THE CSS POINT a(R he ey EVERYDAY SCIENCE MCQS Book 2013-14 Note: % The CSS Paint is not repsponsible for any Factfinformation mentioned in this booklet The CSS Point has complied this booweet. All information has taken from internet sources. Contact Us: > URL bttp://wans.thecsspoint.com > email: info@thecsspoint.com > Facebook: wy facenook,com/theesspointOfficial WWW.THECSSPOINT.COMCONTENTS S.No. Tople Page No PART -1 FG tice 2 2. Blotogicat Sciences... 3. Everyday Science... 4. Questions trom Previous Years Objective General _Knowiedge'General AWOLENESS PAPCIE one owe ens saves sian 5. Answers 5 ‘ PART-II 6. Everyday Science... 210 7 Mechanics... 8. Heal. 8 Lighten. ‘ 10. Sound... 11, Blecticty.. aes 12 Scientific Instruments... 13. Appliances... Fe eens. —_- 14, Inventions and Discoveries... . Sohn Bera 18." Chemistry, Terminology saesesos ese ee certe ve sees eo 284% 18. Simmpitiad Chemistry. Saez) 12, Bology, Terminoiogy. 260 18, Space SolenCe oaeas se snore 1289 19, Space Science Simpiied.. ene nBD 20. Miscellaneous Questions... se neooee 297 21, Measures and Measurements... 1-200 22, Top Indiari Scientists... 201 23. Test Questions... peed 2032 PHYSICS Which of tho following statemonts about the laws of falling bodies is not correct? (a) In vacuum, all bodies starting from rest fall with equal velocity (b) The space traversed by a body falling from rest is equal to the square of the time (c) The velocity acquired by a body falling Tso from rest is proportional to the time of its fall (d) All the above statements are correct Tho sun spectrum is (a) Line spectrum (b) Band spectrum (0) Continuous spectrum -(d) None of the above Which of the following instruments is usad for. sooing dotails of colostial bodios? (@) Microscope . (b) Periscope (©) Spectroscope (A) Telescope Tho branch of physics which doals.with is called (a) Electra-dynamics (b) Photometry. (©) Spectrology + (d) Spectrostopy Upon which of the following does tho q a surface area depond? (a) Deflection of light _(b) Reflection of light (©) Refraction of light (4) Absorption of light . Springs-of shock absorbers of automobiles and railway coaches aro made of stee! and not of rubbor because stool is (2) More durable than rubber {b) Less expensive than rubber in the long run (c) Less elastic than rubber (d) More elastic than rubber A man standing at a distance of 1 mere from a mirror wishes to take the photograph of his image in the mirror. At what distance should he placo his camora from the mirror? 10. WW 12, 13. 14, 3 (a) 1/2. a metre (b) 4 metre (c) 2 metres (d) 4 metres LASER is an acronym for light amplification by (a) Stimulated emission of radiation (b) Spontaneous emission of radiation (c) Stimulated energetic radiation (d) Spontaneous emission of radio waves. The blue colour of the clear sky is duo to {a) Diffraction of light (b) Dispersion of fight {¢) Reflection of light (d) Refraction of light Why does the morcury column insthe barometer fall rapidly boforo a severe storm? {a) Itis dud to decrease in humidity in air (b) It is due to the rise in atmospheric pressure (6) It is due to the fall ir. atmospheric pressure (0) Itis due to the severe heat energy from the sun: Why doos water boll below 1000 C at higher altitudes? (a) There is lesser dissipation of heat at higher altitudes (b) Water available at higher altitudes is purer than that in the plains {c) Pollution-free air at higher altitudes increases the calorific value of fuel used (d) The atmospheric pressure at higher altitudes is low as compared to that at sea level Which of tho -following. instruments Is .used for precise measuroment of refractive indices? (a) Spectrometar - —“(b) Spherometer (©) Micrometer {d) Photoreter Pyrheliometer is an instrument usod for (a) Comparing the luminous intensity of ihe source of light (b) Measuring solar radiations (c) Measuring high temperatures (d) Measuring heat radiations15. 16. 1%. 18, 19. 20." 21, 4 Chronometer Is (a) An instrument for measuring the direction, and velocity of wind (b) An instrument for changing or reversing the direction of electric current (c) A clock for determining the longitude of a vessel at sea (d) An Instrument for comparing intensities of colours? Who invented the Lift and when? (a) Michael Faraday ~ 182.1 (b) E.G. Otis -1852 (c) Thomas Alva Edison - 1878 (d) John Logie Baird — 142f Who was the inventor of get engine? (a) James Walt (6) Charles Parsons (c) Orvitle and Wilbur Wright (4) Frank Whittle Diffusion is tho procoss of (2) Movement of particles from higher concentration to lower concentration (b) Movement of particles through a semipermeable membrane (c) Rarefaction of particles (4) Accumulation of particles on a solid surface In ‘which of the following can we not uso alternating current? (a) Amplifier (6) Transformer (b) Galvanometer (¢) voltmeter “By the’use of which of the following can the conversion of heat into olectrical energy bo achioved? (@) Hydrometer (b) Photo-electric tube. (c) Thermo-couple (4) Triode valve Enriched uranium used in a nuclear reactor is {a) Uranium alloyed with aluminum 22. 23, 24. 25, 26. 27. 29, 5 (b) Uranium freed of all impurities (¢) Uranium with a high percentage of a particular isotope (4) Uranium treated with radiation Which one of the following is a common constituont of transistors? (a) Beryllium (b) Copper (c) Germanium: (8) fron Safety wiro, usod in electrical circuits, is made of a material having (a) Low metting point (b) High resistance. (c) High melting point (d) Low specific heat For which of the following is a diode usod?, (a) Amplification (b) Modulation (c) Oscillation (@) Rectification By the uso of which of the following types of lons can Myopia bo corrected? (a) Biconcave (b) Concave (©) Convex {d) Plano-concave Tho spoed of sound is maximum through which of the following? (a) Air (b) Glass (c) Water (a) Wood Which of tho following Is used in semi- conductors? - {a) Aluminium (b) Copper {c) Silicon (d) None of the above What aro X-Rays? (@) Electromagnetic radiations (b) Flowing electrons (©) Stream of charged atoms (d) Stream of electrons and protons Which of the following transformations of energy takes place ina microphone? {a) Electrical energy into sound30. 31. 32, 33. 34, 36. 36, 6 (b) Sound into electrical energy (c) Mechanical energy into sound (d) Sound into mechanical energy For which of the. following purposes is a transformer used? {a Conversion of D.C. into A.C, (b) Regulation of fluctuations of voltage {c) Measurement of flow of electricity (¢) Conversion of low voltage into high voltage and vice-versa What elomontary particles aro equal In niass? {a) Neutron and proton —_(b) Electron and proton (c) Neutron and electron (d) None of the above What kind of mirror is usod in rear viow? (a) Concave mirror _(b) Convex mirror. (c) Plane mirror {d) Simple glass Who Invented the Radio? (a) Graham Belt (b) Marconi (c) Newton {d) Otto Hahn Echo is the offect produced duo to (a) Absorption of sound (b) Dispersion of sound {c) Reflaction of sound (4) Refraction of sound In a wave motion in high frequency there aro (a) Less vibrations per second (b) Moré Vibrations per secon (c) Very few vibrations per sedond (d) No vibrations at all The weight of a given object is maximum (a) At the bottom of a 500 ft. deep mine (b) At the top of a mountain 5,000 ft high (0) Ata distance cf 100 km above the earth's surface (4) At the surface of the earth 37, 38. 39, 40, a. 42. 43. 2 A man weighing 72 kg Is riding a bicycle. How much of his weight will be on the front wheel of - the cycle? (a) 30 kg (b) 36g (0) 42.kg * (d) 48 kg {n a photographic camera fitted with a convox lens, which of the following types of Images will be formad on the film? (a) Erect and real (b) Inverted and real (c) Imaginary and erect ’ (4) The type of image formed will depend on the distance between the lens and the object Which of the following Is the unit of frequency? (a) Ampere (b) Joule (c) Hertz (d) Newton The light of which of the following colours has the- longest wave length? {a) Blue (b) Green (©) Red (a) Yeltow In the modern-day. computers, when operational the ox-aical impultes travel _ {31 At the speed of sound: #{0) At seven times the,speed of sound (c) At half the speed of light ; (d) Neatly at the speed of light The speed of light is equal to how many times around the Earth? * Ss (a) 3 times (b) 5 times : (c) 7 times (d) 9 times Who, amongst the following was the first to observe ultra violet rays and whon? (a) Wiliam Harschel — 1800 (b) Johann Wilhelm Ritter—1801 (0) Rutherford — 1911 (d) Auguste Comte — 184444, 45. 46. 47. 48, 49. Z & When was positron discovered? {a) 1978 (b) 1982 (©) 1986 (¢) 1988, Who amongst the following, discovered that tho atoms of somo naturally-occurring oloments wero Not oxactly alike and when? : (a) F.W. Aston—1919 (b) Neils Bohr — 1913 (0) Albert Einstein — 1911 (4) Dalton -1909 An ice cube floats on water but it sinks In alcohol bocauso . ta) The ice cube is thé frozen form of water {b) Water is more transparent than alcoho! (0) Ice cube is a solid while alcohol is a liquid (d) The ice cube is lighter than water and Heavier than alcohol An iceberg Is floating in the soa Out of 10 parts of Its mass ho many will romain above the surface of the water? {a) One part (b) Two parts (c) Thee parts (d) Five parts An object weighs loss at tho equator than at tho poles because (a) Tho force cf gravity is more al the equator than at the pole {b) The force of gravity is less at the equator thon at the poles (c) The earth is almost flat at the equator {d) The equatorial radius of the earth is less than the polar radius Which of the following statements is correct? (#) The reading on a thermometer immersed in boiling Wate varies as the heat increase or decreased acove the boiling point 51. 52. 53, 54. 9 0 (b) When a gas under high pressure is permitied to expand into a region of fow pressure, it gains in temperature {¢) Air escaping from a punctured lyre feels cold (d) None of the above statements is correct ‘Under normal conditions, the velocity of sound In the airis (2) 33 msec (b) 300 m/sec (©) 600 m/sec (A) 3,300 misec A magnet frooly suspended by means of a suing will always sot Itsolf in which of the following directions? (a) East-West (b) North-Gast (6) North-South (d) South-East Why are shiolds mado of iron usually provided around precision Instruments? (a) For protection against the effect of external magnetic fields . {b) For guarding the instruments against unauthorised handling I {c) For protection against the effect of moisture in the air : (@) For absorbing heat generated during the functioning of the instruments Coulomb is the unit of (a) Electric curent (b) Electrical resistance: (c) Magnetic field (4) Electrical charge In which of the following positions will a person exert the least pressure on the ground? {a) Standing erect on his feet (b) Lying on his back with his body stretched in a straight tine {c) Siding erect on one foot, the other teg lifted up al the kneo {4) Sitting cross-legged10 A fuso In an olectric circuit is used to (a), Break the circuit when excessive current flows (b) Control the voltage fluctuation in the circuit (C) Increase the flow of current in the circuit (6) Decrease the flow of current in the circuit What does Angstrom measure? (a) Intensity of light (b) Length of light waves (C) Volume of liquids _ (d) Speed of flowing water Why are transformers used In the transmission of alectric powor? (a) Because they speed up transmission (b) Because thoy can conserve electrical energy (c) Becduse they can reduce transmission losses (2) Because they help to distribute electrical energy + efficiently Which of the following controls the chain reaction in a nuclear reactor? (a) Active hydrogen (b) Ions {c) Molecules of high energy (4) Moderator Which of the following metals is used for the manufacture of heating elements provided in electric prasses? {a) Chromium {b) Nichrome (0) Nickel (A) Tungsten At what voltage is electric current {A.C.) supplied to in India? (a) 220 volts (0) 260 volts (c) 440 volts (d) 110 volts Which of die following happens whon a body is charged positivaly? (a) Some electrons get added to it from outside (b) Some protons get added to it from outside {c) Some electrons escape from it (d) Some protons escape from it In which of the following units is magnetic Intensity expressed? 63, 64, 65. 66. 67. 69. « (a) Coulomb n (b)Gauss (©) Oersted (@) Volt Which of the following statements regarding sound is not correct? (a) The velocity of sound increases with the rise in temperature (b} The speed of sound is less in iron than in air (c) The sound waves in air are longitudinal (4) All the above statements are correct The Indian Sclentist who put forward the theoty of ‘thormal ionisation’ was (a) 7.C, Bose (0) HJ. Bhabha () Meghnath Saba (4) C.V. Raman Whore is tho Saha Institute of of Nuclear Physics located? (2) Calcutta {b) Lucknow (c) Shri-harikota (d) Trombay A mixture of which of the following gases is used In tho manufacture of electric bulbs? (a) Nitrogen and Argon (b) Nitrogen and oxygen (c) Oxygen and Argon (d) Oxygen and Hydrogen Why is the’ motal tungsten used for the ‘manufacture of the filament of an oloctric bulb? (a) Because it is a good conductor (b) Because it is inexpensive (0) Because it is malleable {d) Because it has a very high melting point. Which of the following functions Is performed by a photo-electric coll? (2) It conserves sound energy (b),It converts light energy into electrical anergy (c) It converts electrical energy into light (d) It converts electrical energy into sound For stepping up or stepping down voltage of electric current, the device used is70. fh 72. 73, 74, 75. ig 12 (a) An amplifier (b) A diode valve {c) A dynamo (d) A transformer Which of the following forces hold together the Protons an‘noutrons in the nucleus of an atom? {a) Frictional, (b) Gravitational (©) Magnetic (@) Nuclear All tho following statements are corroct, except (a) The presence of moisture in the air reduces tho conductivity of charge {b) When a body. Is charged positively, some electrons escape from it (c) A body is said to be negatively charged when it has got some electrons (d) None of the above statements is correct “Which of “the following units is used for oxprossion of magnetic intensity? (a) Coulomb (b) Gauss (0) Volt (d) None of the above Which of the following accounts for greater illumination from tho sun at noon than in the early morning? (a) Thinness of atmosphere (b) Lesser obliqueness cf sun rays (c) Nearness of the sun to the earth (4) Greater brightness of the sun rays Why doos a stick partly immersed in wator appear to be broken at the junction of water and air? This due to (a) Scattering of light’ (b) Reflection of light (¢) Refraction of light (d) Both (a) and (b) above The volocity of light is equal to 3 x 108 mis. What will be the distanco of a star from which light takes noarly four years to reach the earth? (a) 3.78 x 10" metres (b) 4,00 x 10" metres (c) 4.00 x 10% metres (4) 3.00 x 10% metres 76. 77. 78. 79. 81. 82, 13 In the yoar 14,000 A.D. due to vho earth's precession, the axis of rotation of art. will point towards (2) Proxima contauti(b) Pole star (c) Vega (d) None of the above As the temperature to water rises graduitly, its ‘surface tension {a) Goes on increasing (b) Goes on decreasing (c) Is not affected and remains unchanged (@) Increases only when the heat is too intense The density of a solid and that of a liquid, in which it Is to be immersed, Is tho same On immorsion, its apparent weight will bo reduced to {a) half (tb) one-third (6) one-quarter (@)zero* -* A fresh egg sinks in pure water, whereas It floats In saturated salty water. This is due to. (a) Higher density of the salty water, (b) Higherdentty of the pure water (c) Thelluid matter inside the egg-shell (d) The fact that the egg-shell is made of calcium Which is heavier than pure water Which of the following statements regarding: sound waves corroct? {a) These can travetthrough vacuum {b) These can be polarised (0) Their speed in air is about 330 mvs (2) These have very high frequencies and small wavelengths Through which of the following media does sound travel t fastest? (a) Cool air (b) Warm air * (0) Cold water (d) Steel At which temperatura is the volocity of sound 332 mis? , (a)orc (b) 20°C (c) 30°C (a) 40°C.83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. M4 Which of the following have tho highest upper limit of audible rango? (a) Bats (b) Dogs (c) Human beings (d) Whales Why doos the police use dogs for detective work? {a) Because they can runi vary fast (b) Because they can hear ultrasonic waves: (c) Because they have sharp eyesight (d) Because they are easily tralnable and remain faithful The sound waves which cannot bo heard by a human ear called (a) Extraordinary sounds _(b) Infrascnic sounds (c) Ultrasonic sounds (4) Both (a) and (c) The human ear consists of three parts. Which of these parts has small bones called hammor, anvil and stirrup? {a} Inner ear (b) Middle ear (c) Outer ear « (d) All of the above Which of the following instruments Is used for detecting and measuring small electric currents? {a) Ammeter (b) Fluxmeter {c}Galvanometer _{d) Voltmeter Who discovered tho taw of attraction and ropulsion betwoon electric charges? {a} Coulomb (b) Graham Bell (c) Marconi (d) Reumer The lightning conductor or rod used for protecting buildings from lightning is mado of (@) Aluminium (b) Copper “(©) Iron (d) Allof the above The rod in the dry cell, which acts as the positive terminal, is mado of {a) Carbon {o) Tin {b) Comet (6) Zine 91. 92. 93. 94, 95. 96, 97. 