General Science MCQ – Series 3

General Science MCQ Questions Answers – Practice Set Series 3

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1) The release of which one of the following into Ponds and wells helps in controlling mosquitoes ?

A. Crab
B. Gambusia Fisha
C. Dogfish
D. Snail

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Option – b)

2) Monazite is an ore of
A) titanium
b) zirconium
c) iron
d) thorium

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Option – d)

3) What is key ingredient of Vinegar that you use in diet ?
A. Acetic acid

B. Ascorbic acid

C. Benzoic Acid

D. Nicotinic Acid

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Option – c)


4) The most economical process of increasing the nutritive value of foodgrains is ?
A. Germination
B. Milling
C. Parboiling
D. Pearling


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Option – b)


5) One Joule is equal to

a) 105 ergs

b) 103 ergs

c) 107 ergs

d) 1011 ergs


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Option – c)


6) All Enzymes are actually ?

A. Protein

B. Carbohydrates

C. Fatty acids

D. Sterols

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Option – a)


7) Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of

a) neutron

b ) proton

c) deuteron

d) electron


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Option – a)


8) In India, the human organ transplantation act come into existence in ?


A. 1994

B. 1995

C. 1996

D. 1997


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Option – b)


9) Kilowatt is a unit to measure

a) work

b) power

c) electricity

d) current

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Option – b)


10) Which of the following is biodegradable?
A. D.D.T.
B. Paper
C. Plastic
D. Aluminium

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Option – b)


2) Non stick cooking utensils are coated with
a) Teflon
b) PVC
c) black paint
d) polystyrene

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Option – a)


11) The yellow color of Yolk is due to the presence of ?
A. Livetin

B. Phosphate

C. Riboflavin

D. Vitellin


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Option – c)

12) Marsh gas is
a) nitrogen

b) ethane

c) methane

d) hydrogen

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Option – c)


13) Who among the following received Nobel prize for unraveling the helical structure of
Protein ?

A. Linus pauling

B. Maurice Wilkins

C. Sanger

D. Watson and Crick

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Option – a)

14) The science dealing with Human variations and heredity leading to the improvement of
human race is known as ?

A. Eugenics

B. Genetics

C. Hybridization

D. Mutation

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Option – a)


15)How does common salt help in separating soap from the solution after saponification?

By decreasing density of Soap


By decreasing solubility of Soap


By increasing density of SoapBy increasing solubility of Soap

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Option – b)


16) Which variety of coal contains the highest percentage of carbon?

A. Anthracite

B. Peat

C. Bituminous

D. Lignite

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Option – a)


17) Who saw the cells for the first time in the thin slice of Cork using his crude
Mircoscope ?

A. August Weismann

B. Louis Pasteur

C. Robert Brown

D. Robert Hooke

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Option – d)

18) A chronometer measures

a) colour contrast

b) sound waves

c) time

d) water waves

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Option – c)


19) Which one of the following is used as antibacterial dye for skin infection ?

A. Barium

B. Cobalt

C. Gentian violet

D. Nicotinamide

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Option – c)


20) Where was India’s first computer installed?

A. Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta

B. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

C. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

D. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Delhi

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Option – a)