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6. Air is a/an
(A) Compound
(B) Element
(C) Mixture
(D) Electrolyte
17. Which of the following is used in beauty parlours for hair setting ?
(A) Phosphorus
(B) Sulphur
(C) Chlorine
(D) Silicon
18. Which of the following is a non-metal that remains liquid in room temperature ?
(A) Bromine
(B) Chlorine
(C) Helium
(D) Phosphorus
21. Which of the following is used as a material for making protective windows in space probes
?
(A) Steel
(B) Graphite
(C) Tungsten
(D) Diamond
25. Which of the following metals forms an amalgum with other metals ?
(A) Lead
(B) Tin
(C) Zinc
(D) Mercury
Answers:
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (D)
13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (D) 21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25.
(D)
3. Bromine is
9. Which of the following substance is a bad conductor of electricity but a good conductor of
heat?
(A) Asbestos
(B) Celluloid
10. Carborandum is
(A) Silicon Dioxide
(B) Silicon Carbide
(C) Silicon Nitride
(D) Silicon Phosphide
15. The two elements that are frequently used for making transistors are
(A) Boron and Aluminium
(B) Silicon and Germenium
(C) Iridium and Tungsten
(D) Niobium and Columbium
Answers:
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (D) 12. (C)
13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (C)
9. Permanent hardness of water, due to sulphates of the metal, can be destroyed by the use of
(A) Nitrates
(B) Zeolites
(C) Sulphonates
(D) None of these
10. Rust is
(A) A mixture of Fe2O3 and Fe(OH)2
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(B) A mixture of FeO and Fe(OH)2
(C) FeO only
(D) A mixture of Fe2O3, 3H2O and FeO
16. Of the following metals, which one pollutes the air of a big city ?
(A) Copper
(B) Cadmium
(C) Lead
(D) Chromium
21. The presence of which of the following salts in water causes corrosion in steam boilers ?
(A) Sodium Chloride
(B) Magnesium Chloride
(C) Calcium bicarbonate
(D) Potassium bicarbonate
Answers:
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (D) 11. (C) 12. (D)
13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25.
(B)
8. Of the various forms of carbon, which one is used for absorption purpose ?
(A) Diamond
(B) Graphite
(C) Coke
(D) Wood Charcoal
10. An element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially is
(A) Thorium
(B) Radium
(C) Plutonium
(D) Uranium
11. The inert gas which is substituted for nitrogen in the air, used by deep sea drivers for
breathing is
(A) Helium
(B) Argon
(C) Krypton
(D) Xenon
16. The property of a substance to absorb moisture from the air on exposure is called
(A) Osmosis
(B) Desiccation
(C) Efflorescence
(D) Deliquescene
17. Brass gets discoloured in air due to the presence of which gas in air
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Oxygen
(C) Hydrogen Sulphide
(D) Nitrogen
Answers:
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (D)6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (D)
13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (B) 21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (D) 25.
(C)
3. Which radioactive pollutant has recently drawn the attention of the public due to its occurance
in the building materials ?
(A) Radium
(B) Radon
(C) Thorium
(D) Plutonium
10. What is increasing order of the wave lengths of the following colours
1. Orange
2. Indigo
3. Yellow
4. Violet
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 3, 4, 1, 2
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1
(D) 4, 2, 3, 1
15. Who suggested that the most of the mass of atom is located in nucleus ?
(A) Bohr
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(B) Thomson
(C) Rutherford
(D) Avogadro
17. An atom of an element with mass number 23 and atomic number 11 will have
(A) 11 neutrons, 12 protons and 11 electrons
(B) 11 protons, 12 neutrons and 11 electrons
(C) 11 protons, 12 electrons and 11 neutrons
(D) 23 protons and 11 electrons
22. According to Daltons atomic theory the smallest particle which can exist independently is
(A) An atom
(B) A molecule
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(C) A cation
(D) An anion
Answers:
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (D) 12. (C)
13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25.
(A)
3. Which of the following is used for removing air bubbles from glass during its manufacture ?
6. Rayon is chemically
(A) Glucose
(B) Amylase
(C) Cellulose
(D) Peptin
10. Which is/ are the important raw materials in cement industry ?
(A) Limestone
(B) Gypsum & Clay
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(C) Clay
(D) Limestone & Clay
12. Which of the following fibres is generally preferred for making gauze and lint ?
(A) Cotton
(B) Rayon
(C) Nylon
(D) Terylene
24. Carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher should not be used in closed room because it produces
poisonous glass called
(A) Carbon Monoxide
(B) Phosphine
(C) Phosgene
(D) None of these
Answers:
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (D) 11. (C) 12. (B)
13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (B) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (D) 25.