8 What is tho molting point of Tungsten? (a) 500°C (bj 1,000°¢ ® 2,000°C, (4) 3,000°¢ Ihich of the follow! fi Which ofthe following are emitted by the lament (a) Electrons (b) Neutrons (0) Protons (d) All of the above Tho transformer works on whi i aes ich of the following (a) Electro-magnetic attraction (b) Electro-magnetic repulsion, (c) Electro-magnetic induction (4) Electro-magnetic conduction What is the mass of a positron? (2) Equivalent to a neutron (b) Equivalent to a proton (c) Equivalent to the sum of a neutron and an electron (d) Equivaient to an electron Which of the following is used as an Chromium-plating? nts (a) Chromium solution in mercury {b) Chromic acid solution {0) Solution of Oxide of Chromium in water (d) All of the above What is tho number of basic units i in International System of Units? oe {ay4 (b)5 {0)6 (7 Which of the following instruments Is detecting olectric charge? ee (2) Electroscope (b) Galvagpmeter (c) Ammeter (d) None of the above What is the mass of the Sun?99. 100. 16 (a) 10% kg (b) 2 x 10° kg (c) 4 « 10% kg (d) 8 x 107 kg What is the temporature at the centro of the Sun? (a) 6 million K (b) 10 million K (c) 15 million K (d) 20 million K The top atmosphore of the Earth directly roflects back into space nearly what part of the total amount of sun's enorgy coming to it? (a) One-tenth (b) One-fifth (©) One-third {d) One-half BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES For growth, Viruses require (a) Dead host (0) Living host (©) Minerals (a) Simple sugars tn which of the following are Mitochondria absent? (a) Fungi (b) Angiosperms (0) Green algae (4) Blue-green algae Which of the following aro procaryotic plants? (a) Blue-green algae _(b) Diatoms 7 (0) Green algae (d) Sea weeds Eucaryotic organisms are thosa that contain (2) DNA threads (b) Plastids (c) True nucleus (d) Vacuoles With which of the following Is Azotobacter associated? (a) Carbon fixation _(b) Nitrogen fixation {c) Fermentation (d) Root nodules ‘Which of the following is edible? (2) Agaricus {b) Mucor (c) Penicdlium {d) None of the above The morismatic cells aro {a} Thin walled (b) Isodiametric (c) Richly protoplasmic (d) All of the above 10. 41. 12, 43. 14, 15, 17 The deficiency of which of the following micronutrients’ causes the death of the stem and root apices? {a) Boron (c) Manganese Which of the following micronutrients plays an important role in the nitrogen motabolism of plants, especially in the reduction of nitrate? {a) Boron (b) Copper (c) Molybdenum (4) Zine Which of the following plant micronutrionts is an activator for a number of enzymes particularly involved in the —_dehydrogonation and decarboxylation reactions during respiration? (a) Copper (b) Manganese (c) Molybdenum (d) Zine Plant devolopmentis influenced by {a) Quality of ight only (b) Quality and quantity of light (©) Quality and duration of light (d) Quality, quantity and duration of light Critical day length varies from plant to plant and lies botwoen ()6 to 100 hours (b) B to 12 hours {c) 1019 14 hours (d) None of the above All of the following are oxamplos of long day plants, except (a) Lettuce (b) Potato (©) Spinach (d) Wheat All of the following are examples of short day Plants, except (a) Radish (b) Sugar cane {c) Soya bean (d) Tobacco ATP is (@) An enzyme16. 17. 18, 19. 20. 21. 22. (b) A hormone (C) A protein 4d) A molecule containing high energy bonds. Tho primary producers of organic matter in naturo are (2) Bacteria (©) Green plants (d) Human beings How many sets of members, arranged in Successive whorls, does a typical flower show? (a)3 (b)4 ()5 "6 Edible part of tomato is (a) Endocarp {b) Fleshy thalamus (c) Mesocarp () Whole fruit The oarliest organisms that appeared on tho surface of earth wore probably (a) Autotrophs (b) Symbionts (©) Heterotrophs (d) None of the above Ail of the following are examples of 'berry' type of fruit, except (a) Lady's finger (b) Banana (c) Grape (d) Tomato Of tho total weight of a cell in a leaf or a petal, water constitutes about (a) 80% (b) 70% (c) 75% (8) 90% All of the following statements about the role: played by water in the growth of plants are true, excopt (a) It is a solvent in which several substances ar dissolved (b) It participates as a reagent in many reactions (C) It helps in the germination of seeds but does not provide turgidity to growing cals (d) It servew ay the cuetinls £) F oh! of worganie alta (b) Fish 23. 24. 25. a 19 Osmosis Is a function of which of the following factors? (a) The number of solute molecules in the solutions on the two, sides of the selectively permeable membrane (b) Pressure (0) Temperature (4) Allof the above ; Who amongst the following, started In 1850, a Scientific approach to determine tho role of mineral elements in tho healthy growth’ and development of plants? (a) Amon and Knop —_(b) Sachs and Knop (6) Sachs and Stout (4) Ainon and Stout Match the following in the context of the plant nutrionts Doficiency of Results in A. Calcium 1. Intervoinal chiorosis followed by the formation of anthocyanin pigments. and in severe cases leads {to necrosis B. tron 2. Stunted growth and development of purple anthocyanin pigments Interveinal chlorosis Chiorosis of the margins of the young leaves leading to their necrosis (a) A4.83,62,01 {b) A1,83,C4,02 (0) A3,B2,C1,D4 (4) A2,B1,C4,03 Which of the following micronutrionts increases tho absorption of water and calcium in plants? (a) Copper (b) Boron {c) Molybdenum (d) Manganese Which of tha following plant micronutrienta le ©. Phosphorus 3, D. Magnesium 4;28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 20 involved in the electron photosynthosis? {a) Manganese (b) Molybdenum (c) Copper (d) Zine Deficiency of which of the following plant micronutrients results in a fall in the ascorbic acid content in the plants? (a) Boron (b) Copper (c) Manganese (d) Molybdenum Which of the following statomonts in regard to the transport in role played by the micronutrienutrtoly-bdenum Is. not true? {a) is a constituent of the enzyme nitrate reductase (b) It is a component of several enzymes such as polyphenol oxidate (©) It plays an important role in the nitrogen metabolism (d) All the above are true The primary plant body consists of how many tissuo systems? (a)2 (bo) 3 (a {d)5 The epidermal, ground and vascular systems of plants are developed respectivoly, from (a) Ground meristem, Procambium and protoderm (b) Protoderm, Procambium and ground meristem (c) Protoderm, ground meristem and procambium (d) Precarbium, protoderm and ground meristem Xylem Is a complex tissue, consisfing of differont types of cells. Which of the following perform the function of conduction water and minerals? (a) Fibers (b) Parenchyma cells {c) Tracheary elements, tracheids and vessels {d) None of the above 33. 34, 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 2 Which of the following statomonts is true? (a) The vesse's of the protoxylem clements are broad, whereas those of the metaxylem are small (©) The fully developed tracheary elements are slongated having lignified secondary walls and are ‘without protoplasm {c) The metaxylem may contain fibres, but does not obtain racheary elements and parenchyma (d) All the above statements are true Which of the following processes associated with growth and development? {a} Cell differentiation (b) Celt movement (c) Collentargement —(f) Cell division A tissue is a group of cells having similar (a) Structure and function (b) Origin and function (c) Origin and structure {d) Origin, structure and function Tho edible portion of mango is is not (a) Embryo (b) Endocarp (©) Endosperm (G) Mesocarp Tho rice grain is (a)A seed (b) One seeded fruit (©) Mary seeded fruit (d) Mukiple seeded fruit Ethylene is a harmone concomed with (@) Respiration (b) Ripening of fruits {c) Cell division (d) None of the above Tha base sequence of the DNA molecules dotormines (a) The colour of a flower (b) The hight of plant {c) The amiino acid sequence of protein (d) None of the above In plants, cater and solutes are chiefly transported through :a1. 42, 43. 45. 46. 47. 48, 22 (a) Tracheaty elements (b) Pith (0) Guard cells (4) Cortex In which of the following are plastids not prosont? ‘{@) Acrenchyma (b) Collenchyma (c) Parenchyma (4) Schterenchyma Bamboo Is 4 (a) Herb (b) Grass {c) Shrub (4) Tree Cork cells are impervious to water bocause of the Prosenco of (a) Cellulose , {b) Cutin (c) Lignin” (d) Suberin The blotic relationship between Insects and plants with refe to pollination is called (a).Commonsalism —_(b) Mutualism (c) Parasitism (d) Saprophytism Historically, who amongst the following, recognised In.17 A.D. that sunlight and air aro important for the growth of plants? {a) Joseph Priestey —_(b) Jan ingenhousz (©) Stephen Hales —_(d) Lavoisier Photosynthesis generally takes place In which pertions of the plant? (a) Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts (b) Stem and leaf (c) Roots and chloroplast bearing parts (6) Bark and leaf Opium is obtained from (a) Poppy leaves (b) Latex juice (c) Tablet typo latex (0) Seed capsule of opium poppy Which of the following is/are required during Photosynthosis process in addition to sunlight and wator? 23 (a) Oxygen and Nitrogen {b) Carbon dioxide (c) Hydrogen and Carbon dioxide (¢} Nitrogen 49. Which of the following statements in rogard to plant growth and development is not true? (a) In unicellular organisms growth involves decrease in volume and number of organelles () The. life cf a flowering plait begins with the fertilised egg (C) Increase in protoplams leads to an irreversible increase in size and weight (2) All cells result from the division of previously existing celis 31 50, In many plants the tap root becomes swollen and assume various forms, Match the following. Plant Type of Root A. Cation 1. Conical 8. Mirabilis 2. Fusiform C. Radish 3. Napiform D. Tumip. 4. Tuberous (a)A4,B1,C3,D2 (b)A2,83,C1,D4 ()A1,B4,C2,.D3 (d)A3,82,01,04 51.° The ¢ ty of Ascaris is known as (a) Coelom (b) Haemocoe! (0) Pseudocoe! (d) Viscoral cavity 52, The membranous tabyrinth of the ear Is filled with (a) Lymph (b) Endolymph (c) Serum (d) None of the above 53. Crura-cerebri is found in (a) Fore-brain (b) Hind-brain (0) Mid-brain (d) None of the above 54, The chromosomes number Is reduced to half in (a) Binary fission (b) Parthenogenesis {c) Mitosis € (d) Meiosis Ol Ss.55, 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 24 Man's (@) Biothermic (b) Homoiothermic (©) Oilgothermic (d) Poik ilothermic The compound oye of insect produces (a) Binocular vision _(b) Monocular vision (c) Mosaic vision (d) None of the above The post embryonic stagos in tho life history of cockroach is known as (a) Caterpillar (b) Grubs (©) Larval (Nymphs, r Which of the following enzymes is present in tho saliva? ’ - # (a) Bile (b) Plyalin (©) Pepsin (d) Renin Which of tho following control the raftex action in the body? ‘ (a) Central nervous system (b) Motor nerves. (©) Sensory nerves (4) Sympathetic nervous system 4 ‘The terminal part of vertebral column in man is callod (2) Telson {0) Urostyle (c) Cocoyx (d) Pygostyle Which of the following diseases is causod by Plasmodium Vivax? {a) Beingn tertian malaria {b) Malignant tertian malaria , (c) Quartan malaria - (4) Yellow fever Pe, The life history of human malarial parasite in Anopholes was first described by (a) Grassi and his pupits (b) Sir Patrick Manson (c) Sir Ronald Ross (d) Richard Preifter 63. 64, 65. 66. 67. 68. 69, 70. 71, 25 The mouth parts of anopheles aro adapted to (a) Chewing type feeding (b) Piercing and sucking type feeding {@) Biting and chewing type feeding (d) Sucking type feeding The posterior end of malo Ascaris is (a) Straight (b) Curved oe (©) Knob like (@) Curved with a pair of panialsetae The tapeworms do not have alimentary canal because {a) Their alimentary canal disappears in adult stage (b) They do not require food (c) They absorb the digested food of the host (d) None of the above The 'Urinary System’ of the body consists of how many organs? {a)2 (b)3 (o)4 (0) 5 Hat-vorsion canals aro present in (a) Bone (b) Cartilage (0) Kidney (6) Liver Analogous organs.aro similar in (@) Behaviour (b) Function (c) Origin (d) Behaviour and origin Tho heart beat is initiated and regulated by nodal tissue mado of specialised cardiac muscles calted (a) Alveolar tissue (b) Purkinje tissue (©) Spongy.tissue _(d) None of the above Tho gestation poriod of human being is {@) One month {b) Five months {c) Seven months (d) Nine months Binomial nomenclature system was introduced by f72. 73. 14, 75. 76. 77. 78. (@) Darwin (b) Linnaeus {c) Mendel {d) None of the above Respiration in Cockroach takes place by {a} Blood (b) Trachae (©) Malpighian tubules (4) Fat bodies ‘Amoebic dysentery in man Is caused by (a) Giardia {b) Entamoeba Coll (6) Entamoeba gingivalis (6) Entamoeba histotylica” RNA diffors form DNA in containing {a) Cytocine {b) Deoxyribose (c)Ribose * ~—(¢) Phosphate The chief function of semi-circular canal in the * internal ear is to {a) Interpret impulses as sound {b) Maintain equilibrium of the body (c) Transmit sound vibrations to auditory nerve (4) Transmit vibrations of tympanic membrane Placenta is the structure formed (a) By the union of foetal and ulfine tissue (b) By foetus only {c) By fusion of germ layers (4) None of the above The first heart sound is produced when (a) Bicuspid and tricuspid close quickly (b) Semilunar value snaps shot {c) Intraventricular pressure decreases (d) Diastole begins Epiglottis helps in preventing (a) Food from entering the larynx 4b) Air from entering the larynx {c) Arr from entering the oesophagus (@) Food from entering the oesophagus 1. Ho, HA, 82. 83. 84, 85. 86. 87. Who discovered the blood groups of man? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Larven. (c) Karl Landstoinex (4) Wiliam Harvey LH, FSH are colloctivaly caltod (a) Gonodotrophins —_(b) Luteotrophin. (c) Somatotrophins (4) Thyrotrophirs Prothrombin which helps In clotting of blood is released by (a) Lymphocytes (b) Erythrocytes {c) Monocytes {d) Blood platelets Which of the following glands has both an endocrine and an oxocrino function? (a) Adrenal (b) Mammary (c) Pancreas (d) Thyroid Glycogen is mainly stored In (a) Cartilage and bone (b) Liver and muscles (©) Spleen (A) Vill Pepsin converts (a) Protein into peptides in acid media (b) Protein into peptides in alkaline media {0} Protein into peptides in neutral media (d) Starch into glucose Anaemia is causod in man due to the deficiency of a) Folic acid (b) Vitamin A {c) Vitamin B 12 (d) None of the above Adrenocorticotrophic hartnone | (ACTH} is secreted by (2) Adrenal (b) Pancreas {o) Pituitary (d) Thyroid Which of the following situations will be fatal to the first foetus? (a) Rh positive male marries Rh positive woman (©) Rh positive male marries Rh negative woman {c) Rh negative male marries Rh positive woman {d) Rh negative male marries Rh negative woman88. 89. 90. 91, 92. 93. 94: 28 Enzymes differ from ordinary catalysts in (a) That they are non-proteins . (b) That they are produced outside the living cells (0) That they are proteins (d) None of the above Foramen magnum Is tocated (a) In the pectoral girdle (b) In the pelvic girdle (c) At the interior region of skull (d) At the posterior region of skull ‘The arrangement of ear ossicles in mammalian car is ¢ (2) Columetta, incus, malleus (b) incus, malleus, stapes + (c) Malleus, incus, stapes (d) Stapes, maleus,incus The most importznt function of porsplration Is to {a) Get rid of the body wastes (b) Regulate the body temperature (c) Regulate the bady water supply (4) Lubricate the epithelial tissue Tho innormost lining which wraps the brain and spinal card in vertebrates is called {a) Arachnoid (b) Duramator {c) Piamater (0) None of the abova The main function of white blood cells in the body isto (a) Carry oxygen (b) Help in clot formation (c) Prduce more red cells {d) Protect the body against diseases Tho nodes of Ranvier are tho (a) Points al which axon is exposed (b) Points of contact over the myelinated nerve fibres 29 (c) Areas where neurilemma touches the axon (c) Area in which axon sweels up The cranial nerve which supplios rogions of the body is (a) Auditory (b) Vagus (0) Olfactory (d) Oculomotar DNA modol was givon by (a) Beadle and Talum (b) Fisher and Haldane (c) Lederberg and Talum (d) Watson and Crick The numbot of chromosomes in the human body is (a) 42 (b) 44 (0) 46 (d) 48 Tho thoory of inhoritance of acquired characters was propounded by (a) Clarks Darwin —_(b) Gregor Mendl (©) LB. Lamarck (d) Weisman One micron Is equal to {a) One tenth of a millimeter (b) One-hundredth of a millimeter (0) One-thousandth of a millimeter (4) One-millionth of a milimeter Nobel prize for decording and projecting tho gonetic code was given to {a) Hargobind Khurana (b) Watson and Crick (c} Strasburger (d) None of the above EVERYDAY SCIENCE Entomology is the science that studies (a) Behaviour of human beings (b) Insects (c) The origin and history of technical and scientific terms (d) The formation of rocks Fathom Is the unit of measurement of6. 