GK ( General Science 2 )

Author : Nirmal Dogra

For TCYonline.com
Q-1 At which temperature the Celsius scale and the Fahrenheit scale show equal reading

(a) 200 (b) -200

(c) – 400 (d) 40

Q-2 Thermostats maintain a steady temperature they are used in

(a) Automatic electric irons (b) Refrigerator

(c) ovens (d) all the above

Q-3 Drinks kept in a vacuum flask remain hot or cold for a long time because

(a) both walls are silvered (b) there is vacuum between double walls

(c) the cork is a poor conductor (d) all the above

Q-4 When ice just melts

(a) there is no change in volume (b) there is no change in temperature

(c) there is no change in state (d) none of the above

Q-5 When we are sweating we feel comfortable under a fan because

(a) air circulated by fan is cool (b) air takes heat from our body

(c) air evaporates the sweat6 on our skin (d) none of the above

Q-6 Which line on a ship indicates the greatest admissible limit of submergence

(a) Plimsoll line (b) Radanio line

(c) Haddock line (d) none of the above

Q-7 The speed of sound is

(a) 3 x 108 m/s (b) 331 mt/s

 (c) 1450 m/s (d) 5000 m/s

Q-8 Leap year is a in which

` (a) the earth undergoes two solar eclipse (b) the month of August and December have 31

days

(c) the month of February has 29 days (d) none of the above

Q-9 The type of rear view mirror in a car is

(a) Concave (b) Parabolic

(c) Plain (d) Convex

Q-10 The mirage is a phenomenon

(a) generally considered a desert happening

(b) caused by unequal heating of layers of atmosphere

(c) due to phenomena of total internal reflection

(d) all the above

Q-11 Submarines use

(a) Telescope (b) Periscope

(c) Microscope (d) none of the above ]

Q-12 Primary colours are

(a) Red , green blue

(b) Colours of a rainbow

(b) colours which cannot be produced by mixing other colours

(c) Both (a) & (c)

Q-13 CNG stands for

(a) compressed nitrogen (b) compressed natural gas

 (c) commission for natural gas (d) computer network guideline

Q-14 Light from the sun reaches the earth in

(a) 10 minutes (b) 8 minutes

(c) 4.3 years (d) 1 minutes

Q-15 The audible range of a normal human ear is

(a) 10,000 to 20,000 Hz (b) 50 to 50,000 Hz

(c) 20 to 20,000 Hz (d) 15 to 15,000 Hz

Q-16 Echoes are produced by

(a) reflection of sound waves (b) dispersion of sound waves

(c) refraction of sound waves (d) none of the above

Q-17 At a particular speed a bus starts vibrating violently due to the phenomenon of

(a) Pitch (b) Resonance

(c) Rumbling (d) None of the above ]

Q-18 Gold contains a metallic element and this element is called

(a) nife – 187 (b) coral – 187

(c) uranium – 187 (d) rhenium – 187

Q-19 At low temperature approaching absolute zero some substances lose their resistance then they

become

(a) Semi – conductor (b) Super – conductor

(c) Insulators (d) none of the above

Q-20 Which of the following revolve around the nucleus of an atom

(a) Proton (b) Neutron

(c) Electron (d) None of the above

Q-21 X – Rays were discovered by

(a) W.D Coolidge (b) Wilhelm Rontengen

(c) Weston (d) None of the above

Q-22 Credit for starting space research in India goes to

(a) H.J Bhabha (b) Vikram Sarabhai

(c) C.V . Raman (d) J.L Nehru

Q-23 Milky way is

(a) Space cloud (b) Galaxy

(b) Galaxy which includes the sun (d) Constellation

Q-24` Heiley comet appears once in

(a) 40 years (b) 50 years

(c) 76 years (d) 86 years

Q-25 The first nuclear device was exploded by India scientists

(a) Thumba (b) Pokharan

(c) Kalpakkam (d) None of the above

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