(D)
9. Photosynthesis is
(A) An exothermic process
(B) An endothermic process
(C) A neutral process
(D) A thermostatic process
16. Which of the following metals can displace hydrogen from dilute acids ?
(A) Zinc
(B) Gold
(C) Copper
(D) Silver
19. Which of the following gases is obtained by the reaction of water with Calcium Carbide ?
(A) Acetylene
(B) Ethylene
(C) Methane
(D) Water gas
20. The gas liberated during the reaction of copper with dilute nitric acid is
(A) NO2
(B) N2O5
(C) O2
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(D) NO
24. Which of the following metals can displace zinc from a solution of zinc sulphate ?
(A) Lead
(B) Magnetism
(C) Iron
(D) Mercury
Answers:
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (B)
13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (D) 19. (C) 20. (D) 21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25.
(A)
3. Hydrometer is an instrument
(A) For measuring sound in water
(B) To detect the presence of hydrogen in the atmosphere
(C) For measuring the specific gravity of liquids
(D) To detect the changes in atmospheric humidity
5. A chronometer measures
(A) Sound waves
(B) Time
(C) Water waves
(D) Colour contrast
11. Coenzyme is
(A) always protein
(B) often metal
(C) always inorganic compound
(D) often a vitamin
18. The vitamin which can be synthesized in the gut by bacterial action is
(A) vitamin B1
(B) vitmain B2
(C) vitmain B12
(D) All above
Answers:
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (D) 12. (C)
13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (B) 21. (D) 22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25.
(D)
3. Artificial rain is caused by spraying small pellets of which of the following over clouds ?
(A) Ice
(B) Dry Ice
(C) NaOH
(D) NH4Cl
4. Galvanisation is deposition of
5. Equal volumes of different gases at any definite temperature and pressure have
(A) Equal weights
(B) equal masses
(C) equal density
(D) equal no. of molecules
6. Milk is an example of
(A) suspension
(B) true solution
(C) emulsion
(D) gel
9. Cholera is caused by
(A) vibrio cholerae
(B) salmonella
(C) bacterioceoccurs
(D) None of these
15. Ethyl-alcohol is mixed completely with water. How ethyl alcohol is separated from the
mixture ?
(A) by separation flannel
(B) by evaporation
(C) partial-distillation
(D) evaporation of water
21. Photo-synthesis is a/ an
(A) exothermic process
(B) endothermic process
(C) a neutral process
(D) a thermostatic process
Answers:
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (D)
21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (A)
5. A Vitamin, the absence of which leads to sterility in both males and females is
(A) Vitamin K
(B) Vitamin C or ascorbic acid
(C) Vitamin D or calciferol
(D) Vitamin E or tocopherol
8. Blood does not coagulate inside the body due to the presence of
(A) haemoglobin
(B) heparin
(C) fibrin
(D) plasma
11. Vulcanisation is a
(A) Science of studying volcanoes
(B) method of degrade polymers
(C) Process connected with the making of voltaic cells
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(D) Process of hardening of rubber by heating it with sulphur.
