Question # 1

The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by:

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Gravitation and centrifugal force

The rotation and density

Their great size

Rotation of sun on its axis

Colt's invention is:

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Monotype

pistol

Pendulum

Razor

What is the world's largest river?

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Rhine

Mississippi

Nile

Amazon

Which of the following is a good nuclear fuel?

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Uranium-238

Neptunium-239

Plutonium-239

Thorium-236

Where would you find the Ebro Basin?

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Italy

Spain

Portugal

Greece

How many feet constitute one nautical mile?

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5080

6080

7080

4080

How many square metres are there in one hectare?

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1000

1200

1500

1800

The percentage of oxygen in the atmospheric oxygen is approximately:

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10.95%

20.95%

30.95%

50.95%

Study of life in outer space is:

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Endobiology

Exobiology

Entrobiology

none of these

The wind system in the equatorial areas is known as:

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Westerlies

Trades

Doldrums

Monsoon

Which Isthmus connects the continents of North and South America?

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Isthmus of Panama

Isthmus of Suez

Madison Isthmus

Isthmus of Dubrovnik

Where is Apalachicola?

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Kentucky

South Carolina

Florida

West Virginia

Which is the longest river in Europe?

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Danube

Volga

Dnepr

Thames

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 gas used to extinguish fire is:

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Neon

Nitrogen

Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

The numbers of factors required for blood clotting is:

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7

11

13

17

Scurvy disease is caused by the shortage of:

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Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Meningitis is a disease which affects the:

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Kidneys

Brain

Liver

Heart

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

Taxonomy is the study of classification of organisms. What is virology

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Study of eyes

Study of fossils

Study of snakes

Study of virus

What is the largest rock (Monolith or Monocline) in Australia?

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Mt, Whaleback

Uluru

Mt, Augustus

Bungle Bungles

Days and nights are caused by:

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Rotation of the earth on its axis

Revolution of the earth around the sun

Inclination of the earth's axis

None of these

Which of these lakes does the Jordan River flow into?

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Dead Sea

Lake Nasser

Great Salt Lake

Lake Baron

Cytology is the study of

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Cell

Tissue

Organ

None of these

Aconcagua is the highest mountain of which country?

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Alaska

Argentine

Yukon, Canada

California

Where is Anatolia located?

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Turkey

Greece

Spain

Italy

The sweetest sugar is:

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Fructose

Sucrose

Glucose

Lactose

whitney's invention is:

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pendulum

photoelectric

cotton gin

phonograph

Maximum differences in the spacing of longitude is:

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At poles

At equator

At tropic

At Arctic circle

Tides are the highest :

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When the earth is nearest to the sun

When the earth nearest to the moon

When the sun,moon and earth are in line

None of these

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

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Sill

Dyke

Baccolith

Laccolith

The evolution of human species took place mainly in:

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Arthropod

Reptile

Amphibian

Echinoderm

Which variety of glass is heat resisting?

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Pyrex glass

Hard glass

Flint glass

Bottle glass

Most meteorites come from?

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The Sun

The Moon

The asteroid belt

Mars

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

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Argon

Helium

Krypton

Xenon

The International Date-line is located in the:

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Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Equator passes through?

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Pakistan

Malta

Malaysia

Indonesia

This ancient city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire.

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Constantinople

Carthage

Istanbul

Ur

Mars is the ____________ plant from the Sun.

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Third

Fourth

Fifth

Second

In the ocean,water moves horizontally over vast areas due to:

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Density difference

Slope of the ocean floor

Waves

Currents

Which of the following is a non-ferrous metal?

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Aluminium

Iron

Nickle

Cobalt

Which of the following disease is caused due to defective genes?

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Diabetes

Ulcer

Hemophilia

Cancer

Light emitted by sun reaches earth in:

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8 minutes and 30 seconds

10 minutes and 30 seconds

12 minutes and 30 seconds

15 minutes and 30 seconds

who invented the steam-turbine?

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colaude

yale

parsons

hedley

The age of reptile was:

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Azoic era

Mesozoic era

Permian era

Palaeozoic era

Which is the important raw material required in cement industry?

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Limestone

Limestone and clay

Clay

Gypsum