30 (a) Depth of water —_(b) Flow of water (c) Volume of water (d) Density of water Trachoma is a diseaso of the (a) Brain (b) Larynx (c) Ear (d) Eye All of the following diseases arc caused by viruses, except (2) Jaundice + (b) Influenza (c) Typhoid () Mumps Plants make thelr food by tho process called photosyn Which pf tho following are neoded in this process?” (a) Sunlight, water and nitrogen (b) Suntight, water and hydrogen (c) Sunight, water and oxygen (d) Sunlight, water and carbon dioxide Which of tho following devices is needed for converting alternating current into direct current? (a) Dynamo (b) Rectifier (c) Transformer {d) Transducer All of the following organs in the human body aro located both on the right and tho left sides, except (a) Lungs (b) Kidneys (0) Spleen (d) Eyes ‘Some organs in the human body lie partly on the left side and partly on tho right side. The examplo of this is (a) Heat _ _ (b) Pancreas (c) Spleen (d) None of the above Physiology Is the study of the {a) Structure of the body {b} Cells in the body (c) Functions of the human body (d) All of the above uM All of the following are closely alliod to Physlology, except (a) Bio-chemistry _(b) Cytology (c) Entomology (6) Physics Sodium doplotion occurs in oxcessive sweating, and cannot h corrected by drinking water alone. When uncorractod, i! may lead to (a) Muscle cramps, toss of energy, fatigue and faintness. (p) Increase of urea in blood (6) Swolling of ankles and feet iu} Renal failure Which of the following regulates and controls the entry of light Into the human oye? (a) Anterior chamber (b) Cornea (0) iris {d) Retina Rotina in tho oye acts as a (a) Lens in the camera {b) Shutter in the camera {c) Film in the camera (d) None of the above The heart of a normal adult human being weighs about (2) 200 grams (b) 300 grams (©) 400 grams (d) 500 grams In a normal human adult (at resting position) how much does the heart pump per minute? (a) 4 litre {b) 3 litre (c) Sire (4) 7 ite A torm that may: be applied to all disease- producing micro-organisms is (a) pathogenic (b) Saprophytic (c) Stapto-Cocci (6) (@) Viruses In certain diseases antibiotics are administered. The object is to18. 19. 20, 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. (a) Stimulate production of white blood cells foi fighting the disease (b) Stimulate the production of antibodies (©) Inhbit the growth of bactena (d) Produce toxins against bacteria Sulfa drugs are effective against diseases caused by (a) Bacteria (6) Vitamin deficiency (d) Worms A substance used for destroying micro-organisms and rendering the matorial sterile is called (@) An antibody (b) An antitoxin ()Anantigen * (4) A disinfectant Which of the following organisms + Tuborculosis? (a) Bacillus (b) Cocei (0) Protozoan (0) Virus Which of the’ following organisms Pneumonia? (a) Bacillus (b) Cocei (0) Protozoan: (0) Virus Which of tho common cold? (a) Bacilus {b) Cocci (c) Protozoan {d) Virus Which of the following organisms Cholera? (a) Bacitus {b) Cocci (c) Protozoan (@) Virus Tho chiof food of a male mosquito is {a) Decaying organic matter {b) Leaves of plants - {c) Nectar and fruit juices (d).Micro-organisms found in water The chief food of a housofly is {b) Glandular upsets following organisms causes causes causes causes 3 (a) Decaying organic matter (0) Leaves of plants (0) Nectar cf flowers (¢) Micro-organisms found in water The Chief food of a mosquito larva is (a) Decaying organic matter (0) Leaves of plants (0) Nectar and frutt juices () Micro-organisms found in water The chief food of a butterfly larva is (a) Decaying orgaric matter (b) Leaves of plants (c) Nectar cf flowers (0) Micro organisms found in water The pan of the body directly affected by Rickets is (a) Bona tissue (b) Epidermal t'ssue (c) Nervous system (4) Respiratory system The part of the body directly affected by Pneumonia is (a) Bone tissue (b) Epdermat tssue {c) Noi.ous system —_(¢} Respratory system Tho part of the body directly affected by Rabies is (a) Bone tissue {b) Epidermal tissue {c) Nervous sysiem —_(d) Respiratory svstem The pan of the body directly affected by Berl Ben disease is {a) Nervous system __{b) Epidermal tissue (c) Respitatory system {di Bone tissue. As tho amount of day in a soil increases, its water retaining capacity {a) Decieases {b} Increases (c) Remains unchanged As the number of micro-organisms increases, the of humus in the same soi a. soit35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. a4, M4 (a) Increases (b) Decreases, (c) Remains unchanged Which of the following plants adds more oxygen to atmosphere than it removes? (a) Bread mould (b) Cora {c) Mushroom (d) Yeast Which of the following blood groups of human: beings Is a‘ universal donor? (a) AB (byA (8 (d)0 It is customary to transfuse blood’ of the samo group as that of the patient, and only in * emergency to give the blood of the donor whose: blood group is @o (o)A ()B (d) AB Haemoglobin in the blood is a complex protein rich in 48, {a) Copper (b) Gold (©) Iron (A) Silver Haomoglobin is rich in a mineral which has grea! affinity for (a) Caibon dioxide ¢(b) Chorin (©) Hydrogen (¢) Oxygen Amino acids are a product of the digestion of {a) Carbohydrates (b) Fats. (©)Proteins * (d) Vitamins Which of the following is a starch digestin, enzyme? {a) Insulin (b) Ptyalin (©) Lipase (@) Benin Which of the following has tho highest fa content? (a) Milk, (©) Rice (b) Potato (a) Sugar 42, 43. 44, 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 35 Which one of the following secretions does not Contain enzymos? hoa (a) Gastric juice (b) Saliva (c) Pancreatic juice (4) Bile Which of tho following is the product of digestion of proteins? (a) Amino acids {b) Alcohol {c) Carbon dioxide (d) Lactic acid Pepsin, a digestive onzyme, is produced in the (a) Liver (b) Small Intestine (©) Stomach (4) None of the above The element Nitrogen is found in (a) Carbohydrates (b) Fats () Proteins (d) None of the above Corn kernels are seeds and contain digostive enzymes which convort starch Into (a) Glucose (b) Glycol (0) Lactose (d) Sucrose The kidneys in the human body {a) Regulate the water balance in the body {b) Regulate the concentration of the salts in the blood and of the reaction (acid-base balance) of the blood (c) Excrete waste products and any excess of salts (4) All of the above Which of the following Is nearly a complete food by Itself? (a) Cheese {b) Milk (c) Meat {d) Rice Which of the following foods (one ounce of odible raw portion of each) provides tho largest number of Kcal of energy? (a) Cheese * {b) Meat (c) Margarine {d) Wheat If you wish to have the maximum value of food In$7. 36 fespect of Vitamin D, which of the following would you choose? (a) Cheese (b) Meat {c) Milk (d) Rice All of the following foods lack vitamin C, except {a) Cheese (b) Mitk, (c) Meat {d) Rice Which of the following statoments is not correct? (a) | epsin is produced in the glands in the lining of the stomach {b) Vegetable fats contain enough vitanvn A and D {c) Amino acids area product of the digestion of proteins (6) Vitamin C is most prertiful in citrus fruits, All of the following statements are correct, except (a) Proteins are an essential part of fiving colts (b} Enzymes help the digestion by chemical means, acting as catalysts speeding up reactions (¢) Bile contains enzymes * {d) Lipase breaks up fais into fatty acids and glycercl The vitan'hn concerned with blood clotting is (a) Vitarnin G (b) Vitamin D {c) Vitamin A (d} Vitamin kK When there is a docrease in tho concentration of ‘oxygen in the blood the rate of breathing (a) Decreases (b} Increases {c) Does not change (d) Increases or decreases depending on the density of blood The skin is an excrotory organ. Which of the substances is not oxcretory material? (2) O (b) Urea {c) Salts (d) Water Camels have greater adaptability to long periods 58. 59. 60. 37 Of drought in hot deserts than other animals. This is bocause {a) They have a large hump where also they can store water (b) Its thick fur insutates us body against high external {emperatures and reduces water loss (0) Camels have a ta:ge rumen (d) Camels can drink very fast, as much as 1/3 of their body weight . All the following facts about camols make them adapt to long periods of drought in hot deserts, except (a) Came's do not sweat unlil the external temperature tises 10 about 41°C, which is much higher than for most mammals (b) Camels can survive a loss of upto 40 fo: per cent of their body water, for most mammals this hint is 20 percent {c) The camers thick fur insulates its body against high temperatures thereby reducing water loss (d) Camels can drink as much as 1/3 of their body Weight in ton minutes, which other mamnials cannot Babios should bo always kept in a reasonably warm temperaturo whereas adults can withstand extrome cold. The reason for this is that {a) Tliey have a large surface area to volume ratio; hence they lose much more heat than they produce (b) They have a large vokime to surface area ratio which results in loss of body heat greater than they produce 5 (c) They sweat more than the adults, lowering their body temperature (4) Their skin is more porous than thal of the adults A newly ban normal child will thrive best if it is given milk of (a) Cow (c} Mother (b) coat (c) Skinmed mike61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 56. . (¢) Carbon dioxide 38 Excretory products of mammals aro useful to plants. Which of the following Is not a part of such secretions? (a) Bile pigments _—_(b) Mineral salts (4) Urea A flaming splintor is thrust into a bottle of oxygen, a bottle of nitrogen, and a bottle of carbon dioxide. The flame will go out in (2) Nitrogen-and carbon dioxide but not in oxygen (b) Oxygen and nitrogen butt not in carbon dioxide (c) Oxygen and carbon dioxide but not in nitrogen (d) Each case * , Tho phases of the moon are partaly the resutt of the (a) Changes in the shape of the moon (b) Revolution of the moon about the earth (0) Variations in the moon's gravitation {d) Variation in the speed of rotation of the moon. The statutory warning “Cigarette smoking is Injurlous to health” that appears on cigarotte packet Is based on the finding that (a) Tobacco plart suffers from mosaic virus disease which is communicated by smoking, (b) Smoking and drinking cause mystery diseases (e) Lung and oral cancer are more common among smokers than non-smokers (d) More smokers suffer from diabetes than non- smokers Molasses aro a (2) By-product of fertiiser industry (b) Synthetic commodity (0) By-product of edible oil industry (d) By-product of sugar industry Which of the following procosses does not. increase tho amount of carbon dioxide in the air? 67. 69. 70. 1. 39 (2) Breathing (b) Decay of vegetation (0) Petrol bumning _(b) Photosynthesis, Which of the following processes is unsuitable for softening water possessing temporary hardness? (2) Boiling (b) Filtration {c) Adding calcium hydroxide (4) Distillation A groon leaf is partially covered and placed in tho light for sevoral days. If it Is then boiled and tested for'starch with iodine, what will bo tho result? + (a) Starch will tie found only in the part of the leaf exposed to light” {b) Starch will be found in the entire teaf A (c) Starch will be found only in the shaded part of the leat + (d} Starch will not be found in thé leaf at all All of the following glands in the human body are _ ductless glands, except (a) Adrenal () Pituitary (¢) Lachrymal (d) Thyroid b A borly that is falling freely from a hoight (no air rosistance) undor the influonce of gravity {a) Falls about 32 ft, during each second ; (b) Increases its speed by about 32 fUsec. during each second it falls, (6) Falls about 32 ft. duri starts {o fall from rest (@) Will increase its speed more during the fifth second of fall than during the first second A difference between a compound and a mixturo is that a compound re (a) 1s composed of molecules whereas a mixture is not {b) Is much more easily broken down into its component elements than a mixture (c) Is always sclid whereas a mixture may be a liquid, a solid, or a gas, P g.the fast second after it72. 73. 74, 75. 76. 40, (d) Always has the same composition whereas a mixture does not A person, who met with an accident, was partially paralysed and lacked a sonse of fooling after treatment, Which part of the nervous system was affected by the accident? {a} The left cerebral hemisphere was damaged (b) The spinal cord seemed damaged (c) The olfactory tobes seemed to have become defective (d) The oculomotor herve seemed damaged On a cool and wot day a large quantity of dilute urine is passed out by most people. This is because (a) The body temperature also decreases, resulting in the formation cf more quantity of urine (b) The body absotbs less waler when the temperature is low (c) There is reduced loss. of water through sweat (d) Retentive power of bladder decreases on account of contraction Through which of the following modia doos light travel fastest? (a) Vacuum {b) Water (c) Glass (d) Air Excessive intake of polished rice causes doficiency of (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B (©) Vitamin D (4) Vitamin k The white blood cells, which play a vary important role in protecting the body against disease- producing organisms ® (a) Are laiger in size and fewer in number than the “red blood cél's {b) Have the same sze but are fewer n number than the red blood cells 2 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82, 83, 4 {c) Are larger in size and have nearly the’ same ‘number as the red blood cells (d) Have the same size and the same number as the fed blood cells Which of the following is essential for the plants to hélp them in the formation of chlorophyll? (a) Calcium (b) Magnesium (©) Potassium (d) Phosphorus What is the rango of heart beat of a normally healthy person por minute? (a) 90-100 times —_—_(b) 80-- 90 times” (c) 70 - 80 times (4) 60-70 times A solid piece of iron sinks in water but floats in mercury. This is bocause the {a) Average densily of water and mercury is less than that of ron (b) Density of iron is leas than that of water as well as mercury, (c) Density of iron is more than that of water as well as mercury (d) Density of iron is more than that of water but less than that of mercury In a normal healthy body, the number of red colls or arythrocytes In cach cubic millimetre of blood is (a) 40 lakhs {b) 50 lakhs (c) 60 lakhs (d) 70 lakhs The avorage life of a red blood cell in the body is about (a) 95 days (b) 105 days (©) 145 days (0) 120 days The red blood cells originate in the {a) Bone marrow ——_{b) Brain {c) Ligaments (d) Muscles The amount of haemoglobin present in blood is: 42 about 15 gm per 100 mi. blood and this amount is usually called ‘100 per cent’. What percentage Is * considered normal? (a) 70 per cont (c) 85 per cent {b) 80 per cent {d) Over 90 per cent 84. Which of tho following is used as a presorvative of 85. 86, 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. food articles? (a) Sodium benzoate (b) Sodium bicarbonate Sodium carbonate (c) Sodium chloride DNA Is (a) Acetic acid (b) Citric acia (c) A class of nucleic acids (d) An enzyme The lustre of diamond is due to. {a) Reflection (b) Total internal reflection (©) Refraction (4) Its being the purest form of carbon Milk in natural form has a certain amount of ‘sugar. This sugar Is called (a) Glucose (b) Fructose {c) Lactose {d) Sucrose. Circulation of blood’ in the body was discoverod by (a) Joseph Lister (b) Robert Hooke (©) Jonas Salk (¢) William Harvey Which of the following is a source of ready energy that an athlete can use after stronuous exercises? (a) Glucose (b) Milk (©) Sucrose (d) Tomato soup Rust is a disease which affects wheat. It is caused by (a) Bacteria (b) Fungi {e) Virus (d) None of the above The other nama of Vitamin C is m2. 93. 94. 95, 96. 97. 43 (a) Formic acid (b) Acetic acid (c) Ascorbic acid (8) Riboflavin Who is credited with the discovery of noutron? {a) Chadwick (b) Bohr (c) Newton (4) Rutherford Benzene hexachloride (BHC) Is used by farmers for {a) Removing salinity of the soil (b) Killing harmful insects (c) Making up mineral deficiency (d) Making the soil rich in nitrogen Who, amongst the following, is credited with the discovery penicillin? (a) Edward Jenne ——_(b) Louis Pasteur (0) Alexander Flemings (4) William Harveyin Which of the following statements regarding the use of morcury thermomotors is not correct? (a) It has a ‘low vapour pressure at ordinary temperatures {b) Being a good conductor of heat it responds more Tapidly to changes of temperature {0} It expands uniformly (d) It is transparent and can easily be seen in the thermometric tube Cellulose is a {a) Carbohydrate (b) Fat (©) Protein (2) None of the above Lightning flash and thunderbolt occur at one and the samo time. In this contextwhich of the following is corréct? (a) The light is seen after the sound is heard (b) The sound is heard at the same time as the light is seen (c) The light is seen first and sound is heard afterwards98. . 99, 100. 44 (4) Sometimes light is seen first and sometimes sound is heard first Which of the following statements in regard to diabetes is not correct? (a) Its a disease of metabolism {b) ILoccurs when the blood sugar level decreases {c) Proper dose (through injection) of the hormone insutin helps to keep the disease under control (G) If not controlied, it results In loss of weight Which of tho following instruments is used for measuring the approximato hoight abovo ground levol? (a) Altimeter {b) Anemometer (c) Manometer (d) Micrometer On a hot day if you aro sweating, you will feel cooler than on a cooler moist day. This is bocause (a) There is foss ot anergy when you sweat (b) On a cooler moist day you lose less of energy (©) The evaporation of sweat on a cooler moist day raises the body temperature (d) The evaporation of sweat on a hot day causes more cooling, Questions from Previous Years Objective General Knowledge / Gonoral Studies / General Awareness Papors Hygrometor is used for measuring tho (a) Speed of sound (b) Density of milk (c) Humidity of air (6) Specific gravily of liquids (e) None of these Which of the following is a nonmetal? (a) Mercury {b) Magnesium (c) Manganese (d) Silicon Which of the following pairs Is not correct? 