gullet

Which strait is located connecting the Atlantic and pacific Oceans

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Strait of Dover

Palk Strait

Strait of Gibraitar

Magellan

The main asteroid belt is between the planets

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Jupiter and Saturn

Mars and Jupiter

Earth and Mars

Mercury and Mars

The largest living bird is:

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Duck

Dodo

Ostrich

Peacock

Solar system was discovered by:

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Kepler

Galileo

Copernicus

Plato

The combustible material at the tip of a safety match stick is:

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Sulphur

Antimony sulphide

Manganese oxide

None of these

Winds blow:

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In region of low pressure

From a region of high pressure to the region of low pressure

From a region of low pressure to the region of high pressure

None of these

Our Sun is located where in the galaxy?

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Not in any galaxy

In the center of the galaxy

30,000 light years from the center

At the very outer edge of the galaxy

In the northern hemisphere,the wind blowing from the Horse latitudes to the doldrums is called:

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Westerly wind

Trade wind

Polar wind

None of these

inventor of long playing record is:

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berliner

goldmark

colt

spenser

Which of the following glands are known as exocrine glands?

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Salivary glands

Sweat glands

Thyroid glands

Both a & b

Which of the following planet is dropped from the list of planets in 2006?

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Neptune

Mercury

Pluto

Jupiter

The ________ is also known as the Northern Lights.

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Aurora borealis

Nova

Quasar

Black hole

10 dekalitres are equal to:

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1 hectolitre

2 hectolitre

5 hectolitre

6 hectolitre

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

Which of the following is a great circle?

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Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Arctic circle

Tropic of Cancer

An observation at the point on the earth where only the penumbra region of moon's shadow will move past, will observe a:

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Total solar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse

total lunar eclipse

None of these

The number of ribs in human body is:

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12

18

20

24