Science Bowl Questions – Biology, Set 2 FORMED elements of the blood are the:

1. Multiple Choice: The adult human of a) white cells

average age and size has approximately how many b) red cells
quarts of blood? Is it: c) platelets
a) 4 d) erythrocytes
b) 6
c) 8 10. Multiple Choice: Which of the following
d) 10 statements concerning platelets is INCORRECT.
Platelets:
2. Multiple Choice: Once the erythrocytes a) contain DNA
enter the blood in humans, it is estimated that they b) are roughly disk-shaped
have an average lifetime of how many days. Is it: c) have little ability to synthesize proteins
a) 10 days d) are between 1/2 and 1/3 the diameter of the
b) 120 days red cell
c) 200 days
d) 360 days 11. Short Answer: What is the primary
function of the platelets in huma blood?
3. Multiple Choice: Of the following, which
mechanisms are important in the death of 12. Multiple Choice: When a wound occurs in
erythrocytes in human blood? Is it humans, the platelets in the blood activate a
a) phagocytosis (pron: fag-eh-seh-toe-sis) substance which starts the clotting process. The
b) hemolysis substance which starts the clotting is:
c) mechanical damage a) adenosine (pron: ah-den-ah-seen)
d) all of the above b) histamine
c) lecithin (pron: less-ah-thin)
4. Multiple Choice: Surplus red blood cells, d) thrombin
needed to meet an emergency, are MAINLY stored
in what organ of the human body? Is it the: 13. Multiple Choice: When looking at the cross
a) pancreas section of the human tibia, one finds the RED
b) spleen marrow in the:
c) liver a) medullary cavity
d) kidneys b) cancellous bone
c) periosteum
5. Multiple Choice: When a human donor d) epiphysis
gives a pint of blood, it usually requires how many
weeks for the body RESERVE of red corpuscles to 14. Multiple Choice: Lengthening of long
be replaced? Is it: bones in humans occurs in a particular area of the
a) 1 week bone. This area is called the:
b) 3 weeks a) medullary canal
c) 7 weeks b) cancellous bone
d) 21 weeks c) periosteum (pron: per-E-ahs-tee-em)
d) epiphysis (pron: eh-pif-eh-sis)
6. Short Answer: There are three substances
found in human blood which carry oxygen and 15. Multiple Choice: The part of the human
which begin with the letter "H". Name two of these brain which is an important relay station for the
substances. sensory impulses and also is the origin of many of
the involuntary acts of the eye such as the
7. Multiple Choice: The several types of narrowing of the pupil in bright light is the:
white blood cells are sometime collectively referred a) hypothalamus
to as: b) midbrain
a) erythrocytes (pron: eh-rith-row-cites) c) corpus callosum
b) leukocytes (pron: lew-kah-cites) d) cerebellum
c) erythroblasts (pron: eh-rith-rah-blast)
d) thrombocytes (pron: throm-bow-cites) 16. Multiple Choice: In the human brain, body
temperature, metabolism, heart rate, sexual
8. Multiple Choice: The condition in which development, sleep and the body's use of fat and
there is a DECREASE in the number of white blood water are influenced by this region of the brain.
cells in humans is known as: This region of the brain is the:
a) leukocytosis (pron: lew-kO-sigh-toe-sis) a) hypothalamus
b) leukopenia (pron: lew-kO-pea-nee-ah) b) midbrain
c) leukemia (pron: lew-kee-me-ah) c) corpus callosum
d) leukohyperia (pron: lew-kO-high-per-e-ah) d) cerebellum

9. Multiple Choice: The smallest of the 17. Multiple Choice: In which cerebral lobes is
the speech center located? Is it the: of the junction of the small intestine into the side of
a) frontal the large intestine. At the lower portion of this
b) parietal pouch one finds the appendix.
c) temporal
d) occipital 27. Multiple Choice: During the final stage of
cell division, the mitotic apparatus disappears, the
18. Multiple Choice: In most axons, the myelin chromosomes become attenuated, the centrioles
sheath is interrupted at intervals of about 1 duplicate and split, the nuclear membrane becomes
millimeter or more. These interruptions are called reconstituted and the nucleolus reappears. This
the: phase of cell division is known as:
a) glial a) prophase (pron: prO-phase)
b) nodes of Ranvier (pron: ron-vee-ay) b) metaphase
c) collaterals c) anaphase
d) nodes of Babinet d) telophase

19. Short Answer: Mosses and liverworts 28. Multiple Choice: In cell division, the phase
comprise this subdivision of plants. Name this plant following the metaphas is known as:
subdivision. a) prophase
b) anaphase
20. Short Answer: This disease, caused by c) telophase
infection with the gram-negative Yersinia pestis, is d) extophase
transmittedby fleas from rats to humans What is the
more common name for this disease? 29. Short Answer: All cells of an organism find
their lineage from a single fertilized cell. This
21. Short Answer: In the mammalian body, this single fertilized cell is called what?
element plays many important roles. Try to identify
thiselement with the fewest number of clues. This 30. Multiple Choice: Name the clear watery
element is required to insure the integrity liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord and
andpermeability of cell membranes, to regulate fills the four cavities or ventricles of the brain.
nerve and muscle excitability, to help maintain
normalmuscular contraction, and to assure cardiac 31. Multiple Choice: The order of insects
rhythmicity. It also plays a essential role in several which includes beetles is known as:
of theenzymatic steps involved in blood coagulation a) Coleoptera (pron: kO-lee-op-teh-rah)
and is the most important element of bone salt. b) Orthoptera (pron: or-tho-op-teh-rah)
Namethis element. c) Hymenoptera
d) Diptera (pron: dip-teh-rah)
22. Multiple Choice: What eight-letter name
starting with the letter "O" is given to that branch of 32. Multiple Choice: This major protein
medical science concerned with the study of component of connective tissue in mammals
tumors? comprises most of the organic matter of skin,
tendons, bones, and teeth, and occurs as fibrous
23. Short Answer: In the more highly inclusions in most other body structures. Is this
developed animals, such as humans this gas is used material:
to regulate the activity of the heart, the blood a) elastin
vessels, and the respiratory system. WORKING b) collagen
MUSCLES PRODUCE A LARGE AMOUNT OF c) fatty acids
THI SUBSTANCE. Narcosis due to this gas is d) keratin
characterized by mental disturbances which can
include confusion, headache, low blood pressure 33. Multiple Choice: Sickle cell anemia and
and hypothermia. Name this gas. Huntington's chorea are both:
a) virus-related diseases
24. Multiple Choice: Cariology is the study of b) bacteria-related diseases
the: c) congenital disorders
a) human heart d) none of the above
b) tooth decay
c) kidneys 34. Multiple Choice: In most species of
d) liver Paramecium there are how many contractile
vacuoles? Is it:
25. Short Answer: The larval form of a) one
butterflies and moths is more commonly known as b) two
what? c) three
d) four
26. Short Answer: Name the sac-like, blind
pouch of the large intestine, situated below the level 35. Multiple Choice: The major fibrous
proteins are: c) LH - ovary or testis
a) peptone and edestin d) MSH - melanocytes (pron: meh-lan-o-cite)
b) glutelin and leucine
c) valine and lysine 45. Multiple Choice: Which of the following
d) myosin and actin tissues secrete hormones?
a) pancreas
36. Short Answer: Name the outer portion of a b) ovaries
stem or root, bounded externally by the epidermis, c) gastro-intestinal tract
and internally by the cells of the pericycle. d) all of the above

37. Multiple Choice: Costal cartilage: 46. Multiple Choice: Which of the following
a) attach the ribs to the sternum structures is directly attached to the ovary?
b) cover the ends of the femur a) oviduct
c) is found in the pinna of the ear b) uterus
d) forms the intervertebral disks of the c) suspensory ligaments
backbone d) vagina

38. Multiple Choice: From which grandparent 47. Multiple Choice: Fertilization of the ovum
or grandparents did you inherit your mitochondria? by the sperm usually occurs in the:
Is it your: a) oviduct
a) mother's parents b) vagina
b) paternal grandfather c) uterus
c) grand mothers d) ovary
d) maternal grandmother
48. Multiple Choice: The corpeus luteum
39. Multiple Choice: Which of the following secretes:
are NOT part of a neuron? a) HCG
a) synapse b) LH
b) axon c) FSH
c) Nissl bodies d) progesterone
d) dendrite
49. Multiple Choice: Which of the following
40. Multiple Choice: The resting potential of a does sperm NOT travel through?
neuron is dependent on what two ions? a) ureter
a) lead and calcium ions b) urethra
b) calcium and phosphate ions c) vas deferens
c) sodium and potassium ions d) epididymus
d) potassium and phosphate ions
50. Multiple Choice: The placenta in humans is
41. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is derived from the:
NOT a type of neuron? a) embryo only
a) sensory b) uterus only
b) motor c) endometrium and embryo
c) association d) none of the above
d) stimulatory
51. Multiple Choice: The number of mature
42. Multiple Choice: Melatonin (pron: mel-eh- gametes resulting from meiosis in the female is:
toe-nin) is produced by the: a) 1
a) skin b) 2
b) pineal gland c) 3
c) liver d) 4
d) pituitary gland
52. Multiple Choice: Synapsis and crossing
43. Multiple Choice: Which of the following over of chromosomes occurs in which phases of
statements is TRUE of insulin? Is it: meiosis?
a) secreted by the pancreas a) Interphase
b) a protein b) Prophase
c) involved in the metabolism of glucose c) Meterphase
d) all of the above d) Teleophase

44. Multiple Choice: Select the hormone 53. Multiple Choice: A layer of dead skin cells
INCORRECTLY paired with its target. is found in the:
a) TSH - thyroid gland a) subcutaneous tissue
b) ACTH - anterior pituitary b) dermis
c) epidermis b) action potential
d) no dead cells are in the skin c) relaxation
d) contraction
54. Multiple Choice: Glial (pron: glee-el) cells
are found in the: 63. Multiple Choice: What ions determine the
a) muscular system resting potential of a nerve?
b) digestive system a) sodium and calcium
c) endocrine system (pron: en-de-kren) b) calcium and copper
d) nervous system c) potassium and calcium
d) sodium and potassium
55. Multiple Choice: Myelin sheaths are found:
a) surrounding tendons 64. Multiple Choice: Which structure does
b) covering the brain NOT play a part in the motion of cells?
c) covering muscles a) microvilli
d) around axons of neurons b) cilia
c) flagella
56. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is d) pseudopodia
an INCORRECT statement about the
parasympathetic system? 65. Multiple Choice: Bacteriophage (pron:
a) It increases digestive action. back-teer-e-o-faj) are:
b) It is the fight or flight system. a) bacteria
c) slows breathing rate b) bacteria precursors
d) establishes resting state c) viruses
d) agents which cause the production of
57. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is bacteria
NOT a component of the human axial skeleton?
a) sternum 66. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is
b) vertebral column NOT a mode of genetic exchange within a bacterial
c) tarsals population?
d) skull a) conjugation
b) transduction
58. Multiple Choice: Phalanges are found in c) transformation
the: d) translation
a) feet
b) skull 67. Multiple Choice: The blastula develops
c) hip into the:
d) chest a) gastrula
b) morula
59. Multiple Choice: The phase of contraction c) endoderm
of a muscle occurs when: d) zygote
a) tropomyosin binds and releases actin
b) myosin binds and releases actin 68. Multiple Choice: Tissue differentiation
c) actin binds and releases myosin begins at which stage?
d) none of the above a) zygote
b) morula
60. Multiple Choice: Select the INCORRECT c) blastula
statement concerning the muscular system. d) gastrula
a) Bones contact other bones at joints.
b) Flexors decrease the angle of a joint. 69. Multiple Choice: The nervous system
c) Adductors move a limb away from the develops from which germ layer?
midline. a) ectoderm
d) Tendons attach muscle to bone. b) mesoderm
c) endoderm
61. Multiple Choice: Which type of muscle is a d) none of the above
syncytium (pron: sin-sish-E-um)?
a) skeletal 70. Multiple Choice: During inspiration, the
b) cardiac diaphragm moves:
c) smooth a) down by contraction
d) all of the above b) down by relaxation
c) up by contraction
62. Multiple Choice: When the potential d) up by relaxation
difference across a membrane of a neuron equals
the threshold, what results? 71. Multiple Choice: The valve between the
a) movement of the membrane right ventricle and the pulmonary artery is the:
a) mitral valve b) nucleus
b) semilunar valve c) ribosome
c) bicuspid valve d) endoplasma
d) tricuspid valve
81. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is
72. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is an example of symbiosis?
NOT a function of the kidney? a) lichen
a) excretion of urea b) slime mold
b) regulation of fluids and electrolytes c) amoeba
c) elimination of toxic substances d) moss
d) defecation
82. Multiple Choice: Oxygen enters the body
73. Multiple Choice: When CO2 (carbon of a grasshopper through:
dioxide) is dissolved in water, it yields a solution a) gills
that: b) spinnerets
a) has acidic properties c) spiracles
b) has basic properties d) book lungs
c) is neutral
83. Multiple Choice: A heart with a single
74. Multiple Choice: Digestion of atrium and single ventricle is a characteristic of
carbohydrates begins where? adult:
a) small intestines a) amphibians
b) colon b) arthropods
c) mouth c) birds
d) stomach d) fish

75. Multiple Choice: Digestion of PROTEINS 84. Short Answer: Name the four main
begins in which of the following human organs? excretory organs identified in man.
a) small intestines
b) colon 85. Multiple Choice: The physical appearance
c) mouth and properties of an organism which is the
d) stomach expression of the
genetic makeup is called the:
76. Multiple Choice: Bile has what function in a) phenotype
digestion? b) pangenesis
a) emulsify lipids c) parental trait
b) digest proteins d) genotype
c) gluconeogenesis
d) digest carbohydrates 86. Short Answer: How many nucleotides
make up a codon (pron: kO-don)?
77. Multiple Choice: Of the following, which
is a basic need of all living things? 87. Multiple Choice: The complex of sugar
a) oxygen gas polymers and proteins which are patchily
b) light distributed on the plasma membranes of animal
c) hydrogen gas cells is called
d) water a) cellulose
b) chitin
78. Multiple Choice: A botanist is most likely c) glyocalyx
to study: d) cytoskeleton
a) Monerans
b) Protistans (pron: pro-tis-tans) 88. Short Answer: During cellular respiration,
c) Fungi glucose is oxidized completely to what two
d) Virions compounds?

