General Science-99

       1.      Haemoglobin is a pigment present in:

a.        The plasma

b.      Red blood cells

c.       White blood cells

d.      Spleen

       2.      Which of the following processes liberates energy?

a.       Osmosis

b.      Symbiosis

c.       Photosynthesis

d.      Respiration

       3.      Diabetes can be controlled by the injection of:

a.       Penicillin

b.      Thyrosin

c.       Terramycin

d.      Insulin

       4.      Which one of the following cartilage helps in the easy birth of young ones without damage to pelvic girdle?

a.      Fibrous Cartilage

b.      Hyaline Cartilage

c.       Elastic Cartilage

d.      Non-elastic Cartilage

       5.      The ‘Universal Recipient’ Belongs to blood group:

a.       O

b.      A

c.       B

d.      AB

       6.      Antibiotics are:

a.       Anaesthetic substances

b.      Sleeping pills

c.       Special medicines used during surgical operations

d.      Drugs prepared from moulds and mould like organisms

       7.      Xerophytes are:

a.       Plant tissues which carry out transportation of water minerals and food from one part to another

b.      The plants adapted to grow in dry habitats\

c.       The male reproductive parts of the flower

d.      Organisms living on dead organic matter

       8.      Which of the following is natural resources?

a.       Tea

b.      Cooked Food

c.       Air

d.      Toffee

       9.      Inexhaustible natural resources in nature are

a.       Limited

b.      Unlimited

c.       Scarce

d.      Not present

      10.  Resources which are limited in nature are Known as

a.      Exhaustible

b.      Inexhaustible

c.       Unnatural

d.      None of these

       11.  Which of the following is an exhaustible natural resource?

a.       Air

b.      Water

c.       Soil

d.      Forest

      12.  Sunlight is _________natural resource

a.      Inexhaustible

b.      Exhaustible

c.       Both a & b

d.      None of these

       13.  Petroleum is ________natural resource

a.       Inexhaustible

b.      Exhaustible

c.       Both (a) & (b)

d.      None of these

       14.  Fossils are the

a.      Dead remains of living organism

b.      Coal mines

c.       Kind of natural resource

d.      Living beings

       15.  Physical space occupied by an organism (and also its functional role in a community) is called:

a.      Niche

b.      Microhabitat

c.       Macrohabitat

d.      Habitat

       16.  Animals: Cockroaches, scorpions, ants, lizards, mice: which share their abode are called:

a.       Opportunists

b.      Inquilines

c.       Domestic ants

d.      Households

       17.  Generally succession leads to a climax community composed of:

a.       Grasses

b.      Shrubs

c.       Herbaceous flora

d.      Trees

       18.  The effect of inter-specific competition on niches is to make them:

a.      Smaller

b.      Larger

c.       change location

d.      more triangular

       19.  The most effective defenses of plants against the herbivores are:

a.      Morphological

b.      Temporal

c.       Chemical

d.      Developmental

       20.  When an organism is benefitted without affecting the other the relationship is termed:

a.       Predation

b.      Parasitism

c.       Commensalism

d.      Symbiosis