4S {a} Barometer — Torricelli (0) Telescope - Galileo (0) Aeroplane - Wright Brothers (4) Helicopter - Brequet e) Bicycle - Edison : Whon was tho first indian satellite ‘Aryabhatta taunched? (a) 1972 (©) 1975 (€) None of these . Which of the following vitamins Is associated with coagulation of blood? (b) 1974 (d) 1976 {@) Vitamin A {b) Vitamin 8 (©) Vitamin E (d) Vitamin (2) None of these Bauxite is an ore of {a} Copper (b) Iron (©) Aluminium (d) Manganese Which of the following Is used in fire extinguishers?. (a) Carbon sulphite (c) Carbon dioxide (b) Carbon monoxide (d) Mixture of the gases {e) None of these What is tho normal rato of heart beat in human boings? (a) 32 times per min, (c) 62 times per min, (e} None of these, sal blood donor belongs to the blood group {b) 42 times per min., (¢) 72 times per min, + ()B 0 Which of the following is entirely a plant product? (a) Lac _ tb) Resin (©) Agar-Agar (d) Latex14, 12. 13, 14, 15. 16. a7 18. 19. - (c) Gain of protons <7 46 {n animals, the principal role of Vitamin E is {a) Respiration {b) Reproduction 0) Digestion (d) Transpiration Mahalanobismodet laid groat emphasis on {@) Agriculture We) Development of heavy industries (0) Energy (d) Science and Technology Hereditary disorders are the rosult of (a) Defective DNA nucleus (b) Lack of vitamin {c) Defective RNA nucleus {¢) None of these Which of the following roofs provide better protection against heat? (a) Reinforced concrete(b) Asbestos sheets. (c) Cement stab (d) None of these Which of tho foliowing is not a vitamin? (a) Trypsin (b) Ascorbic acks (c) Riboflavin (d) Niacinamide Which of the following is not the colour in ralnbow? (a) Black (0) Indigo Oxidation results in (e) Gain of electrons 21. 22. 23, {b) Blue (d) Violet (b) Loss of electrons (d) Loss of protons Which of tho following substances exhibit the property sublimation? (a) Ico (b) Camphor (©) Ethy! alcoho! (6) Wax Tho layer of atmosphere which affords protection to human beings against solar ultraviolet radiations Is “(€) lonosphere . (0) 2CaSO,. H,0 24, 25. 26. 2. 28. a7 (b) Stratosphere {d) Exosphere (a) Troposphere Bronze is an alloy of (a) Copper and Zine (b) Tin and Zinc {e) Copperand Tin (d) Iron and Zinc An isotope of uranium omployod as fuol is (a) U-232 (0) U - 235 () U-238 (d)U- 240 Which of the following are the Rabi crops? {a) Wheat, Rice, Mustard 4 {b) Rice, Maize, Groundnut {0) Wheat, Barley, Mustard (d) Barley, Mustard, Groundnut Gypsum salt is (2) CaSO,.2H;0 (b) CaSOj. H,0 (d) CaSO.4. 5H,0 Which of the following is most important ore of aluminum? (a) Haematite (b) Bauxite (c) Limestone (d) Bronze Earth's crust havo the abundant reserves of (2) Iton, silicon and oxygen : (b) Silicon, nitrogen and aluminium {0) Silicon, oxygen and aluminium © {d) Iron, Siticon and nitrogen Caustic soda is (a) NaCO3 (b) NaHCOs (c) NaH (d) NaCl * Pure gold ts (a) 17 carat {b) 20 carat (©) 24 carat (d) 36 carat Archimedes principle gives tho {a) Specific gravity of the substance (b) Viscosity of the liquid30. 31. 32. 33, 34, 36. 36. 37. * (a) Nuclear Fission “(a) 11.1 kmis ~ a8 (@) Gravitational pull (@) None of these Which of the following |s‘a fastest growing troc? (a) Teak {b) Sal (0) Eucalyptus {d) Banyan Whon an object is placed betweon two mirrors placed parallel oach other, how many images will be formed? (a) 2° (by 4 (6 (0) Infinite Radioactivity was discovered by (a) Henry Bequerel_ —(b) Marie Curie (c) Newton (6) Einstein Sun dorives its energy from the process of (b) Nuclear Fusion (d) Helium explosion: equal to (c) Photosynthesis One horse power (a) 736 watts: (b) 746 watts (0) 748 watts + (d) 756 watts Dynamo is a device that converts {a) Mechanical energy into electrical energy (b) Electrical energy into mechanical energy {c) Alternating current into direct current (d) Heat energy into electrical energy Which of the following is most clastic? {a) Glass (b) Rubber {c) Steel (d) Sponge Both Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales show tho same reading at (a)4 (b) — 40" (c) 100° (d) — 273" The minimum velocity required to escape from the gravitational pull is {b) 11.2 km/s {c) 11.3 k's (d) 11.4 kms 38. 39. 40, a. 42, 43, 45. 49 Whon ice melts into water, its (a) Volume increases (b) Volume decreases {c) Mass increases (d) Mass decreases - Insulin is secreted by : (a) Pancreas (b) Liver (6) Pituitary (4) Thyroid ‘Anode is a (a) Positive electrode (b) Negative olectrode. (c} Neutral electrode _(d) None of these Mitochondria is also called c (a) Power house of the cell (b) Cytoplasm. (©) Centrosome (d) Plasmalemma Hoavy wator consists of (a) Heavy oxygen and heavy hydrogen: (b} Oxygen and heavy hydrogen (c) Heavy oxygen and hydrogen (d) Oxygen and hydrogen Thore are moro anti - bactorial drugs than anti - viral drugs bocause (a) Bacterial diseases are intra - celular (b) Viral diseases aro intra - cellular (¢) Virus are smaller than bacteria (d) Drugs can penetrate bacteria more effectively A boat filled with some stones Is floating in water. ~ Ifthe stones are dropped Into tho wator, the lovol. of the water will (a) Rise ; (b) Decrease ae (c) Remain the same (4) Insufficient data to predict Total internal reflection occurs whon light travels from (a) A rarer medium to a denser medium (b) A denser medium to a rarer medium46. 47. 48," 49. 50. 51. 52, .(c) Atomic clocks 50 (©) A rarer medium to a denser medium and the angle of incidence is less than the critical angle (d) A rarar medium to @ denser medium and the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle Sparkling red colour after the blast of fire crackers is duo to tho prosonce of (a) Strontium (b) Sodium (0) Sulphur (d) Magnesium The chief ingredient of the mosquito ropaltont croam is dorivad from (a) Tuis (b) Neem © (c) Lemon (d) Rice bran A chair is tilted about two of its logs and then left. It would return to its original position if (a) Its centro of gravity falls outside the baso (b) Ils centre of gravity falls within the base (0) itis ited through an angle of 600 (d) It will never regain its original position Very small - time intervals aro accurately measured by the {a) Pulsars (b) White dwarfs (d) Quartz clocks Chlorophyll contains {a) Berylium (b) Calcium {c) Magnesium (d) Strontium ” 42 constellations roferred to as zodiac are {a) Imaginary region that encompass the path of the planets {b) Signs of Roman gods (c}A group of stars (d) None of the above The charactoristic featuro of virus is that (a) Itis made of fats (b) It multiplies only on dead animats (c} It multplies only on hosts (d) It lacks chlorophyll 63. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 51 Fertility of soil can bo improved by (a) Removing dead earthworms (b) Adding dead earthworms (c) Adding living earthworms (a) Removing living earthworms and adding dead earthworms ; The distanco between two successive nodes of a standing wave is @a wo} © 4 Which of the following is true? (a) Sound waves exhibit interference (b) Light waves exhibit interference (c) Both light and sand waves exhibit interference: (d) Neillier sound waves nor light waves exhibit interference Which of the following is true about the Bats?. 41. Bats are mammals / 2. Bats have wings which are actually are modified forelimbs 3, Bats are nocturnal in habit (a) 1,2'and 3 (b) Zand 3 (c) Vand 3 (d) band 2 Population of cells derived from a single parent cellis callod (a) Haploid {b) Diplois. (c) Symmetrical cell (d) Clone. Hoat from the sun is received by the earth through (a) Conduction (b) Convection {c) Radiation (a) None of the above “Black holes’ refers to (a) Holes eccurring in heavenly bodies60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 66, * 2 {b) Bright spots on the sun (6) Collapsing object of high density (d) Collapsing objact of low density Which of tho following plants is biennial? (a) Banana (b) Pineapple (©) Jack fruit (0) Catrot The chemical name of ‘aspirin’ Is (@) Acety! cyanamide —(b) Acetyl salicylic acid (c) Benzyl salicylate (4) Tartatic acid Sodium vapour lamps aro proforred ove Incandescent lamps because of . (@) Higher efficiency * (b) Higher tolerance in voltage Auctuations (c) Easy installation (4) Higher intensity of itumination Which of the following are fod to rattle? 1. Sugarcane tops 2, Sugarcane leaves 3. Sugarcane baggasse 4, Sugarcano jaggery (a) 1,2, 3and4 (b) 4 and 3 (0) 2and3 (4) 1, 2and3 ‘Green house effect’ means {a) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospherle carbon dioxide . {b) Trapping of solar energy due toalmospheric oxygen (c) Pollution in houses in tropical region (d) None of the above Which of the following is not an alloy? (a) Brass (b) Bronze {c) Steal (d) Zinc Which of the following has the highest calorios Por gram? {a) Proteins (c) Sugar (b) Fats (d) Glucose 67. 69. 70. m1. 72. 3 : Shifting cultivators normally grow (a) A single crop which is mainly consumed (b) The major crop along with cereals (c) Cash crops along with fodder (d) Grains, vegetables and tubers in rotation Atmospheric pressure exerted on ‘earth is due to the i (a) Rotation of earth {b) Revolution of earth (c) Gravitational pull {d) Uneven heating of earth Guinea pigs which aro used in medical rosoarch aro (a) Rodents (b) Black swine {c) Stocky and brown in colour (d) Found in Asia only A small welght put on the Pressure cooker Increases the prossuro of the steam because {a) Itis air tight (b) Area of contact is very small (c) Density of metal is very high (d) Pressure buikis up irespective of the weight placed Deforastation results in (1) Flora destruction (2) Fauna destruction (3) Ecological disbalanoe (a) 1,283 (by 182183 (c)283 Birds get thrust (forward motion) and lift (upward motion) from (a) Flapping of wings (b) Twisting of feathers (c) Shape of wings which is similar to aeroplane blades {d) Air sacs73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. SA ff a bacteria culturo doubles exponentially. In ‘evory 30 minutes, then after 5 hours they bacomo (a) 10 fold (b) 100 fold (0) 1000 fold (d) 10000 fold The commonly prosont clements in the artificiat fortiliser are (a) Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sodium {b) Potassium, Nitrogen and Phosphorus (c) Phosphorus, Barium and Nitrogen (d) Nitrogen, calcium and Phosphorus (e) None of the above . If a block of gold weighing 100 gm in air is : immersed In water with a string tied to a spring balanco, what could be the probable woight indicated by the spring balance? {a) Less than 100 gm _(b) Equal to 100 9m (c) More than 100 gm (d) Double of 100 gm The picture tube of a black and white T.V. set has only one electron ‘gun’ that produces the pictur fon Its screen. The number of electron ‘guns’ a colour picture tube has, is, (2) Three + (b) Four {o) Six (d) Five Which one of the following substances Is used for preservation of food grains? (2) Borax » (b) Vinegar {c) Sodium benzoate (d) Potassium permanganate Ginger is a stem (ind not a root bocause (a) lacks chlorophyil (b) It has nodes and intemodes © eee food material : (d) It grows horizontally in the soil F The body cells of human boings -have 48 chromosomes oach. _ The number of chromosomes in the sporm cells of man is 80. 81. 82, 83, 84, 85. 86; 87. 55 Py, (a) 46 (b) 48 (c) 23 (@) 69 The charcoal used to decolourise raw sugar is (@) Wood charcoal —_(b) Coconut charcoal (c) Sugar charcoal’ (d) Animal charcoai Galvanised Iron sheots havo a coating of {a) Aluminium (b) zinc (6) Tin (d) Lead Potassium nitrate is used in (a) Fertiliser (b) Salt (0) Medicine (6) Glass Penicillin is produced from (a) Algae (b) Mushroom (c) Mould (d) Yeast The inherited traits of a person can bo Investigated by tho study of (a) Deoxyribonucieic acid (b} Ribonucleic acid (©) Adenosine tripho phate (d) Entioplasmic reticulum Tho height of a geostationary satollite from the surtace of the earth is about {a) 360 km + (b) 3,600 Lm {0) 23,000 km (d) 36,0C0 km Which one of the materials listed bolow is used extensively In the datng of archaeological Findings? ‘ (a) Radioactive iodine, (b) Radioactive phosphorus (c) Radioactive carbon (d) Radioactive uranium Which one of the following olements - Is oxtensivoly used is olectronics? (a) Zirconium ‘b) Silicon (c) Selenium (d) Sodium88. 89, 90, 91, 92. 93, 95, 56 i ~All the valns carry de-oxygenated blood, except (a) Hepatic vein (b) Portal vein (c) Pulmonary vein” (d) Subclavinn vein If wo go insido a mine and drop a 10 Ib iron. ball and 1.16 aluminium ball from the top of a high platform . 4 (2) 10 Ib weight will reach the floor first (b) 4 Ib weight will reach the floor first (c) Both will reach the floor at the same time (2) It is not possible to indicate which of the two will feach the “ : Which one of tho following is true about dry + fanning? 2) Farming without irrigation (b) Preparation of a mulch {c) None of these (d) Bah (a) and (b) Which one of tho following Is not a unit of distance? A (a) Parsee (b) Astronomical Unit (©) Light Year (d) Foot Candie Tho main atmospheric gas responsible for tho Greenhouse Effect is (a) Nitrogen (b) Oxygen {¢) Ozone (6) Carton dioxide The best source of Vitamin A Is (a) Lima bean {b) Carrot (©) Tomato (d) Orange The organ which destroys worn out RBCs in ine body of a vertebrate is (a) Liver (b) Pancreas (c) Spleen (4) Bate marrow When a bullot is fired upwards vertically, it gains in ; (a) Speed (b) Kinetic energy (©) Potential energy _¢ (d) Acceleration ee 100. 101, 101. 102, i 37 Which one of the following mixture of gases is required in gas welding? {a) Oxygen and ethylene (b) Oxygen and hydrogen (0) Acetylene and oxygen (@) Acetylene and hydrogen Tho largest cell in the human body Is {a} Nerve cell (b) Muscle cet (0) Liver cell (d) Kidney cell A line joining the points where there Is no declination is called . (@) Agonic line (b) Isogonic Ine (©) Die circle (d) None of these Which one of the following pair of liquids behaves ideally? 2 (a) Ethanol and water (b) Benzene and toluene (¢) Nitric acid-and water {d) Hydrochloric acid and water Tho following are stages in tho cell division In plants, 1. Anaphase 2. Prophase 3. Telophase 4. Metaphase: What is their correct sequence? (a) 1,.3,2,4 (b)3,1,4,2 ()2,4,1,3 (6) 1,2,3,4 Which one of the following is ascorbic acid? (2) Vitamin © (b) Vitamin (0) Vitamin B (2) Vitamin A What is tho sequence in which the following are evolved? 1, Amphibians 3. Reptiles 2. Birds © 4, Mammals103, 104, 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. +) 1,3,2,4 58 (b) 1,2,3,4 ()2,1,4,3 (0) 4,2, 1,3 The binary equivalent of the decimal number 9.5 is 2 (a) 1101.01 (by 1010" (0) 1001.1 (19114 Tho dividing plant or animal cells’ have four difforent stages during -division. Tho correct Soquonco of thelr mitotic division is (a) Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase (b) Metaphase, prophase, anaphase, telophase {c) Prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase (d) Anaphase, métaphase, prophase, telophase | Who among the following scientists Is «responsible for binomial nomenclature? (a) Charles Darwin (b) Carl Von Linnaeus. (©) Theopharstus, * (d) Hooker, J.D. The best colours) for a sun umbrella will bo (a) Black : (b) Printed with all the seven colours of the rainbow (c) White on top and black on the inside (d) Black on top and white on the inside Which one of the following vitamins Is asso¢lated with clotting of blood? (aA (o)c ()B . (0) K What is the correct sequence of the different layers of atmosphere as one proceeds upwards from the earth's surface? {a) Troposphere, lonoshphere, Stratosphere, Exosphero {b) Stratosphere. Exosphere, lonosphere, Troposphere (c) Troposphere, Stratosphere, lonosphere, Exosphere (2) lonosphero, Stratosphere, Exosphete, Tropasphera The enzyme amylase acts only on (a) Proteins (b) Lipids (©) Carbohydrates —_(d) Nucleic acids 110. 114, 112, 113. 114, 115. 116, 117. 118. 59 Which ono of, the following planets orbits around the gun in a clockwise direction from east to wost? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter % (d) Venusy In a plant the sito of percoption of tho photo- periodic stimutus is (a) Leaf , (b) Shoot apex (0) Flower bud (d) Seed Which one of the following genus served as a source of food for an expanding world population {a) Maize (Zea) (b) Sargassum (©) Chiorella (d) Anthoceros Lambert's law is related to (a) Interference (b) Illumination {c) Reflection (d) Refraction Which one of the following is a {a) CHS = 4 W)IR-8 (0) Kalyan Sona (6) Texas - 26 Which of the following environmental facto's may be taken as biotic factor? (2) Temperatura (b) Light (c) Water (d) Protozoa : Interactive service for transmission and reception of messages on printed medium through telephone lines is known as 5 ty of Maizo? (@) Teletext (b) Teleprint (c) Phonograph (d) Telefax The vegotation found in saline solls is termed as (a) Hydrophytes (b) Mesophytes (0) Halophytes (d) Hygrophytes The pulvinus in ‘Touch-me-not plant’ plays an Important role in {a) Leaf movement (©) Photosynthesis (b) Leaf fall (4) Transpiration119, 120. 121, 122, 123, 124, 60 An oloctron microscope _gives._nhighor magnifications than an optical microscope because {a) The wavelength of electrons is smaller as Compared to wavelength of visible light (b) The velocity of electrons is smaller than that of light ce {c) The electrons have more energy than the light particles (4) The electron microscope uses more powortul lenses The sead of Pintas (Chit.) contains (a) One cotyledon | (b) Two cotyledons {¢) Many cotyledon$ —_(d) No cotyledon Doficiency of which of the following vitamins causos ‘Night blindness'? (a) R (0)B oc @)D (e) None of these In which of the following countrios did the concept of zoro In numbers (a) Italy {b) China (c) Germany (4) Greece (e) India Which of the following diseasos usually spreads through milk? (a) Plague () Polio (c) Typhoid (2) Diphtheria (e) Malaria Which of tho following bost explains what heavy water Is? : {a) Itis hard 0) Itis viscous (©) Soap lathers profusely init (d) 1 contains three parts of hydrogen and one part cf oxygen (@) It contains some Uranium mineral ‘ 61 125. Which of tho following satellites helps telecast TV 126. 