Explore topic-wise MCQs in Basic GK.

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51.

How does a red rose appear in green light?

A. yellow
B. Pink
C. Black
D. Red
Answer» D. Red
52.

By which device is the purity of milk measured?

A. manometer
B. Hydrometer
C. Lactometer
D. Fadometer
Answer» D. Fadometer
53.

The function of dynamo is?

A. Converting electrical energy into mechanical energy
B. Converting mechanical energy into electrical energy
C. Converting electrical energy into heat
D. None of these
Answer» C. Converting electrical energy into heat
54.

Who invented television?

A. J.R. L. Baird
B. Macmillan
C. James Watt
D. None of these
Answer» B. Macmillan
55.

What chemical substance is present in bones and teeth, what is it called?

A. calcium chloride
B. calcium borate
C. calcium phosphate
D. calcium sulfate
Answer» D. calcium sulfate
56.

What are the household appliances that damage the ozone layer?

A. Computer
B. Television
C. air conditioner
D. cooler
Answer» D. cooler
57.

Best conductor of heat is?

A. Silver
B. copper
C. gold
D. none of these
Answer» B. copper
58.

Which of the following liquids is a very good conductor of heat?

A. Ether
B. Benzene
C. mercury
D. water
Answer» D. water
59.

The change of state of matter from solid to liquid is called?

A. Evaporation
B. melting
C. boiling
D. none of these
Answer» C. boiling
60.

What is the process of making camphor vapor from solid camphor called?

A. sublimation
B. Evaporation
C. thaw
D. none of these
Answer» B. Evaporation
61.

The process of changing a liquid into vapor before its boiling point is called

A. Condensation
B. freezing
C. Evaporation
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
62.

The first law of thermodynamics is protected by?

A. Momentum
B. Energy
C. both energy and momentum
D. none of these
Answer» C. both energy and momentum
63.

If the temperature of a place increases suddenly, then what is the relative humidity?

A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains stationary
D. keeps on increasing
Answer» C. remains stationary
64.

The cell division which takes place without division into chromosomes is called?

A. Mitosis
B. mitosis
C. meiosis
D. sporogenesis
Answer» C. meiosis
65.

When bleaching powder is treated with carbon dioxide, then?

A. it absorbs the gas
B. chlorine gas is released
C. there is no reaction
D. calcium chloride is formed
Answer» C. there is no reaction
66.

Which metal does not react with copper sulfate solution?

A. Fe
B. Ag
C. Mg
D. Zn
Answer» C. Mg
67.

Who was the father of the Binomial Nomenclature of organisms?

A. Mendel
B. Linnaeus
C. Lamarck
D. Darwin
Answer» C. Lamarck
68.

Who discovered hydrogen?

A. Priestley
B. Boyle
C. Charles
D. Cavendish
Answer» E.
69.

Artificial fission of molecules was discovered by?

A. Dalton
B. Fermi
C. Rutherford
D. Madame Curie
Answer» C. Rutherford
70.

The unit of which quantity is taken from Ohm's law?

A. electric current
B. resistance
C. of potential difference
D. electric capacitance
Answer» C. of potential difference
71.

Who was the scientist who discovered the fact that the center of the planetary system is the Sun and not the Earth?

A. Copernicus
B. Kepler
C. Newton
D. Galileo
Answer» B. Kepler
72.

Who was the inventor of the mercury thermometer?

A. Edison
B. Fahrenheit
C. Galileo
D. Hicks
Answer» C. Galileo
73.

Who discovered 'Streptomycin'?

A. Waxman
B. Rutherford
C. Bushwell
D. none of these
Answer» B. Rutherford
74.

America was discovered by?

A. Vasco da Gama
B. Columbus
C. Marconi
D. none of these
Answer» C. Marconi
75.

Who invented the bulb?

A. Rutherford
B. Fleming
C. Edison
D. Ohm
Answer» D. Ohm
76.

Who invented the space telescope?

A. Galileo
B. Village bull
C. Kepler
D. none of the above
Answer» E.
77.

Ptolemy's theory of the earth is that?