79. Multiple Choice: A virus must do what to 89. Multiple Choice: Organisms with cells
reproduce? containing two sets of parental chromosomes are
a) form a latent virus called:
b) undergo transformation a) diploid
c) infect a cell b) bisomal
d) conjugate c) haploid
d) autosomal
80. Multiple Choice: The chromosomes of a
eukaryotic cell are located i the: 90. Multiple Choice: The type of gene
a) mitochondria (pron: my-toe-kon-dria) interaction in which the effects of one gene override
or mask the effects of other entirely different genes female who is
is called: also heterozygous for that trait, what percent of
a) linkage their offspring are likely to be heterozygous for this
b) mutation trait as well?
c) pleitropy (pron: ply-ah-tropy)
d) epistasis (pron: eh-pis-te-sis) 1. ANSWER: B -- 6
2. ANSWER: B -- 120 Days
91. Multiple Choice: For which of the 3. ANSWER: D -- all of the above
following creatures is fat the greatest percentage of 4. ANSWER: B – spleen
body weight? 5. ANSWER: C -- 7 weeks
a) termite 6. ANSWER: Hemoglobin, Hemocyanin,
b) blue whale Hemerythrin
c) zebra 7. ANSWER: B -- leukocytes
d) female lion 8. ANSWER: B -- leukopenia
9. ANSWER: C – platelets
10. ANSWER: A -- contain DNA
92. Multiple Choice: Which is false regarding
11. ANSWER: clotting or blocking leaks
freshwater fish?
from blood vessels
a) their blood is hypertonic to their
12. ANSWER: D -- Thrombin
environment
13. ANSWER: A -- medullary cavity
b) they often actively take up salt 14. ANSWER: D – Epiphysis
c) they excrete urine hypotonic to the blood 15. ANSWER: B -- Midbrain
d) their gills actively excrete salts 16. ANSWER: A -- hypothalamus
17. ANSWER: A -- frontal
93. Multiple Choice: Neutral fats, oils and 18. ANSWER: B -- Nodes of Ranvier
waxes may be classified as: 19. ANSWER: Bryophytes (pron: bry-eh-
a) lipids fites) or Bryophyta
b) carbohydrates 20. ANSWER: Bubonic Plague or Black
c) proteins Death
d) none of the above 21. ANSWER: Calcium
22. ANSWER: Oncology
94. Short Answer: Name three basic 23. ANSWER: Carbon Dioxide or CO2
morphologies of bacteria. 24. ANSWER: B -- Tooth Decay
25. ANSWER: caterpillar
95. Short Answer: What is the name of the 6 26. ANSWER: Cecum or Caecum
carbon monosaccharide that is the universal 27. ANSWER: D -- Telophase
cellular fuel of plants and animals? 28. ANSWER: B -- Anaphase
29. ANSWER: Zygote
96. Multiple Choice: During which phase of 30. ANSWER: Cerebrospinal Fluid
the cell cycle are normal components of the 31. ANSWER: A -- Coleoptera
cell synthesized and assembled? 32. ANSWER: B -- collagen
a) the M phase 33. ANSWER: C -- Congenital Disorders
34. ANSWER: B – Two
b) the G1 phase
35. ANSWER: D -- Myosin and Actin
c) the S phase
36. ANSWER: A -- Attach the ribs to the
d) the G2 phase
sternum
38. ANSWER: D -- maternal grandmother
97. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is 39. ANSWER: A – SYNAPSE
NOT a characteristic shared by most of the 40. ANSWER: C -- sodium and potassium
members of the kingdom plantae? ions
a) they are multicellular 41. ANSWER: D -- STIMULATORY
b) they are nonmotile 42. ANSWER: B -- PINEAL GLAND
c) they possess bilateral symmetry 43. ANSWER: D -- ALL OF THE ABOVE
d) there is an alternation of haploid and 44. ANSWER: D -- MSH – MELANOCYTES
diploid generations 45. ANSWER: D -- ALL OF THE ABOVE
46. ANSWER: C -- SUSPENSORY LIGAMENTS
98. Short Answer: If an individual has two 47. ANSWER: A -- OVIDUCT
dissimilar alleles for a trait, with regard to that trait 48. ANSWER: D -- PROGESTERONE
he is said to be: 49. ANSWER: A – URETER
50. ANSWER: C -- ENDOMETRIUM AND
99. Short Answer: How many chromosomes EMBRYO
per cell does a Down's Syndrome (trisomy 21) 51. ANSWER: A -- 1
victim have? 52. ANSWER: B -- PROPHASE
53. ANSWER: C -- EPIDERMIS
100. Short Answer: If a male who is 54. ANSWER: D -- NERVOUS SYSTEM
heterozygous for an autosomal trait mates with a 55. ANSWER: D -- AROUND AXONS OF
NEURONS alternative forms of gene at the same locus on
56. ANSWER: B -- IT IS THE FIGHT OR homologous chromosomes are called what?
FLIGHT SYSTEM.
57. ANSWER: C -- TARSALS 3. Short Answer: The human pelvic girdle is
58. ANSWER: A – FEET composed of 3 fused bones on each side for
59. ANSWER: B -- MYOSIN BINDS AND a total of 6 bones. Name the 3 fused bones.
RELEASES ACTIN
60. ANSWER: C -- ADDUCTORS MOVE A 4. Short Answer: What are rings of muscle
LIMB AWAY FORM THE MIDLINE. which CLOSE body openings such as the lips
61. ANSWER: A -- SKELETAL called?
62. ANSWER: B -- ACTION POTENTIAL
63. ANSWER: D -- SODIUM AND POTASSIUM
5. Multiple Choice: The myofilaments of
64. ANSWER: A -- MICROVILLI
muscles consist primarily of two proteins. These
65. ANSWER: C -- VIRUSES
two proteins are called:
66. ANSWER: D -- TRANSLATION
67. ANSWER: A -- GASTRULA a) actin and myosin
68. ANSWER: D – GASTRULA b) progesterone and testosterone
69. ANSWER: A -- ECTODERM c) progesterone and estrogen
70. ANSWER: A -- DOWN BY CONTRACTION
71. ANSWER: A -- SEMILUNAR VALVE 6. Short Answer: Is studies of the human
72. ANSWER: D -- DEFECATION body, what is used to describ a blood-filled sac
73. ANSWER: A -- HAS ACIDIC PROPERTIES formed by an outpouching in an arterial or venous
74. ANSWER: C -- MOUTH wall?
75. ANSWER: D -- STOMACH
76. ANSWER: A -- EMULSIFY LIPIDS 7. Multiple Choice: What French scientist is
77. ANSWER: D -- WATER considered the father of paleontology? Was it:
78. ANSWER: C -- FUNGI a) George Cuvier
79. ANSWER: C -- INFECT A CELL b) Marquis de Condorcet
80. ANSWER: B -- NUCLEUS c) Jacque Tonnies
81. ANSWER: A -- LICHEN d) Auguste Compte
82. ANSWER: C -- SPIRACLES
83. ANSWER: D -- FISH 8. Multiple Choice: What Roman physician's
84. ANSWER: A -- PHENOTYPE studies of human anatomy based on lower animals
86. ANSWER: 3 served as the only text on the subject for nearly 1
87. ANSWER: C -- GLYOCALYX centuries? Was it:
88. ANSWER: A – DIPLOID a) Cartrum
90. ANSWER: D – EPISTASIS b) Polonius
91. ANSWER: B -- BLUE WHALE
c) Galen
92. ANSWER: D -- THEIR GILLS ACTIVELY
d) Monterius
EXCRETE SALTS
93. ANSWER: A -- LIPIDS
94. ANSWER: (1) COCCI (COCCUS), (2)
9. Multiple Choice: What percentage of the
BACILLI (BACILLUS) or ROD, (3) atmosphere consists of carbon dioxide? Is it
SPIROCHETES or SPIRILLA or SPIRAL approximately:
95. ANSWER: GLUCOSE (DEXTROSE) a) .03% (read: three-hundredths of a percent)
96. ANSWER: B -- THE G1 PHASE b) 1%
97. ANSWER: C -- THEY POSSESS c) 5%
BILATERAL SYMMETRY d) 7%
98. ANSWER: HETEROZYGOUS
99. ANSWER: 47 10. Short Answer: What process in all living
100. ANSWER: 50% things releases carbon dioxide as a waste product?

Science Bowl Practice Questions
1. Multiple Choice: Which of the following
describes the major difference between bryophytes
and tracheophytes (pron: tray-key-o-fites)?
a) tracheophytes can survive on land
b) tracheophytes have seeds inside fruits
c) tracheophytes can make their own food
d) tracheophytes have vessels to transport
materials
2. Short Answer: Complete the sentence. The
11. Short Answer: For convenience, living
things are placed into variou groups. The taxonomic
breakdown of living things consists of the following
categories: Family, Class, Genus, Phylum, Order,
Kingdom and Species. Give the order of these terms
from least specific to most specific.
12. Short Answer: In biology, what is the word
used to describe the appearance of an individual
without regard to its hereditary constitution?
13. Multiple Choice: The chromosomes
responsible for characteristics other than sex are
known by which of the following terms?
a) ribosomes which of the following provides a general barrier to
b) lysosomes the movement of molecules?
c) autosomes a) lipids
d) spermatocytes b) proteins
c) carbohydrates
14. Short Answer: What genetic term describes d) all of these
the situation when a part of a chromosome is
broken off and lost? 23. Multiple Choice: The name of the process
by which oil glands in mammalian skins secrete oils
15. Multiple Choice: Each of the following is a is:
cell organelle except one. Which one of these is a) active transport
NOT a cell organelle? Is it b) apocrine secretion
a) mitochondrion c) holocrine secretion
b) lysosome d) osmosis
c) cytoplasm
d) endoplasmic reticulum 24. Multiple Choice: An individual with three
X chromosomes is likely t be:
16. Multiple Choice: When a color blind man a) a clinically normal female
marries a woman pure for normal color vision, it is b) an abnormal female
probable that one of the following situations may c) a Turner's individual
result. Is it probable that d) a Kleinfelter's individual
a) all the children will be color blind
b) all the grandchildren will be color blind 25. Short Answer: Who is considered the
c) only the sons will be colorblind father of Taxonomy?
d) half the grandsons will be color blind
26. Multiple Choice: In the first stage of
17. Multiple Choice: Which of the following photosynthesis, light energy is used to:
are skin receptors in humans that are sensitive to a) move water molecules
heat? Are they: b) denature chlorophyll
a) end organs of Krause c) split water
b) Meissner's corpuscles d) produce carbohydrates
c) end organs of Ruffini
d) Pacinian corpuscles 27. Multiple Choice: One-celled algae
enclosed in minute two-part silic shells are called:
18. Multiple Choice: Into which of the a) dinoflagellates (pron: die-no-flaj-el-ates)
following acids is glucose broken down in the first b) coelenterates (pron: sell-en-ter-ates)
stage of carbohydrate metabolism? Is it: c) annelids
a) pyruvic acid (pie-rue-vick acid) d) diatoms
b) lactic acid
c) hydrochloric acid 28. Multiple Choice: Osmoregulation is
d) citric acid concerned with:
a) excretion
19. Multiple Choice: Hormones are composed b) ionic regulation
from many classes of molecules. As far as our c) control of the body's water content
present knowledge extends, hormones are NOT d) carbon dioxide regulation
found in which of the following categories of
substances: 29. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is
a) proteins not an arachnid?
b) peptides a) lobster
c) nucleic acids b) scorpion
d) steroids c) black widow spider
d) tick
20. Short Answer: What is the term given to a
fatty acid that has more than one set of double 30. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is
bonds between carbons? not found in blood?
a) fibrinogen
21. Multiple Choice: The process by which an b) glucose
amino acid loses its amino group is called: c) urea
a) hydration d) glycogen
b) deamination
c) oxidoamination 31. Multiple Choice: Proof that plants can
d) dehydration grow and reproduce using onl inorganic nutrients
comes from the study of:
22. Multiple Choice: In a plasma membrane, a) phototrophic nutrition
b) mycorrhiza
c) hydroponics 41. Multiple Choice: Resolution by any
d) humus microscope is ULTIMATELY limited by the:
a) curvature of the lenses
32. Multiple Choice: Water molecules enter b) wavelength of the light
plant epidermal cells by: c) light intensity
a) osmosis d) lens aberrations
b) active transport
c) translocation 42. Multiple Choice: Humans cannot digest
d) transpiration cellulose because:
a) it does not contain sugars
b) it is made up of disaccharides
33. Short Answer: What molecule is the energy c) it is made up of monosaccharides
source for virtually all of the work done by the cell? d) humans lack the proper enzymes

