General Science Previous Year Question & Answers

1. Anatomy is a branch of Science which deals with:

A. Structure of animals and plants

B. Functioning of body organs

C. Animal behaviour

D. Cells and tissues

Ans. A

2. Oncology is the study of:

A. Birds

B. Cancer

C. Mammals

D. Soil

Ans. B

3. Numismatics is the study of:

A. Coins

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B. Numbers

C. Stamps

D. Space

Ans. A

4. Eugenics is the study of:

A. Different races of mankind

B. Genetics of plants

C. People of European region

D. Altering human beings by changing their genetic components.

Ans. D

5. Ornithology is the:

A. Study of plants

B. Study of bones

C. Study of noise

D. Study of birds

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Ans. D

6. Epidemiology is the study of:

A. Endodermis disease

B. Dermis disease

C. Epidemic disease

D. None of the above

Ans. C

7. The energy of food is measured in:

A. Calories

B. Celsius

C. Kelvin

D. None of the above

Ans. A

8. Name the instrument that is used to measure Relative Humidity?

A. Hygrometer

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B. Hydrometer

C. Barometer

D. Mercury Thermometer

Ans. A

9. Name an instrument which is used to measure the Density of milk?

A. Lactometer

B. Hydrometer

C. Barometer

D. Hygrometer

Ans. A

10. Name an instrument used to measure electric resistance?

A. Ohmmeter

B. Electrometer

C. Galvanometer

D. Spectrometer

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Ans. A

11. Which of the following is the first calculating device?

A. Abacus

B. Calculator

C. Turing Machine

D. Pascaline

Ans: A

12. Who invented mechanical calculator called Pascaline?

A. Charles Babbage

B. Blaise Pascal

C. Alan Turing

D. Lee De Forest

Ans: B

13. Who among the following considered as the 'father of artificial intelligence'?

A. Charles Babbage

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B. Lee De Forest

C. John McCarthy

D. JP Eckert

Ans: C

14. Which was the world's first successful electronic computer?

A. PARAM

B. CRAY-1

C. Pascaline

D. ENIAC electronic Numerical Integrator and computer

Ans: D

15. Who among the following used the term computer worm for the first time?

A. John Brunner

B. Alan Turing

C. John McCarthy

D. JP Eckert

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Ans: A

16. Which was first virus detected on ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet in the

early 1970s?

A. Exe Flie

B. Creeper Virus

C. Peeper Virus

D. Trozen horse

Ans: B

17. Find out the correct definition of Wide Area Network (WAN)?

A. It is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the

computer.

B. It is a collection of computers interconnected with each other through cables to

share their data, information and other common hardware resources.

C. A computer network that covers a broad area (i.e., any network, whose

communications links cross metropolitan, regional or national boundaries).

D. A computer network covering a small physical area like a home, office or small

groups of buildings, such as a school or an airport.

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Ans: C

18. Select the example of application software of computer:

A. Ms Word

B. Ms Excel

C. Both A and B

D. MS-DOS

Ans: C

19. Which of the following is also called translator?

A. Data representation

B. MS-DOS

C. Operating System

D. Language Processor

Ans: D

20. How the quality of printer is measured?

A. Alphabet per strike

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B. Words per Inch

C. Strike per Inch

D. Dots per Inch

Ans: D

21. Anatomy is a branch of Science which deals with:

A. Structure of animals and plants

B. Functioning of body organs

C. Animal behaviour

D. Cells and tissues

Ans. A

22. Oncology is the study of:

A. Birds

B. Cancer

C. Mammals

D. Soil

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Ans. B

23. Numismatics is the study of:

A. Coins

B. Numbers

C. Stamps

D. Space

Ans. A

24. Eugenics is the study of:

A. Different races of mankind

B. Genetics of plants

C. People of European region

D. Altering human beings by changing their genetic components.

Ans. D

25. Ornithology is the:

A. Study of plants

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B. Study of bones

C. Study of noise

D. Study of birds

Ans. D

26. Epidemiology is the study of:

A. Endodermis disease

B. Dermis disease

C. Epidemic disease

D. None of the above

Ans. C

27. The energy of food is measured in:

A. Calories

B. Celsius

C. Kelvin

D. None of the above

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Ans. A

28. Name the instrument that is used to measure Relative Humidity?

A. Hygrometer

B. Hydrometer

C. Barometer

D. Mercury Thermometer

Ans. A

29. Name an instrument which is used to measure the Density of milk?

A. Lactometer

B. Hydrometer

C. Barometer

D. Hygrometer

Ans. A

30. Name an instrument used to measure electric resistance?

A. Ohmmeter

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B. Electrometer

C. Galvanometer

D. Spectrometer

Ans. A

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