A. Earth is the center of the universe and the Sun revolves around it
B. Earth is not the center of the universe and the Sun does not revolve around it
C. Earth rotates as well as rotates
D. Earth is a satellite of the Sun
Answer» B. Earth is not the center of the universe and the Sun does not revolve around it
78.

What is the unit of light year?

A. time
B. intensity of light
C. distance
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
79.

Smallpox vaccine was invented by?

A. Priestley
B. Ruffetin
C. Edward Jenner
D. Lloyd
Answer» D. Lloyd
80.

Penicillin was invented by?

A. Alexander Fleming
B. Harvard
C. Hanson
D. Robert Koch
Answer» B. Harvard
81.

Which of the following scientist discovered the principles of heredity?

A. Darwin
B. Mendel
C. DeVries
D. Lamarck
Answer» C. DeVries
82.

What is the unit of Volt?

A. electric current
B. resistance
C. of potential difference
D. of specific resistance
Answer» D. of specific resistance
83.

With which invention is Atohan related?

A. artificial radioactivity
B. Nuclear Fusion
C. nuclear fission
D. Relativistic Theory
Answer» D. Relativistic Theory
84.

Who invented the miner's safety lamp?

A. Edison
B. Humphrey Davy
C. Richard Arkwright
D. Faraday
Answer» C. Richard Arkwright
85.

Who invented the electronic computer?

A. Pascal
B. J. P. Eckert
C. Charles Babbage
D. Kalydar. shesath
Answer» C. Charles Babbage
86.

Who invented the fountain pan?

A. Watermen
B. Gillette
C. Faraday
D. Lead Steiner
Answer» B. Gillette
87.

D.N.A. Who had discovered it?

A. Prof. Chandrashekhar
B. Watson and Creek
C. Dalton
D. Khurana
Answer» D. Khurana
88.

Who invented the writing system for the blind to read?

A. Madame Curie
B. Einstein
C. Louis Braille
D. Archimedes
Answer» D. Archimedes
89.

What is the unit of power?

A. Newton
B. Watt
C. Joule
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
90.

What species are found abundantly in ecotone, what is called?

A. Edge species
B. Keystone species
C. Endemic species
D. Foster species
Answer» B. Keystone species
91.

Who propounded the term ecology?

A. Charles Darwin
B. Robert Whitaker
C. Arthur Tansley
D. Ernest Hackle
Answer» E.
92.

Which government has launched 'Mo Sarkar' campaign?

A. West Bengal
B. Tripura
C. Nagaland
D. Odisha
Answer» E.
93.

Which of the following multilateral conference is meant to protect human health and the environment from sustainable organic pollutants?

A. bone conference
B. Stockholm Conference
C. Rotterdam Conference
D. Basel Conference
Answer» C. Rotterdam Conference
94.

Which of the following disease reduces the age of laborers working in coal mine and that disease is called Black Lung disease?

A. Clomgolanosis
B. progressive massive fibrosis
C. mesothelioma
D. None of these
Answer» B. progressive massive fibrosis
95.

Which award is given to those who show indomitable courage in the field of wildlife conservation?

A. Indira Gandhi Environment Award
B. Medini Award Scheme
C. Amrita Devi Bishnoi Award
D. Pitambar Pant National Award
Answer» D. Pitambar Pant National Award
96.

Where is Dachigam National Park?

A. Jammu Kashmir
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Uttarakhand
D. Punjab
Answer» B. Himachal Pradesh
97.

In which unit is the thickness of the stratospheric ozone gas layer measured?

A. Caverts
B. Dobson unit
C. Melsen Unit
D. None of these
Answer» C. Melsen Unit
98.

From which source is the list of countries emitting carbon dioxide based on carbon dioxide emissions?

A. Burning of fossil fuels
B. Cement Industry
C. Both of the above
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
99.

The most commonly found green house gas in the world is: -

A. carbon dioxide
B. Water vapor
C. Sulfur Dioxide
D. ozone
Answer» C. Sulfur Dioxide
100.

The Cartagena protocol is about safe use, transfer and handling?

A. nuclear waste
B. invasive alien species
C. Modified Living Organisms (LMO)
D. None of these
Answer» C. Modified Living Organisms (LMO)