34. Multiple Choice: Which of the following 43. Multiple Choice: Cholesterol, testosterone,
diseases has been eradicate from the world? and estrogen are all examples of:
a) proteins
a) cholera b) steroids
b) smallpox c) nucleic acids
c) diphtheria d) alcohols
d) poliomyelitis
44. Short Answer: What is sometimes called
35. Multiple Choice: We believe the animal starch?
beginnings of life on earth took place in the:
a) air 45. Short Answer: How many PAIRS of
b) land masses nerves leave the vertebrate brain?
c) shallow oceans
d) glaciers 46. Short Answer; The vertebrate eyeball is
bounded anteriorly by what convex, transparent
36. Multiple Choice: Each antibody molecule object?
is made up of how many PAIR of polypeptide
chains, joined together by disulfide bonds. 47. Short Answer: What are the names given to
a) 1 the basic subunits of a nucleic acid.
b) 2
c) 3 48. Short Answer: What is the term given to
d) 4 enzymes whose action is modulated by binding of a
molecule to a site other than the active site?
37. Multiple Choice: The immune system
normally discriminates between which types of 49. Multiple Choice: The muscle attachment to
antigens. the bone of lesser movement is called the muscle's:
a) B and T cells a) insertion
b) self and non-self b) head
c) humoral and cell-mediated c) origin
d) primary and secondary d) tail

38. Short Answer: Proteins that cause reactions 50. Short Answer: DNA present in a structural
to proceed more rapidly and lower the energy of gene that does not seem to have a specific coding
activation are called. function is known as what?

39. Multiple Choice: What percent of the total 51. Multiple Choice: The organic portion of
radiant energy received by a plant is converted to bone consists of which one of the following
chemical energy? proteins.
a) less than 2 a) fibrin
b) 10 b) collagen
c) 50 c) actin
d) 75 d) myosin

40. Multiple Choice: Genes are able to control 52. Multiple Choice: Octopus and squid belong
a cell's fate by determining the synthesis of: to the class of molluscs known as:
a) other genes a) cephalopoda (pron: sef-eh-lah-pod-ah)
b) enzymes b) bivalvia
c) carbohydrates c) gastropoda (pron: gas-tro-pod-ah)
d) fat d) polyplacophora (pron: poly-pla-so-for-ah)
53. Short Answer: The name given to a 65. Multiple Choice: Blood platelets are:
structure present in angiosperms but lacking in a) cytoplasmic fragments
gymnosperms is? b) free nuclei
c) a kind of red cell
54. Multiple Choice: In mammals, the primary d) found only during clot formation
function of the loop of Henle is:
a) reabsorption of water 66. Multiple Choice: Oxidation of fats and
b) water secretion carbohydrates within a cell would be an example
c) ammonia secretion of:
d) bicarbonate reabsorption a) anabolism
55. Short Answer: What is the name of the b) catabolism
phenomenon that occurs when tissue culture is c) biosynthesis
infected with one type of virus that causes the d) none of the above
culture to resist infection by a second type of virus?
67. Multiple Choice: The muscle which is
56. Short Answer: What are gas bubbles which under involuntary control is:
form within plant cells o in blood known as? a) striated
b) smooth
57. Short Answer: What are the water c) skeletal
conducting cells in non-flowering vascular plants
know as? 68. Multiple Choice: The secondary pacemaker
of the heart is known as the:
58. Short Answer: On a dry day, water diffuses a) AV node
out of the intercellula spaces of the leaf through b) SA node
what part c) Purkinje Bundle
of the leaf? d) None of the above

59. Short Answer: A clogging of the bile duct 69. Multiple Choice: A pyrogen is a substance
interferes with the digestion of what category of released during inflammation that aids in causing:
food? a) swelling
b) redness
60. Short Answer: What is the name given to c) fever
the jellylike substance filling the chamber behind d) pain
the lens of the human eye?
70. Multiple Choice: Which of the following
61. Short Answer: The Erythrocytes of living creatures is most likely to have evolved from
mammals lack what? the trilobite?
a) millipede
62. Multiple Choice: The name of the ductless b) sea star
glands which secrete thei product into the c) sea anemone
circulatory system are: d) whelk
a) exocrine (pron: ek-seh-kren)
b) apocrine (pron: ap-eh-kren) 71. Multiple Choice: A lake which has high
c) holocrine (pron: hoe-leh-kren) nutrient availability is:
d) endocrine (pron: en-deh-kren) a) oligotrophic (pron: all-i-go-tro-fik)
b) eutrophic (pron: you-tro-fik)
63. Multiple Choice: In the first stage of c) mesotrophic (pron: mez-eh-tro-fik)
photosynthesis, light energy splits water molecules
leaving a by product which is released. This 72. Multiple Choice: The hormone causing
byproduct is: growth of the endometrium
a) hydrogen a) androgen (pron: ann-drah-jen)
b) carbon dioxide b) leutenizing hormone (pron: lew-ten-I-zing)
c) oxygen c) estrogen
d) methane d) prolactin

64. Multiple Choice: The bacteria which cause 73. Multiple Choice: Nitrogen fixation is
dental cavities in humans break down sugars, accomplished by:
releasing what chemical, that causes tooth a) plants
destruction? b) bacteria
a) acids c) animals
b) bases d) viruses
c) enzymes
d) monosaccharides 74. Multiple Choice: The vesicles formed via
the process known as phagocytosis are called: 84. Short Answer: Myosin is one of two
a) lysosomes (pron: lye-sah-somes: somes proteins that make up the myofibrils of striated
rhymes with homes) muscles. Name the other protein.
b) Golgi apparatus
c) food vacuoles 85. Short Answer: Part of the endocrine system
d) mitochondria (pron: my-toe-chon-dria) in humans, these two glands are small bodies
located at the upper end of each kidney. While
75. Multiple Choice: Of the following three these glands perform a variety of functions, two of
substances, which provides the LEAST source of the most important are (1) control of the body's
energy for the body? adjustment to an upright posture, and (2)
a) protein accommodation of the body to
b) fats intermittent rather than constant intake of food.
c) carbohydrates Name these glands.

76. Multiple Choice: Type A blood contains 86. Short Answer: Name the gelatin-like
isohemaglutinins against which red cells? substance which is prepared for various species of
a) type A red algae growing in Asiatic waters. The prepared
b) type B product appears in the form of cakes, coarse
c) type O granules, long shreds or in thin sheets. It is used
d) type G extensively alone or in combination with various
nutritive substances,as a medium for culturing
77. Multiple Choice: Which cell count tends to bacteria and various fungi
be elevated when an individual has an allergy or
parasitic worms? 87. Short Answer: What is a partial or total
a) red blood cells loss of memory of a temporary or permanent nature
b) erythrocyte known as?
c) eosinophil (pron: e-o-sin-o-fill)
d) platelet 88. Multiple Choice: All of the following are
characteristic of amphibians EXCEPT:
78. Multiple Choice: Veins tend to have the a) moist skin
following except: b) the absence of scales
a) valves for unidirectional flow c) metamorphosis
b) very elastic walls d) live in salt water
c) thin walls
d) increasing size toward the heart 89. Short Answer: What term is used to
describe the procedure whereby a catheter is
79. Multiple Choice: Gallstones are most often inserted into an individual's heart, a radio-opaque
the result of: medium is injected, and x-ray images are made.
a) gallbladder irritation The procedure is used to locate where arteries are
b) eating cherries and swallowing the pits blocked and the degree to which the blockage has
c) precipitation of cholesterol developed.
d) accumulated bile pigment
90. Multiple Choice: Which of the following
80. Multiple Choice: The loss of water by joints is formed by the articulation of the tibia, the
plants in the form of vapor i called: malleolus of the fibula, and the convex surface of
a) evaporation the talus. Is it the:
b) transpiration a) ankle
c) evapotranspiration b) knee
d) vaporization c) elbow
d) wrist
81. Multiple Choice: Sponges are included in
which of the following phyla? 91. Multiple Choice: A plant which completes
a) Cnidaria (pron: nid-air-e-ah) its life cycle, from seed to seed, in a single growing
b) Porifera season is known as:
c) Reptilia a) perennial
d) Foraminifera (pron: feh-ram-eh-nif-eh-rah) b) cyclic
c) annual
82. Short Answer: Name the tendon in humans d) circadian
which attaches the gastrocnemius and soleus
muscles to the calcaneum or heel bone. 92. Multiple Choice: In flowers the terminal
part of a stamen, containing the pollen sacs is
83. Short Answer: What is the normal pH of known as the:
human blood? a) anther
b) style
c) filament 1. ANSWER: D -- TRACANSWER:
d) pistil ALLELESHEOPHYTES HAVE VESSELS
TO TRANSPORT MATERIALS
93. Multiple Choice: The process of nuclear 2. ANSWER: ALLELES
reorganization in protozoa in which the nucleus 3. ANSWER: ILLIUM, ISCHIUM, and
divides, each half undergoes a maturation, and the PUBIS
tw persisting functional nuclei reunite is known as: 4. ANSWER: SPHINCTERS
a) autogamy 5. ANSWER: A -- ACTIN AND MYOSIN
b) autolysis 6. ANSWER: ANEURYSM
c) autoregression 7. ANSWER: A -- GEORGE CUVIER
8. ANSWER: C -- GALEN
d) autotomy
9. ANSWER: A -- .03%
94. Multiple Choice: Of the following, which
10. ANSWER: RESPIRATION
is NOT a bacterial disease Is it:
a) strep throat
11. ANSWER: KINGDOM, PHYLUM,
b) herpes CLASS, ORDER, FAMILY, GENUS,
c) Bubonic Plague SPECIES
d) Diphtheria 12. ANSWER: PHENOTYPE (pron: fee-no-
type)
95. Multiple Choice: Of the following, which 13. ANSWER: C -- AUTOSOMES
is NOT a viral disease? Is it: 14. ANSWER: CHROMOSOMAL
a) Hepatitis DELETION
b) Chicken Pox 15. ANSWER: C -- CYTOPLASM
c) Tuberculosis 16. ANSWER: D -- HALF THE
d) Rabies GRANDSONS WILL BE COLOR BLIND
17. ANSWER: C -- END ORGANS OF
96. Multiple Choice: Most of the fungi RUFFINI
commonly observed are members of this group of 18. ANSWER: A -- PYRUVIC ACID
fungi, which includes toadstools, mushrooms and 19. ANSWER: C -- NUCLEIC ACIDS
puffballs. This group of fungi is known as: 20. ANSWER: POLYUNSATURATED
a) Phycomycetes (pron: fI-kO-my-seats)
b) Ascomycetes (pron: as-kO-my-seats) 21. ANSWER: B – DEAMINATION
c) Basidomycetes 22. ANSWER: A – LIPIDS
d) Plyocetes (pron: ply-O-seats) 23. ANSWER: C -- HOLOCRINE
SECRETION
97. Multiple Choice: Truffles, morels and the 24. ANSWER: B -- AN ABNORMAL
many yeasts which are basic to fermentation FEMALE
25. ANSWER: (CAROLUS) LINNAEUS
processes belong to this group of fungi. These fung
26. ANSWER: C -- SPLIT WATER
are known as:
27. ANSWER: D – DIATOMS
a) Phycomycetes
28. ANSWER: C -- CONTROL OF THE
b) Ascomycetes BODY'S WATER CONTENT
c) Basidomycetes 29. ANSWER: A -- LOBSTER
d) Plyocetes 30. ANSWER: D -- GLYCOGEN
98. Multiple Choice: Many living organisms 31. ANSWER: C – HYDROPONICS
exhibit the unique property of producing visible 32. ANSWER: A – OSMOSIS
light. What term is used to describe this 33. ANSWER: ATP (Adenosine
phenomena? Triphosphate)
34. ANSWER: B -- SMALLPOX
99. Multiple Choice: Many living organisms 35. ANSWER: C -- SHALLOW OCEANS
exhibit the unique property of producing visible 36. ANSWER: B – 2
light. The compound that is oxidized with 37. ANSWER: B -- SELF AND NON-SELF
subsequent light emission is usually referred to as 38. ANSWER: ENZYMES
luciferin. What is the enzyme which catalyzes the 39. ANSWER: A -- LESS THAN 2
reaction known as? 40. ANSWER: B -- ENZYMES

