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This section includes 437 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your GENERAL SCIENCE knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 351. |
What is the full form of ADH? |
| A. | Anti diuretic hormone |
| B. | Adhesive diuretic hormone |
| C. | Adenosine double hormone |
| D. | Acidic diuretic hormone |
| Answer» E. | |
| 352. |
The speed of light with the rise in the temperature of the medium |
| A. | Increases |
| B. | Decreases |
| C. | Remains unaltered |
| D. | Drops sharply |
| Answer» D. Drops sharply | |
| 353. |
_____________ is the longest cell |
| A. | Nerve cell |
| B. | Spleen |
| C. | Skin |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Spleen | |
| 354. |
What is the normal value of blood sugar in the body? |
| A. | 60 to 120mg/100 ml of blood |
| B. | 80 to 120mg/100 ml of blood |
| C. | 90 to 120mg/100 ml of blood |
| D. | 70 to 120mg/100 ml of blood |
| Answer» C. 90 to 120mg/100 ml of blood | |
| 355. |
The solar eclipse occurs when |
| A. | The sun comes in between the moon and the earth |
| B. | The earth comes in the between the sun and the moon |
| C. | The moon comes in between the sun and the earth |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 356. |
The animal which uses sounds as its 'eyes' is |
| A. | Blood |
| B. | Lungs |
| C. | Heart |
| D. | Kidney |
| Answer» B. Lungs | |
| 357. |
The Panda belongs to the same family as that of |
| A. | Bear |
| B. | Cat |
| C. | Dog |
| D. | Rabbit |
| Answer» B. Cat | |
| 358. |
Numismatics is |
| A. | Study of coins |
| B. | Study of numbers |
| C. | Study of stamps |
| D. | Study of butterflies |
| Answer» B. Study of numbers | |
| 359. |
The disease diphtheria affects |
| A. | Lungs |
| B. | Intestine |
| C. | Throat |
| D. | Body joints |
| Answer» D. Body joints | |
| 360. |
Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet |
| A. | Mercury |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Neptune |
| Answer» D. Neptune | |
| 361. |
Vacuoles are bound by a definite membrane in plant cells called |
| A. | Plasma membrane |
| B. | Tonoplast |
| C. | Cell wall |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Cell wall | |
| 362. |
The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called |
| A. | Heat transfer |
| B. | Morphology |
| C. | Crystallography |
| D. | Cryogenics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 363. |
The cell that lacks a nucleus is |
| A. | Flame cell |
| B. | Spermatozoan |
| C. | Red blood corpuscles in man |
| D. | White blood corpuscles |
| Answer» D. White blood corpuscles | |
| 364. |
A cyclone is an engineering device that is used to |
| A. | Transport materials |
| B. | Segregate particles |
| C. | Control switching devices |
| D. | Model fractals |
| Answer» C. Control switching devices | |
| 365. |
Which of the following is primarily composed of calcium carbonate? |
| A. | Fish scales |
| B. | Shark teeth |
| C. | Oyster shells |
| D. | Whale bones |
| Answer» D. Whale bones | |
| 366. |
The fastest-running terrestrial animal is |
| A. | Cheetah |
| B. | Lion |
| C. | Man |
| D. | Jaguar |
| Answer» B. Lion | |
| 367. |
Which prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that something is the same, equal or constant? |
| A. | Iso |
| B. | Mega |
| C. | Meta |
| D. | Quasi |
| Answer» B. Mega | |
| 368. |
Pollination by birds is called |
| A. | Autogamy |
| B. | Ornithophily |
| C. | Entomophily |
| D. | Anemophily |
| Answer» C. Entomophily | |
| 369. |
The use of which of the following devices has given the modern biologist a better insight into the internal structure of cells |
| A. | Super computer |
| B. | Electron microscope |
| C. | Spectrophotometer |
| D. | Ultracentrifuge |
| Answer» C. Spectrophotometer | |
| 370. |
Cystitis is the infection of which of the following? |
| A. | Liver |
| B. | Urinary bladder |
| C. | Pancreas |
| D. | Lung |
| Answer» C. Pancreas | |
| 371. |
The vestiges of hind limbs are present in |
| A. | Cobra |
| B. | Sea snake |
| C. | Krait |
| D. | Python |
| Answer» E. | |
| 372. |
Yeast, used in making bread is a |
| A. | Fungus |
| B. | Plant |
| C. | Bacteria |
| D. | Seed |
| Answer» B. Plant | |
| 373. |
A gas used as a disinfectant in drinking water is |
| A. | Hydrogen |
| B. | Oxygen |
| C. | Fluorine |
| D. | Chlorine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 374. |
If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is called |
| A. | Malleable |
| B. | Ductile |
| C. | Extractive |
| D. | Tactile |
| Answer» C. Extractive | |
| 375. |
Which of the following is most likely to cause a rise in the average temperature of earth's atmosphere in future? |
| A. | Atomic warfare |
| B. | Co2 from fossil fuels |
| C. | Dust clouds from valcanoes |
| D. | Depletion of earth's ozone layer |
| Answer» C. Dust clouds from valcanoes | |
| 376. |
Which of the following elements is a metal |
| A. | S |
| B. | Se |
| C. | I |
| D. | Ga |
