Science-General Knowledge Questions, Quiz
Q16. What is the average fat content of "Buffalo milk"
(a) 6%
(b) 7.2%
(c) 9.3%
(d) 10.8%
Answer: (b) 7.2%
Q17. Which one of the following fuels causes minimum environmental pollution
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Coal
(c) Kerosene
(d) Diesel
Answer: (a) Hydrogen
Q18. Which one of the following types of glasses can cut-off ultraviolet rays
(a) Soda glass
(b) Pyrex glass
(c) Jena glass
(d) Croobes glass
Answer: (d) Croobes glass
Q19. Which one is the major component of honey is
(a) Glucose
(b) Sucrose
(c) Maltose
(d) Fructose
Answer: (d) Fructose
Q20. Which part of the eye can be transplanted
(a) Iris
(b) Lens
(c) Cornea
(d) Retina
Answer: (c) Cornea
Q21. When ants bite, they inject
(a) Glacial acetic acid
(b) Methanol
(c) Formic acid
(d) Stearic acid
Answer: (c) Formic acid
Q22. Which one is a good source of Vitamin D
(a) Moisture
(b) Sunlight
(c) Pure oxygen
(d) Pure sulphur dioxide
Answer: (b) Sunlight
Q23. The bleaching action of chlorine occurs in the presence of
(a) Gracilaria
(b) Laminaria
(c) Oedogonium
(d) Spirogyra
Answer: (b) Laminaria
Q24. Freons cause great environmental damage. They are
(a) Mixed carbon gases
(b) Mixed chlorofluoro-hydrocarbons
(c) Mixed sulphur gases
(d) Free gases
Answer: (b) Mixed chlorofluoro-hydrocarbons
Q25. Hemorrhagic dengue fever is spread by
(a) Aedes fluviatilis
(b) Aedes albimenus
(c) Aedes aegyptii
(d) Aedes meristica
Answer: (c) Aedes aegyptii
Q26. What is the name given to forces that shape and reshape the earth's crust
(a) Diastrophic
(b) Exogenetic
(c) Erosion
(d) Tectonic
Answer: (a) Diastrophic
Q27. Which term is used for the imaginary lines joining the places of equal rainfall
(a) Isochrome
(b) Isohyet
(c) Isoseismal
(d) Isoneph
Answer: (b) Isohyet
Q28. Human eye is sensitive to wavelength in the range of
(a) 300-390 nm
(b) 300-360 nm
(c) 380-760 nm
(d) 790-800 nm
Answer: (c) 380-760 nm
Q29. Mycobacterium Indicus Pranii is a vaccine recently developed against
(a) Leprosy
(b) Brain Fever
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Measles
Answer: (a) Leprosy
Q30. Who is known as father of GIS
(a) Jack Dangermond
(b) Ian McHarg
(c) Roger Tomlinson
(d) John Snow
Answer: (c) Roger Tomlinson
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