100. Multiple Choice: The muscle which 41. ANSWER: B -- WAVELENGTH OF THE
RAISES a bird's wing is known as the: LIGHT
a) Pectoralis major 42. ANSWER: D -- HUMANS LACK THE
b) pectoralis minor PROPER ENZYMES
c) soleus 43. ANSWER: B -- STEROIDS
d) gluteus maximus 44. ANSWER: GLYCOGEN
45. ANSWER: 12
46. ANSWER: CORNEA
47. ANSWER: MONONUCLEOTIDES or
 NUCLEOTIDES 99. ANSWER: Luciferase
48. ANSWER: ALLOSTERIC ENZYMES 100.ANSWER: B -- pectoralis minor
49. ANSWER: C -- ORIGIN
50. ANSWER: INTRON Science Bowl Practice Questions –
51. ANSWER: B – COLLAGEN General
52. ANSWER: A -- CEPHALOPODA 1. Multiple Choice: Pollination by birds is
53. ANSWER: OVARY or OVULARY called:
54. ANSWER: A -- REABSORPTION OF w) autogamy
WATER x) ornithophily
55. ANSWER: VIRAL INTERFERENCE or y) entomophily
INTERFERENCE z) anemophily
56. ANSWER: EMBOLISM ANSWER: X -- ORNITHOPHILY
57. ANSWER: TRACHEIDS 2. Short Answer: How many men have
58. ANSWER: STOMATA walked on the moon?
59. ANSWER: FATS or LIPIDS or FAT ANSWER: TWELVE
SOLUBLE VITAMINS
60. ANSWER: vitreous body vitreous 3. Multiple Choice: The fastest-running
humor terrestrial animal is:
w) cheetah
61. ANSWER: nucleus or DNA or x) lion
chromosomes or mitochondria y) man
62. ANSWER: D -- ENDOcrine z) jaguar
63. ANSWER: C -- oxygen
ANSWER: W -- CHEETAH
64. ANSWER: A -- acids
65. ANSWER: A -- Cytoplasmic
4. Short Answer: What wonder drug was used
fragments
66. ANSWER: B -- Catabolism for three years by the Army and Navy before
67. ANSWER: B -- SMOOTH becoming available to the general public in 1944?
68. ANSWER: A -- AV node ANSWER: PENICILLIN
69. ANSWER: C -- fever 5. Short Answer: What is the name given to
70. ANSWER: A – millipede the process, discovered by Goodyear, of adding
sulfur to heated rubber?
71. ANSWER: B -- eutropHic ANSWER: VULCANIZATION
72. ANSWER: C -- estrogen
73. ANSWER: B -- bacteria 6. Short Answer: Which sea is the saltiest
74. ANSWER: C -- FOOD VACUOLES natural lake and is also at the lowest elevation on
75. ANSWER: A – proteins the face of the earth?
76. ANSWER: A -- type A ANSWER: THE DEAD SEA
77. ANSWER: C -- eosinophil
78. ANSWER: B -- very elastic walls 7. Multiple Choice: As you go down into a
79. ANSWER: C -- precipitation of well, your weight:
cholesterol w) increases slightly
80. ANSWER: C – evapotranspiration x) decreases slightly
y) remains exactly the same
81. ANSWER: B -- PORIFERA ANSWER: X -- DECREASES SLIGHTLY
82. ANSWER: Achilles Tendon
83. ANSWER: 7.4 8. Short ANSWER: A cloud at ground level
84. ANSWER: Actin is called what?
85. ANSWER: Adrenal Glands ANSWER: FOG
86. ANSWER: Agar-agar or just Agar
87. ANSWER: Amnesia
9. Short Answer: What invention in about
88. ANSWER: D -- live in salt water
1450 A.D. revolutionized communication and the
89. ANSWER: Angiography or
Angiogram world?
90. ANSWER: A -- Ankle ANSWER: THE PRINTING PRESS

91. ANSWER: C – Annual
92. ANSWER: A -- Anther
93. ANSWER: A -- Autogamy
94. ANSWER: B -- herpes
95. ANSWER: C – Tuberculosis
96. ANSWER: C -- Basidomycetes
97. ANSWER: B -- Ascomycetes
98. ANSWER: Bioluminescence or
photoluminescence
10. Short Answer: What is the name for the
new technology whereby a glass fiber carries as
much information as hundreds of copper wires?
ANSWER: FIBER OPTICS
11. Short Answer: What mammal lays eggs?
ANSWER: PLATYPUS
12. Short Answer: Linseed oil comes from
what plant?
ANSWER: FLAX 26. Short Answer: What is another name for
the Paleolithic Age?
13. Short Answer: What is the name of the ANSWER: THE STONE AGE
largest terrestrial rodent, distinguished by its spiny
covering? 27. Short Answer: What nocturnal animal
ANSWER: PORCUPINE group makes up one-fourth of all mammals species?
ANSWER: BATS or CHIROPTERA
14. Multiple Choice: The only species of cat
that lives and hunts in groups is: 28. Short Answer: How many time zones are
w) lion x) leopard y) jaguar z) cougar there on Earth?
ANSWER: W – LION ANSWER: TWENTY-FOUR

15. Multiple Choice: The science of weights 29. Short Answer: What land mammal holds
and measures is called: the record for the greatest age?
w) metrology x) meteorology y) mineralogy z) ANSWER: MAN
morphology
ANSWER: W -- METROLOGY 30. Short Answer: What is the better known
name for the deadly poison prussic acid?
16. Short Answer: What compound is a ANSWER: CYANIDE or HYDROGEN
common component of air pollution, but is essential CYANIDE
in the upper atmosphere to protect life on earth?
ANSWER: OZONE 31. Multiple Choice: Cystitis is the infection of
which of the following?
17. Short Answer: What is osteoporosis? w) liver x) urinary bladder y) pancreas z) lung
ANSWER: IT IS LOSS OF CALCIUM FROM ANSWER: X -- URINARY BLADDER
BONES
32. Short Answer: What is a shark's skeleton
made of?
18. Multiple Choice: Yeast, used in making ANSWER: CARTILAGE
bread is a:
w) plant x) fungus y) bacteria z) seed 33. Short Answer: What yellow metal is an
ANSWER: X -- FUNGUS alloy of copper and zinc?
ANSWER: BRASS
19. Multiple Choice: The Statue of Liberty is
green because of: 34. Short Answer: What is the subdivision in
w) green stone x) oxidized brass y) steel painted the Plant Kingdom comprising over 20,000 species
green z) oxidized copper of Mosses and Liverworts?
ANSWER: Z -- OXIDIZED COPPER ANSWER: BRYOPHYTES

20. Short ANSWER: At what point are the 35. Short Answer: Automobile catalytic
Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal? converters cause the carbon monoxide and
ANSWER: -40 DEGREES hydrocarbons which result from incomplete
combustion to be converted into what two
21. Multiple Choice: The word atom is from a substances?
Greek word meaning: ANSWER: CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) AND
w) small x) indivisible y) unseen z) visible WATER (H2O)
ANSWER: X -- INDIVISIBLE
36. Short Answer: Used primarily in fertilizers,
22. Short Answer: Name the famous which element is never found free in nature even
mathematician/physicist who was born in the year though it makes up about 2.5% of the earth's crust?
Galileo died. ANSWER: POTASSIUM
ANSWER: (ISAAC) NEWTON
37. Multiple Choice: At room temperature,
23. Short Answer: What are the only places most elements are in which phase of matter?
that dogs have sweat glands? ANSWER: NOSE w) solid x) liquid y) gas z) plasma
AND PAWS ANSWER: W -- SOLID

24. Short Answer: Linen is made from what 38. Short Answer: What is the name for steel
plant? ANSWER: FLAX alloyed with chromium?
ANSWER: STAINLESS STEEL
25. Short Answer: What is arachnology?
ANSWER: STUDY OF ARACHNIDS (except: 39. Short Answer: Table sugar, from sugar
study of spiders or scorpions or relatives of spiders) cane or beet, is what type of sugar?
ANSWER: SUCROSE or DISACCHARIDE or sources does NOT originally come from the Sun?
SACCHAROSE w) wind
x) Ocean thermal energy conversion
40. Multiple Choice: The study of phenomena y) geothermal
at very low temperatures is called: z) hydroelectric
w) heat transfer ANSWER: Y – GEOTHERMAL
x) morphology
y) crystallography 3. Short Answer: What is the name of the
z) cryogenics atmosphere layer of upwardly diminishing
ANSWER: Z -- CRYOGENICS temperature situated above the stratosphere and
topped by the mesopause?
41. Multiple Choice: The branch of medical ANSWER: MESOSPHERE
science which is concerned with the study of
disease as it affects a community of people is 4. Multiple Choice: What percentage of the earth's
called: atmosphere does O2 comprise?
w) epidemiology x) oncology y) paleontogy z) w) 75%
pathology x) 50%
ANSWER: W – EPIDEMIOLOGY y) 21%
z) 32%
42. Short Answer: Name the first woman to ANSWER: Y -- 21%
travel in space.
ANSWER: (VALENTINA) TERESHKOVA 5. Short Answer: What gas makes up the majority
of our atmosphere?
43. Multiple Choice: A type of plastic that is ANSWER: NITROGEN
biodegradable has been in the news lately. The
ingredient that makes it biodegradable is: 6. Multiple Choice: The tanning rays of the sun are
w) vegetable oil x) petroleum y) cornstarch z) called:
leather w) infrared rays
ANSWER: Y – CORNSTARCH x) visible light
y) ultraviolet rays
44. Multiple Choice: If a metal can be drawn z) gamma rays
into wires relatively easily it is called: ANSWER: Y -- ULTRAVIOLET RAYS
w) malleable x) ductile y) extractive z) tactile
ANSWER: X -- DUCTILE 7. Multiple Choice: While many different gases are
found in the atmosphere, a number do NOT
45. Short Answer: Occasionally, a bad cold contribute significantly to solar heating of the
will cause a decrease in a person’s hearing ability. atmosphere. Which TWO of the following gases do
What is the name of the tube that becomes blocked NOT absorb much heat?
to cause this problem? w) carbon dioxide
ANSWER: EUSTACHIAN TUBE x) nitrogen
y) water vapor
46. Short Answer: Name the general type of z) oxygen
mammal that gives birth to undeveloped young that ANSWER: X and Z -- NITROGEN and OXYGEN
are kept
in pouches. 8. Multiple Choice: Global climate change is being
ANSWER: MARSUPIAL attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two
gases produced by human activities?
47. Multiple Choice: In which country was a w) oxygen and hydrogen
method for making rust-resistant iron discovered in x) ozone and methane
the fifth y) nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide
century B.C.? z) methane and carbon dioxide
w) Sumeria x) Egypt y) India z) Babylon e) ozone and carbon monoxide
ANSWER: Y – INDIA ANSWER: Z -- METHANE AND CARBON
DIOXIDE

Science Bowl Practice Questions – Earth Science
1. Short Answer: Biosphere describes the earth
realm where life occurs What describes the entire
solid earth realm and is composed of mineral
matter?
ANSWER: LITHOSPHERE
2. Multiple Choice: Which of the following energy
9. Short Answer: The ozone layer is located in
which region of the atmosphere?
ANSWER: STRATOSPHERE
10. Multiple Choice: Certain substances are
classified as water pollutants, others as air
pollutants and still others as land pollutants. Which
of the following pollutes all three parts of our
environment?
w) fluorocarbons
x) smog
y) acid rain
z) ozone
ANSWER: Y -- ACID RAIN
11. Short Answer: What is the name of the
phenomenon that causes an accumulation of heat in
the lower atmosphere because of the absorption of
long-wave radiation from the Earth's surface?
ANSWER: GREENHOUSE EFFECT
12. Multiple Choice: The Greenhouse Effect is
caused primarily by which of the following
processes?
w) blocking incoming short wave solar energy
x) absorbing incoming short wave solar energy
y) heating of the Earth's stratosphere
z) absorbing outgoing long wave radiation from the
Earth
ANSWER: Z -- ABSORBING OUTGOING LONG
WAVE RADIATION FROM THE
EARTH
z) Pfund series
ANSWER: W -- LYMAN SERIES
2. Multiple Choice: Electric current may be
expressed in which one of the following units?
w) coulombs/volt
x) joules/coulomb
y) coulombs/second
z) ohms/second
ANSWER: Y -- COULOMBS/SECOND
3. Short Answer: In the SI system of measure, what
is the unit of capacitance?
ANSWER: FARAD
4. Multiple Choice: A Newton is equal to which of
the following?
w) kilogram-meter per second
x) meter per second squared
y) kilogram-meter per second squared
z) kilogram per meter-second
ANSWER: Y -- KILOGRAM-METER PER
SECOND SQUARED

13. Multiple Choice: Hematite is a primary ore of 5. Multiple Choice: Work is equal to which of the
which of the following metals? following?
w) zinc w) the cross product of force and displacement.
x) tungsten x) the product of force times time
y) iron y) force divided by time
z) none of the above z) the dot product of force and displacement
ANSWER: Y -- IRON ANSWER: Z -- THE DOT PRODUCT OF FORCE
AND DISPLACEMENT
14. Multiple Choice: Galena is a primary ore of
which of the following metals? 6. Multiple Choice: The work done by a friction
w) zinc force is:
x) tungsten w) always positive
y) lead x) always negative
z) silver y) always zero
ANSWER: Y -- LEAD z) either positive or negative depending upon the
situation.
15. Multiple Choice: Which of the following ANSWER: X -- ALWAYS NEGATIVE
minerals is a source of copper?
w) Bauxite (pron: box-ite) 7. Multiple Choice: As defined in physics, work is:
x) Hematite w) a scalar quantity
y) Malachite x) always a positive quantity
z) Galena y) a vector quantity
ANSWER: Y -- MALACHITE z) always zero
ANSWER: W -- A SCALAR QUANTITY
16. Multiple Choice: Of the following four geologic
periods, which is the most recent? 8. Multiple Choice: In physics, a radian per second
w) Devonian is a unit of:
x) Silurian w) angular displacement
y) Permian x) angular velocity
z) Jurassic y) angular acceleration
ANSWER: Z -- JURASSIC z) angular momentum.
ANSWER: X -- ANGULAR VELOCITY