127, 128. 129, 130. 133. Network programmos all over the country? (a) Aryabhatia (b) Apple () INSAT- 18 © (4) Rohini (e) None of these Which of tho following diseases is transmitted by mosquito? =~, {a) Filaria (b) Plague + (0) Jaundice (4) Tetanus (e) Cholera Number of chromosomes, . por cell, in human boings is fa) 4t (b) 43 (0) 45 (d) 46 Epidemiology means {a) Study of epidemic disease (b) Study of deficiency diseases (c) Study of medicine (d) None of these Which of the following is tho site of protein * synthesis? (a} Mitochondria (b) Endoplasmic Reticulum (c) Ribosomes (d) Nucleus Chiotvsis in plants is duo to (a) Lack of light (b) CO gas () Oxygen (d) Nitrogen Lathyrism is caused 1}y tho consumption of (2) Oi + {b) Cereal (0) Pulses (d) Meat Preservative used for strawberries and plum squashes is {a) Sodium chloride —_(b) Sodium benzoate (c) Sodium nitrate (d) Ammonium sulphate Isobars are the linos connecting the places having samo2 (a) Atmospheric pressure (b) Rainfall cay Which of the following solls is best suited for (c) Height (d) Temperature cotton? 134. Silk is obtained from (a) Regur {(b) Alluvial (a) Moth by killing its pupa (c) Red {d) Clayey (b) Leaves of mulberry plant Match: (c) Stem of mulberry plant A, Vitamin A 1 Clotting of blood () Moth of silkworm 8. Vitamin B I Night blindness 435, Doad red blood corpuscles are stored in CVilamin E Il Beriberi (a) Liver {b) Spleen D.Vilamink * WV Sterility (c) Kidney a (d) Heart . A B C OD 136. DPI vaccine acts against m f@ Wot mo « (8) Diphtheria, Polio, Tetanus fo) 1 1 om ov {b) Diarrhoea, Polio, Tetanus. (ow ih Wt (c) Diphtheria, Whooping cough, Tetanus @ om Mw ot 1 (d) Diarthoea, Whooping cough, Tetanus 44. Match: 137. Hardnoss of water can be removed by. A. Bauxite Vron {a) Zeolites (b) Magnesium sulphate B. Haematite M1 Aluminium (¢) Calcium chloride (d) Sodium chloride C. Malachite —~ IIL Copper 138, Baking soda is D. Pitch blende IV Uranium {a) Sodium bicarbonate (b) Sodium carbonate ES my Ca * {c) Sodium chloride {d) Sodium hydroxide @ ot ot wow 139. Deficiency diseases are caused due to tho i) 1 deficiency of © to @ow wt (a) Proteins (b) Vitamins oom 4 Nv oo (c) Carbohydrates (d) Fats M5, Match: 140. Spring tides occur on new moon and full moon A. Nucleus 1 Protein synthesis days because on theso days B. Mitochondria, Il Photosynthesis {a) Sun, moon and earth are in a straight Ine C. ‘chloroplasts ‘ll Respiration {b) Sun and earth are at right angles D. Ribosomes IV DNA synthesis (c) Sun and moon are at right angles 6. The position of oarth in its orbit, when it is at its {d) Earth and moon are at right angles greatest distance from the sun causing northern 141, Auxins are summer is (a) Plant enzymes {b) Plant hormones. (a) Aphelion (b) Perihelion (¢} Animal enzymes —_ (d) Animal hormones (c) Perigee {d)} Apogeemy 165, 147. Which part of ‘the tea plant is used for makin tea? {a) Root (b) Flower (©) Leaves (d) Stem 148. Which of the following is almost froo fr 66. carbon? (a) Wrought tron (b) Pig Iron (c) Cast fron (@) Stee! 149. Basalt rock is an example of 167. {a) Metamorphic (b) Voleanic (©) Igneous rock {d) Sedimentary Direction: in questions 1511 - 152, Assertion (A) is given 5 which is followed by a Reason (I). Mark your answer as 160. 151. 152, 153. 154, {a) if both A and R are correct and R is cored ‘explanation of A; (0) if both A and R are correct hut R is not the corre explanation of A; (0) if Ais tfue but R is false; (d) if A is false but Ris true (A): Forests play an important role in floo prevention . (R): Trees hold the soil together and praver ‘erosion by rainy water (A): -Sun helps to keep the planets in orbit {R): Gravitational pull of the sun counter - balan the outward centrifugal force acting on the 80. planets due to their orbital velocity. (A): Copper is widely used in electrical appli {R): _Itis a very good conductor of electricity. 2-4Disa (a) Insecticide (b) Herbicide {c) Posticide (d) Weedicide Crosses are performed to get the ‘new varieties by the process of (a) Fertilisation (0) Pollination (b) Hybridisation {d) Germination 65 The largest source of pollution in the world is (2) Industrial effluents (b) Herbicides and insecticides (©) Sewage and garbage {d) Soot Which of the following In not a bio - degradable Pollutant? (a) Coal (b) Synthetic plastic {¢) Both of the above (4) None of these Tho tree specios most commonly used in social forestry is (a) Mango * (b) Guimohar (c) Peepal (6) Eucalyptus In a pin - holo camora, the imago produced on a screen at 8 cm from the pin - hole Is half the-size of the object. In the context the distance of the object from the pin - hole will be (a) 2.cm (b) 4m (c) 8 cm (¢) 16 om A particle experiences constant accoleration for 16 soconds after starting from rest and travels a distance Sz. If It travels a distance S; in the first 8 seconds,then =” ()S2= 38, (b) S2= 28, (0) i= 38; (2) S2= 48, On which of the following can the contre of gravity of a body depend? (1) Size {2) Weight (3) Shape {e) 1 and 3 {b) 1, 2and 3 {0) 3 only (4) 2 and 3 Consider the following figures 1 and 2. In figure 4, the mass of the body A in alr Is 0.2 kg. Tho mass of tho water container (with water in it) Is 0.5 kg. in figure 2, wl... \ Is completely Immersed in th water of the container B tho readings162: 163. 164, 165. 66 respective balances change as shown. Figure 2 < What is the value of X? fa)0.3kg * (b) 0.15 kg {c) 0.55 kg (4) 0.45 kg Tho onorgy of a particle executing linear Simpl Harmon Motion is on the average (a) Mostly kinetic (b) Mostly potential (c) Half kinetic and half potential (d) Half kinetic A thermostat is. (2) An instrument by which thermometer and determined (b) A modem type of thermoflask which work on t principle of equiparttion of heat energy (c) A device used to maintain a constant temperatur of water bath or an oven {d) A device which varles the temperature of a bath 540 gm of ice at 00 C is mixed with’ 840 gm of water at 80°C (latent heat of ice is 80 caligm). The final temperature of the system In °C will bo (ao (b) 40 (c) 60 (¢) 80 What should one do if he wishes to increase the pitch string type instrumont? 1, Increase the length of the string used the accuracy G8. 166, 167. 169. o 2. Decrease the gauge of the string used 3. Tighten the string 4. Tighten the string (a)2, land 4 (b) 2anda (c) 4 anda (d) 3 and 1 When an object is near a plano mirror, the image is erect, virtual and of tho same size as the object A concave mirror gives a magnified and orect Image of a nearby object whoroas a convex mirror givos an croct and diminished image. For the rear view mirror Ina car (a) A concave mirror is always used (h) A plane misror is used (©) Wo may use either concave, convex or plane mirror (@)A convex mirror is ehvays used, A magnetic needle shows identical deflections in two cases, first when one magnet is placed normal to the earth's magnotic field with its contre at a distance of 20 cm from tho contra of the magnotic noédlo, and sécond whon another one is placed with: its centre at a distance of 30 m from the centre of the needle. The correct ratio of the magnotic moments of the two magnets is (a) 3:27 (b) 4:9 (0) 2:3 (d) 9:4 Which one of the following gives the resultant capacitor whon capacitors are joined in series? (a) The reciprocal of the sum of the capacitors. (b) The reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocals of the individual capacitors (c) The sum of the individual capacitors (d) The sum of the reciprocals of the ‘individual capacitors Which of tho following are produced by a moving electric charge?170. 171, 172. 173, 174, 175, 68 1. Electrostatic field 2, Magnetic field 3. Gravitational field (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and-3 (c) 1and 3 (9) 2 only The time interval between two beats of a normal human heart is (2) 0.5 second (0) 1 socond (©) 2 second (4) 3 seconds In Bohr's atomic model, the electron can revolve: only in certain specified, circul: orbits, What Is the radius 'r’ of the first Bohr orbit? (a) 107° m . (2) 10m (0) 0.5 x 10° m (8) 0.5 x 10% m Tho earth's satoliite is moving round the earth Ina ‘circular orbit, Which of the following aro true regarding the satellite? 1. For it speed is constant 2. For it velocity is constant 3. For il angular momentum is constant 4. Its gravitational pull is balanced by the centriugal force (a) 1, 2and3 (b) 2,3and4 (0).1,. 3 and 4 (6) 1, 2and 4 Leguminous plants are good for increasing tho fertility of the soli bocause thoy {a} Fix nitrogen in the soil + (b) Fix oxygen In the soll (c) Are harmless to the soil {d) None of the above Which of the following vaccines was first discovered? (a) Smail pox (b) BCG. {0) Cholera (d) Typhoid International broadcasting requires (a) Low frequency radio waves 176, 47. 9 (b) High frequency radio waves (c) Medium frequency radio waves (4) Longitudinal waves X-rays are similar in nature to (@) electrons (b) helium nuclei {c) electromagnetic radiations (d) None of these A ball is thrown vertically upwards in spaco. Which of the following graph gives correctly the variation of its acceleration - with time? ( bh 3 i i > & © 9) i z j i = am Directions: Questions 178 to 182 consist of two statements labelled “Assertion” (A) and *Reason” (R). 1A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation-of A, mark your answer as (a) 2 WA and R are both true, but R is not the correct explanation of A, mark your answer as 4 If Ais true and Ris false, mark the answer as (c) and if A is false and R is true, mark the answer as (4) S 178, (A): As one goes inside the surface af the earth, th alue of g increases. .173, 180, 181. 182. 183. 184, 185. 70 {R}: The force of gravitational attraction between "two bodies 100 varies inversely as the square of the distance between them. (A): Light waves have different refractive indices in differont media (R): Variations in the velocities of light in different media cause the refractive indices to be different, {A): if the temperatue of the atmospheric air is decteased, the velocity of sound waves propagating through it increases. (R}:_ The propagation of sound through atmospheric air is in the form of Iohgitudinal waves. (A): If wo take water In aSeylinder with two holes on * its side, then the water coming out from the lower hole traverses more horizontal distance than the water coming out from the upper hole, (R): The pressure al the lower. hole is more than that at the upper hole (A): When a man is standing in a lift which is either al rest or moving up or moving down, with uniform speed, he does not find any apparent change in his weight, (R): The reaction of the floor of the lift is equal to his weight, . Which one of the following ropresents a chemical chango? A (a) Evapofation of alcoho! (b) Sublimation of iodine a (¢) Heating a platinum wire in a bunsen flame (6) Heating of mercuric oxide powder The phosphate of a motal has the formula MHPO,. The formula of Its chloride would bo (a) MCI (b) MCI (co) MCh, (d) Mz Cls Two different oxides of a motal contain 186. 187, 188, 189, 190. mM respectively 20% and 40% oxygen by weight. This is in accordance with the law of (a) Conservation of mass _(b) Multiple proportions (c) Definite proportions (4) Reciprocal proportions Which one of the following represents the corroct * order according to the increasing atomic weights of the eloments Na, K, Li,Rb? (a) Na, LI, K Rb (b) Na, K, Rb, Li (0) Li, Na, Rb K (0) Li, Na, K, Rb Approximately what parcentago of air (by volume) gots used up in a combustion process? {a) 20% (b) 40% (c) 60% (d) 80% Nitrogen Is propared in tho laboratory by heating (a) Ammonium sulphate (b) Ammonium nitrate (@) The mixture of ammonium chloride and sodium nitrite (d) The mixture of ammonium chloride and calcium oxide Whic: cf the fellowing represents neithor oxidation nor reduction? (aj Na-» Na” {b) CrO SAC (d) NOx’ > NOs’ Consider the following: Acids aro compounds which 1. Give hydrogen ions 2: Donate protons 3. Accept protons 4, Turn blue litmus into red Which of the above are correct? (a) 1, 2and 4 (b) 1, 3.and 4 (©)2,3 and 4 (d) 1, 2and 3191, 195, 196. 197. n Urea is correctly represented by the formula (a) CHs COONH, (b) (NH,)2 SOx (c) CH; CONH, (3) NH2 CONH2 Tho material used for bleaching paper pulp is (a) Caustic soda (b) Sodium hypochtorite {c) Lime {d) Alum: Electronic configuration of nitrogen Is (@) 18°, 2s!, 2p" (b) 1s?, 287, 2p? (¢) 1s?, 28, 2p? {d) 18”, 2s”, 2p, as! . The atomic weight of aluminium is 27. A stable compound aluminium Is--AICI;. The equivalent weight of aluminium is : (a)2.7 ()9 (c) 27 (d) 81 Which of the following compounds have equal molecular and equivalent weights? 1, HS0. 2.HCI 3, NaOH 4, Ca(OH), (a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 4 Ease of formation of cation Is favoured by (a) Higher value of ionisation energy- (b) Lower value of ionisation energy {c) Higher value of electron affinity (d) Lower value of electron affinity Match List 1 with List 2 and select the correct answer using the codes given below tho lists: List 4 List 2 (Materials) (Chemicals) 104 A. Glass 1, Phosphorus B. Cement 2. Clay C. Matches 3. Silica, D. Ink 4, Carbon bl ick 5, Cellulose 199, 200. 201, 202, 203, a Ame eeCE RD, @ 3 4 4 58 @ 3 2 F a () 3 2 “4 4 a i a ey Which one of the following érganisms Is used in the production of alcohot? (a) Actinomycete (b) Bacterium (©) Algae (d) Yeast The longest cells in human body are (a) Nerve cells (b) Muscle cells (c) Kidney cells (d) Intestine cells. Which among the following frults is a berry? (a) Banana (b) Mango (c) Pineapple (d) Orange Which one of tho following is not a bone of tho humantog? =. (a) Humerus. (0) Femur (c) Fibula (d) Tibia Consider the four ontrios below: 1. Right auricle ti, Left auricte Il. Right ventricle IV, Left ventricle Tho above are the four chambors of human heart in which the blood returned to the heart by groat voins flows in a sequential order. What is tho correct sequential order? (@) 1, Wm iV (by 1 LAV (0) HV 1, I (a) i, A tissue which gives mechanical support to plant parts is {a} Chtorenchyma (©) Parenchyma (b) Sclerenchyma (d) Phloem204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 4 Organisms having a definite nucleus in the cells are known as (a) Eukaryotes’ (b) Prokaryotes (c) Perikaryotes (d) Akaryotes Virus particles can grow only (a) Virus particles can grow only (b) Extracellularly (0) In simple growth media (d) In normal saline When did India ‘conduct its first Nuclear explosion at Pokhran? (a) April 10, 1974 (b) April 18, 1974 (6) May 10, 1974 (d) May 18, 1974 Which of the following is a gas? {a) Thorium (b) Plutonium (¢) Mercury (d) Chlorine” Who among the following wrote a treatise on medicine in ancient India? (a) Charaka {b) Nagarjuna (0) Aryabhatta (9) Varahambhira Spring tides occur at (a) New moon and full’ moon when the earth. the ‘moon and the sun are in.a tine (b) First and last quarter of the moon when the earth and the sun are in a fine ; (©) New moon and full moon when the earth and the sun are al right angle (d) First andslast quarter of the moon when the earth and the sun are at right angle Lapso rate is related to tho decrease of (a) Pressure with ascent of 500 feet (b) Temperature with ascent of 10F for 330 feet (c) Moisture with ascent of 450 feet (d) Wind ve'ocity with ascent of 306 feet m1. 212. 213. 214, 216. 216. 217. 218. 219. 75 Which of the following planots has the smaliest diameter? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Pluto {d) Venus Which of tho following types of photons has the highest energy? (a) X ~ rays (b) Radio - waves ()y- (Gamma) rays (d) Visible Radiatlons They instrument, used for rocording tremors of earth, is known as a) Crescograph {b} Lactometer (c) Seismograph (d) Hydrometer Which of the following layers makes radio — transmission possible? (a) Troposphere (b) lonosphere (c) Mesosphere (d) Stratosphere Colour of tho skin is dus to tho prosence of (a) Melanin (b) Renin (c) Mesotosin (d) Metatorin Which of the following is not an olementary particie? (a) Proton (b) Positron (c) Photon {d) Phonon Which of the following is a protein? (a) Starch (b) Natural Rubber (c) Wool {d) Cellulose Procipitation r sults in 1. Rain 2, Cloud 3. Snow (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c} 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only Healing of the wound is hastened by vitamin (aA (bc ()E (ak220. 221, 222, 223, 224, 225. 226. 227. 6 Excossive rapidity in the activity of heart Is. (a) Trachycardia {b) Hypotension (c) Hyper tension () Brady cardia Which of the following 1s used in the recently developed technology for communication? (a) Optical fibre (b) Glass fibro (©) Nylon fibre (d) Quartz fibre Which of tho following is not a process of chemical weathering (2) Oxidation (b) Carbonation (0) Hydration. (d) Exfoliation An organism possessing a chromosomal complement different from the diploid ono such as 2n-lor 2n +1 is called (2) Amphidiptoid {b) Aneuploids (0) Alopolyploid (4) Autopolyploid The biotic -relationship between, insects and plants with reference to pollination is termed as (a) Mutualism (b) Commonalism (©) Parasitism (4) Saprophytism Which among the following amino - acids is not ossentially roquired for hoalth? {a) Phenylalanine —_(b) Leucine (0) Cyste nine (4) Tyrosin ‘Mycorrhiza’ is the term used to indicato the association between (a) Facultative parasité of fungi and roots of higher plants (b) Obligatory parasite of fungi and host plants: (€) Different algae and fungi (d) Mycelium of a fungus and the roots of certain plants in which the hyphae form a closely woven Mass around the rootlets Largest installed capacity of nucloar power in India is at 228, 229. 