• Where does sound travel faster; in air or water? In water (4.

5 times faster)
• Who is considered as the most famous play writer in English after William
Shakespeare? George Bernard Shaw
• What is the name of the substance lost by the body during dehydration? Sodium
chloride
• What are male and female rabbits called?
Buck and Doe
• Which is the only snake that builds a nest?
King cobra
• Who discovers Africa’s Victoria Falls?
David Livingstone
• Why can’t horses sit?
Because they have no knees on their hind leg
• To escape from gravitational force at what speed should an air craft fly?
53,200 KM/hour
• Astronomical distance of a ‘Light Year’?
9.46 trillion KM
• What are the three kinds of rays produced radioactive substances?
Alpha, Beta, Gamma rays
• When 2 objects are rubbed together, which particle is most likely to be dislodged?
Electron
• Which gas is common to all acids?
Hydrogen
• How many Amino acids discovered so far?
22
• How does radar detect objects?- By radio waves
• If the earth shrinks to half of its present radius, what will be the
(g) )acceleration due to gravity?
4g
• What is the source of the sun’s energy?
Nuclear fusion
• What is the principle chemical that can be made by wulff process?
Acetylene

What does your heart pump? Blood

Which is the nearest star? The sun
Which is heavier, gold or silver? Gold
How many sides does a triangle have? Three
What is H2 0? Water
How many legs does a butterfly have? Six
Triton is a moon of which planet? Neptune
For what process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water? Photosynthesis
Which physicist wrote a book called 'A Brief History of Time'? Stephen Hawking
Which chemical element is represented by the symbol Zn? Zinc
In which organ of the body is the cerebrum found? the brain
What do we call the study of birds? Ornithology
Who discovered the electron? Sir J J Thomson
Which is the longest bone in the human body? Thigh born
At which temperature do both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit
(-) 40c equals (-)40 F
show the same reading?
Who invented the bifocal lens? Benjamin Franklin
Nails are not connected with
Why we do not feel pains to cut our nails?
blood vessels.
Who invented the jet engine? Sir Frank Whittle, England.
Sir G.B.Frederick and JJR
Who discovered insulin?
Macleod
In which organ of the body is insulin produced? Pancreas
What is the speed of sound at sea level called? MACH 1
What is the scientific name for Fish Farming ? Aquaculture
What in medicine is Pathology? The Study of Diseases
What is the largest type of shark? Whale shark
Which disease is characterized by spasmodic contraction of
Tetanus
muscles is also called Lockjaw?
How many bits are there in a byte? Eight
The sternum is the medical name for what? Breastbone
In which organ of the body is the pineal gland? Brain
What type of clock was first introduced by the US National
Atomic Clock (Mollecular)
Bureau of Standards in 1949?
Which organ is inflamed when one is suffering from
Kidney
Nephritis?
What type of creature is a Basilisk? Lizard
What is the common name for the Araucaria tree is the
Tungsten
symbol for which chemical element?
Which planet has an orbital period of 687 days? Mars
Who was the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound? Charles Yeager
Which element has the highest boiling point? Tantalum, about 6000C
Which is the most common of all the metals in the earth's
Aluminum.
crust?
The weight of the iron ball is
Why does an iron ball sink and not an iron ship? more than the water it displaces;
in case of the ship it is opposite.
What is herpetology? Study of reptiles.
From which plant is morphine obtained? Opium poppy.
Who discovered the cause of malaria? Ronald Rose