| Answer» B. Se | |
| 377. |
According to Avogadro's Hypothesis, the smallest particle of an element or a compound, that can exist independently, is called ____ |
| A. | A molecule |
| B. | A cation |
| C. | An anion |
| D. | An atom |
| Answer» B. A cation | |
| 378. |
The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it affects a community of people is called |
| A. | Epidemiology |
| B. | Oncology |
| C. | Paleontogy |
| D. | Pathology |
| Answer» B. Oncology | |
| 379. |
The dynamo is a device for converting |
| A. | Heat energy into electrical energy |
| B. | Mechanical energy into electrical energy |
| C. | Magnetic energy into electrical energy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Magnetic energy into electrical energy | |
| 380. |
Superconductivity is a material property associated with |
| A. | Cooling a substance without a phase change |
| B. | Frictionless liquid flow |
| C. | A loss of thermal resistance |
| D. | A loss of electrical resistance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 381. |
The marine animal called dugong which is vulnerable to extinction is a/an |
| A. | Amphibian |
| B. | Bony fish |
| C. | Shark |
| D. | Mammal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 382. |
The oxide of Nitrogen used in medicine as anaesthetic is |
| A. | Nitrogen dioxide |
| B. | Nitric oxide |
| C. | Nitrous oxide |
| D. | Nitrogen pentoxide |
| Answer» E. | |
| 383. |
Crude petroleum is refined by the use of |
| A. | Citric acid |
| B. | Sulphuric acid |
| C. | Hydrochloric acid |
| D. | Bleaching powder |
| Answer» C. Hydrochloric acid | |
| 384. |
Which of the following items will be attracted to the north pole of a permanent magnet by a magnet force? |
| A. | The north pole of another permanent magnet |
| B. | A piece of iron that is not a permanent magnet |
| C. | A positively charged glass rod |
| D. | A negatively charged rubber rod |
| Answer» C. A positively charged glass rod | |
| 385. |
The first effective vaccine against polio was prepared by- |
| A. | Jonas e. salk |
| B. | John h. gibbon |
| C. | James simpson |
| D. | Robert edward |
| Answer» B. John h. gibbon | |
| 386. |
Earth's seasons are caused by which of the following? |
| A. | The tilt of the earth's rotation relative to the ecliptic as earth revolves around the sun |
| B. | The varying amount of sunspot activity |
| C. | The earth's orbit around the sun as an exlipse rather than a circ |
| D. | The rotation of during a 24-hour day |
| Answer» B. The varying amount of sunspot activity | |
| 387. |
The disease not transmitted by house-fly is |
| A. | Cholera |
| B. | Dysentery |
| C. | Dengue fever |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 388. |
Study of butterfly is- |
| A. | Ichthyology |
| B. | Neonafology |
| C. | Lapidopterology |
| D. | Polynalogy |
| Answer» D. Polynalogy | |
| 389. |
Thermometer is related to degree in the same way as clock is related to |
| A. | Wall |
| B. | Tower |
| C. | Hour |
| D. | Cock |
| Answer» D. Cock | |
| 390. |
The gas predominantly responsible for global warning is |
| A. | Carbon dioxide |
| B. | Carbon monoxide |
| C. | Nitrous oxide |
| D. | Nitrogen peroxide |
| Answer» B. Carbon monoxide | |
| 391. |
Quinine is obtained from- |
| A. | Pappaver |
| B. | Canabies |
| C. | Cinchona |
| D. | Aconitum |
| Answer» D. Aconitum | |
| 392. |
Which one of the following is known as "Brown Coal"? |
| A. | Bituminous |
| B. | Anthracite |
| C. | Peat |
| D. | Lignite |
| Answer» E. | |
| 393. |
Yeast is an important source of- |
| A. | Vitamin c |
| B. | Protein |
| C. | Vitamin b |
| D. | Invertase |
| Answer» D. Invertase | |
| 394. |
Ampicillin is used as on |
| A. | Anti - inflammatory agent |
| B. | Anti - malarial drug |
| C. | Anti - cancer agent |
| D. | Antibiotic drug |
| Answer» E. | |
| 395. |
Bacteria was discovered first by- |
| A. | Leeuwenhook |
| B. | Robert hook |
| C. | Louis pasteur |
| D. | Robert koch |
| Answer» B. Robert hook | |
| 396. |
Rain drops are spherical due to |
| A. | Viscosity of water |
| B. | Surface tension |
| C. | Air friction |
| D. | Continuous evaporation |
| Answer» C. Air friction | |
| 397. |
Among the various allotropes of carbon |
| A. | Diamond is the hardest, lamp black is the softest |
| B. | Coke is the hardest, graphite is the softest |
| C. | Diamond is the hardest, coke is the softest |
| D. | Diamond is the hardest, graphite is the softest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 398. |
The gas used for artificial ripening of fruit is- |
| A. | Ether |
| B. | Ammonia |
| C. | Acetylene |
| D. | Ethylene |
| Answer» E. | |
| 399. |
Which one among the following food crops is not categorized under 'millets'? |
| A. | Ragi |
| B. | Wheat |
| C. | Bajra |
| D. | Jowar |
| Answer» C. Bajra | |
| 400. |
Pulse are rich in protein because of- |
| A. | Insectivorous habit |
| B. | Requiring high dose of nitrogen fertilizer |
| C. | Rhizobium |
| D. | Green manuring |
| Answer» D. Green manuring | |