Science Bowl Practice Questions Physics 9. Multiple Choice: If the resultant force acting on a
1. Multiple Choice: For the hydrogen atom, which body of constant mass is zero, the body's
series describes electron transitions to the N=1 momentum
orbit, the lowest energy electron orbit? Is it the: is:
w) Lyman series w) increasing
x) Balmer series x) decreasing
y) Paschen series y) always zero
z) constant y) are perpendicular to the sheet of charge and point
ANSWER: Z – CONSTANT away from the sheet
z) fall off as one over r squared
10. Short Answer: What is the name of the first ANSWER: Y -- ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE
American physicist to win two Nobel prizes? SHEET OF CHARGE AND POINT AWAY
ANSWER: (JOHN) BARDEEN
19. Short Answer: In Bohr's theory of the atom,
11. Multiple Choice: Which of the following what force was responsible for holding the electrons
scientists is responsible for the exclusion principle in their orbit?
which states that two objects may NOT occupy the ANSWER: COULOMB FORCE or THE FORCE
same space at the same time? Was it: OF ATTRACTION BETWEEN THE PROTON
w) Heisenberg (NUCLEUS) AND THE ELECTRON
x) Bohr
y) Teller 20. Multiple Choice: Whose principle or law states
z) Pauli that each point on a wavefront may be considered a
ANSWER: Z -- PAULI new wave source? Is it:
w) Snell's Law
12. Short Answer: Who shared the Nobel Prize in x) Huygen's Principle
Physics in 1909 with Guglielmo Marconi for his y) Young's Law
contribution to the development of wireless z) Hertz's Law.
telegraphy? ANSWER: X -- HUYGEN'S PRINCIPLE
ANSWER: (CARL FERDINAND) BRAUN
21. Multiple Choice: The wave nature of light is
13. Short Answer: Who first theoretically predicted demonstrated by which of the following?
the existence of the positron, a positively charged w) the photoelectric effect
electron? He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in x) color
1933. y) the speed of light
ANSWER: (PAUL ADRIEN MAURICE) DIRAC z) diffraction
14. Short Answer: Name the female physicist who ANSWER: Z -- DIFFRACTION
received the Nobel Prize in 1963 for her discovery
concerning the shell structure of the nucleus. 22. Multiple Choice: The collision between a
ANSWER: (MARIA GOEPPERT) MAYER photon and a free electron was first explained by
which of the following scientists?
15. Multiple Choice: The force acting between two w) Einstein
point charges can be computed using which of the x) Heisenberg
following laws? y) Compton
w) Ohm's Law z) Bohr
x) Ampere's Law ANSWER: Y – COMPTON
y) Coulomb's Law
z) Newton's Second Law. 23. Short Answer: Besides solid, liquid, and gas,
ANSWER: Y -- COULOMB'S LAW what is the fourth form of matter?
ANSWER: PLASMA
16. Multiple Choice: Induced electric currents can
be explained using which of the following laws? 24. Short Answer: What is 25,000 miles per hour on
w) Gauss's Law earth, and 5,300 miles per hour on the Moon?
x) Faraday's Law ANSWER: ESCAPE VELOCITY
y) Ohm's Law
z) Ampere's Law 25. Short Answer: In Einstein's universe, what is
ANSWER: X -- FARADAY'S LAW the fourth dimension?
ANSWER: TIME
17. Multiple Choice: For a negative point charge,
the electric field vectors: 26. Multiple Choice: The Tesla and the Gauss are
w) circle the charge units of measure of:
x) point radially in toward the charge w) conductance
y) point radially away from the charge x) magnetic field strength
z) cross at infinity y) magnetic flux
ANSWER: X -- POINT RADIALLY IN TOWARD z) electrical current
THE CHARGE ANSWER: X -- MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH

18. Multiple Choice: For an infinite sheet of
positive charge, the electric field lines:
w) run parallel to the sheet of charge
x) are perpendicular to the sheet of charge and point
in toward the sheet
27. Short Answer: Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen
won a Nobel prize for what small invention?
ANSWER: TRANSISTOR
28. Multiple Choice: Which of the following colors
of visible light has the longest wavelength? Is it: (D) Galena
w) violet
x) green 3. The element present in the largest amount in
y) yellow rocks and minerals is —
z) red (A) Carbon
ANSWER: Z – RED (B) Silicon
(C) Hydrogen
29. Multiple Choice: The value of G, the universal (D) Aluminium
gravitational constant, was measured
experimentally by: 4. An alloy used in making heating elements for
w) Newton electric heating devices is —
x) Cavendish (A) Solder
y) Copernicus (B) Alloysteel
z) Kepler (C) Nichrome
ANSWER: X -- CAVENDISH (D) German Silver

30. Multiple Choice: The SI unit of pressure is the: 5. German Silver is an alloy of —
w) Torr (A) Copper, Silver & Nickel
x) dyne per centimeter squared (B) Silver, Copper & Aluminium
y) atmosphere (C) Zinc, Copper & Nickel
z) pascal (D) Silver, Zinc & Nickel
ANSWER: Z – PASCAL
6. Air is a/an —
31. Multiple Choice: An x-ray photon collides with (A) Compound
a free electron, and the photon is scattered. During (B) Element
this collision there is conservation of: (C) Mixture
w) momentum but not energy (D) Electrolyte
x) neither momentum nor energy
y) energy but not momentum 7. Which of the following is the best conductor of
z) both momentum and energy Electricity ?
ANSWER: Z -- BOTH MOMENTUM AND (A) Ordinary water
ENERGY (B) Sea water
(C) Boiled water
32. Multiple Choice: In the sun, helium is produced (D) Distilled water
from hydrogen by:
w) radioactive decay 8. Balloons are filled with —
x) disintegration (A) Helium
y) fission (B) Oxygen
z) fusion (C) Nitrogen
ANSWER: Z – FUSION (D) Argon

33. Multiple Choice: The idea that electrons 9. The charcoal used to decolourise raw sugar is —
revolved in orbits around the nucleus of an atom (A) Animal charcoal
without radiating energy away from the atom was (B) Sugar charcoal
postulated by: (C) Cocoanut charcoal
w) Thompson (D) Wood charcoal
x) Bohr
y) Rutherford 10. The most abundant metal in the earth’s crust is
z) Einstein —
ANSWER: X – BOHR (A) Zinc
(B) Copper
(C) Aluminium
General Science1 (D) Iron
1. Which of the following is the lightest metal ? 11. The gas used to extinguish fire is —
(A) Mercury (A) Neon
(B) Silver (B) Nitrogen
(C) Lithium (C) Carbon dioxide
(D) Lead (D) Carbon Monoxide
2. The most important ore of Aluminium is — 12. In which of the following activities Silicon
(A) Bauxite Carbide is used ?
(B) Calamine (A) Making cement and glass
(C) Calcite (B) Disinfecting water and ponds
(C) Making castes for statues (B) White Phosphorus
(D) Cutting very hard substances (C) Yellow Phosphorus
(D) Black Phosphorous
13. The element common to all acids is —
(A) Oxygen 23. Stainless steel is an alloy of —
(B) Hydrogen (A) Iron, Carbon and Nickel
(C) Nitrogen (B) Iron and Manganese
(D) Sulphur (C) Iron, Chromium and Zinc
(D) Iron, Chromium and Nickel
14. Gobar gas contains mainly —
(A) Methane 24. Which of the following is not correctly matched
(B) Carbon dioxide ?
(C) Butane (A) Galena : Lead Sulphide
(D) Carbon Monoxide (B) Green vitriol : Copper sulphate
(C) Plaster of Paris : Calcium sulphate
15. The most malleable metal is — (D) Calomel : Mercurous Chloride
(A) Silver
(B) Gold 25. Which of the following metals forms an
(C) Aluminium amalgum with other metals ?
(D) Sodium (A) Lead
(B) Tin
16. Tetraethyl lead is used as — (C) Zinc
(A) Mosquito repellent (D) Mercury
(B) Pain Killer
(C) Fire extinguisher Answers:
(D) Petrol additive 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (C)
7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (D)
17. Which of the following is used in beauty 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (D) 17.(B) 18. (A)
parlours for hair setting ?
19. (C) 20. (D) 21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (B)
(A) Phosphorus
(B) Sulphur 25. (D)
(C) Chlorine
(D) Silicon
General Science2
18. Which of the following is a non-metal that
remains liquid in room temperature ? 1. Parmanent hardness of water may be removed by
(A) Bromine the addition of —
(B) Chlorine (A) Alum
(C) Helium (B) Sodium Carbonate
(D) Phosphorus (C) Lime
(D) Potassium Permanganate
19. From which mineral is radium obtained —
(A) Limestone 2. Potassium nitrate is used in —
(B) Haematitie (A) Salt
(C) Pitchblende (B) Glass
(D) Rutile (C) Fertiliser
(D) Medicine
20. What is laughing gas ?
(A) Carbon dioxide 3. In which type of rocks are metals like Gold and
(B) Sulphur dioxide Copper mostly found ?
(C) Nitrogen Dioxide (A) Old igneous
(D) Nitrous oxide (B) Old sedimentary
(C) Old metamorphic
21. Which of the following is used as a material for (D) New metamorphic
making protective windows in space probes ?
(A) Steel 4. Which of the following gases is lighter than air ?
(B) Graphite (A) Carbon dioxide
(C) Tungsten (B) Oxygen
(D) Diamond (C) Ammonia
(D) Chlorine
22. Which form of phosphorus is used in safety
metals? 5. Which of the following is used as lubricant ?
(A) Red Phosphorus (A) Graphite
(B) Silica (B) Atomic number
(C) Diamond (C) Atomic size
(D) Iron Oxide (D) Atomic volume

6. The purest form of iron is — 16. Of the following metals, which one pollutes the
(A) Steel air of a big city ?
(B) Pig iron (A) Copper
(C) Cast iron (B) Cadmium
(D) Wrought iron (C) Lead
(D) Chromium
7. The percentage of carbon is the least in —
(A) Grey cast iron 17. Brass is an alloy of —
(B) Wrought iron (A) Nickel and Copper
(C) White cast iron (B) Copper and Silver
(D) Steel (C) Nickel and Zinc
(D) Zinc and Copper
8. The colour of Emerald is —
(A) Violet 18. The element required for Solar energy
(B) Yellow conversion —
(C) Deep Green (A) Beryllium
(D) Prussian Blue (B) Silicon
(C) Tantalum
9. Permanent hardness of water, due to sulphates of (D) Ultra pure carbon
the metal, can be destroyed by the use of —
(A) Nitrates 19. Monazite is an ore of —
(B) Zeolites (A) Sodium
(C) Sulphonates (B) Titanium
(D) None of these (C) Thorium
(D) Zirconium
10. Rust is —
(A) A mixture of Fe2O3 and Fe(OH)2 20. Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying
(B) A mixture of FeO and Fe(OH)2 drinking water, because —
(C) FeO only (A) It dissolves the impurities of water
(D) A mixture of Fe2O3, 3H2O and FeO (B) It is a sterilizing agent
(C) It is an oxidising agent
11. Liquefied Petroleum gas (LPG) consists of (D) It is a reducing agent.
mainly —
(A) Methane, Ethane and Hexane 21. The presence of which of the following salts in
(B) Ethane, Hexane and Nonane water causes corrosion in steam boilers ?
(C) Methane, Butane and Propane (A) Sodium Chloride
(D) Methane, Hexane and Nonane (B) Magnesium Chloride
(C) Calcium bicarbonate
12. The metal that is present in Photo Films is — (D) Potassium bicarbonate
(A) Mercury
(B) Platinum 22. Water is a good solvent of ionic salts because
(C) Magnesium —
(D) Silver (A) It has no colour
(B) It has a boiling point
13. Which of the following is in liquid form at room (C) It has a high dipole moment
temperature ? (D) It has a high specific heat
(A) Cerium
(B) Sodium 23. The hardest substance available in earth is —
(C) Francium (A) Platinum
(D) Lithium (B) Silicon
(C) Diamond
14. Soda water contains — (D) Gold
(A) Nitrous acid
(B) Carbonic acid 24. Which of the following is the best conductor of
(C) Carbon dioxide electricity ?
(D) Sulphuric acid (A) Zinc
(B) Copper
15. Which of the following is basis of the modern (C) Gold
periodic table ? (D) Silver
(A) Atomic mass
25. The ratio of pure gold in 18 carat gold is — (C) 2CaSO4, 4H2O
(A) 60% (D) 2CaSO4, H2O
(B) 75%
(C) 80% 9. Which of the following substance is a bad
(D) 100% conductor of electricity but a good conductor of
heat?
Answers: (A) Asbestos
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) (B) Celluloid
6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (D) (C) Purspecks
11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (B) (D) Mica
16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (C)
10. Carborandum is —
21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (B) (A) Silicon Dioxide
(B) Silicon Carbide
(C) Silicon Nitride
General Science3 (D) Silicon Phosphide

