1. Dry cells use as electrolyte ?

(1) Ammonium chloride

(2) Carbon
(3) Manganese dioxide
(4) Zinc
Correct Answere: Manganese dioxide
Show Answer
2. Ozone is ?
(1) Allotrope of oxygen
(2) Bleaching agent in presence of water
(3) Harmful to humans
(4) All of these
Correct Answere: Allotrope of oxygen
Show Answer
3. Potassium bromide is used in ?
(1) Common salt
(2) Gunpowder production
(3) Radio dating
(4) Photography
Correct Answere: Photography
Show Answer
4. The salt is produced when zinc reacts with sulphuric acid is ?
(1) Zinc chloride
(2) Zinc carbonate
(3) Zinc nitrate
(4) Zinc sulphate

Correct Answere: Zinc sulphate

Show Answer
5. PVC is used in plastic industry, the term PVC stands for ?
(1) Polyvinyl chloride
(2) Plyvinyl chlorobenzene
(3) Polyvinyl calcium
(4) Polyvinyl carbonate
Correct Answere: Polyvinyl chloride
Show Answer
6. The property of water which permits an insect to "walk" on water is ?
(1) Surface tension
(2) Tensile strength
(3) Turgor pressure
(4) Viscosity
Correct Answere: Surface tension
Show Answer
7. Which of the following is most abundant metal on earth ?
(1) Aluminium
(2) Iridium
(3) Iron
(4) Silver
Correct Answere: Aluminium
Show Answer
8. Which type of bond is present in Diamond ?
(1) Covalent
(2) Ionic

(3) Molecular
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Covalent
Show Answer
9. Which is the best conductor of electricity ?
(1) Aluminium
(2) Copper
(3) Silver
(4) Zinc
Correct Answere: Copper
Show Answer
10. The emerald is the green crystalline form of what common mineral ?
(1) Beryllium Aluminum slicate
(2) Copper assenate
(3) Copper acetate
(4) Copper silicate
Correct Answere: Beryllium Aluminum slicate
Show Answer
11. Which one of the following is used as an anti-freeze for the automobile engines ?
(1) Ethanol
(2) Ethylene glycol
(3) Methanol
(4) Propyl alcohol
Correct Answere: Ethylene glycol
Show Answer
12. Tetraethyl lead (TEL) is added to petrol to ?

(1) It acts as antifreezer

(2) It increases combustion
(3) Increase flash point
(4) To increase anti-Knocking rating
Correct Answere: To increase anti-Knocking rating
Show Answer
13. Which one of the following is non-metal but is not poor conductor of electricity ?
(1) Bromine
(2) Phosphorus
(3) Selenium
(4) Sulphur
Correct Answere: Selenium
Show Answer
14. Hardness of woods is due to the presence of ?
(1) Cellulose
(2) Magnin
(3) Lignin
(4) Xytene
Correct Answere: Lignin
Show Answer
15. What is the average length of life of Red Blood cells (RBCs) found in the blood
cells ?
(1) 40 days
(2) 120 days
(3) 40 years
(4) 100 years
Correct Answere: 120 days

Show Answer
16. What are the plants germinating on rocks, called ?
(1) Algae
(2) Ambriyophytes
(3) Fungi
(4) Lithophytes
Correct Answere: Lithophytes
Show Answer
17. Which cells are responsible for the making of urea from ammonia ?
(1) Heart cells
(2) Kidney cells
(3) Liver cells
(4) Stomach cells
Correct Answere: Liver cells
Show Answer
18. Minium cell size seen under light microscope is ?
(1) 1um
(2) 0.1um
(3) 0.5 um
(4) 0.25 um
Correct Answere: 0.25 um
Show Answer
19. Which of the following is incorrectly matched ?
(1) Blood Circulation-William Harvey
(2) Pencillin-Alexander Flemming
(3) Theory of Evolution-Charles Darwin

(4) Vaccination-Louis Pasteur

Correct Answere: Theory of Evolution-Charles Darwin
Show Answer
20. Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into ?
(1) Ammonia
(2) Free nitrogen
(3) Proteins
(4) Urea
Correct Answere: Free nitrogen
Show Answer
21. We lose consciousness if blood flows-to the brain is cut off for more than ?
(1) 2 sec
(2) 5 sec
(3) 15 to 20 sec
(4) 5 min
Correct Answere: 5 sec
Show Answer
22. The artificial kidney operates on the principle of ?
(1) Active transport
(2) Dialysis
(3) Diffusion
(4) Osmosis
Correct Answere: Dialysis
Show Answer
23. The excreta of lizards and birds contains a white component which is
chemically ?
(1) Creatinine

