General Science-76

            1.       Pollination by birds is called:

a.       Autogamy

b.      Ornithophily

a.       entomophily

b.      anemophily

                  2.       Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth?

a.       Six

b.      Eight

c.       Four

d.      Twelve

                  3.       The fastest-running terrestrial animal is:

a.       Lion

b.      Jaguar

c.       Panther

d.      Cheetah

                4.       What wonder drug was used for three years by the Army and Navy before becoming available to                  the general public in 1944?

a.       Disprin

b.      Morphin

c.       Penicillin

d.      Peracetamol

                 5.     Which among the following is the Saltiest Sea in the world?

a.       Caspian Sea

b.      Meditation Sea

c.       Dead Sea

d.      Red Sea 

                  6.      As you go down into a well, your weight:

a.       Remains Same

b.      Increases Slightly

c.       Decreases Slightly

d.      Become half

                  7.      What mammal lays eggs?

a.       Whale

b.      Penguin

c.       Platypus

d.      None of these

                  8.      Linseed oil comes from what plant?

a.       Cotton

b.      Sunflower

c.       Flax

d.      Cinchona

                  9.      Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to make 1 pound of                                     honeycomb?

a.       10 thousand

b.      2 million

c.       20 million

d.      50 million

                 10.  Albacore is a type of:

a.       Shell-fish

b.      Tuna

c.       Marble

d.      Meteoroid

                  11.  The only species of cat that lives and hunts in groups is:

a.      Lion

b.      Leopard

c.       Jaguar

d.      Cougar

                  12.  What is the another name for the Paleolithic Age?

a.       Ice Age

b.      Stone Age

c.       Gold Age

d.      Iron Age

                  13.  How many time zones are there on Earth?

a.       10

b.      45

c.       90

d.      24

                 14.  What yellow metal is an alloy of copper and zinc?

a.       Bronze

b.      Brass

c.       Fool’s Gold

d.      None of these

                 15.  What is the name given to the process, discovered by Goodyear, of adding sulfur to heated                            rubber?

a.       Sulphonification

b.      Pasteurization

c.       Galvanization

d.      Vulcanization

                 16.  What element, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid silver", has been found in Egyptian                  tombs from 1500 B.C.?

a.       Plutonium

b.      Cadmium

c.       Mercury

d.      Titanium

                  17.  Table sugar, from sugar cane or beet, is what type of sugar?

a.       Fructose

b.      Sucrose

c.       Glucose

d.      Maltose

                  18.  The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called:

a.       Heat Transfer

b.      Morphology

c.       Crystallography

d.      Cryogenics

                  19.  The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it affects a                             community of people is called:

a.      Epidemiology

b.      Oncology

c.       Paleontogy

d.      Pathology

                 20.  The study of how people use tools to perform work and how people physically relate to their                         working environment is called:

a.       Engineering

b.      Physiology

c.       Agronomy

d.      Ergonomics