13. Which of the following gases is obtained by the reaction of water with calcium carbide
(A) Acetylene
(B) Ethylene
(C) Methane
(D) Water gas
14. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of
(A) oxidation
(B) hydrogenation
(C) distillation
(D) crystalisation
20. The hydrogenation of the vegetables oils takes place in the presence of finely divided
(A) aluminium
(B) charcoal
(C) silica
(D) nickel
21. In which of the following processes light energy is converted into chemical energy ?
(A) Respiration
(B) Fermentation
(C) Photosynthesis
(D) Photorespiration
901. Physical space occupied by an organism (and also its functional role in a community) is
called:
A. Niche
B. Microhabitat
C. Macrohabitat
D. Habitat
902. Animals: Cockroaches, scorpions, ants, lizards, mice: which share their abode are called:
A. Opportunists
B. Inquilines
C. Domestic ants
D. Households
A. Grasses
B. Shrubs
C. Herbaceous flora
D. Trees
A. smaller
B. larger
C. change location
D. more triangular
905. The most effective defenses of plants against the herbivores are:
C. Chemical D. Developmental
906. When an organism is benefitted without affecting the other the relationship is termed:
A. predation
B. parasitism
C. commensalism
D. symbiosis
907. A flowering plant and the animal that pollinates it are examples of:
A. Parasitism
B. Mutualism
C. Interspecific competition
D. Commensalism
908. Animals which can tolerate only a narrow range of salinity are said to be:
A. Euryhaline
B. Stenohaline
C. Catadromous
D. Anadromous
A. Scavenging
B. Competition
C. Amensalism
C. is highly specialized
A. Air pollution
B. Water pollution
C. Xerophytic succession
D. Mesophytic succession
912. In commensalism:
915. The individuals in the uppermost ring pyramid represent the one with:
A. maximum number
B. maximum biomass
D. minimum biomass
A. Glochidium larva
B. Tapeworm
C. Entamoeba histolytica
D. Entamoeba gingivalis
917. An association of a small fish (Fierasfer inhabiting in the cloaca of sea cucumber is an
example of:
A. amensalism
B. parasitism
C. mutualism
D. commensalism
918. The animals which preys the other living species is known as:
A. predator
B. cannibalistic
C. primary consumer
D. parasite
A. Biotic community
B. Population
C. Herd
D. Family
920. A direct food relation between two species of animals in which one animal kills and feed on
another is referred to as:
A. Predation
B. Parasitism
C. Symbiosis
921. An association of two species where one is benefitted and other remains unaffected or
unharmed, it is called:
A. Symbiosis
B. Parasitism
C. Predation
D. Commensalism
922. An association of two species of organisms in which both the partners derive benefit from
each other is called:
A. Mutualism
B. Commensalism
C. Competition
D. Parasitism
923. An association between a sea anemone Adamsia, and a hermit crab living in a gastropod
shell is:
A. Protocooperation
B. Commensalism
C. Mutualism
D. Amensalism
925. The transition zone where two different types of communities meet is called:
A. ecotype
B. ecoline
D. ecosystem
D. becoming conspicuous
927. Generally the time taken for a secondary succession to reach climax stage is:
A. Interaction
B. Co-existence
C. Helotism
D. Dominance by some
A. Species
B. Genus
C. Colony
D. Community
930. What could be the meeting point of biological and ecological hierarchies?
A. Organism
B. Population
C. Family
D. Genus
A. Aerophytes
C. Halophytes
D. Lithophytes
D. Web of life
A. Lithophytes
B. Ermophytes
C. Chasmophytes
D. Psammophytes
934. One of the following relationships is useful to one organism and of no significance to other:
A. Commensalism
B. Parasitism
C. Mutualism
D. Amensalism
A. Symbiosis
B. Mutualism
C. Parasitism
D. Commensalism
A. Food webs
B. Food chains
D. Interacting population
A. Primary succession
B. Secondary succession
A. Most nematodes
B. Most weeds
C. Most pathogens
D. Fungal pathogens
939. Relationship between water-fern Azolla and nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena is:
A. Parasitic
B. Symbiotic
C. Predation
D. Competition
B. Niche specialisation
C. Inter-specific competition
941. The relationship between one species and another within a community that has evolved
through interactions is based upon:
A. Fungivorous
B. Herbivores
C. Carnivorous
D. bed rock
944. Information of birth rate, death rate, ex ratio, age distribution of population can be got
from:
A. Nasality table
B. Mortality table
D. Life table
945. In a population where competition between individuals is severe than the distribution is
said to be:
A. Random
B. Uniform
C. Regular
D. Non-random
A. Grasses
B. Shrubs
C. Herbaceous
A. Permanent parasite
B. Endoparasites
C. Intermittent parasites
D. Hemiparasites
A. Community
B. Genus
C. Species
D. Population
949. A prey population can weaken the search image of its predator by being:
A. polymorphic
B. conspicuous
A. smaller
B. larger
C. change location
D. more triangular
Answers:
901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910
A B D A A C B B D D
911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920
921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930
D A B C C C A A A A
931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940
D C C A C D A A B D
941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950
D B C D A D C A C A
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1. The word 'science' comes from the latin word 'scientia' means 'to know'
2. Thermodynamics deals with heat transfer and the conversion of heat to useful
work through physical movement or chemical reaction
3. Acoustics is study of sound waves
4. Basic natural Forces are four in number .Gravitaional Force,
Electromagnetic Force, Weak Nuclear force and strong nuclear force
5. Quantum physics studies about the structure and behaviour of atoms.
6. Biophysics studies about the physics of living organisms
7. Chemistry is divided in to two - Inorganic and organic chemistry
8. Inorganic Chemistry is the study of the preparation, properties and reactions
of all chemical elements and their compounds, except those contain carbon.
(However some simple carbon compounds such as carbonates, carbides and
carbon oxides come under inorganic chemistry.
9. Organic Chemistry studies relation of carbon compounds. Carbon forms the
main constituent of protein, fat and carbohydrate etc.
10.Analytical chemistry deals with the composition of substances.
11.Physical chemistry studies about the structure of matter,
12.Electrochemistry- chemical changes due to electric currents
13.Photochemistry - Chemical reaction caused by the interaction of light and
matter
14.Biochemistry - Chemical processes inside living organisms
15.Astrochemistry -origin of the chemical constituents of universe
16.Father of biology - Aristotle
17.The term 'biology' was first used by Lamarck (France) and Trevirenus
(Germany) in 1801
18.The term 'botany' comes from greek word 'boskin' which means grassing
19.Theophrastus is called as the father of botany
20.Morphology -structure of living organisms