(2) Precipitated calcium

(3) Uric acid
(4) Urea
Correct Answere: Uric acid
Show Answer
24. Largest known bacterium is ?
(1) Bacillus baschiliin cockroach
(2) Bacillus buschili in man
(3) Epulopiscium fishelzoni
(4) Spirillum voluntans
Correct Answere: Spirillum voluntans
Show Answer
25. A mature living cell without a nucleus is ?
(1) Compantion cell
(2) Sieve rube
(3) Sieve cell
(4) Vessel
Correct Answere: Vessel
Show Answer
26. The powerhouse of a cell is the ?
(1) Chloroplast
(2) Golgi apparatus
(3) Mitochondria
(4) Plastid
Correct Answere: Mitochondria
Show Answer

27. Which of the following process does not requires oxygen ?

(1) Glycolysis
(2) Respiration
(3) Kerb cycle
(4) Photorespiration
Correct Answere: Glycolysis
Show Answer
28. The unicellular algae which is used in space porgramme to regulate the supply
of oxygen is ?
(1) Chlorella
(2) Codium
(3) Chlamydomonas
(4) Spirogyra
Correct Answere: Chlorella
Show Answer
29. The cause of tree shedding leaves in winter is ?
(1) The preparation of trees in England for winter snowfall
(2) The preparation of trees in India for summer heat
(3) The trees take rest after the activity of summer
(4) To prevent loss of water which becomes scarce
Correct Answere: The trees take rest after the activity of summer
Show Answer
30. Which is the most fast spreading disease ?
(1) Poliomyelites
(2) Plague
(3) Malaria
(4) Leprosy

Correct Answere: Plague

Show Answer
31. The gestation period of a cow is ?
(1) 150 Days
(2) 280 Days
(3) 300 Days
(4) 365 Days
Correct Answere: 280 Days
Show Answer
32. A bat is ?
(1) An amphibian
(2) A mammal
(3) A avian
(4) A reptile
Correct Answere: A mammal
Show Answer
33. Which of the following is used by green plants for the manufacture of sugar ?
(1) Carbon dioxide
(2) Sun light
(3) Water
(4) All of the above
Correct Answere: All of the above
Show Answer
34. Which gas is commonly used in balloons and airships ?
(1) Carbon dioxide
(2) Helium

(3) Hydrogen
(4) Hydrogen sulphide
Correct Answere: Helium
Show Answer
35. Cooking gas contains more than 90 per cant of this gas ?
(1) Hydrogen
(2) Helium
(3) Methane
(4) Sulphur dioxide
Correct Answere: Methane
Show Answer
36. Of all the gases present in the air, which one of the following is highest in
percentage ?
(1) Carbone dioxide
(2) Hydrogen
(3) Oxygen
(4) Nitrogen
Correct Answere: Nitrogen
Show Answer
37. Proteins are assembled from this acid ?
(1) Amino acid
(2) Formic acid
(3) Iodic acid
(4) Nitrous acid
Correct Answere: Amino acid
Show Answer

38. Of the following chemical compounds, which one may soon be used as a fuel for
driving vechicles ?
(1) Ethene
(2) Ethane
(3) Ethanol
(4) Ethylene
Correct Answere: Ethanol
Show Answer
39. Of the following gases, tell which one is used in the multicoloured display signs
seen at nights ?
(1) Argon
(2) Krypton
(3) Neon
(4) Xenon
Correct Answere: Neon
Show Answer
40. Of the following drinks, tell which one has the lowest alcohol contents ?
(1) Beer
(2) Gin
(3) Wine
(4) Vodka
Correct Answere: Vodka
Show Answer
41. Of the following drugs, which one is present in cola drinks ?
(1) Cocaine
(2) Caffeine
(3) Opium

(4) Valium
Correct Answere: Caffeine
Show Answer
42. Electric bulbs are filled with this gas ?
(1) Argon
(2) Carbon dioxide
(3) Oxygen
(4) Nitrogen
Correct Answere: Argon
Show Answer
43. Why does a liquid drop assuming a spherical shape ?
(1) Because a sphere has the least surface for a given volume
(2) Because a sphere has the largest surface for a given volume surface tension
(3) Because intermolecular force are weak in liquids
(4) Because intermolecular force are weak in liquids
Correct Answere: Because a sphere has the least surface for a given volume
Show Answer
44. Which of the following is used in a Reflecting Telescope ?
(1) Convex mirror
(2) Concave mirror
(3) Plane mirror
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Concave mirror
Show Answer
45. Archmedes was a ?
(1) British scientist