1. Which of the following is not an ore of 11. Which of the following is the best conductor of
Aluminium? electricity ?
(A) Felsper (A) Copper
(B) Bauxite (B) Mica
(C) Cryolite (C) Zinc
(D) Azurite (D) Silver

2. Most soluble in water is — 12. Washing soda is the common name of —

(A) Camphor (A) Calcium Carbonate
(B) Sugar (B) Calcium Bi-Carbonate
(C) Sulphur (C) Sodium Carbonate
(D) Common Salt (D) Sodium Bi-Carbonate

3. Bromine is — 13. The filament of electric bulb is made of —

(A) colourless gas insoluble in water (A) Iron
(B) A highly inflammable gas (B) Nichrome
(C) A Black solid. (C) Tungsten
(D) A red liquid. (D) Graphite

4. The metal used in storage batteries — 14. Bleaching powder is made from —
(A) Iron (A) Sulphur dioxide and gypsum
(B) Copper (B) Chlorine and Charcoal
(C) Lead (C) Soda ash and lime
(D) Zinc (D) Lime and Chlorine

5. Water has maximum density at — 15. The two elements that are frequently used for
(A) –4°C making transistors are —
(B) 0°C (A) Boron and Aluminium
(C) 4°C (B) Silicon and Germenium
(D) 100°C (C) Iridium and Tungsten
(D) Niobium and Columbium
6. The chemical name of Urea is —
(A) Aneurin 16. Which of the following gas is not known as
(B) Chloroetane green house gas ?
(C) Carbamide (A) Methane
(D) None of these (B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Nitrous oxide
7. Permanent hardness of water can be removed by (D) CFC
adding —
(A) Potassium Permanganate 17. Which of the following is not a neutral oxide ?
(B) Chlorine (A) Carbon Monoxide
(C) Bleaching Powder (B) Sulphur Dioxide
(D) Washing Soda (C) Water
(D) Nitric Oxide
8. The formula of Plaster of Paris is —
(A) CaSO4 18. Which of the following is used in making
(B) CaSO4, 2H2O smoke bombs ?
(A) Sulphur 1. Cow milk is a rich source of —
(B) Phosphorus (A) Vitamin A
(C) Hydrogen (B) Vitamin B1
(D) Carbon (C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D
19. Caustic Soda is —
(A) Nacl 2. The element found in the surface of the Moon is
(B) Na2CO3 —
(C) NaOH (A) Tin
(D) NaHCO3 (B) Tungsten
(C) Tantalum
20. Chemical formula of Water glass is — (D) Titanium
(A) Na2SiO3
(B) Al2O3 3. The average salinity of sea water is —
(C) NaAlO2 (A) 2%
(D) CaSiO3 (B) 3%
(C) 2.5%
21. Which of the following is not a bleaching (D) 3.5%
agent?
(A) Sulpher di-oxide 4. Which of the following is the most stable
(B) Carbon di-oxide element?
(C) Sodium hypochlorite (A) Uranium
(D) Chlorine (B) Hydrogen
(C) Oxygen
22. The gas usually filled in electric bulb is — (D) Lead
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Oxygen 5. Find the odd one ?
(C) Nitrogen (A) Marble
(D) Carbon di-oxide (B) Chalk
(C) Lime Stone
23. Heavy water is — (D) Slaked Lime
(A) Tritium oxide
(B) Deuterium oxide 6. Diamond is harder than graphite because of —
(C) Rain water (A) Difference of layers of atoms
(D) Water at 4°C (B) Tetrahedral structure of diamonds
(C) Difference of crystaline structures
24. The gases used in different types of welding (D) None of these
would include —
(A) Oxygen & Hydrogen 7. A super conductor is characterised by —
(B) Oxygen, acetylene & argon (A) Zero permeability
(C) Oxygen & acetylene (B) Low permeability
(D) Oxygen, hydrogen & nitrogen (C) High permeability
(D) Infinite permeability
25. Which of the following alloys is used for
making magnets ? 8. Of the various forms of carbon, which one is
(A) Duralumin used for absorption purpose?
(B) Stainless Steel (A) Diamond
(C) Alnico (B) Graphite
(D) Magnelium (C) Coke
(D) Wood Charcoal
Answers:
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (A) 9. The main constituents of Pearl are —
(A) Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate
6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B)
(B) Calcium oxide, Ammonium Chloride
11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (B) (C) Argonite , Chonchiolin
(D) Ammonium Sulphate, Sodium Carbonate
16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (A)
21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (C) 10. An element that does not occur in nature but can
be produced artificially is —
(A) Thorium
(B) Radium
General Science4 (C) Plutonium
(D) Uranium
11. The inert gas which is substituted for nitrogen (A) Metal alloys
in the air, used by deep sea drivers for breathing is (B) Ceramic oxides
— (C) Inorganic polymers
(A) Helium (D) Pure rare earth metals
(B) Argon
(C) Krypton 21. The ingredients of Gun metal are —
(D) Xenon (A) Iron, tin
(B) Copper, tin
12. The group of metals Fe, Co, Ni may be best (C) Iron, brass, tin
called as — (D) Iron, zinc, titanium
(A) Alkali metals
(B) Rare metals 22. The gas usually causing explosions in coal
(C) Main group metals mines is —
(D) Transition metals (A) Hydrogen
(B) Carbon monoxide
13. Which of the following characters is not shown (C) Air
by hydrogen — (D) Methane
(A) It burns in air to form water
(B) It supports combustion 23. Cotton fibers are made of —
(C) It combines with almost all metals forming (A) cellulose
hydrides (B) starch
(D) It readily combines with fluorine and chlorine (C) proteins
(D) fats
14. Which of the following elements is obtained
from sea weeds ? 24. Which of the following ores does not contain
(A) Argon iron?
(B) Sulphur (A) Haematite
(C) Vanadium (B) Magnetite
(D) Iodine (C) Limonite
(D) Cassiterite
15. The metallic constituents of hard water are —
(A) Magnesium, Calcium and tin 25. Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of —
(B) Iron, tin and calcium (A) Proton
(C) Calcium, magnesium and iron (B) Electron
(D) Magnesium, tin and iron (C) Neutron
(D) (A) & (b)
16. The property of a substance to absorb moisture
from the air on exposure is called — Answers:
(A) Osmosis 1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (D)
(B) Desiccation
6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C)
(C) Efflorescence
(D) Deliquescene 11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (C)
16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (B)
17. Brass gets discoloured in air due to the presence
of which gas in air — 21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (D) 25. (C)
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Oxygen
(C) Hydrogen Sulphide
(D) Nitrogen General Science5
18. Quartz crystals normally used in quartz clocks 1. Which is a good nuclear fuel ?
etc. is chemically — (A) Uranium — 238
(A) Sodium Silicate (B) Neptunium — 239
(B) Silicon dioxide (C) Thorium — 236
(C) Germenium dioxide (D) Plutonium - 236
(D) A mixture of (B) & (C)
2. Long distance photography is facilitated by —
19. Bell Metal is an alloy of — (A) Visible light
(A) Brass and Nickel (B) X-rays
(B) Zinc and Copper (C) Infra Red rays
(C) Tin and Copper (D) Ultra violet rays
(D) Nickel and Copper
3. Which radioactive pollutant has recently drawn
20. The high temperature superconductors are — the attention of the public due to its occurance in
the building materials ? (D) Electrons & Nuclei
(A) Radium
(B) Radon 12. The age of most ancient geological formation is
(C) Thorium estimated by —
(D) Plutonium (A) Potassium-Argon method
(B) Ra-Si method
4. In an atomic explosion enormous energy is (C) C14 method
released which is due to the — (D) Uranium-lead method
(A) Conversions of neutrons into protons
(B) Conversion of chemical energy into nuclear 13. Which of the following is used as a moderator
energy in nuclear reactor ?
(C) Conversion of mechanical energy into nuclear (A) Ordinary water
energy (B) Radium
(D) Conversion of mass into energy (C) Thorium
(D) Graphite
5. Which of the following is used as a coolant in
nuclear reactors ? 14. Isotopes are separated by —
(A) Heavy water (A) Filtration
(B) Cadmium (B) Sublimation
(C) Liquid sodium (C) Distillation
(D) Graphite (D) Crystalization

6. The isotope of Uranium capable of sustaining 15. Who suggested that the most of the mass of
chain reaction is — atom is located in nucleus ?
(A) U 235 (A) Bohr
(B) U 238 (B) Thomson
(C) U 239 (C) Rutherford
(D) None of these (D) Avogadro

7. Radioactive disintegration of Uranium ultimately 16. Meson particles are found in —

results in formation of — (A) R-rays
(A) Radium (B) X-rays
(B) Thorium (C) Laser beam
(C) Polonium (D) Cosmic rays
(D) Lead
17. An atom of an element with mass number 23
8. Atom bomb is made on the basis of — and atomic number 11 will have —
(A) Nuclear fusion (A) 11 neutrons, 12 protons and 11 electrons
(B) Nuclear fission (B) 11 protons, 12 neutrons and 11 electrons
(C) Both (A) & (B) (C) 11 protons, 12 electrons and 11 neutrons
(D) None of these (D) 23 protons and 11 electrons

9. Which of the following has least penetrating 18. The location and energy of an electron in an
power? atom can be specified by —
(A) Alpha particles (A) Atomic mass
(B) Beta particles (B) Atomic number
(C) Gamma particles (C) Quantum numbers
(D) All have same power (D) None of these

10. What is increasing order of the wave lengths of 19. Old-written material, which cannot be read
the following colours — easily can be read by —
1. Orange (A) Cosmic Rays
2. Indigo (B) Ultraviolet rays
3. Yellow (C) Infra Red rays
4. Violet (D) None of these
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 3, 4, 1, 2 20. In an atomic nucleus, neutrons and protons are
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1 held together by —
(D) 4, 2, 3, 1 (A) Gravitational forces
(B) Magnetic forces
11. Atoms are composed of — (C) Exchange forces
(A) Electrons only (D) Coulombic forces
(B) Protons only
(C) Electrons & Protons 21. Which of the following elements is non-
radioactive?
(A) Uranium 4. What are soaps ?
(B) Thorium (A) Salts of silicates
(C) Plutonium (B) Ester of heavy fatty acids
(D) Zirconium (C) Sodium or potassium salts of heavier fatty acids
(D) Mixture of glycerol and alcohol
22. According to Dalton’s atomic theory the
smallest particle which can exist independently is 5. Which of the following is used in making
— artificial sweetener saccharine ?
(A) An atom (A) Benzene
(B) A molecule (B) Toluene
(C) A cation (C) Phenol
(D) An anion (D) Aniline

23. The recent atomic weight scale is based on — 6. Rayon is chemically —

(A) 1H1 (A) Glucose
(B) 1H2 (B) Amylase
(C) 6C12 (C) Cellulose
(D) 8O16 (D) Peptin

24. The neutral atom’s two isotopes differ in the 7. Which of following is used as a filter in rubber
number of — tyres?
(A) Electron shells (A) Graphite
(B) Protons (B) Coal
(C) Valence electrons (C) Coke
(D) Neutrons (D) Carbon Black

25. Optical fibres are mainly used in — 8. In vulcanization, natural rubber is heated with —
(A) Communication (A) Carbon
(B) Weaving (B) Sulphur
(C) Musical Instruments (C) Silicon
(D) Food Industry (D) Phosphorus

Answers: 9. Which type of fire extinguisher is used for

1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (C) petroleum fire ?
(A) Foam type
6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (D)
(B) Soda acid type
11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (C) (C) Powder type
(D) None of these
16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (C)
21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (A) 10. Which is/ are the important raw materials in
cement industry ?
(A) Limestone
(B) Gypsum & Clay
General Science6 (C) Clay
(D) Limestone & Clay
1. The first synthetic fibre made by man was —
(A) Rayon 11. Which of the following is the petroleum wax ?
(B) Nylon (A) Bees wax
(C) Polyester (B) Carnauba wax
(D) Terycott (C) Paraffin wax
(D) Jojoba wax
2. Which variety of glass is heat resistant ?
(A) Hard glass 12. Which of the following fibres is generally
(B) Flint glass preferred for making gauze and lint ?
(C) Pyrex glass (A) Cotton
(D) Bottle glass (B) Rayon
(C) Nylon
3. Which of the following is used for removing air (D) Terylene
bubbles from glass during its manufacture ?
(A) Fledspar 13. Rubber is coagulated from latex by adding —
(B) Arsenic oxide (A) Hydrochloric acid
(C) Potassium Carbonate (B) Acetic acid
(D) Soda Ash (C) Sulphuric acid
(D) Carbonic acid (A) Soft glass
(B) Pyrex glass
14. Paper is manufactured by — (C) Jena glass
(A) Wood and resin (D) Flint glass
(B) Wood, Sodium and Bleaching powder
(C) Wood and bleaching powder 24. Carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher should
(D) Wood, Calcium, hydrogen sulphate and resin not be used in closed room because it produces
poisonous glass called —
15. Which synthetic fibre is known as artificial (A) Carbon Monoxide
silk ? (B) Phosphine
(A) Cotton (C) Phosgene
(B) Rayon (D) None of these
(C) Terylene
(D) Nylon 25. Which of the following is commonly called a
polyamide ?
16. Deep blue colour is imparted to glass by the (A) Rayon
presence of — (B) Orion
(A) Iron oxide (C) Terylene
(B) Cupric oxide (D) Nylon
(C) Nickel oxide
(D) Cobalt oxide Answers:
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (B)
17. The combustible material at the tip of a safety 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (D)
match stick is — 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (B)
(A) Sulphur 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (C)
(B) Manganese dioxide 21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (D) 25. (D)
(C) Phosphorus
(D) Antimony sulphide

