General Science MCQs
General Science MCQs
These General Science multiple-choice questions and their answers will help you strengthen your grip on the subject of General Science. You can prepare for an upcoming exam or job interview with these General Science MCQs.
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1: The chemial name of Uria is
A. Carbamide
B. Chloroetane
C. Aneurin
D. None of these
2: Earths seasons are caused by which of the following?
A. The varying amount of sunspot activity
B. The tilt of the earth's rotation relative to the ecliptic as earth revolves around the sun
C. The earth's orbit around the sun as an exlipse rather than a circle
D. The rotation of during a 24-hour day
3: Which of the following parts of the sun is easily visible only during a total solar eclipse?
A. A core
B. Photosphere
C. Sunspots
D. Corona
4: Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding
A. Potassium Permanganate
B. Bleaching Powder
C. Chlorine
D. Washing Soda
5: According to Daltons atomic theory the smallest particle which can exist independently is
A. An atom
B. A cation
C. A molecule
D. An anion
6: Brass gets discoloured in air due to the presence of which gas in air
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Hydrogen Sulphide
C. Oxygen
D. Nitrogen
7: The most important ore of Aluminium is
A. Calamine
B. Calcite
C. Galena
D. Bauxite
8: Which of the following is the lightest metal ?
A. Mercury
B. Lithium
C. Lead
D. Silver
9: The element present in the largest amount in rocks and minerals is
A. Carbon
B. Hydrogen
C. Aluminium
D. Silicon
10: The property of a substance to absorb moisture from the air on exposure is called
A. Desiccation
B. Efflorescence
C. Deliquescene
D. Osmosis
11: Which of the following is most likely to cause a rise in the average temperature of earths atmosphere in future?
A. Atomic warfare
B. Depletion of earth's ozone layer
C. CO2 from fossil fuels
D. Dust clouds from valcanoes
12: The accumulation of stress along the boundaries of lithospheric plates results in which of the following?
A. Earthquakes
B. Magnetic reversals
C. Hurricanses
D. Increased deposition of deep-sea sediments
13: Which of the following is in liquid form at room temperature ?
A. Sodium
B. Cerium
C. Francium
D. Lithium
14: Quartz crystals normally used in quartz clocks etc. is chemically
A. A mixture of B and C
B. Silicon dioxide
C. Germenium dioxide
D. Sodium Silicate
15: Which of the following elements is non-radioactive?
A. Uranium
B. Plutonium
C. Thorium
D. Zirconium
16: Which of the following elements is a metal
A. S
B. Ga
C. Se
D. I
17: The fastest-running terrestrial animal is
A. A lion
B. B man
C. C jaguar
D. D cheetah
18: Liquefied Petroleum gas (LPG) consists of mainly
A. Methane, Butane and Propane
B. Methane, Ethane and Hexane
C. Ethane, Hexane and Nonane
D. Methane, Hexane and Nonane
19: Lightening cause rainfall because
A. It activate H2O molecule
B. Photo-electricity reaction starts
C. Some of the gas molecules become bigger
D. It cause combination of oxygen and nitrogen
20: The fastest acting enzyme in the biological kingdom is
A. Amylase
B. Lipase
C. Carboxypeptidase
D. Carbonic anhydrase
21: Which of the following items will be attracted to the north pole of a permanent magnet by a magnet force?
A. A piece of iron that is not a permanent magnet
B. The north pole of another permanent magnet
C. A positively charged glass rod
D. A negatively charged rubber rod
22: The solar eclipse occurs when
A. The sun comes in between the moon and the earth
B. The moon comes in between the sun and the earth
C. The earth comes in the between the sun and the moon
D. None of the above
23: The smallest functional and structural unit of kidney is called as
A. Granulocyte
B. Neuron
C. Reticulocyte
D. Nephron
24: Nitrification means
A. Conversion of nitrogen to nitric acid.
B. Production of nitrogen from air
C. Convert the atmospheric nitrogen to effective nitrogen compound.
D. Liquifaction of nitrogen
25: The major ingredient of leather is
A. Nucleic acid
B. Carbohydrate
C. Collagen
D. Polymer
26: Glass is made from the mixture of
A. Quartz and mica
B. Sand and salt
C. Sand and silicates
D. None of these
27: Permanent hardness of water, due to sulphates of the metal, can be destroyed by the use of
A. Sulphonates
B. Zeolites
C. Nitrates
D. None of these
28: The marine animal called dugong which is vulnerable to extinction is a/an
A. Amphibian
B. Shark
C. Bony fish
D. Mammal
29: The hardest substance available on earth is
A. Platinum
B. Quartz
C. Gold
D. Diamond
30: When a gas is turned into a liquid, the process is called
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Sublimation
D. Deposition
31: Long sand ridges oriented at right angles to the wind are called _____ dunes.
A. Transverse
B. Barchan
C. Parabolic
D. None of the above
32: The _____ method is a way of testing theories..
A. Scientific
B. Numeric..
C. Practically
33: Science is ______
A. The inquiry-based effort to describe and explain nature
B. The search for truth
C. An organized set of principles for how to ethically and morally behave
D. All of the above
34: With the work sampling technique, applicants are ________.
A. Asked to submit examples of projects they have completed for other employers
B. Tested on their ability to perform several tasks crucial to performing the job of interest
C. Tested on their ability to perform a range of tasks related to several positions in a firm
D. Given video-based situational interviews to assess their critical thinking skills
35: ________ is a planar, parallel alignment of different mineral bands in a metamorphic rock.
A. Rock cleavage
B. Foliation
C. Stress streaking
D. Marbleizing.
36: A glacier's downstream end ________.
A. Is where new ice is added through compaction of snowfall
B. Is in the zone of wastage
C. Is where the fastest flow occurs
D. Is where cirques get carved out
37: Polar areas are ____ than lower latitudes by rising temperatures associated with climate change.
A. High affected
B. Equally affected
C. Both of these
D. None of these
38: ____ are kuiper belt objects that are in a 3:2 resonance orbit with the orbit of neptune.
A. Plutinos
B. Charons
C. Protons
D. Lepton
E. Resonons
39: As a group, the giant planets all rotate ________ terrestrial planets.
A. Faster than
B. Slow
C. Low
D. Slow than
40: Everything we know about stars comes from studying their _____.
A. Convective zone
B. 5 billion
C. Radiation
D. Radiative zone
E. Chromosphere and corona
41: It is more energetically efficient for us to eat more ________.
A. Grown at a faster rate than
B. Desertification
C. Removes water-soluble nutrients from soils
D. Plant-based foods
42: Pulsars are thought to be _________.
A. Rapidly rotating neutron stars
B. Both involve explosions on the surface of stellar corpse.
C. 3 solar masses
D. None of these
43: The astrometric technique looks for planets with careful measurements of a star's _________.
A. Velocity towards or away from us
B. Brightness
C. Position in the sky
D. All of the above
44: The dominant force currently shaping the martian surface is ________.
A. Impact cratering
B. Volcanism
C. Tectonics
D. Erosion
E. Wind erosion
45: _______ support mangrove trees out of the water
A. Pneumatophores
B. Prop roots
C. Sand dunes
D. Tide supports
46: As janet explains to sam, faqs and product manuals are examples of _____ knowledge.
A. Tacit
B. Embedded
C. Transparent
D. Expert
E. Explicit
47: A red dwarf is _____.
A. Protostar
B. Earth
C. Milky way
D. Sun
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