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551.

The residue left after extracting juice from sugarbeet and sugarcane is called

A. olasses
B. agasse
C. hey
D. iomass
Answer» C. hey
552.

Which of the following vegetable oils does not contain essential fatty acids ?

A. unflower oil
B. ustard oil
C. oconut oil
D. roundnut oil
Answer» B. ustard oil
553.

Gelatin is mostly used in making ice-creams in order to

A. revent making a colloid
B. tabilise the colloid and prevent crystallisation
C. tabilise mixture
D. nrich the aroma
Answer» C. tabilise mixture
554.

Suspension particles have the size between

A. 0–2 – 10–4 cm
B. 0–5 – 10–7cm
C. 0–8 – 10–10cm
D. 0–1 – 10–2 cm
Answer» B. 0–5 – 10–7cm
555.

Which is a natural colloid ?

A. odium chloride
B. rea
C. ane-sugar
D. lood
Answer» E.
556.

A colloidal system in which a liquid is dispersed in a liquid is called

A. el
B. mulsion
C. ol
D. recipitate
Answer» C. ol
557.

Muddy water is treated with alum in purification process, it is termed as :

A. mulsification
B. bsorption
C. dsorption
D. oagulation
Answer» E.
558.

An emulsifier is an agent which

A. tabilises an emulsion
B. ids the flocculation of an emulsion
C. ccelerates the dispersion
D. omogenises an emulsion
Answer» B. ids the flocculation of an emulsion
559.

Milk is a natural

A. olution
B. mulsion
C. ixture
D. uspension
Answer» C. ixture
560.

Milk is

A. mulsion
B. uspension
C. oam
D. el
Answer» B. uspension
561.

Which of the following gases is mixed with oxygen for breathing by divers in aqua lungs?

A. ethane
B. itrogen
C. elium
D. ydrogen
Answer» C. elium
562.

Which one of the following is not a fertilizer?

A. mmonium sulphate
B. alcium sulphate
C. alcium ammonium nitrate
D. otassium nitrate
Answer» C. alcium ammonium nitrate
563.

The three elements most needed in common fertilisers are :

A. ulphur, Phosphorous and Sodium
B. itrogen, Potassium and Phosphorous
C. hosphorous, Sodium and Nitrogen
D. alcium, Phosphorous and Potassium
Answer» C. hosphorous, Sodium and Nitrogen
564.

An emulsion is a colloidal solution of

A. iquid in liquid
B. olid in liquid
C. as in solid
D. olid in Solid
Answer» B. olid in liquid
565.

An emulsion is a colloid of a

A. as in a liquid
B. iquid in a liquid
C. iquid in a gas
D. as in a solid
Answer» C. iquid in a gas
566.

Milk is a colloidal system in which:

A. ater is dispersed in fat
B. at is dispersed in water
C. at and water are dispersed in each other
D. at is dissolved
Answer» C. at and water are dispersed in each other
567.

White phosphorus is always kept under

A. enzene
B. erosene
C. ther
D. ater
Answer» E.
568.

Which of the following is not soluble in water ?

A. ead Sulphate
B. inc sulphate
C. otassium sulphate
D. odium sulphate
Answer» C. otassium sulphate
569.

Now-a-days yellow lamps are frequently used as street lights. Which of the following gases is used in these lamps ?

A. odium
B. eon
C. ydrogen
D. itrogen
Answer» B. eon
570.

In deep-sea diving, divers use a mixture of gases consisting of oxygen and

A. ydrogen
B. itrogen
C. rgon
D. elium
Answer» C. rgon
571.

The green colour seen in firework displays is due to the chloride salt of :

A. odium
B. trontium
C. arium
D. alcium
Answer» D. alcium
572.

The name of unreactive gas is

A. arbon dioxide
B. ydrogen
C. itrogen
D. xygen
Answer» D. xygen
573.

The most suitable unit for expressing nuclear radius is :

A. anometre
B. ermi
C. ngstrom
D. icron
Answer» C. ngstrom
574.

'Atomic theory' of matter was given by

A. vogadro
B. alton
C. ewton
D. ascal
Answer» C. ewton
575.

The orientation of an atomic orbital is governed by

A. rincipal quantum number
B. agnetic quantum number
C. pin quantum number
D. zimuthal quantum number
Answer» C. pin quantum number
576.

