GENERAL SCIENCE

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Q1. A network of nerves that links brain to every
part of the body and allows them to work
together is called?
Ans:- The Nerves System 
Q2. Nervous system divided into two parts, tell
the names of that parts?
Ans:- 1. Central Nervous System
2. Peripheral Nervous System 

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Q3. Which nervous system is composed of the
brain, spinal cord and nerves?
Ans:- Central Nervous System (CNS) 
Q4. Which system controls all the vital functions
necessary for living such as, breathing,
maintaining body temperature thinking,
feelings, and heartbeat?
Ans:- Central Nervous System (CNS) 

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Q5. Central Nervous System is composed of?

Ans:- Brain and Spinal Cord 

Q6. Peripheral Nervous System is composed of?

Ans:- Sensory Nerves & Motor Nerves 

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Q7. Which is the largest part of the brain?

Ans:- Cerebrum (fore brain) 

Q8. Left side of the body is controlled by?

Ans:- Right hemisphere 

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Q9. Right side of the body is controlled by?
Ans:- Left hemisphere 

Q10. The last part of the brain is called?

Ans:- Hindbrain 

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Q11. Pons, Cerebellum and Medulla are the parts
of?
Ans:- Hindbrain 

Q12. Which part of hindbrain controls the facial

expressions, sleeping and breathing?
Ans:- Pons 

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Q13. Which part of hindbrain is responsible for
coordinating voluntary movements?
Ans:- Cerebellum 

Q14. Blood pressure, heart beat, rate of respiratory

movements and contraction and dilation of
blood vessels are controlled by?
Ans:- Medulla Oblongata 

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Q15. A long piece of nerve tissue that runs from
the brain through the backbone within the
vertebral columns is called?
Ans:- Spinal cord 
Q16. Which system acts as lines of communication
between central nervous system and rest of
the body?
Ans:- Peripheral nervous system 

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Q17. Which lobe is responsible higher thinking
skills, planning, reasoning, movement, organizing
and for many aspects of personality?
Ans:- Frontal lobe 
Q18. Which lobe is responsible for attention,
language, recognition of shapes and colors?
Ans:- Parietal lobe 

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Q19. Which lob is responsible for auditory
information and short-term memory
information?
Ans:- Temporal lobe 
Q20. Which lobe is responsible for visual
information?
Ans:- Occipital lobe 

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Q21. Which actions are performed without our wish
and will?
Ans:- Involuntary actions 

Q22. Which part of brain is responsible for

involuntary actions?
Ans:- Hindbrain 

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Q23. The process of eliminating waste materials
from the body is known as?
Ans:- Excretion 
Q24. In nephrons, a chemical exchange takes place
between capillaries and urine-carrying tubes where
waste material and water leave blood and enter?
Ans:- Urinary System 

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Q25. The multiplication of new cells takes place by a
process called?
Ans:- Cell division 
Q26. Process in which cells divide for growth,
repairing and development is called?
Ans:- Mistosis 

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Q27. Process in which sex cells are divided and
gametes are formed for reproduction in human
is called?
Ans:- Meiosis 

Q28. Who first presented the first DNA model in

1953?
Ans:- Francis Crick and James Watson 

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Q29. Cytoplasmic division is also called?
Ans:- Cytokinesis 

Q30. The nucleus of cell contains hereditary

material called?
Ans:- Chromosomes 

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Q31. First stage of mitosis when chromatin become
thickened, shorten and become visible under a
microscope called chromosomes is?
Ans:- Prophase 
Q32. Second stage when chromosomes get
attached to spindle fibers formed by two
centrioles?
Ans:- Metaphase 

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Q33. Third stage where contraction of spindle fiber
takes place and chromosomes move towards
the opposite poles of the cells?
Ans:- Anaphase 

Q34. Fourth phase where chromosomes reach

towards their respective poles?
Ans:- Telophase 

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Q35. DNA stands for?
Ans:- Deoxyribonucleic acid 

Q36. RNA stands for?