(2) Danish scientist

(3) Greek scientist mathematician
(4) Spanish scientist
Correct Answere: Greek scientist mathematician
Show Answer
46. After the name of which Indian scientist does the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR) awards every year prizes to scientists for their
outstanding contributions to sciences, engineering and technology ?
(1) J. C. Bose
(2) S. S. Bhatnagar
(3) Meghnad Saha
(4) T. R. Sheshadri
Correct Answere: S. S. Bhatnagar
Show Answer
47. Water-pipes burst in severe winter at hill stations because ?
(1) They contract on cooling
(2) Pipes expand on cooling
(3) Water in the pipe contracts on freezing
(4) Water in the pipe expands on freezing
Correct Answere: Water in the pipe expands on freezing
Show Answer
48. For being able to see three-dimensional pictures we have to use ?
(1) A binocular
(2) A camera
(3) An epidiascope
(4) A stereoscope
Correct Answere: A stereoscope

Show Answer
49. In the cold countries Ethylene Glycol is put in radiators of cars. This is done in
order to ?
(1) To reduce freezing point
(2) To make the water a good lubricant
(3) To reduce cooling
(4) Reduce specific heat of water
Correct Answere: To reduce freezing point
Show Answer
50. The density of sea water increases as ?
(1) Depth and salinity decrases
(2) Depth decrases and salinity increases
(3) Depth incrases and salinity decreases
(4) Depth and salinity increases
Correct Answere: Depth and salinity increases
Show Answer
51. While lifting a bucket of water from a well. We feel that the bucket ?
(1) Becomes lighter above the surface of water
(2) Becomes heavier above the surface of water
(3) Loses stability on coming out of the water
(4) Has gained mass on coming out of water
Correct Answere: Becomes heavier above the surface of water
Show Answer
52. At what height above earth geo-stationary satellites are "fixed" ?
(1) At the height of 36,000 km
(2) At the height of 3,600 km
(3) At the height of 36,000 m

(4) At the height of 10,000 km

Correct Answere: At the height of 36,000 km
Show Answer
53. The period of revolution of a geo-stationary satellite is ?
(1) 24 Hours
(2) 30 Days
(3) 365 Days
(4) Changing continuously
Correct Answere: 24 Hours
Show Answer
54. Seen through a mirror the arms of a clock show 9.30. What is the actual time ?
(1) 2.30
(2) 3.30
(3) 6.10
(4) 6.30
Correct Answere: 3.30
Show Answer
55. How many 100 watt bulbs may be safely used on 220 volts with five amperes
fuse ?
(1) 5
(2) 10
(3) 11
(4) 22
Correct Answere: 11
Show Answer
56. A train goes past a railway station at a high speed. A young boy standing on the
edge of the platform is likely to ?

(1) Remain unaffected

(2) Fall towards the train
(3) Fall away from the train
(4) Fall away from or towards the train depending on its speed
Correct Answere: Fall away from the train
Show Answer
57. A device used for measuring the depth of the sea is called ?
(1) Altimeter
(2) Fathometer
(3) Hydrometer
(4) Manometer
Correct Answere: Fathometer
Show Answer
58. When the speed of a body is doubled, its kinetic energy becomes ?
(1) Double
(2) Half
(3) Quadruple
(4) One-fourth
Correct Answere: Quadruple
Show Answer
59. Magnetism at the centre of a bar magnet is ?
(1) Minimum
(2) Maximum
(3) Minimum or maximum
(4) Zero
Correct Answere: Zero

Show Answer
60. An ordinary clock loses time during summer because the length of the
pendulum ?
(1) Increases and therefore the time-period increases
(2) Increases and therefore the time-period decreases
(3) Decreases and therefore the time-period increases
(4) Decreases and therefore the time-period decreases
Correct Answere: Increases and therefore the time-period increases
Show Answer
61. A fluorescent tube is preferred to an electric bulb because ?
(1) It has larger light emitting surface
(2) Its light is not harmful to the eyes
(3) In a tube, electrical energy is almost fully converted into light energy
(4) Voltage fluctuation do not affect it
Correct Answere: In a tube, electrical energy is almost fully converted into light
energy
Show Answer
62. In a barometer, mercury is preferred over water because ?
(1) Mercury has high density and low vapour pressure
(2) Mercury is available in pure form
(3) Mercury is a good conductor of heat
(4) Mercury is shining and therefore, its level can be read easily
Correct Answere: Mercury has high density and low vapour pressure
Show Answer
63. Sun spots are ?
(1) The mountains found on the surface of the sun
(2) The dark patches having less temperature than the normal surface

(3) Ionized gases found near the solar surface

(4) The magnetic storms on the surface of the sun
Correct Answere: The dark patches having less temperature than the normal
surface
Show Answer
64. The formation of VIBGYOR colours in soap film is a consequence of the
phenomenon of ?
(1) Interference
(2) Diffraction and dispersion
(3) Multiple refraction and dispersion
(4) Polarization
Correct Answere: Interference
Show Answer
65. The sun spots cause ?
(1) Aurora borealis and aurora australis
(2) Polar auroras
(3) Magnetic storms on the surface of the sun
(4) All of these
Correct Answere: All of these
Show Answer