The nuclear particle having no mass and no charge, but only spin is

A. roton
B. eutrino
C. eson
D. lectron
Answer» C. eson
577.

If all bullets could not be removed from gun shot injury of a man, it may cause poisoning by

A. ercury
B. ead
C. ron
D. rsenic
Answer» C. ron
578.

If the sewage is fully oxidized, the nitrogen is in the form of

A. itrites
B. mmonia
C. itramines
D. itrates
Answer» E.
579.

Which of the following is caused by the higher concentration of Nitrogen and Phosphorous ?

A. utrophication
B. ardness
C. lkalinity
D. cidity
Answer» B. ardness
580.

Which one of the following elements is least likely to be found in commercial fertilisers?

A. itrogen
B. hosphorous
C. otassium
D. ilicon
Answer» E.
581.

Which one of the following has greatest mass ?

A. lectron
B. roton
C. eutron
D. ydrogen nucleus
Answer» D. ydrogen nucleus
582.

Conduction band electrons have more mobility than holes because they

A. re lighter
B. xperience collision less frequently
C. ave negative charge
D. eed less energy to move them
Answer» C. ave negative charge
583.

Nucleons are regarded as composites sub-particles known as

A. esons
B. uarks
C. eptons
D. hotons
Answer» C. eptons
584.

When there are two electrons in the same orbital, they have:

A. ame spin
B. pposite spin
C. ame or opposite spin
D. o spin
Answer» C. ame or opposite spin
585.

Which component referred to as 'Milk sugar'?

A. actose
B. altose
C. alactose
D. ucrose
Answer» B. altose
586.

Which of the following metals causes Itai-Itai disease ?

A. admium
B. hromium
C. obalt
D. opper
Answer» B. hromium
587.

When formaldehyde and potassium hydroxide are heated, we get

A. cetylene
B. ethyl alcohol
C. ethane
D. thyl formate
Answer» C. ethane
588.

Wood spirit is

A. ethyl alcohol
B. thyl alcohol
C. utyl alcohol
D. ropyl alcohol
Answer» B. thyl alcohol
589.

The reaction intermediate formed during the preparation of diethyl ether from ethanol by treatment with H2SO4 is

A. arbanion
B. arbocation
C. arbene
D. ree radical
Answer» C. arbene
590.

Rectified spirit is :

A. 5% ethyl alcohol
B. 00% ethyl alcohol
C. ethylated spirit
D. incture iodine
Answer» B. 00% ethyl alcohol
591.

Molasses a by-product in the manufacture of sugar, is converted into

A. lcohol
B. aper
C. uel
D. ulp
Answer» B. aper
592.

The new strain of bacteria produced by biotechnology in alcohol industry is

A. scherichia coli
B. accharomyces cerevisiae
C. acillus subtilis
D. seudomonas putida
Answer» E.
593.

Isobars are lines joining places having equal

A. ainfall
B. ressure
C. opulation
D. eight above sea-level
Answer» C. opulation
594.

The value of gas constant R in Ergs deg–1 mole–1 is

A. .314 × 107
B. .341 × 107
C. .413 × 107
D. .183 × 107
Answer» B. .341 × 107
595.

The molecular mass of a gas is

A. wice its vapour pressure
B. qual to its vapour pressure
C. alf its vapour pressure
D. ot related to its vapour pressure
Answer» B. qual to its vapour pressure
596.

Activated Charcoal is used to remove colouring matter from pure substances by

A. leaching
B. xidation
C. dsorption
D. eduction
Answer» D. eduction
597.

Alcohol prepared by the distillation of wood is :

A. ropyl alcohol
B. ethyl alcohol
C. thyl alcohol
D. lycerol
Answer» C. thyl alcohol
598.

Ethanol containing 5% water is known as

A. ectified spirit
B. enatured spirit
C. ethylated alcohol
D. ower alcohol
Answer» B. enatured spirit
599.

Which of the following is used to denature ethanol ?

A. ethyl alcohol
B. ropyl alcohol
C. henol
D. ethane
Answer» B. ropyl alcohol
600.

The Fungus which is used in the alcohol industry is

A. ushroom
B. andida Aibicans
C. east
D. hizopus
Answer» D. hizopus