230, 231. 77 (a) Tarapore (b) Kalpakkam (c) Trombay (d) Kota Which of the following explains the reason why there is no total eclipse of the sun? (a) Area of the sun covered by the moon (b) Direction of rotaticn of earth around sun {c) Orbit of moon around earth (d) Sue of earth in relation to that of moon The proposed atomic powor plant to the buill in Karnataka will bo located at (a) Saga (b) Kaiga (©) Bijapur (6) Ankola Barometer is an instrumont used for measuring (a) Density of mix —_(b) Velocity of sound (c)Wind pressure __(d) Atmospheric pressure Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity? {a) Siver (©) Zinc (b) Copper (d) tron Direction: In question 232 - 238. Assertion (A) is given. which is followed by a Reason (R). Mark your answor as 232, (A): 233, 234, (a) if both A and R are correct and R ws correct ‘explanation of A; (b) if both A and R are correct but R is not the correct ‘explanation of A; (0) if Ais true but R is false; (A) if Ais false but R is true For the production of aluminium, cheap electricity is essential (R): Extraction of aluminium fiom its ore requires abundant supply of electricity. (A): Mercury is the farthest pianet from the sun (R): Mercury is the smallest planet in the enwe solar system. (A): Photosynthesis takes place in all green plants235, 236, 237, 238. 239. 24 241, 242, 243, B (R): Chierophy! is essentiat for photosynthesis (A): Red green colour blindness occurs wi frequency in males than in females, {R}: Fema'es nave to chromoscmes and males have ore, (A): Noise pollution is unwanted accumulation of noise in the atmosphere. (R}: interferes with communication. (A): Forest cutting is undesirable from the point of view of soil conservation. (R): Cutting of forests reduces the interception of ranwater, , (A): A person with blood type 0 15 considered a Universal recipient, more (Ri: Type O blood does not contain any antigens. The small bats can fly In dark bocause (a) They can see tne objects in darkness tb) They have weak legs and are likely to be attacked by predators (c) They generate flashes of light {d) They generate ultrasonic sound waves Which of the following is the largest planet? fa) Neptune (b) Jupiter 27) Saturn (d) Mars The ore from which the alumi extracted is (a) Haemante (c} Galena ium metal can be (b) Bauxite (¢) Ilmenite The diseases caused by progoans are (a) Filaria and malaria (b) Filaria and amoebiasis (c) Anoebasis and malana (d) Hydrephobia and taenia “Mother - of - Pearl" is (ai An oyster which yiekts *he pearl 9 (b) A special large sized pead found in Japan (c) A hard iridescent substance forming the inner layer of certain shelis {c) A title givan to Queen Victoria on becoming the Empress of India The type of natural vegetation found in Western Ghats is (2) Evergreen (b) Deciduous (©) Alpine (4) Mangrove Bionics Is the study of (a) Living beings (b) Human behaviour {c) Attiticial Fmbs and is a field of engineering (d) Language Loprosy is endemic is (a) Rajasthan (b) Jammu & Kashmir {c) Punjab (8) Tehsi - Garhwal Mercury thermometor was invented by (a) Gatileo {b) Fahrenheit (c) Newton (d) Priestly India's firs: auclear power station was established at (a) Korba (b) Kalpakkam (¢) Tarapur (4) Trombay In silver plating, the cathode is formed by the (a) Sitver . (0) Carbon rod (c) Object to be electroplated (d) Salt solution in which the object to be electroplated «s dippled . Tho displacoment - time graph of a body moving in a straight line is shown in the figure. The acceleration of the particle is.261. 252. 253, 254, 255, 256. 80 (a) Zero (c) Positive John Walker invented (b) Constant (d) Negative (a) Safety match (b) Safety razor . (c) Safety pin (d) Safety valve Monoacidesta of Salicylic acid is better known (a) Phenyl (b) Petrot (e) Aspirin (d) Washing soda The unit of current is ta) Ohm (b) Ampere (ce) Vok (d) flertz Whatis dry ice? (a) A variety of ioe cream (b) A dangerous bomb (©) Baking soda (d) Solid carbon dioxide Which of tho following does not constitute bl. (a) Plasina (b) Placenta (0) Platelois (@) RBCs. {e) None of these : Scurvy is caused due to lack of vitamin (aA ©)B {oc (WD 7 BL When an element burns in air It {a) changes into energy {b) changes into a gas. (c) is converted into a compound (d) is destroyed Permanent hardness of water may be, removed by tho addition of (a)Lime + —_(b) Sodium carbonate (©) Alum (d) Potassium permanganate Which one of the following motals is found in free state In nature? (a) Sddiom (b) Copper (c) Potassium (6) Golt Which one of the following constitutes a (a) Curd, (b) Solution of caustic soda (c) Starch (a) Ammonia A solid ball of motal has a sphorical cavity inside it. If the ball Is heated, the volume of the cavity will (a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain unaffected (d) have its shape changed A red flower placed in green light appears (a) Reddish green _{b) Greenish red (c} Viotet (d) Black Instruments cin be shiolded from outside magnetic effeccs by surrounding them with (a) glass shield {) rubber shield (c) iron shield (d) brass shield Sugar contains {a) Proteins (b) Vitamins (c) Carbohydrates —_{d) All of these265, 266, 267. 268. 269. 270. 271. 272. 273. 82 Which one of the following is not 4 gland? (a) Liver (b) Kidney (©) Pancreas Fatis digested in the z (a) mouth {b) large intestine (0) spleen (A) small intestine Which of tho following substances.has the I specific gravity? (d) Stomach (a) Gold (b) Brass {0) Iron (d) Marble Tho most iniportant organ of the body is (a) Brain (b) Heart (ce) Lungs (d) Liver The secretions of ductless glands are called (a) Juices (b) Solutions (c) Hormones (0) Excretions Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at {a) Dehra Dun (b) Nellore (©) Ani (¢) Thumba Two colls have a combinad resistance of 12 when combined in series and 5/3 ohm, connected in parallel. Their respoctive rosista are (a) 5,7 ohms (b) 10, 2 ohms (c) 6, 6 ols, (d) 4, s ohms, Which of tho following aqueous solutions decolo acidified solution of _ potass! pormanganate? 5 {a) Sodium sulphite _(b) Ferrous sulphate (c) Sodium nitrated) Petassium sulphate Universal recipient blood group in I transfusion belongs to {a) A blood group. {c) AB bleod group {b) B blood groip (d) O blood group 274, 83 Which of the following aro the characteristics o1 gamma radiations? 1, They can easily pass through the human body causing immense biological damage, 2. Their speed is much less than thal of tight 3. They are not defected by electric and magnetic fields 4, Their ionising power is very high (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (0) 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 4 Direction: In questions 275 - 277, an Assertion (A) is Oven, whi 275, 276. 277. 278. h is followed by a Reason (IR). Mark your answer as (a) if beth A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A; (b) if both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A; (©) if Ais tue but R is false; (0) Ais falso but R is true {A}: The solar spectrum consists of a bright coloured continuous spectrum interspersed with dark lines. (R): The solar radiation undergoes selective absorption in the solar atmosphere before reach’.ng earth. 4A): A running reftigerator can cool a room if the door of the refrigerator is kept open and it is placed in the middle of the room, (R): A refrigerator cools the room by taking heat ‘away from it {A}: Mitochondria is known as powerhouse of cell {R): Synthesis of ATP occurs in Mitechonaria which is stored as chemical energy in cell, Which of the following does not provide any energy? (a) Carbohydrates (c) Vitamins (b) Fats. (a) Proteins279. 280. 281. 282. 283. 8 A drum Filled with water has two holes one above the other near the base. Which of the four picturos bolow represents correctly the-pattern of water flow? ZA ” “e o abba 121 A spring balance together with a suspended weight of 2.5 kg is dropped from a heitsht of 30 metres, The reading on tho sprin balance, white falling, will show a waight of (a} Okg (b) 125 kg (0) 2.5 kg (6) 25 kg The phenomenon of mirage is due to (a) Change in refractive index cf air with change in temperature (b) Total internal reflection {@) Polarisation of light on reflection 4 {d) Adsorption of light by air at higher temperature A cyclist negotiating a bond, tilts from the vortical direction because of : (a) Gravitation and friction (b) Friction and centrifugal force {¢) Gravitation and centnfugal force {Ci Gravitation and centripetal force - How does the ozone layer in tho atmosphere protect life on oarth? (a) By absorbing ultraviolet radiations of the sun ib) By transmitting heat radiations of the sun 284, 285. 286. 85 (©) By absorbing infrared radiation of the sun (d) By Iransmitting heat radiations of the sun Beats are produced when the frequencies of the two vibrating sources are (a) Very different from each other (b) Very close to each other 122 (0) Exactly equal {o each other (d) Constantly changing The plant which gears frult only once In Its life time is {a) Grapes (b) Banana {c) Papaya {d) Date A person is standing noar a railway track and a railway engine while blowing its whistle is coming towards that person with a constant velocity of 50 miles/hour. The person will notice that (a) Both the intensity and frequency cf sound remain. unaltered {b) Both the intensity and frequency of the sound increases (c) The intensity of the sound increase but its unaltered of the sound increases but its frequency decreases Quinine is obtained from (a) Cinchona {b) Cocoa (c) Mulberry {d) Eucalyptus A coin tossed vortically by a passangor sitting in a train that Is moving with a uniform velocity, still returns to his palm. This demonstrates tho principle of {a} Addition of veloaities of the train and the coin (bo) Conservation of angular momentum (c) Inertia (Newton's First Law of Motion) {d) Addition of forces due to gravity and the toss of ‘the coin289. 290. 291, 292, 293. 294. 295. 296, 86 The colour of the sky Is blue because of {@) Combination of various lights producing bl colour (b) The scattering o tight by dust particles (c) Both of those {d) None of the above Bananas do not have scods because (2) Their flowers have no ovules. {b) They are usually undernourished plants {c) Their fruits develop without fertilisation (d) All Musaceae are seedless plants Sex of a child Is normally dotermined by t chromosomes of . {a) Mother only (b) Father only (c) Both father and mother (d) Either father or mother An ordinary petrol driven car without modificatio will work on the surface of the moon because (a) There is io oxygen {©) The gravitaticnal pull is smalter (c} The surface is too rough (d) Petrol disintegrates A patient is put to Dialysis whon he or shesuffa from \ (a) Heart ailment (b) Kidney aitment (c) Lung cancer (4) Liver damage Wator used in nuclear reactor Is (a) Hard water (b) Sterile water (©) Soft water (d) Heavy water How does a bat find its way? (a) Visually (0) Audially (c) By touch (d) By sme Carbohydrates include 297. 298. 299, 300. 301. 302. 303. 87 (a) Fats and sugar (b) Fats, sugar and proteins {c) Starch, sugar and proteins (d) Starch and sugar Bosides iron and carbon, stainless steel contains (a) Manganeso and nickel (b) Nickel and cobalt (c) Nickel and chromium (d) Chromium and cobalt Brass Is an alloy of e (a) Copper and tin (b) Copper and zinc (c) Aluminium and copper (d) Zine and kon Molecular weight of heavy water, used as moderator in nuclear reactors is (a) 22 (b) 20 (0) 18 (d) 16 The groon colour of water in a lake is due to (a) Excessive grov.th of seaweeds (b) Algae () Pollution (4) None of the above Tho ,.«88-energy ralation Is the outcome of (a) General theory of relativity (b) Special theory of relativity (©) Field theory of energy += (J) Quantum theory Potassium permanganate is used for purifying drinking because (a) It is a reducing agent (b) It is an oxkdising agent (c) It dssolves the impurities of water (d) Itts a stenlising agent Which of the following Is the correct sequence of evolution? ‘ds - Reptiles - Fishes - Mammals 18 - Reptiles - Mammals - Fishes304, 305. 308. 307. 308. 88 (c) Fishes - Reptiles - Frogs - Mammals - Birds (d) Fishes - Frogs - Reptites - Birds - Mammals Amnesia is related to {a) Loss of memory —_(b) Loss of hearing (c) Loss of Teeth (A) Sleeping sickness Which of the following statements Is correct? (a) Dynamo converts mechanical energy into electrical energy and electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy (b) Dynamo converts clectrical energy into light energy and electric motor converts mechanical energy into electrical energy (©) Both dynamo and electric motor converts ‘Mmeghanical energy into electrical energy (d) Both dynamo and electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy Which of the following pairs of compounds is organic? {a} Urea and Ammonium carbonate (b) Ethyl alcohol and Methyl acetate {c) Sodium bromide and Sodium chtoride (d) Ammonium phosphate and Bengal chloride The burns caused by steam are sevore than those , caused by boiling wator because {a) The temperature of steam is greater than that of the boiling water 3 {b) The steam is in vapour state ic) The steain exert more pressure (a) The steam has more latent heat Sodium thiosulphate is used in photography because (a) It is. a reducing agent (b) Itis an oxidising agent 0) IL reacts with fight (d) It helps in fixing the photograph 309, 310, 311, 312. 313, 314, 315, 89 Speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids because {a) The atoms in solids are regularly arranged (b) The liquids have high elastici (6) The solids have high elasticity (4) The atom in liquids are closely packed Zoolito is used {a} For softening of water (b) As a flux in furnaces (©) Fof punfication of water (4) As a catalyst in soap manufacturing The spring balance works on the principle of (a) Hook's law (b) Lonrs faw (c) Bernoulli's principle (d) Boyle's law Which of the following olements is obtained from sea-weeds? (a) lodine (b) Vanadium (c) Sulphur (0) Argon Taonia solium (Tape worm) lives {a) As a parasite in liver of a man {b) Asa parasite in the pig (0) Asa parasite in intestine of a man (0) As a parasite in abdomen of a man Which of the following is not correglly matched? (2) Isobars - Lines joining areas of equal aimosphe pressure (b) Isobath - Lines joining points of eq\al seabed depth (©) Isohaline - Lines joining points of equal salnity in sea (d) Isohels - Lines jo‘ning areas of equal rainfall. Tha common refrigerant used in refrigorators conditioners is (2) Ammonia (b) Freon (©) Carbon tetrachloride _(d) Nitrogen316, 347. 318. 319, 320. 321, 322, 323, 324, 90 ‘Gun powder was invented by {a) Roger Bacon (b) Alfred Nobel {c) Albert Einstein —__(d) Alexander Fleming The elements roquired for tho development of strong bones are {a) Sodium and calcium (b) Sodium and phosphorus (c) Phosphorus and calcium (d) Phosphorus and magnesium Which of the following is the fastest growing tree? {a) Sal (b) Teak (0) Eucalyptus 4d) Banyan Who discovered the satollitos of Jupiter? (2) Galileo {b) Kepler (c) Newton (6) Tayco Brake The half tlfo period of a radioactive olemont Is 8 days. How long will it take to reduce it from 10 mg to 5g? (a) 4 days (b) 8 days (c) 12 days (d) 16 days The motallic constituents of hard water are (2) Calcium, Magnesium and Iron (b) Calcium, Magnesium and Tin (c) Magnesium, Tin and Iron 5 (9) Iron, Tin and Calcium Actinides are the elements which starts with atomic number {a} 36 to 43, (b) 89 to 103 (c) 97 to 114 (d) 101 10 115 Acistron is a (2) Functional unit (b) Mutational unit (©) Complete DNA unit (d) Recombination unit Element that do not occur in nature but can be produced artificially is a (a) Uranium (b) Radium (c) Thorium. (d) Plutoniom Which of the following organolle Is prosent in bacteria or prokaryotic cell? (a) Mitochondria (b) Ribosomes (©) Golgi Bodies (d) Vacuoles Plants that grow on salty soils are (a) Xerophytes (b) Hydrophytes (c) Halophytes (d) Homophytes The gland, which in relation to body size Is largest at birth ang then gradually shrinks after puborty, is (a) Pituitary {b) Adrenal (0) Thyroid (d) Thymus Cytochrome contains (a) Magnesium (b) Iron (c) Copper (d) Calcium Which of tho following is not immunised by ‘Triple Antigen’? (a) Typhoid (b) Whooping cough (0) Tetanus (d) Diphtheria Three basic colours In colour television are (a) Red, green, yellow (b) Blue, green, yallow {c) Red, blue. green —_(d) Red, blue, yellow Turpentine oll Is produced from (2) Animal fat {b) Eucalyptus tree (0) Pine tree (0) Mineral cil Which of the following is not an alloy? (a) Bronze _ (6) Zine (©) Brass (a) Stee! The world environment day is celebrated on (a) 7 Aprit (b) 5 June (©) 16 June (d) 6 August ‘Laparoscopy’ is associated with2 n (a) Family planning —_(b) Leprosy control 342, (Instrument) {Usey (c) Study of Leprosy (4) Pollution control {A) Electro-Encephelograph : (1) Diagnostic fool for 335. Which .of the following places has an atomi heart powor plant? (B) Electro-Cardiograph (2) Diagnostic too! for a) Ankleshwar (b) Korba brain ailment (¢) Koyna (d) Tarapur (C) Sphygmomanometer (3) Instrument used . Oncogenes are for measuring B.P. 42) Tumor inducing genes (0) Stethoscope (4) Instrument used *. (bj Ancestral genes weeee pulsemeart (©) Genes inhibiting cell division _ (d) Genes present in prokaryotic celts 337. Respiratory quotient is the ratio of (a) A-2;8+1,C-3, D-4 (b) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 (6) A-2, B-1, C-4.D-3 (d) A-1, B-2,.Cr3, D-4 (@) COuH,O (b) On/H0 343, (Process) (Obtained) “* (©) COO, (d} O60, (A) Hydrogenation ~~ (1) Vanaspati 338. Graphite and Sillimanite belongs to the catego (8) Evaporation (2) Ethyl aleohot of (C) Distitation (3) Common Salt (a) Ferrous minerals (b) Fertilser minerals (D) Polymerisation (4) Nylon ‘ (c) Refractory minerals (d) Base minerals (a) A-4, B-3,C-2,D-4 (b) A-2, 6-4. C+1, D-3 339. The size of the earth was first suggested by + (6)As3, B-2,0-1,D-4 (4) A-2, Bt, C-3, Dod (a) Hipparcus (0) Galleo 344, (Element) {Uso) {0} Ptolemy (4) Eratosthenes (A) Lead (1) Galvanisation 340. Gone was first isolated by a ee (2) J.C. Bose (0) 8. Chandrashekhar 8 Seen al ae ee : ignesium (3) Car battery (c) Hargobind Khorana (d) C.V. Raman vee +n Directions: Match the columns in questions 341 - 346. oe ert ae eee 341, (Vitamin) (Disease) pipes heen, pede e Os (A) Vitamin A (1) Scurvy (0) A-2, B4,C-4,D-2 (4) A2.B3,C-1, D4 (B) Vitamin B (2) Night blindness 345. (Quality) (Planet) {C) Vitarnin C (3) Beriberi (A) Largest Planet (1) Pluto (0) Vitamin D (4) Rickets (B) Brightest Planet (2) Jupiter (a) A2,B-3, C-l, D4 {C) Densest Planet ~ (3) Earth (0) Smallest Planet (4) Venus C-3,D-4 (a) A-2, B-4,C-3, 0-1 (b) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 (6) A-4, 8-3, C-2, D-1 (c)A-3, B-4, C-2,D-4 (4) A-3, B-4, C-1, 0-2346. 