Ans:- Ribonucleic acid 

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Q37. What is stored by DNA in the sequence of its
nucleotide?
Ans:- Genetic Information 

Q38. The transmission of characteristics from

parent to offspring is called?
Ans:- Hereditary 

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Q39. Which is the first cell of an organism from
which the new life of an organism begins?
Ans:- Zygote 

Q40. In which cell the complete hereditary material

is stored?
Ans:- Zygote 

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Q41. Science that deals with the use of
microorganisms, animal cell and plant cells to
produce useful products for human is called?
Ans:- Biotechnology 
Q42. The process of making copies of DNA
molecules within the cell nucleus is called?
Ans:- DNA replication 

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Q43. Insulin produced by bio-technology is being
uses to treat?
Ans:- Diabetics 

Q44. Process of changing the genetic coding of an

organism by inserting or replacing a section of
a gene with the new one is called?
Ans:- Genetic engineering 

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Q45. Which organism is used in genetic
engineering?
Ans:- Bacteria 

Q46. What is chemical formula of Sulphur Acid?

Ans:- H2SO4 

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Q47. Asthmatic attacks are due to excess of?

Ans:- Sulphur Acid 

Q48. What is chemical formula of Carbon

monoxide?
Ans:- CO 

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Q49. Carbon monoxide can lead to?
Ans:- Cardiovascular diseases 

Q50. What is chemical formula of nitrous oxide?

Ans:- N2O 

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Q51. Which is the major greenhouse gas?
Ans:- Carbon di-oxide 

Q52. Nitrous oxide can lead to which diseases?

Ans:- Respiratory and lung diseases 

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Q53. Which gas is the major cause of ozone
depletion?
Ans:- Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) 

Q54 . Who is father of modern chemistry?

Ans:- Antoine Lavoisier (French) 

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Q55. Who gave “law of conservation of mass” in
1789?
Ans:- Antoine Lavoisier 

Q56. Coal and oxygen react chemically to produce?

Ans:- CO2 

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Q57. Vinegar and soda react chemically to produce?
Ans:- Sodium bicarbonate 

Q58. How many basic types of chemical reaction

are there?
Ans:- Two (Addition & Decomposition) 

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Q59. When two or more reactants combine to form
a product, the process is called?
Ans:- Addition reaction 

Q60. Addition reactions are also called?

Ans:- Combination or Synthesis reactions 

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Q61. When a single compound breaks down into
two or more simpler substances, the process is
called?
Ans:- Decomposition reaction 
Q62. Reactions in which heat energy is absorbed or
added are called?
Ans:- Endothermic reactions 

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Q63. Combustion, neutralization and respiration are
examples of?
Ans:- Exothermic reactions 

Q64. Reactions in which heat energy is released off

are called?
Ans:- Exothermic reactions 

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Q65. Who defined acids in 1903?
Ans:- August Arrhenius 

Q66. The term acid is derived from Latin word?

Ans:- Acere “sour” 

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Q67. Those substances which produce hydrogen ion
(H) in the aqueous solution are called?
Ans:- Acids 

Q68. Those substances which produce hydroxyl ion

(OH) in the aqueous solution are called?
Ans:- Basis 

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Q69. Process in which acid is mixed with base and
resulting solution is neutral is called?
Ans:- Neutralization 

Q70. All alkalis are bases but all bases are not?
Ans:- Alkalis 

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Q71. Which is the main product of neutralization?
Ans:- H2O 

Q72. Calcium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide,

ammonium hydroxide and magnesium are
prepared in?
Ans:- Laboratory 

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Q73. Which acid is used to make carbonated drinks?
Ans:- Carbonic Acid 

Q74. The scale to measure acidity and alkalinity of

a solution is called?
Ans:- pH 

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Q75. pH scale ranges between?
Ans:- 1 to 14 

Q76. What is pH scale of Lemon juice?

Ans:- 2 

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Q77. What is pH scale of rain water?
Ans:- 5 

Q78. What is pH scale of Milk?

Ans:- 6 

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Q79. What is pH scale of pure Water?
Ans:- 7 (neutral) 

Q80. What is pH scale of bleach?

Ans:- 13 

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Q81. Force per unit area is called?
Ans:- Pressure 

Q82. Pressure depends on which two factors?

Ans:- Forces acting & Surface area 

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Q83. The larger the force, the greater will be its?
Ans:- Pressure 

Q84. How a pressure is calculated in formula?

Ans:- Pressure = Force/Area 

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Q85. The smaller the surface area, the greater will
be?
Ans:- Pressure 

Q86. In pressure, force is expresses in?

Ans:- Newtons (N) 

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Q87. In pressure, area is expressed in?
Ans:- Square meters 

Q88. Which is SI unit of pressure?