18. Which of the following roofs provide better

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protection against fire ?
1. The major ingredient of leather is —
(A) Cement slab
(A) Carbohydrate
(B) Asbestos sheet
(B) Collagen
(C) Reinforced concrete
(C) Polymer
(D) None of these
(D) Nucleic acid
19. The material used for bleaching paper pulp is —
2. Glass is made from the mixture of —
(A) Chlorine
(A) Quartz and mica
(B) Caustic soda
(B) Sand and salt
(C) Sodium Hypochlorite
(C) Sand and silicates
(D) Lime
(D) None of these
20. Which of the following is a protein ?
3. Epoxy resins is used as —
(A) Wool
(A) Moth repellents
(B) Starch
(B) Insecticides
(C) Natural rubber
(C) Detergents
(D) Cellulose
(D) Adhesives
21. Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts
4. Polythene is industrially prepared by the
of—
polymerization of —
(A) Monocarboxylic acid
(A) Methane
(B) Glycerols
(B) Styrene
(C) Dicarboxylic acid
(C) Acetylene
(D) Tricarboxylic acid
(D) Ethylene
22. Which of the following material is used to
5. A mixture of water and alcohol can be separated
prepare blue-black ink ?
by —
(A) Gallic acid
(A) Filtration
(B) Tannic acid
(B) Evaporation
(C) Ferrous sulphate
(C) Distillation
(D) All of these
(D) Decantation
23. The type of glass used in making prisms and
6. A substance which changes readily into vapour
lenses is —
without heating is called — (C) Temperature
(A) Efflorescent (D) Pressure
(B) Synthetic
(C) Volatile 16. Which of the following metals can displace
(D) Effervescent hydrogen from dilute acids ?
(A) Zinc
7. In which following processes light energy is (B) Gold
converted into chemical energy ? (C) Copper
(A) Respiration (D) Silver
(B) Fermentation
(C) Photosynthesis 17. Reaction of alcohol, with carboxylic acid is
(D) Photorespiration known as —
(A) Substitution reaction
8. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetables (B) Addition reaction
ghee by the process of — (C) Esterification
(A) Oxidation (D) Hydrogenation
(B) Hydrogenation
(C) Distillation 18. Saponification involves the hydrolysis of fats
(D) Crystallisation and oils by —
(A) Water
9. Photosynthesis is — (B) Washing soda
(A) An exothermic process (C) Stearic acid
(B) An endothermic process (D) Caustic acid
(C) A neutral process
(D) A thermostatic process 19. Which of the following gases is obtained by the
reaction of water with Calcium Carbide ?
10. Which of the following substances exhibit the (A) Acetylene
property of sublimation ? (B) Ethylene
(A) Ice (C) Methane
(B) Wax (D) Water gas
(C) Camphor
(D) Ethyl Alcohol 20. The gas liberated during the reaction of copper
with dilute nitric acid is —
11. Combustion is the process in which — (A) NO2
(A) Heat is produced (B) N2O5
(B) Light is produced (C) O2
(C) Heat and Light is produced (D) NO
(D) None of these
21. Which of following substances undergoes
12. The chemical used as a fixer in photography is chemical change on heating ?
— (A) Sodium Chloride
(A) Borax (B) Silica
(B) Sodium thiosulphate (C) Lead Nitrate
(C) Sodium Sulphate (D) Platinum wire
(D) Ammonium persulphate
22. Water is neither acidic nor alkaline because —
13. A mixture of iron filings and sand can be (A) it cannot accept or donate protons
separated by — (B) it boils at high temperature
(A) Heating (C) it can dissociate into equal number of hydrogen
(B) Sublimation ions
(C) Hand picking (D) it cannot donate or accept electrons
(D) Magnetic Separation
23. PVC is obtained by the polymerisation of —
14. In which of the following process, Vanadium (A) Propene
Pentoxide is used as a catalyst ? (B) Vinyl Chloride
(A) Contact process (C) Styrene
(B) Haber process (D) Acetylene
(C) Solvary process
(D) None of these 24. Which of the following metals can displace zinc
from a solution of zinc sulphate ?
15. The rate of chemical reaction does not depend (A) Lead
on — (B) Magnetism
(A) Concentration (C) Iron
(B) Catalyst (D) Mercury
 (D) Decible
25. Water gas is prepared by passing —
(A) Steam over white hot coke 8. The fastest acting enzyme in the biological
(B) Air over red hot coke kingdom is —
(C) Methane over red hot coke (A) lipase
(D) Steam over heated sulphur (B) amylase
(C) carboxypeptidase
Answers: (D) carbonic anhydrase
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (C)
9. German biochemist, Emil Fischer —
6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (C)
(A) gave Operon model
11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (D) (B) compared the fit between enzyme substrate to
lock and key
16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (D)
(C) proposed the theory of competitive inhibition
21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (A) (D) proposed the feed back inhibition theory

10. Enzymes generally have —

(A) same pH and temperature optima
General Science8 (B) same pH but different temperature optima
(C) different pH but same temperature optima
1. Which of the following metals react with (D) different pH and temperature optima
nitrogen to form nitride ?
(A) Sodium 11. Coenzyme is —
(B) Potassium (A) always protein
(C) Magnesium (B) often metal
(D) None of these (C) always inorganic compound
(D) often a vitamin
2. One micron is equal to —
(A) 1/10th of mm 12. J. B. Sumner isolated first enzyme from
(B) 1/100th of mm Jackbeans as —
(C) 1/1000th of mm (A) amylase
(D) 1/10000th of mm (B) trypsin
(C) urease
3. Hydrometer is an instrument — (D) renin
(A) For measuring sound in water
(B) To detect the presence of hydrogen in the 13. Enzymes are absent in —
atmosphere (A) fungi
(C) For measuring the specific gravity of liquids (B) bacteria
(D) To detect the changes in atmospheric humidity (C) viruses
(D) algae
4. Which thermometer is used to indicate the lowest
temperature ? 14. The enzymes sucrase acts on —
(A) Clinical thermometer (A) sucrose only
(B) Gas thermometer (B) sucrose and starch
(C) Alcohol thermometer (C) all disaccharides
(D) Resistance thermometer (D) any organic monomer

5. A chronometer measures — 15. Vitamins are —

(A) Sound waves (A) inorganic substances which cannot be
(B) Time synthesized by animals
(C) Water waves (B) inorganic by animals
(D) Colour contrast (C) organic substances that cannot be generally
synthesized by animals
6. One fathom is equal to — (D) organic substances which can be commonly
(A) 6 metres synthesized by animals
(B) 6 feet
(C) 60 feet 16. Richest source of vitamin B1 (thiamine) is —
(D) 60 cms (A) cod liver oil
(B) curd
7. What is the unit for measuring the pitch or (C) whole bread meal
frequency of sound ? (D) eggs
(A) Coulomb
(B) Hum 17. One of these vitamins is called erythrocyte
(C) Cycles maturation factor —
(A) A 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (B)
(B) C
21. (D) 22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (D)
(C) K
(D) B12

18. The vitamin which can be synthesized in the gut

by bacterial action is — General Science9
(A) vitamin B1
(B) vitmain B2 1. The term ‘enzyme’ was coined by —
(C) vitmain B12 (A) de Duve
(D) All above (B) Kunhe
(C) C. Darwin
19. Deficiency of vitamin D causes — (D) de Candolle
(A) rickets
(B) beri-beri 2. Which set of conditions represents easiest way to
(C) scurvy liquify gas ?
(D) night blindness (A) Low temperature, high pressure
(B) High temperature, low pressure
20. Which one of the following is the best source of (C) Low temperature, low pressure
vitamin A? (D) High temperautre, high pressure
(A) Apple
(B) Carrot 3. Artificial rain is caused by spraying small pellets
(C) Amla of which of the following over clouds ?
(D) Raddish (A) Ice
(B) Dry Ice
21. Ascorbic acid is — (C) NaOH
(A) Vitamin K (D) NH4Cl
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin A 4. Galvanisation is deposition of —
(D) Vitamin C (A) Zinc of iron
(B) aluminium on Iron
22. Sterility in some animals is caused due to (C) tin on iron
deficiency of — (D) copper on iron
(A) vitamin B
(B) vitamin D 5. Equal volumes of different gases at any definite
(C) vitamin B12 temperature and pressure have —
(D) vitamin E (A) Equal weights
(B) equal masses
23. At the boiling temperature an enzyme becomes (C) equal density
— (D) equal no. of molecules
(A) killed
(B) denatured 6. Milk is an example of —
(C) uneffected (A) suspension
(D) inactivated (B) true solution
(C) emulsion
24. Starch hydrolysing enzyme is — (D) gel
(A) sucrose
(B) invertase 7. Which of the following modes of expressing
(C) amylase concentration is independent of temperature —
(D) cellulase (A) Molarity
(B) Molality
25. The enzyme used for the formation of RNA on (C) Normality
DNA is — (D) Formality
(A) DNA polymerase
(B) endonuclease 8. If temperature is kept constant during the
(C) topoisomerase reaction the process is called —
(D) RNA polymerase (A) Adiabatic
(B) Isobaric
Answers: (C) Isochoric
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B) (D) Isothermal

6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (C) 9. Cholera is caused by —

11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (C) (A) vibrio cholerae
(B) salmonella
(C) bacterioceoccurs (C) Gravity separation
(D) None of these (D) Dry distillation

10. Why do colloidal substance do not deposited 20. Saponification involves the hydrolysis of fats
below ? and oils by —
(A) Specific gravity is less (A) water
(B) It is of very less amount in respect of solvent (B) washing soda
(C) They carry electrical charges (C) stearic acid
(D) They are converted to sovent (D) caustic soda

11. Lightening cause rainfall because — 21. Photo-synthesis is a/ an —

(A) It cause combination of oxygen and nitrogen (A) exothermic process
(B) Some of the gas molecules become bigger (B) endothermic process
(C) It activate H2O molecule (C) a neutral process
(D) Photo-electricity reaction starts (D) a thermostatic process

12. Nitrification means — 22. Which of the following is a physical change ?

(A) Liquifaction of nitrogen (A) oxidation
(B) Convert the atmospheric nitrogen to effective (B) reduction
nitrogen compound. (C) sublimation
(C) Production of nitrogen from air (D) decomposition
(D) Conversion of nitrogen to nitric acid.
23. Which of the following is not a chemical
13. Cell membrane is — reaction ?
(A) permeable (A) Burningof paper
(B) selectively permeable (B) Digestion of food
(C) semipermeable (C) Conversion of water into steam
(D) impermeable (D) Burning of coal

14. Cholesterol is one kind of — 24. Which of the following is a chemical change ?
(A) Saturated fatty acid (A) Rusting of iron
(B) unsaturated fatty acid (B) Tempering of iron
(C) Steroid (C) Melting of iron
(D) Diglyceride (D) Bending of iron

15. Ethyl-alcohol is mixed completely with water. 25. Photoelectric effect was discovered by —
How ethyl alcohol is separated from the mixture ? (A) Einstein
(A) by separation flannel (B) Hertz
(B) by evaporation (C) Bohr
(C) partial-distillation (D) Plank
(D) evaporation of water
Answers:
16. White vitriol is — 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (D)
(A) FeSO4, 7H2O
6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (A)
(B) ZnSO4, 7H2O
(C) MgSO4, 7H2O 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (C)
(D) CuSO4, 7H2O
16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (D)
17. C.T. Scanning uses — 21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (A)
(A) Ultrasound waves
(B) Gamma rays
(C) X-rays General Science10
(D) None of the above
1. The penetrating power is maximum in —
18. Chemically ‘speropolenin’ is a / an — (A) a-rays
(A) co-polymer of carotinoid and fatty acid (B) b-rays
(B) Carbohydrate (C) g-rays
(C) Propene (D) cathode rays
(D) Lactic acid
2. Which of the following rays carry no charge ?
19. A mixture of salt and sand can be separated by (A) Cathode rays
— (B) X-rays
(A) Sublimation (C) a-rays
(B) Dissolving water (D) Positive rays
 (B) air over red-hot coke
3. An atom bomb is based on the principle of — (C) methane over red-hot coke
(A) Chemical reaction (D) steam over heated sulphur
(B) Chain reaction in the form of fission
(C) Nuclear fusion 13. Which of the following gases is obtained by the
(D) None reaction of water with calcium carbide —
(A) Acetylene
4. A plant cell differs from an animal cell in the (B) Ethylene
absence of — (C) Methane
(A) mitochondria (D) Water gas
(B) centrioles
(C) ribosomes 14. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable
(D) endoplasmic reticulum ghee by the process of —
(A) oxidation
5. A Vitamin, the absence of which leads to sterility (B) hydrogenation
in both males and females is — (C) distillation
(A) Vitamin K (D) crystalisation
(B) Vitamin C or ascorbic acid
(C) Vitamin D or calciferol 15. The contact process is involved in the
(D) Vitamin E or tocopherol manufacture of —
(A) nitric acid
6. Anaemia is caused in man due to the deficiency (B) Sulphuric acid
of — (C) Ammonia
(A) folic acid (D) Caustic soda
(B) vitamin A
(C) vitamin B12 16. Polythene is industrially prepared by the
(D) none polymerisation of —
(A) methane
7. Antibiotics are drugs used for the cure of — (B) styrene
(A) Bacterial diseases (C) acetylene
(B) Cancer (D) ethylene
(C) Malaria
(D) Nervous disorders 17. Combustion is a process by which —
(A) heat is produced
8. Blood does not coagulate inside the body due to (B) light is produced
the presence of — (C) heat and light both are produced
(A) haemoglobin (D) None of these
(B) heparin
(C) fibrin 18. PVC is obtained by the polymerisation of —
(D) plasma (A) propane
(B) vinyl chloride
9. Blood pressure is dependent on — (C) styrene
(A) systolic force (D) Acetylene
(B) cardiac output
(C) peripheral resistance 19. The process by which an organic compound
(D) all of these breaks down into simpler compounds on heating to
high temperature is known as —
10. Which of the following substances undergoes (A) Aromatisation
chemical change on heating ? (B) Polymerisation
(A) Sodium chloride (C) Pyrolysis
(B) Silica (D) Reduction
(C) Lead nitrate
(D) Platinum wire 20. The hydrogenation of the vegetables oils takes
place in the presence of finely divided —
11. Vulcanisation is a — (A) aluminium
(A) Science of studying volcanoes (B) charcoal
(B) method of degrade polymers (C) silica
(C) Process connected with the making of voltaic (D) nickel
cells
(D) Process of hardening of rubber by heating it 21. In which of the following processes light energy
with sulphur. is converted into chemical energy ?
(A) Respiration
12. Water gas is prepared by passing — (B) Fermentation
(A) steam over white-hot coke (C) Photosynthesis
(D) Photorespiration (D) None of these