347." 348, 349. 350. 351. 352, 353. aay (instrument) {Use} (A) Anemometer (1) Electric Current (8) Barometer (2) Humidity (C) Ammeter (3) Atmospheric pressure {0) Hygrometer (4) Velocity of wind (a) A-4, B-3, C-1,D-2_ (b) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 (c} A-2, 8-3, C-1,-4 (0) A-t, B-2, C-4, 0-3 Pancroas secretes hormones which halps in (a) Growth of body (b) Blood clotting (c) Keeping sugar balance in bedy (d) Produstion of anti- bodies The wood largely used for railway sleepers is (a) Sundari {b) Deodhar (c) Toona (d) Sal Horbicides are ‘used for the elimination of (a) Plantdiseases —_(b) Pests (c) Weeds (4) Insects Tho unit structure of which gene is made up of is (a) DNA (b) Nucleotides (2) Endoplasmic reticulum (d) RNA Sunderbans is the name of {a) Deciduous forest (b) Semi evergreen forest (0) Tropical forest _(d) Tidal forest Of tha following food, which is rich in protein and oll? {a) Red gram 4b) Soyabean (c) Moon gram (d) Cow peas Which ono of the following equations represents the Acrobic' respiration? (a) CelH1120c + 6 O7 -» 6 CO2 + 6H20 + 674 Keal {b) Celty02 + 602 » 6 CO, + SHO + 674 Kcal (c) 6 CO; + 6HzO > CsH:20c + 6 O2 (6) CeH120c + 602 > 6 H2CO3 95 In an atomic nucleus, protons and neutrons aro hold togethor by 7 (a) Coulombic forces _(b) Gravitational forces (c) Exchange forces _(d) Magnetic forces. The wot camel hair, when brushed, cling togethor due to , (a) Surface tension {o) Elasticity Kalyan Sona Is {a) High yielding variety of wheat {b) Hybrid variety of wheal and rye {c) Hybrid variety of rico ard maize {d) High yielding variety of rye Energy transfers of Kreb's cycle and olectron transport chain takes place In (a) Lysosomes (b) Cytopiasm {c) Mitochondria (6) Chloroplasts Cyanide acts as a poison by directly affecting the (a) Brain {b) Atfinity of blood for oxygen {c) Cardiac and respiratory system {c) Nervous system Goitre is associated with (a) Thyroid glands —_(b) Pilutary glands {c) Para-thyroid glands (d) Thymus glands hens and Mosses aro the charactoristic vegetation of (a) Mediterranean region (b) Temperate region {c) Tundra region (d) Hot desert region stion: In questions 361 - 366, an Assertion (A) is give 115 followed by a Reason (R), Mark your answer as {2) if both A arid R are correct and R is correct explanat of A, (b) if both A and R are correct bul R 1s nol the Corr explanation of A, {b) Viscosity (d) Adhesion361. 362. 363. 364, 365. 366. 367, 368, 6 (c) if Ais true bul R is false; (0) f Ais false but R is true A: Agriculture ie nul Usually practiced where frost period is less than 90 days. Sub-freezing temperatures are the pri natural constraints to-agriculture, We alvays see the same face’ of the from the earth, The moon does nol rotate on its axis. Cadmium rods are used as control rod nuclear reactors: Cadrium has a high tendency to absorb neutrons. High power electric lamps are usually filled nilrogen gas. The carbon filament has a Imitation to « the temperature to while heat wit shortening the service life of the lamp. A: Radioactive decay is a spontanecus proces! R: The tale of radioactive decay depends the chemical envirenment. A: Red light is generally used as a cat symbol, R: Ithas a longer wavelength We seo the Sun a littlo before it rises on horizon and a little after it sets below the hori This is a consequence of the phenbmenon of (a) Total internal reflection {b) Refraction (c) Dispersion (4) Scattering of Sun's light Supersonic planes fly at a speed (a) Less than the speed of sound {b) Equal to the speed of sound {c} More than the speed of sound (d) Equal to the speed of Ight ee eee a 2 The starts twinkle in the night because (a) They emit light intermittently (b) The earth's atmosphere absorbs light intermittently (0) The star's. almosphere absorbs light intermittently (d) The refractive index of the air in the atmosphere fluctuates: A shell explodes and many pieces. fly off In different directions. The ellowing is conserved (a) Kinetic energy (b) Momentum and kinetic energy (c) Neither momentum nor kinetic energy (d) Momentum Rainbow is produced by tiny rain drops suspended in front sun rays as a result of (a) Reflection and interference (b) Refraction and dispersion (c) Interference (d) Refiection. refraction and dispersion A moderator is used in nuclear reactors in order to (a) Slow down the speed of the neutrons (b) Accelerate the neutrons (0) Increase the number of neutrons (d) Decrease the number of neutrons Which of tho following is commonly called a “Polyamide”? (a) Rayon (b) Nylon (©) Terylene (d} Orion The most abundant element in the earth's crust is {a) Oxygen (0) Aluminium ()lion (@) Si Which of the following diseases is inhoritable? (a) Colour blindness (b) Malignancy (c) Hep: (d) Leukemia376. 377, 378, 379, 380, 381. 382, OF sail ld All the following contribute to pollution exc (a) Thermal power plants . (b) Automobiles (©) Nuclear power plants (d) Hydro-electric power project The ago of a troe can be determined more o accurately by (a) Counting the number of branches {b) Measunng the height of the tree (c) Counting the number of annual rings in the tr (d) Measuring the diameter of the trunk Tho hormone that increases the rato of heart and blood pressure after shock in a person Is {e) Pancreatin (b) Adrenalin (0) Throxin _ (d) Gastrin Atomic minerals are found in the sands of (a) Kerala Coast (b) Tamil Nadu Coast {) Andhra Coast —_(d) Kathiawar Coast Of the following, which provides the maxi amount of energy in the present-day world? (a) Hydroelectric power resources (b) Coat (0) Liquid fuels (d) Atomic energy If there is high rainfall, abundant sunshine, g sloping land and well drained soil, which of following crops would thrive most? (a) Rice {b} Sugarcane {c) Tea @) Jute Which of tho following palrs of discovery discoverer is n correct? (a) Television ~ Baird (b) Transistor - Shockey {c} Typewriter — Sholes (d) Telephone - Morse (e} Tape recorder (Magnetic) - Poulsen 383, 384. 386. ” Which of tho fotlowing is the combination of the three primary colours used in colour TV? (a) Green - Yellow — Blue (b} Yolow - Blue - Red (c) Red - Green ~ Yellow (d} Green - Blue - Red (2) None ef these Which of the following was the first Indian satollite? (1) Aryabasta (2) Robi (3) INSAT-14 (4) INSAT-1B (6) None of tnese List + List2 Forms Quantitios A. Cusec “4, Pressure 8. Byte 2, Intensity of earthquakes © Richter 3. Rate ef low D. Bar 4, Computer imerrory Agco (0) 4129 (b) 24314 {) 3421 (4) 3214 Mateh: List List2 Namos of instruments The quantities they moasuro, A Anemometer 4. Speed of rotation 8 Ammeter 2. Hoh temperatures G. Tachometer 3.Wind speed * D Pyrometer 4, Blect'ic current 5, Pressure difference ABCD fa) 4315 ib) 3.412 35:21 Ww 1452387. 388. 389, 290. 391, 392, 392. 393. 100 Match: List 4 List2 A. Bauxite 1. Lead B. Haematite 2 Thorium C.Galene 3. Aluminium o D. Monazite 4. Iron ABCD (a) 3412 (b) 4213 (0) 3142 (0) 2434 Neutron was discovered by (a) Cto Habn (b) Enrico Ferm * (c) Lise Meitner + (d) James Chadwick The newly discovered —_high-tempevaturo . Superconductors ar {a) Metat aloys (b) Pure rare-earth metals (c) Ceramic oxides (4) Inorganic polymers The drugs caffeine, tannin and nicotine are 395, (a) Steroigs {b) Cortisenes. (c) Alkaloids (0) Mild alkalis, Ordinary dry air consists of tho following: aS (i) Nitrogen (2) Oxygen (3) Argon: (4) Carbon dioxide What is the decreasing sequence of those in 397. Percentages? Select the correct answor from the ; codes given below: {a) 1,2, 3 and 4 ib) 1, 2.4 and 3 {oe} 2,1. Band 4 (dh) 2, *, 4 and 3. 398. The type of crop which is able to fix nitrogen from air is known as. fa) Tuber (b) Coffee (c} Legume {a) Wheat Let ED, Ep, Es denote efficiency of a diesel, petrol 101 and a steam ongine respectively. Which of the following is correct? (a) Eo > Ep> Es (0) Eo < Ep< Ey (©) E,> E> E, (@) Ep M>S OE OMIM E>S ()SoMoE> MoS Nights are cooler in tho deserts because (a) Sand radiates heat less quickly as compared to the earth (b) Sand radiates heat more quickly as compared to the earth, (6) The sky is generaly clear (d) The sky is generally cloudy The limit beyond which stars suffer internal collapso is called {a) Chandrasekhar limit (b) Eddington I (c) Hoyie limit (4) Fowder limit If there were no atmosphere, what would be the colour of sky? (a) White (b) Black (¢} Blue (d) Red questions 411 --443, an Assertion (A) is given | yed by a Reason (R), Mark your answer as {a) if both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A; (b) If both and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A: i {c) is true but R is false. (d) if Ais false bt R is true A: Esrthvorms are useful to man. R:_ Earthwroms help in nitrogen fixation in plants. is A12. Ana, 414, 415, 416, 417. 418. 419. 105 A: Adty cell cannot be recharged. R: The chemical reaction in a dry cell s reversible. A: Detergents can easily cemove oil and dirt from solle garmants, R: Detergents increase the surface tension of water, A: Red phosphonis' is preferred 10 white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches, R: Red phosphorus is non-poisonous in nature. If thore were no organic life on the Earth, tho amount of oxygen in the atmosphere will (a) Remain unchanged (b) Be approxmately hundred per cent {c) Be almost ni (d) Be approximately fifty per cent Acld rain is causod by pollution of environment by {a) Carbon dioxide and nitrogen {b) Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide {c} Ozone and carbon dioxide (d) Nitrous oxide and suiphur dioxide Ico’ skating can be used to demonstrate that when ice is under prossuro, its (a) Melting point is lowered {(b) Meting point is raised (c) Melting point remains unchanged {d) Coefficient of friction with metal is reduced Which of the following is not an elemont of the bono? 5 (a) Ca'cium (b) Phosphorus (c) Carbon (¢) Oxygen Which one of the following commodities has the highost production in India? (a) Ree {b) Wheat {¢} Tobacco {d) Gram106 Inspection and dissection of a body after death in human beings, as for determination of cause of death is called (a) Autopsy {b) Autotomy (c) Auloesism {d) Autograft The bulkiest muscle in the human body is found in (a) Legs (b) Hands (c) Hip (d) Neck (e) Head Which of the following trees grows the fastest? (a) Coconut 4b) Palm (c) Neem (d) Mango. (e) Bamboo Which of the following is not a contagious disease? . (a) Measles (b) Hysteria (6) Typhoid (4) Influenza Humidity in the air is maximum in (a) Winter (b) Summer {c) Monsoon ~ (8) Autumn (e) None of these ‘Pasteurized Milk’ is {a) Specially treated mik in oder to kill bacteria (b) Milk mixed with protein rich powder {¢) Milk rich in fats (d) Medicated milk for chitdren (@) None of these Which of the following best describes the iamond? (a) Metal (b) Alfoy of copper (0) Malchite (d) Silicate () Carbon Who was the first to measure earth's radius? 107 (a) Galleo * {b) Copernicus (c) Ptolemy (d) Eratosthenes Doficiency of vitamin C causos (a) Night-blindness —_(b) Beri-Ber! (©) Scurvy (6) Rickets Hydrophobia is related to (a) Rabies (b) Hepatitis, (0) Yellow fever (6) Tetanus The Bacteriophages aro (a) Virus thal attacks bacteria (b) Virus that attacks insect (c) Bacleria that attacks plant (d) Bacteria that attacks insect Silkworm eats (a) Mango (b) Mangrove (0) Strawberry (0) Mulberry Which of following birds is a flightless bird? (a) Emu. {b) Hen (c) Swan (0) None of these Which of the following is an oxygen carrier? (a) R.B.C. (b) R.B.C. and Plasma {c) R.B.C. and W.B.C. (9) R.B.C., W.B.C. and Plasma _ Light travels in (a) Longitudinal waves (b) Transverse waves (c) Both of the abave {d) None of the above Ozone layer provents which of the radiation from entering the atmosphere? (a) Infra-red {b) Ulraviotet (©) X-tays (d) Gamma rays What doos blood consists of? {a} 60% plasma, 40% corpuscles (b) 40% plasma, 60% corpuscles437. 438. 439, 440. 441. “442, 443, 108 {c) 25% plasma, 75% corpuscles (6) 90% plasma, 10% corpuscles Pituitary gland is located just below the a) Brain (b) Heart (c) Liver (d) Kidney Whats the normat process of losing heat? (a) Exhaling warm air (b) Excretion (©) By producing the sweat {d} Food and Jiquid gets warmed up What is necessary for photo-synthesis? {a) CO;, sunlight, carbohydrates, water (b) Oxygen, CO>, sunlight (c) Water, CO2, chlorophyll, sunlight (d) Chlorophy!, oxygen, carbohydrates Sucrose on hydrolysis with dilute acids giva (a) Glucose and lactose (b) Glucose and tructose {(c) Lactose and fructose (d) Glucose and galactose ‘Parasexual’ means the fusion of {a} Cytoplasm (bj Hybridisation by protoplasms (0) Nuctous (d) Chloroplasm P Which of the following is not a function of blood in human body? {a) To supply oxygen to organs (b) To maintain the body temperature (c) To remove waste products from the body {d) All the above are functions of blood Due to air pollution there is a’gradual warming up ofair. Thisis called’ A (a) Photosynthesis (6) Air heating (b} Green house effect (d) Ait potttion 444, 445, 446, 447. 448. 449. 450. 451, 10 Rose propagation is dono by (a) Cutting (b) Budding () Seeding (4) Plantation The phenomenon of Aurora Boroalis, tho display of red green lights it northern hamisphoro is due to the radiation from (a) lonosphere (b) Troposphere (c) Mesosphere (6) Stratosphere Photosynthosis gives oxygon by {a) Reduction cf COz . (0) Oxidation of water (c) Splitting of carbohydrates (6) Splitting of sugar tn which of the following types of agriculture a patch of ground is cleared through fire and cultivated for a short timo? (a) Settled agriculture (b) Subsistence agriculture {c) Commercial agriculture (d) Shifting agricukure Bagasse, a by-product of sugar manufacturing Industry, is used for the production of {a) Paper (b) Alcohol {c) Confectioneries _(d) Glass Indian Institute of Science is situated at (a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c) Bangalore {d) Madras When water boils, its temperature {a) Begins to increase (b) Begins to decrease (c) Remains constant (d) Fluctuates around a value _ Which of the following is the most stable clamont? (a) Hydrogen (b) Oxygen (c) Lead (¢) Uranium452. 453. 454, 455. 456. 457. 458. no Orangos contain (a) Vitamin‘, (b) Vitamin B (c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin K It all the plants In the world die, the animals would also dio for want of (a) Cool air (b) Food (©) Oxygen (d) Wood Two blocks, éne of iron (i) and tho other of wood (w) aro dropped from a height at the same time. If tho time taken by the blocks to reach the ground Is T, and Twrospectivaly, then (a) Ti> Tw + O)T=Ty (ce) T< Ty (d) T= 12T, . Lot the spoed of sound in air, water and iron bo Va. Vw and V; rospectively, Which is tho correct eet oe decroasing volocity of sound in those media (8) Va> Ve > Vi (0) Va > Vi> Va (c) V > Va> Vw (d) Vi Ve > Vo “Nitrogen fixation” means (a) Manufacture of nitrogen from air (b) Nitrogen cycle in nature (c) Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen ‘compounds (d) Liquification of nitrogen The term that best describes the shapo of tho earth is (a) Geoid (b) Sphere (0) Globe (9) Ellipse The lunar eclipse Occurs when (a) Moon is between'the' earth and the sun (b) Earth is between the sun and the moon (c) Sunis between the. garth and the moon (d) Earth is at right angles to the direction of the sun and the moon . 64, AGS. 466. wi The first nuctear power plant of India is located at (a) Kota {b) Narora (c) Kalpakkam (d) Tarapur The correct sequence of various regions in absorption spectrum is (a) Infra-red, gamma rays, ultraviolet, microwave (b) Microwave, visible, infra-red, X-rays (6) Ultraviolet, visible, infra-red, microwave (d) Visible, ultraviolet, microwave, infra-red Days and nights are,caused by (1) Rotation of the earth on its axis (2) Revolution of the earth around the Sun (3) Indination of the earth's axis (a) All are correct {b) 1 and 2 are correct (0) 2.and 3 are correct (d) Only 1 1s correct Bauxite is (a) Aluminium oxide AlOs (b) Hydrated aluminium oxide Al,O3.xH20 (0) A mixture of oxides of Al, Fe and Si (d) Aluminium flouride AIF Tho group of metals Fe, Co, Ni May be best callod as (a) Alkali metals . (b) Rare metals (c) Main group metals (d) Transition metals Detection of Rh factor is an example of (a) Chemical reaction (b) Phagocytic reaction (c) Immunologic reaction (4) Enzymatic reaction Which: of the following is the function of the nucleic acids? (a) Immunity - {b) Hereditary {c) Carbohydrate synthesis {d) Fat synthesis ‘The only vitamin that contains cobalt is (a) Bs (b) Bz (©) Be (0) Bi467, 468. 