General Science Quiz Questions With Answers

Question1: Production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) gas which is proposed to be banned in

India, is used in which of the following domestic products?

1. Television
2. Refrigerator
3. Tube light
4. Cooking gas

Answer: 2

Question2: Balloons are filled with

1. nitrogen
2. helium
3. oxygen
4. argon

Answer: 2

Question3: Which metal pollute the air of a big city?

1. Copper
2. Chromium
3. Lead
4. Cadmium

Answer: 3

Question4: Bell metal is an alloy of

1. nickel and copper

2. zinc and copper
3. brass and nickel
4. tin and copper

Answer: 4

Question5: Which of the following does not contain a coinage metal?

1. Silver and Gold

2. Zinc and Gold
3. Copper and Silver
4. Copper and Gold

Answer: 2
Question6: Water is a good solvent of ionic salts because

1. it has a high specific heat

2. it has no colour
3. it has a high dipole moment
4. it has a high boiling point

Answer: 3

Question7: Which of the following is not an isotope of hydrogen?

1. Tritium
2. Deuterium
3. Protium
4. Yttrium

Answer: 4

Question8: The main constituents of pearls are

1. calcium oxide and ammonium chloride

2. calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate
3. aragonite and conchiolin
4. ammonium sulphate and sodium carbonate

Answer: 2

Question9: Amalgams are

1. highly coloured alloys

2. alloys which contain mercury as one of the contents
3. alloys which have great resistance to abrasion
4. alloys which contain carbon

Answer: 2

Question10: Which of the following is the lightest metal?

1. Mercury
2. Lithium
3. Lead
4. Silver

Answer: 2

Question 11: Which of the following are the ingredients of gun metal?

1. Iron, Zinc, Titanium

2. Iron, tin
3. Iron, Brass, Tin
4. Copper, Tin
Answer: 4

Question 12: From which mineral is radium obtained?

1. Pitchblende
2. Rutile
3. Haematite
4. Limestone

Answer: 1

Question 13: The variety of coal in which the deposit contains recognizable traces of the
original plant material is

1. Bitumen
2. Peat
3. Anthracite
4. Lignite

Answer: 2

Question 14: Tetraethyl lead is used as

1. Pain killer
2. Fire extinguisher
3. Mosquito repellent
4. Petrol additive

Answer: 4

Question 15: Which of the following is used as a lubricant?

1. Graphite
2. Silica
3. Iron Oxide
4. Diamond

Answer: 1

Question 16: The age of most ancient geological formations is estimated by

1. Ra - Si method
2. Potassium - argon method
3. C14 method
4. Uranium - lead method

Answer: 4

Question 17:Who suggested that most of the mass of the atom is located in the nucleus?

1. Thompson
 2. Bohr
3. Rutherford
4. Einstein

Answer: 3

Question 18:One kilometre is equal to how many miles?

1. 0.84
2. 0.5
3. 1.6
4. 0.62

Answer: 4

Question 19:Kilohertz is a unit which measures

1. Power used by a current of one ampere

2. Electromagnetic radio wave frequencies
3. Voltage
4. Electric resistance

Answer: 2

Question 20:One horse power is equal to

1. 746 watts
2. 748 watts
3. 756 watts
4. 736 watts

Answer: 1

Question 21: Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking water, because

1. It is a sterilising agent
2. It dissolves the impurities of water
3. It is a reducing agent
4. It is an oxidising agent

Answer: 4

Question 22: Which of the following is an element?

1. Ruby
2. Sapphire
3. Emerald
4. Diamond

Answer: 4
Question 23:’Anemophily’ is pollination by :

1. Birds
2. Wind
3. Ants
4. Bats

Answer: 2

Question 24:The nutritional supplements Spirulina, Chorella and the Vitamin-C

supplement, Dunaliella are actually:

1. Algae
2. Lichens
3. Probiotics
4. Bryophytes

Answer: 1

Question 25: Which of the following rays are more penetrating?

1. Beta rays
2. Alpha rays
3. Gamma rays
4. X-rays

Answer: 3

Question 26: How many colours the sunlight spectrum has?

1. Three
2. Seven
3. Four
4. Five

Answer: 2

Question 27:Which of the following is commonly called a 'polyamide'?

1. Terylene
2. Nylon
3. Rayon
4. Orlon

Answer: 2

Question 28:Epoxy resins are used as

1. Detergents
2. Insecticides
3. Adhesives
 4. Moth repellents

Answer: 3

Question 29:Detergents used for cleaning clothes and utensils contain?

1. Bicarbonates
2. Bismuthates
3. Sulphonates
4. Nitrates

Answer: 3

Question 30: Sodium metal is kept under

1. Petrol
2. Alcohol
3. Kerosene
4. Water

Answer: 3