Question # 1

Lunar eclipse occurs only on a:

Choose an answer

First quarter day

Full moon day

New moon day

Last moon day

Oozes are associated with:

Choose an answer

Volcanic deposits

Terrigenous deposits

Pelagic deposits

Coral reefs

What are the two parts of the nervous system?

Choose an answer

Cranial and spinal

Central and peripheral

Parietal and occipital

Frontal and temporal

What body of water is located directly west of Latvia?

Choose an answer

North Sea

Gulf of Bothnia

Gulf of Riga

Gulf of Finland

Photosynthesis is:

Choose an answer

An exothermic process

An endothermic process

A neutral process

None of these

Glucose syrup is made from:

Choose an answer

Oat

Wheat

Maize

Rice

Any foreign particle which stimulates the formation antibodies is called:

Choose an answer

Histone

Antigen

Receptor

Antibiotic

Which of the following vitamins is essential for proper bone and teeth formation?

Choose an answer

Vitamin D

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin A

What is a bright region in the sun called?

Choose an answer

Prominence

Sunspot

Plage

Flare

Lines joining places receiving equal amount of rainfall are called:

Choose an answer

Isohalines

Isobars

Isotherms

Isohyets

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

Choose an answer

Total solar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse

total lunar eclipse

None of these

Thermometer is used to:

Choose an answer

Measure temperature

Measure heat

Measure illnes

Measure coldness

In which of the following activities silicon carbide is used?

Choose an answer

Cutting very hard substance

Making cement and glass

Disinfecting water of ponds

Making casts for statues

The core of the earth is also known as:

Choose an answer

Lithosphere

Barysphere

Besosphere

Centrosphere

The term meteor is applied to an interplanetary body:

Choose an answer

After it enters the atmosphere of the earth

After it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in the mind air as a ball of fire

After it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without exploding in mid air

Before it enters the earth's atmosphere

What is sponge?

Choose an answer

A plant

A fungus

An animal

A fossil

The greatest deposits of loess are found in--

Choose an answer

New Zealand

Central Europe

China

Argentina

Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what?

Choose an answer

Antibiotics

Mycology

Photosynthesis

Extinction

What is called the art of making maps and charts?

Choose an answer

Phycology

Cartography

Philately

Lexicography

Where is Dead Sea Situated in the following continents?

Choose an answer

Europe

Australia

Asia

Africa

How many teeth are known as milk teeth in human beings?

Choose an answer

14

12

15

18

A huge mass of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before it starts melting is called:

Choose an answer

Avalanche

Glacier

Iceberg

None of these

Atoms of an element differ from those of all other element in:

Choose an answer

Atomic number and electronic configuration

Atomic number and number of valence electrons

Number of neutrons and electronic configuration

Number of neutrons and number of valence electrons

The deficiency of which vitamin cause anemia?

Choose an answer

Vitamin B₁

Vitamin B₆

Vitamin B₁₂

None of these

What is it called when the sun is blocked out by the Moon's shadow?

Choose an answer

Lunar eclipse

Earth eclipse

Solar eclipse

Partial eclipse

inventor of long playing record is:

Choose an answer

berliner

goldmark

colt

spenser

Which disease is not caused by insect bite?

Choose an answer

Plague

Arthritis

Typhus

Malaria

Which of the following is the scientific study and measurement of behaviour?

Choose an answer

Psychiatry

Psychology

Telepathy

Psychoanalysis

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

Choose an answer

Neptune

Venus

Mars

Mercury

What is the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa?

Choose an answer

Angola

Sierra Leone

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Grit is another name for:

Choose an answer

Shale

Sandstone

Granite

Breccia

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

Choose an answer

Neurology

Taxonomy

Archaeology

Mineralogy

The vector of virus causing dengue fever is spread by:

Choose an answer

Housefly

Mosquito

Sandfly

None of these

What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?

Choose an answer

30000 km

40000 km

50000 km

60000 km

What are 'Red giants?

Choose an answer

Caucasians

Old Stars

Youngs Stars

None of these

Colt's invention is:

Choose an answer

Monotype

pistol

Pendulum

Razor

Which acid is produced when milk gets sour?

Choose an answer

Tartaric acid

Lactic acid

Butyric acid

Acetic acid

Which of the following gases in the atmosphere provides a shield against a harmful ultraviolet ray at the sun?

Choose an answer

Carbon monoxide

Ozone

Oxygen

Nitrogen

The world's deepest trench is in:

Choose an answer

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of:

Choose an answer

March

June

July

August

The visible part of the sun is called:

Choose an answer

Ionosphere

Hydrosphere

Photosphere

Troposphere

What is Africa's newest country?

Choose an answer

South Sudan

Cole D'lvori

Burkina Faso

Erilrea

In metabolism, enzymes act as:

Choose an answer

Promotor

Catalyst

Oxident

Reductant

The main factor which determines the balance of nature is:

Choose an answer

Human activities

Habit and habitat

Environmental pollution

Availability of food

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

Choose an answer

29,200

29,000

29,035

28,500

Name the device that is used to measure the humidity.

Choose an answer

Hydrometer

Hygrometer

Galvanometer

Hexameter