Question # 1

What is the name of the huge modern Ferris wheel overlooking the Thames in downtown London?

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London Eye

Big Ben

Stonehenge

None of these

The distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth is:

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3 light-years

4 light-years

5 light-years

6 light-years

What is the most important stimulant in tea leaves?

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Brucine

Caffeine

Phenylalanine

Theine

Transistor was invented by:

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Baird

Shockley

Marconi

Graham Bell

Radiation activity is measured by:

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Coulomb

Ohm

Becquerel

All of these

Which of the following glands are known as exocrine glands?

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Salivary glands

Sweat glands

Thyroid glands

Both a & b

Potassium nitrate is used in:

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Salt

Glass

Medicine

Fertilizer

what Bernard discovered?

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phonograp

human heart

pendulum

safety-pin

The vitamin which is very liable and easily destroy during cooking as well as storage is:

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Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Vitamin B

Vitamin D

In which country was the Battle of Waterloo fought?

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The Netherladns

France

Belgium

England

Which of the following colours in the visible spectrum has maximum range?

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Violet

Indigo

Red

Orange

Pre-historic record shows that colored rock painting were first done by:

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Java man

Peking man

Cro-Magnon man

Neanderthal man

The transition zone between two Ecosystem is called:

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Biome

Biotope

Ecotone

Sere

A light microscope uses lenses to make the objects look much bigger,What this increase in size is called?

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Magnification

Megafying

Both of these

None of these

The type glass used in making lenses and prisms is:

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Soft glass

Flint glass

Pyrex glass

Jena glass

Which strait is the only natural passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?

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Strait of Dover

Palk Strait

Strait of Gibraltar

Magellan

The epicentre of an earthquake is the:

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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

The heart is covered by a membrane called:

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Epidermis

Pericardium

Dermis

Epicardium

Cotton fibber is rooted from:

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Seed

Stem

Root

Leaf

What type of rock is Uluru comprised of?

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Shale

Granite

Sandstone

Feldspar

Tsunami is a large sea wave caused by an earthquake experienced recently along the coasts of:

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India

China

Australia

Japan

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

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Lunar eclipse

Earth eclipse

Solar eclipse

Partial eclipse

Who invented X-rays?

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Rutherford

Roentgen

Einstein

Baird

What is the highest waterfall in the world?

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Yosemite Falls

Victoria Falls

Niagara Falls

Angel Falls

Itaipu Dam Spans the Parana RIver. It is located in which country?

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Brazil/Paraguay border

Peru/Paraguay border

Brazil/Peru border

Uruguay/Paraguay border

What is the only country that shares a land border with Canada?

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Greenland

United States

Russia

Mexico

What is the axial tilt of the Earth?

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24.5 degrees

17.5 degrees

12.7 degrees

23.5 degrees

The science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms

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Taxonomy

Genetics

Hematology

Archaeology

Which of the following is a post-volcanic activity?

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Earthquakes

Lava ejection

Thermal spring formation

Typical behaviour of animals

A vegetable containing sulphur is:

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Potato

Cabbage

Brinjal

Pumpkin

What is the black part of the eye called?

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Pupil

Pores

Iris

None of these

The largest part of the human brain is:

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Cerebellum

Cerebrum

Mid-brain

Medulla

In which country would you not find a region of tropical rainforest climate?

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USA

UK

Indonesia

Pakistan

Which of the following is a metamorphic rock?

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Slate

Sandstone

Peat

Shale

The study of human population is called:

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Anatomy

Demography

Cytology

Histology

A color blind person has difficulty to distinguishing between which colors?

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Green and Voilet

Green and Red

White and Yellow

Black and Blue

What will be the weight of one litre?

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2 kg

one kg

3 kg

3.5 kg

How many hectometres are there in one kilometres?

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5 hectometres

10 hectometres

12 hectometres

15 hectometres

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

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

Of the total volume of the earth,which layer forms the major part?

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Sial

Sima

Mantle

Core

Name the invented the gas burner?

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Einthoven

watt

braille

thomson

Sense of time is due to:

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Rotation of earth

Revolution earth

Rotation of moon

Both (a) and (b)

Hypertension is the term used for:

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Decrease in heart rate

Decrease in blood pressure

Increase in blood Pressure

Increase in heart rate

The main asteroid belt is between the planets

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Jupiter and Saturn

Mars and Jupiter

Earth and Mars

Mercury and Mars

Which of the following is a chemical change?

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Rusting of iron

Tempering of iron

Bending of iron

Melting of iron