Ans:- N/m 

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Q89. SI unit of Pressure is also called?
Ans:- Pascal 

Q90. Branch of science that deal with practical

applications of liquid in motion is called?
Ans:- Hydraulics 

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Q91. Aspect of science that is connected with using
the energy in compressed gas to make
something move is called?
Ans:- Pneumatics 

Q92. A system of particles uniformly distributed in

a finely divided state through a gas is called?
Ans:- Aerosols 

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Q93. Force per unit area exerted against a surface
by the weight of the air above that surface is
called?
Ans:- Atmospheric pressure 

Q94. Which barometer is used to measure

atmospheric pressure?
Ans:- Mercury barometer 

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Q95. The atmospheric pressure at sea level has a
mean value of?
Ans:- 101, 325 Pascal 

Q96. The word measurement is derived from Greek

word?
Ans:- Metron (limited proportion) 

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Q97. Seven basic units kg, m, s, K, mol, A and cd are
included in which system?
Ans:- SI system 

Q98. Centimeters, gram and second units are

included in?
Ans:- CGS system 

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Q99. Foot, pound and second units are included in?
Ans:- FPS system 

Q100. Units whose value does not depend on any

other units are called?
Ans:- Fundamental unit 

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Q101. Meter, kilogram and seconds units are
included in?
Ans:- MKS system 

Q102. Which are used to form decimal multiples

and submultiples of SI units?
Ans:- Prefixes 

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Q103. Increase of the size of a body due to change
in temperature is called?
Ans:- Thermal expansion 

Q104. Decrease of the size of a body due to change

in temperature is called?
Ans:- Thermal contraction 

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Q105. All three states of matter expand upon?
Ans:- Heating 

Q106. All three states of matter contract upon?

Ans:- Cooling 

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Q107. Which liquid is used in clinical thermometer?
Ans:- Mercury 

Q108. How many types of lenses are there?

Ans:- Two (convex and concave) 

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Q109. A convex or converging lens is curved
outward on?
Ans:- Both sides 

Q110. A concave or diverging lens is curved inward

on?
Ans:- Both sides 

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Q111. The center of lens is called?
Ans:- Optical center 

Q112. A line that bisects lens into two halves is

called?
Ans:- Vertical axis 

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Q113. A person who can focus clearly on distant
objects but cannot focus on near objects is?
Ans:- Long sightedness 

Q114. A person who can focus clearly on near

objects but cannot focus on distant objects is?
Ans:- Short sightedness 

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Q115. Long-sightedness defect can be corrected by
wearing a?
Ans:- Convex 

Q116. Short-sightedness defect can be corrected by

wearing a?
Ans:- Concave 

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Q117. Which is oldest form of energy?
Ans:- Biomass 

Q118. The current which flows in one direction is

called?
Ans:- Direct current 

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Q119. Group of diodes which converts AC to DC is
called?
Ans:- Rectification 

Q120. IC stands for?

Ans:- Integrated Circuit 

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Q121. How many types of telescope are there?
Ans:- Two (Refracting & Reflecting) 

Q122. What does “Tele” and “scope” mean?

Ans:- “Distant” and “To see” 

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Q123. A telescope that uses lenses is called?
Ans:- Refracting telescope 

Q124. A telescope which uses mirrors is called?

Ans:- Reflecting telescope 

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Q125. An optical instrument used to measure the
properties of visible light is called?
Ans:- Spectroscope 

Q126. A vehicle sent into space to carry out a

specific task is called?
Ans:- Spacecraft 

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Q127. Which was first spacecraft landed on the
surface of Venus in 1975 by Soviet Union?
Ans:- Venera-9 

Q128. ISS stands for?

Ans:- International Space Station 

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Q129. Which spacecraft landed on surface of Mars?
Ans:- Opportunity Rover 

Q130. MRI stands for?

Ans:- Magnetic Resonance Imaging 

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Q131. Science of obtaining information about
objects on earth from space by using satellites
is called?
Ans:- Remote sensing 

Q132. Which twin brothers spent a year on ISS in

space to study long term space travel effects?
Ans:- Mark Kelly & Scoot Kelly 

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Q133. GPS consists of how many satellites?
Ans:- More than 30 

Q134. SLF stands for?

Ans:- Satellite Launching Facility 

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Q135. Which lunar Command Module took humans
to the moon?
Ans:- Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia

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