469, 470. 471, 472, 473. 112 ea reaction in a nulcear reactor is‘ control y (a) Moderator (b) tons (d) Molecules of high energy As tho altitude increases, tho decroases at the rate of 10 for every (a) 200 feet (b) 300 feet (0) 400 feet (6) 450 feet Tho high yleiding varieties of crops posser which of the following characters responsible green revolution? (1) Ability to’ trap more solar energy (2) Ability utilise more nutrients (3) High harvest index (4) Abi to use less water (a) 1, 2and4 (b)2and 3 (0) 1.2and3 (6) 1 and 3 Photosynthesis involves {a) Reduction of CO, and oxidation of water {b) Oxidation of 1,0 and release of O, (c) Reduction of CO, and release of O7 {4) Reduction of O;, oxidation of HzO and release 2 Rate of heating and cooling of land and water differont because (1) There is a difference in their specific heats Waler is mobile (3) Water is transparent (a) Only 4 (b) Only 2 {o) land 3 (d) 1, 2and 3 DNA molecule is a unique biological entity because it tomperati 478. ‘479, 480. (2) Forms aloop _—_(b) ts made of nucleotides a) (c)Is self replicating (d) Forms a strand Ostrich bolongs to the catogory of (a) flightless bids () Swimming birds rat (6) Flying birds (d) Migratory birds 481. 3 ‘The formation of RBC takes place in (a) Liver (b) Bone marrow (©) Spleen (d) Heart ‘Maximum absorpotion of chlorophyll a and bis in {a) Green range (b) Yeliow range (©) Blue range (9) Violet range Cytoplasmic bodies in the éentriolos are (2) Microtubules {b) Basal bodies (€) Kinetocores {d) Dictyosomes Aqua Rogia Is concentrated. HNO;: concentrated HCL: (a) 1:2 ey iy 1:3 F ca and y-rays are able to destroy the living tissues by the process of {a} Lonisation (b) Scattoring (c) Oxidation (d) Electrolysis Leprosy is caused by , (a) Virus (b) Bacteria (c) Gene mutation (4) Past sins. Eugonics is the study of (a) Atering human beings by changing the genetic components (b) People of European origin () Different races (d) Genetics of Eukaryotes Water has maximum density at (a) Room temperature (b) 0° (0) 40 (d) 100° Tho non-conventional source(s) of onergy is/are (1) Biogas (2) Geotheimal (3) Lignite (a)1 wb) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 Decibels aunito zasuring |484. 485, 486. 487. 488. 489, 490, 491, 4 feast (b) Sound (c) Weight {d) Light Most profound impact of tha recombinati techno Is that it permits oo (a) Gest tube babies (b) Mixing genetic information for different species (c) Cheaper insulin production (d) Controt of infectious diseases ‘The antibiot!c-penicillin is obtained from (@) Bacteria (b) Plants (c) Sea weeds) (d) Furgus Albumin is | {a) A class of water soluble protein found in eggs (b) Soluble protein in milk (c) Substance found between the skin and the tis of the eye {d) None of the above _What does the symbol 92U** prosent? (a) 92 alectrons, 92 protons, 235 neutrons (b) 92 electrons, 235protons, 92 neutrons. (c) 92 electrons, 92 protons, 143 neutrons (d) 143 electrons, 92 protons, 92 neutrons Which of the following ancient Indians can b regarded as a computer scientist? (a) Banabhatta (b) Aryabhata {c) Samudragupta _(d) Bhaskaracharya Which of the following is not a Kharif Crop? (2) Jowar (b) Maize (0) Barley (d) Cotton What is Funny Bone? (a) Anerve (b) A bore (c) Amuscle (Gd) A blood vessel Which of the following laws ‘is explained by tht 492, -"Ithe particle in the tube if it enters at a speed of 493. 494. 495, 496. 497, Ms statement that matter can neither be created nor destroyed? {a) Law of Conservation of Energy {b) Law of Conservation of Mass (c) Le Chatelier's Principle (d) Law of Osingsis A charged particle travels along the inside of a straight hollow tube 2,0 metre long. The particle is uniforrply accelorated. What Is the time spent by *4000 m/s and leaves at 9000 m/s. (2) 4x 104seconds —(b) § x 10“ seconds (c)2x 10* seconds (d) 2.5 x 10 seconds A lighted candle gots oxtingulshed when covered with tumbler because of (a) Presence of non-isminous matter (b) Adequate supply of air (0) Inadequate supply of air -{d) None of the above *Rickets' is causod due to the deficiency of (a) Viamin A (b) Vitamin B (c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin D (e) Vitamin E Which of the following diseases usually Spreads through alr? a (a) Cholera {b) Plague (©) Tuberculosis (9) Typhoid {e) None of these Which of the following has been found useful in keaping cholestorol level down? (a) Garlic (b) Serpentina (c) Tulsi (d) Turmenc (a) None of these ‘Mica’ Is extensively used in the manufacture of {a) Alcohol (b) Electric applicances {c} Lammnates (c} Plastic (a) Terene498, 499, 500, 501. 502, 603, 504, 116 What is the best ‘explanation for hard water? {a) Itis heavy (b) Itis viscous {c) Soap lathers profusely in it (d) It contains some ‘sodium or potassium salts oe cone some calcium or magnesium salts ich of the fol i i ora ote following isthe distinctive proporty (a) It is not ductile (b) Itcan store ‘electricity (¢} It carties electricity very fast (d) 11 offers almost-zero resistance to electric current (0) None of these a ‘National Science Day' is obsorved every yoar on (a) February 28 (b) Aprits (c) November 19 (d) October 2 (e) duly 21 Tho Ayurvodio System of medicine has originated (a) Athatvaveda {b) Rigveda (0) Samaveda (4) Yajurveda (2) None of these Which of tho following scat ee 19 scales was dovisod by (a) Absolute (6) Fahren heit (€) None of these Yeast is usod (b) Centigrade (d) Romer in making bread because it produces {a) CO, (b) Sugar (c) Bacteria (d) Oxygen Enzymes aro formed of (a) Amino acids (c) Carbohydrates ib) Fats (4) Prote ns 408, 406. 607. + {a) Hydrochleric acid 509. 610. 511. 512, 513, 514, 17 Which of the following gases is used in firo extinguishor? (a) Carbon monoxide _(b) Carbon dioxide (c) sulphur dioxide _(d) Nitrogen Food is mainly digested in (a) Mouth (b) Liver (c) Small intestine __(d) Large Intestino Excessive chlorination leads to pollution of water by product {b) Hydrochtorine (c) Sodium chlotife _(d) None of the above Man cannot survive’ without taking minir rum amount of {a) Proteins (b) Carbohydrates (0) Fats (4) Minerals Most Important effect of moon on earth is that it (2) Gives light (b) Causes earthquakes (c) Causes solar and lunar eclipse (d) Effects tides of the ocean India’s first satellite launching station is located at (a) Thumba (by Srinarikota (c) Ahmedabad (a) Madras Largest gland of human body is (a) Heart (b) IGdney (©) Liver (4) Pancrease Which of the following is a chemical chango? {a) Melting of iron _(b) Bending of iron {c) Rusting of iron _(d) Tempering of iron Mixturo of wator and alcohol can be separated by {a) Filtration (b) Distitation {c) Subimation (d) Chromatography Light energy is converted into chemical energy by (a) Electrolysis (b) Respraton (0) Transpiration (d) Photes "esis118 515. Element prosent in largest amount in human bot is (a) Hydrogen (b) Oxygen (c) Carbon (4) Nitrogen 516. It takes ten minutes to increase the temperature ol a body fr 70°C to 80°C. Time required to Incroasi the tomperature the body from 60° to 700 woul e (a) 10 minutes (b) Less than 10 minutes (c) More than 10,minutes (d) Data is inadéquate so can't be determined A number of Images aro formed whon a burnin candle is before a plane mirror. The brightest image would be the (a) First one {b) Second one (©) Third one (¢) Last one 518. Which of the following is a cereal group? {a) Wheat, rice, maize (b) Wheat, rice, groundnut (c) Wheat, groundnut, maize (a) Wheat, rice, votato 519. Process of cell division can take place by (1) heterosis (2) mitosis (3) meiosis 517 (2) 1, Zand 3 (b) | and 2 (©) 2 only (d) 3 only 520. Growing children need more of (a) Proteins {b) Carbohydrates (©) Fats (d) Glucose 621. Dialysis is used for the treatmont of {a) Kidney (b) Liver (c) Heart (d) Eyes 522. Typhold and cholera are typleal examplos of (a) Air-borne diseases (b) Water-borne diseases 523. 524, 525, 526. 27. 528. $29. 530, 9 (0) Infectious diseases (@) Diseases due to environment pollution Inside the body, blood doos not coagulate due to tha prosonce of (a) Haemoglobin (b) Heparin (©) Fibrin (d) Thromboplastin Which among the following Is an amphibian? (a) Whale “(b) Hippopotamus (©) Turtle (6) Frog Dontal caries is dus to (a) Viral infection (b) Bacterial infection (c) Hereditary abnormalities (d) Contaminated water Mosses and Lichens are typical flora of (a) Tundra (b) Equatorial region (c) Steppes (d) Mediterranean Aqueous humour is found in the (a) Eye (b) Ear (©) Nose {d) Tongue Which among the following is NOT truo about pyorthoea? (a) It arises due to the lack of vitamin C (b) It is a disease which infects the gums (c) There is a constant discharge of pus which gives bad smell o the breath (@) None of the above Which of’ the following is usod as a food preservative? . (a) Sodium benzoate (2! Sodium perborate (c) Citric acid (a; None of the above Mothor’s milk is preferred to.cow's milk because it contains (a) More lipids and less fats531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 636, 537. 538, 120 {b) Less lipids and more fats (©) More fats and mare lipids (d) Less fats and less lipids Coll plate formation during Karyokinesis takes place due to the action of (a) Golgi bodies and endoptasmic reticulum (b) Lysosomes and mesosomes (c) Lysosomes and endoplasmic reticulum. (d) Mesosomes and mitochondria Suddon fall in barometer reading Indicates {a)Clear weather, (b) Hailstorm (©) Stormy weather (d) Heavy airy Who among the following proposed the chemical evolution of life? (a) Darwin (b) Lammarck (6) Oparin (d) Haeckel Tho primary objective of green revolution in india was : (a) Equitable distribution of agricultural products (b) Provision of better seeds at cheaper rates (¢) Modernisation of agricuttura through science an technology (4) Abolition of bonded labour Lungs aro situated In (a) Abdoihinal cavity (b) Pericardial cavity {¢) Buccal cavity (4) Thoracic cavity Ptyalin is an enzyme produced in (a) Salivary gland __(b) Pituitary gland (c) Thyroid gland.” (d) Pancreas Plants growing in saline oil are called (a) Halophytes {b) Hydrophytes (0) Mesophytes (d) Thaliophytes Which of the following when taken by pregnant women, found to be the couse of defo- children? 539, 540. 541, 642, 643, 544, 545, 121 {a) Glycerol (6) Xylidine (c) Thalidomide {d) None of the above Which of the following is not a by-product of coal gas? (a) Coke (b) Coattar (c) Sulphuric acid ——_(d) Cobalt - Which of the following is a gaseous pollutant? (a) Lead (b) Hydrogen chloride (c) Sodiym chloride (d) Dust Epidemiological triad refers to (a) Host, agent and disease. (b) Host, agent and environment {c) Host, disease and environment {d) Agent, disease and environment Which of the following is not a rabid animal? {a) Fox (b) Cat (0) Deer (d) Dog., Which of the following are the primary olomonts required by the plants to complete their growth?, (a) Hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus (b) Oxygen, phosphorus, potassium (c) Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (d) Sulphur, iron, magnesium The best antiknock compound used in petrol to increase mileage is (a) Ethyl magnesium chloride {b) Sodium ethoxide (0) Zinc ethy! (4) Tetraethyl lead The nudeus of hydrogen atom consists of (@) One proton (b) One neutron {c) One electron (4) One proton and one neutron546, 847. 548. 549. 550. 5651, 552, 122 “artificial insomination’ is a procedure popularly called . (a)"Spotting” (b) "Planned parenthood’ {c) "Producing test-tube bables* (d) None of the above 5 Tho unit of classification of plants and animals Is (a) Class {b) Genus (0) Order (d) Species Liquified petroleum gas consists of mainly (@) Methane, butano ‘and propane (b) Methane, ethane and hexane (c/ Ethane, hexane and nonane (d) None of the above Which of the following Is not a chemical change? * (a) Heating coal (b) Making curd from milk (c) converting water into steam (d) Rusting of iron Which of the following has no blood, but rospiros? (a) Cockroach (b) Earthworm (0) Fish (d) Hydra The most common type of radioactivity disintegration involves (a) Alpha-particle emission (0) Beia-particle emission (¢) Gamma rays (d) None of the above Of the following which metallic olomont occurs as part of the groon plant pigment chlorophyll? (a) Copper () Iron (©) Magnesium (@) Cobalt 653. 654. & a 556. 557. 658. 559, 123 Which one of the following ‘is associated with photosynthesis? (a) Golgi body (b) Chloroplast (c) Mitochondria (d) Vascular bundle Among tho planots of the Solar system the position of the earth from the Sun is (a) Second (b) Third (©) Fourth (¢) Fifth A rubber balloon is fillod with hydrogon. Which ‘of following will bo truo when it goos up?. 1 Its volume increases 2. Pressure within the balloon decreases 3. There is no change in the volume of the balloon (a) 1, 3and 2 {b) 1 and 2 only (0) 1 only (4) 2 and 3 only Non-stick kitchenware is coated with (a) Glass (b) Graphite (o) Teflon (d) Silicon Which one of the following chemicals is directly responsible for the shedding of a leaf, flower or fruit from a plant? (a) Acetic acid (b) Abscisic acid {c} Inde'eacetic acid (d) Carbonic acid The principles and practice of medical science can be traced back to (2) Rigveda (b) Atharvaveda (c) Samaveda (@) Yajurveda Consider tho graph given bolow: Ootincesn Meters124, 125 Cae eeRC rence: 564. Plants that aro dotived troth the vegetative organs time increases is given by the above graph, of alngle plant ae known ae In this context which of the following statements is correct? Ceres as ia (a) Total distance travelled is AF (oUReypeis (o) Repeats D (0) The velocities during DE and BC aro ii oppos 565. Which acid is produced whon milk goes sour directions (a) Butyric acid (0) Lactic acid (c) The velocity decreases during DE (c) Tartaric acid (0) Acetic acid (@) During CD the Body is moving with unifor 666. The process of phagocytosis is related to velocity {a) ingestion of flulds. 860. Which of tho folowing metals forms an amalga {0} Digestion of parts of the cell with other motals? {c} Cellular ingestion of solid material nie Ae (4) Renovation of celular components ae oat mie Cahoon =e 667. Which of the following graphs best describos the FOSTER CRE Cee temperature dependonco ofthe resistance (R) of @ ta mares semiconductor? 3. Spleen 4, Liver 9 fe “ (2) 1 and 2 (b)2 and 3 (c) 3 and 4 (d)2 and 4 562, Which of the following statements rogarding th % gravitational attraction between man and the ear are correct? 4. The man and the earth pull each other with th same force 2, The earth pulls the man with more force than t man pulling the earth 3, The acceleration of the man due to the earth's pul is more than that of the earth due to the man’s pull 4, The accelerations ofthe man and the eath are the ; . en +. ea 568. Hailey’s comet is visible aftor ovory (eands (o)zanda i MSE ment eet 563. Salt of which of the following metals is used in 569. Which ono of the following doos not produce photoprephio\fimiccetine carbon dioxide on burning? (2) Mercury (b) Zine {a) Sugar {b) Magnesium powder (6) Silver (a) Gold {c) Diamond (a) Graphite570. 871. 572. 126 In which one of the following animals the Diaphragm present? (2) Arthropods {b) Aves () Mammals (d) Reptiles Tides are mairily caused by the (a) Strong.ocean currents dashing against the coasts (b) Strong winds on the surface of the oceans (©) Gravitational pulls on oceanic water by the sun and tha moon (d) Development of high pressure areas in certain parts of the oceans Which of the following aro responsible for a beam of light boing separated into « components whon It is passed through a prism? 873. 674, 575. 1. Total internal reflection 2, The index of refraction of prism medium with respect to air varies with wavelength 3. The index of refraction of prism medium with respect to air is independent of wavelength 4, Velocity of light in prism depends on colour (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 4 only (c) 1 and 4 only (d) 2 and 3 only Which of tho following, substances does not contain nitrogon? i Leon (b) Nylon (c) Cotton (d) Silk Which one of the following statements is not correct? (a) All stainless steels are non-magnetic (b) All steels are magnetic (c) All metals are good electrical conductors (d) All plastics are good insulators of heat Agoneis (a) Not necessarily expressed in a cell (b) A factor which causes red hair its seven: 576. 877. 678. 679. 580. 581. (8) Sunken stomata 127 (©)A part of a chromosome (d) Responsible for characteristics The filament of an olectric bulb is made of (a) Tungsten {b} tron (©) Nichrome (d} Carbon Which one of the following elements Is found common in glass, coment, china clay and quartz? (@) Carbon (b) Silicon (©) Calcium (d) Aluminium Ginger is a (2) Modified root (b) Rhizome (©) Tuber {d) Bulb Current (|) Ve Voltage looks li Resistance R, as given by V= RI, atthe points 1, 2, 3, 4 when arranged in ascending grder will follow the sequence (@) Ri, Ra, Rav Re» (b) Re, Ro, Ra, Ri (O)Ri, Ra, Ra Ra” (2) Rs, Re, Ra, Ri Which ono of the following is a characteristic of dosert plants? (b) Vivipary (©) Aeronchyma (d) Acrial roots Which of the following is not a bleaching agent? .-