Question # 1

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

Sargasso sea is located in:

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North Pacific Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean

South Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

The polar diameter of the earth is shorter than equatorial diameter by about:

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40 km

43 km

48 km

53 km

The orbits of planets around the sun,or of satellites around the earth can be:

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Circular and elliptic

Circular and hyperbolic

Elliptic and parabolic

parabolic and hyperbolic

Which of the following pairs of metals are supposed to constitute the internal core of the earth:

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Chromium

Nickle and Iron

Iron and copper

Magnesium and lead

The crust forms what percentage of the volume of the earth:

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0.5%

2.5%

3.0%

3.5%

Which canal shortened the distance between Pakistan and Europe?

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Panama Canal

Suez Canal

Kiel Canal

None of these

Oranges are rich source of:

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Carbohydrates

Vitamins

Fats

Proteins

Hurricanes are cyclonic storms in the:

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Indian Ocean

South China Sea

West Indies and Gulf of Mexico

West Pacific ocean

Botany is the:

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Study of plants

Study of herbs

Study of forest

What is the use of forensic medicine and science

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Post-mortem

Use of scientific techniques to solve criminal cases

For legal matters

For police

Wisdom teeth normally grow during the age of:

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17-30 years

12-15 years

30-40 years

40-45 years

The unit for measurement of atmospheric pressure is:

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Grams per cubic meter

Kilometer per hour

Millimeters

Kilogram per square meter

Which variety of glass is heat resisting?

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Pyrex glass

Hard glass

Flint glass

Bottle glass

Solar system was discovered by

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Kepler

Galileo

Copemicus

Eratosthenes

Places experiencing equal impact of an earthquake are called:

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Snow lines

Seismic line

Isobars

Belts

The planet with the shortest year is--

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Earth

Mercury

Mars

Pluto

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

Name the inventor of kodak camera?

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darwin

fulton

eastman

barnard

The tide at its maximum height is known as:

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Equinox

Neap tide

Spring tide

Tsunami

The Strait of Hormuz joins which of the following water bodies-

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Red Sea and Mediterranean sea

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

Caspian sea and black sea

Gulf of Oman and Arabian sea

The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are.This is due to:

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Atmospheric refraction

Motions of the earth

These are visible

vertical motions

Bosphorus Strait connects Black Sea with the?

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Sea of Marmara

Aegean Sea

Mediterranean

Lonean Sea

What is usually seen near the poles in the night sky that can be red, yellow or green?

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Zodiacal light

Aurora

Gegenschein

Plage

Gulf Stream carries

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Warm equatorial water to West American coast

Warm equatorial water to eastern coast of Brazil

Warm equatorial water to the western coast of Europe

None of these

The planet which has longest year is:

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Mercury

Venus

Earth

Neptune

The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December is:

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Melbourne

Dehli

Tokyo

Madrid

Where is Dead Sea Situated in the following continents?

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Europe

Australia

Asia

Africa

Which planet is known as the "Evening Star"?

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Saturn

Venus

Jupiter

Mercury

The world's largest flower is:

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Nelumbo

Rafflesia

Mango

Anacardium

who inventor the gas mantle?

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wellsbach

spenser

berliner

colt

Name the gland which secretes many hormones and controls the function of other endocrine glands:

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Pituitary gland

Thyroid gland

Pancreas

None of these

what is invented by Watson-Watt?

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Radar

Jenkins

Colt

Galileo

The local time of a place is known with reference to its:

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Distance from the capital city

Longitudinal position

Latitudinal position

None of these

Which African country is long and narrow, sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?

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Togo

Djibouti

Burkina Faso

Cote D'lvoire

Very small time intervals are accurately measured by the:

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Pabsars

Atomic clock

Quartz clocks

White dwarfs

Gene is:

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A segment of DNA

A segment of DNA and histone

A segment of DNA, RNA and histone

All of the above

Which is the mountain between the Black sea and Caspian Sea?

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Ural

Caucasus

Alps

Balkan

Bagasse,a by-product of sugar manufacturing industry, is used for the production of:

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Glass

Paper

nylon

Alcohol

Inventor of wireless telegraphy is:

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Marconi

J.J. Thomson

Samuel Morose

None of these

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

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Sill

Dyke

Baccolith

Laccolith

The filament of an electric bulb is made up of:

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Iron

Tungsten

Nichrome

Graphite

Who are the only people allowed to touch the Stonehenge monument?

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Druids

Stuarts

Lords

None of these

Animal meat is a good source of--

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Protein

Vitamin

CHO

Chlorophyll

Dialysis is used when a patient has serious trouble with:

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Kidneys

Liver

Spleen

Heart

The purest form of iron is:

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Steel

Wrought iron

Cast iron

Pig iron