22. Rusting of iron involves — 5. Which temperature in Celsius scale is equal to

(A) oxidation 300 K ?
(B) reduction (A) 30°C
(C) decomposition (B) 27°C
(D) displacement (C) 300°C
(D) None of these
23. LPG contains —
(A) Butane and isobutene 6. First Youth Olympic games will be held in—
(B) Butane and Propane (A) Japan
(C) Isobutane and Propane (B) China
(D) Butane, Isobutane and Propane (C) North Korea
(D) Singapore
24. The hormone which stimulates milk production
in mammal is known as — 7. Where was the capital of Pandya dynasty situated
(A) Glucagon ?
(B) prolactin (A) Mysore
(C) progesterone (B) Kanchipuram
(D) oestrogen (C) Madurai
(D) Delhi
25. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) —
(A) inhibits the secretion of growth hormone by the 8. Tripitik is the scripture of—
pituitary (A) Jain religion
(B) inhibits the rate of heart beat (B) Hindu religion
(C) causes the muscular walls of the arterioles to (C) Buddhishtha religion
contract that simulates the reabsorption of water (D) Muslim religion
from the kidney tubules.
(D) causes an increase in the blood pressure 9. Who is the author of ‘Adhe-Adhure’ ?
(A) Mohan Rakesh
Answers: (B) Prem Chand
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) (C) Nirala
(D) Pant
6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (C)
11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (B) 10. Which of the following Constitutional
Amendments has included fundamental duties into
16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (D)
the Constitution ?
21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (C) (A) 42nd
(B) 43rd
(C) 44th
1. Where is the Punjab Lalit Kala Academy (D) 39th
located ?
(A) Muktasar 11. Where is the Central Food Technology
(B) Ludhiana Research Institute situated ?
(C) Patiala (A) Delhi
(D) Chandigarh (B) Anand
(C) Ahmedabad
2. What does happens when water is condensed into (D) Mysore
ice ?
(A) Heat is absorbed 12. Which of the following is common in both,
B) Heat is released Buddhism and Jainism ?
(C) Quantity of heat remains unchanged (A) Nonviolence
(D) None of these (B) Violence
(C) Triratna
3. Which of the following gases is not a noble gas ? (D) Truth
(A) Zenon
(B) Argon 13. Light-year measures which of the following ?
(C) Helium (A) Intensity of light
(D) Chlorine (B) Mass
(C) Time
4. Which of the following diffuses most quickly ? (D) Distance
(A) Solid
(B) Gas 14. Which of the following gases is used for
(C) Liquid ripening the fruits ?
(A) Methane (B) Insinuation
(B) Ethane (C) Insist
(C) Ethylene (D) Insutale
(D) Acetylene
24. Salutary
15. Who among the following was involved in (A) Welcome
Alipore bomb case ? (B) Discharge
(A) Aravind Ghosh (C) Promoting
(B) P. C. Banerjee (D) Remove
(C) Bipin Chandra Paul
(D) Chandrashekhar Azad 25. Fictile
(A) Fiction
16. Sikh Guru Arjundev was contemporary to (B) Moulded
which of the following rulers ? (C) Fictitious
(A) Humayun (D) Smooth
(B) Akbar
(C) Shahjahan 26. Solid Carbon dioxide is termed as—
(D) Jahangir (A) Soft ice
(B) Dry ice
17. Besides hydrogen, which of the following (C) White ice
elements is common in organic compounds ? (D) None of these
(A) Phosphorus
(B) Sulphur 27. 1 kg of a liquid is converted into its vapour at its
(C) Nitrogen boiling point. The heat absorbed in the process is
(D) Carbon called—
Directions—(Q. 18–21) Find the correct meanings (A) Latent heat of vaporisation
of the words given below : (B) Latent heat of fusion
(C) Latent heat of sublimation
18. EWE (D) None of these
(A) Calf
(B) Female sheep 28. Whether all the universities in the country
(C) Deer should start online admission at all levels with
(D) None of these immediate effect ?
(i) No, since all the students may not have access to
19. Buffalo the internet easily.
(A) Calf (ii) Yes, it may liberate the students and their
(B) Baby box parents from the long-standing problems of
(C) Baby bison knocking at the doors of different colleges and
(D) Baby cow standing in queue.
(A) Only argument (i) is correct
20. Veneration— (B) Only argument (ii) is correct
(A) Esteem (C) Neither argument (i) nor argument (ii) is correct
(B) High respect (D) Both the arguments, (i) and (ii), are correct
(C) Devotion
(D) Worship 29. The product ‘Fair and Lovely’ is related to—
(A) WIPRO
21. Vicious— (B) I.T.C.
(A) Remorseless (C) P & G
(B) Ferocious (D) H.U.L.
(C) Kind
(D) Wicked 30. Should the Government make it compulsory for
the private medical colleges to join the entrance test
Directions—(Q. 22–25) Choose the word / phrase conducted by the Government ?
which is nearest in meaning to the words in (i) No, private institutions should be empowered, so
question : that they may decide their own admission strategy
and improve their work-management.
22. Bizarre (ii) Yes, all medical institutions, whether these are
(A) Colourful private or government’s, should adopt the same
(B) Odd entrance standard.
(C) Insipid (A) Only argument (i) is correct
(D) Smart (B) Only argument (ii) is correct
(C) Either argument (i) is correct or argument (ii) is
23. Innuendo correct
(A) Narration (D) Neither argument (i) is correct nor argument (ii)
is correct 40. ‘Thinkpad’ is a laptop associated with which
among the following companies ?
31. In case the President of India decides to resign, (A) HP
he will address his letter of resignation to— (B) TCS
(A) Prime Minister (C) Infosys
(B) Chief Justice (D) IBM
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) Vice-President 41. The first summit of SAARC was held at—
(A) Kathmandu
32. The metal extracted from Bauxite is— (B) Colombo
(A) Silver (C) New Delhi
(B) Copper (D) Dhaka
(C) Manganese
(D) Aluminium 42. The wire of flash bulb is made of—
(A) Copper
33. The Cyclone represents a state of atmosphere in (B) Barium
which— (C) Magnesium
(A) Low pressure in the center and high pressure (D) Silver
around
(B) There is high pressure in the center and low 43. The curves showing the volume pressure
pressure around behaviour of gases plotted at different fixed
(C) There is low pressure all around temperatures are called—
(D) None of these (A) Isochors
(B) Isothermals
34. The ‘Ocean of Storms’ is the name given to— (C) V.T.P. Curves
(A) Atlantic Ocean (D) Isocurves
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) A waterless area on moon surface 44. Project Tiger was launched in—
(D) None of these (A) 1973
(B) 1976
35. The capital of Pallavas was— (C) 1978
(A) Arcot (D) 1983
(B) Kanchi
(C) Malkhed
(D) Banavasi Directions—(Q. 45 and 46) Attempt the question to
the best of your judgement.
36. Which Indian state was ranked as the No. 2 45. How many letters in the word TRYST have as
tourist destination in the world by LONELY many letters between them as in the alpha bet ?
PLANET? (A) None
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) 2
(B) Tamil Nadu (C) 3
(C) Kerala (D) 4
(D) Uttarakhand
46. From the alternatives, select the set which is
37. How much water is contained in our body by most like the given set. Given set (23, 29, 31)—
mass ? (A) (17, 21, 29)
(A) 65% (B) (31, 37, 49)
(B) 70% (C) (13, 15, 23)
(C) 60% (D) (41, 43, 47)
(D) None of these

38. What determines the sex of a child ? Directions—What should come in place of question
(A) Chromosomes of the father mark (?) in the following number series ?
(B) Chromosomes of the mother
(C) RH factor of the parents 47. 13 13 65 585 7605 129285 …?…
(D) Blood group of the father (A) 2456415
(B) 2235675
39. The two civilizations which helped in the (C) 2980565
formation of Gandhara School of Art are— (D) 2714985
(A) Indian and Roman
(B) Indian and Egyptian 48. If ‘VEHEMENT’ is written as ‘VEHETNEM’
(C) Greek and Roman then in that code how will you code ‘MOURNFUL’
(D) Indian and Greek ?
(A) MOURLUFN
(B) MOUNULFR (B) Knowledge
(C) OURMNFUL (C) Author
(D) URNFULMO (D) Teacher

49. MOLLIFY is to APPEASE as 56. River : Dam : : Traffic : ?

APPURTENANCE is to ? (A) Signal
(A) Gratify (B) Vehicle
(B) Avarice (C) Motion
(C) Accessory (D) Lane
(D) Amend
57. Session : Concludes : : ? : Lapses
50. Praduman is older than Janaki; Shreshtha is (A) Leave
older than Chhama; Ravindra is not as old as (B) Permit
Shreshtha but is older than Janaki. Chhama is not as (C) Agency
old as Janaki. Who is the youngest ? (D) Policy
(A) Praduman
(B) Janaki 58. If 16 = 11, 25 = 12, 36 = 15, then 49 = ?
(C) Shreshtha (A) 14
(D) Chhama (B) 20
(C) 19
51. In a row of children facing North, Bharat is (D) 17
eleventh from the right end and is third to the right
of Samir who is fifteenth from the left end. Total 59. Pick out the odd in the following—
how many children are there in the row ? (A) Ashok—Assam
(A) 29 (B) Poonam—Punjab
(B) 28 (C) Gyanendra—Gujarat
(C) 30 (D) Anjana—Rajasthan
(D) 27
60. KEATS = 25, SHELLEY = 35, BROWNING
52. Which number is missing ? =?
45389, ?, 453, 34 (A) 45
(A) 34780 (B) 37
(B) 8354 (C) 50
(C) 4892 (D) 40
(D) 3478
Directions—(Q. 61 and 62) What approximate
53. If in the word CALIBRE, the previous letter in value should come in place of question-mark (?) in
the English alphabet replaces each consonant and the following questions ?
each vowel is replaced by the next letter and then (You are not expected to calculate the exact value)
the order of letters is reversed, which letter will be
third from the right end ? 61. (9321 + 5406 + 1001) ÷ (498 + 929 + 660) = ?
(A) A (A) 13•5
(B) C (B) 4•5
(C) B (C) 16•5
(D) K (D) 7•5

54. How many such digits are there in the number 62. 561204 ×58 = ? ×55555
57683421, each of which is as far away from the (A) 606
beginning of the number, as they will be when (B) 646
arranged in descending order within the number ? (C) 586
(A) One (D) 716
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) More than three 63. The difference between the greatest number and
the smallest number of 5 digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 using all
Directions—(Q. 55 to 57) In the following question but once is—
there are two words to the left of the sign (::) which (A) 32976
are connected in some way. The same relationship (B) 32679
obtains between the third word and one of the four (C) 32769
alter-natives under it. Find the correct alternative in (D) None of these
each case.
64. Area of a parallelogram whose base is 9 cm and
55. Medicine : Sickness : : Book : ? height 4 cm is ……… sq cm.
(A) Ignorance (A) 9
(B) 4 (C) 720
(C) 36 (D) 750
(D) 13
73. The quotient in a division is 403. The divisor is
65. The number which is neither prime nor 100 and the remainder is 58, the dividend is—
composite is— (A) 40458
(A) 0 (B) 34058
(B) 1 (C) 43058
(C) 3 (D) 40358
(D) 2
74. A labourer was engaged for 25 days on the
66. The length of a room is three times its breadth. condition that for every day, he works, he will be
If the perimeter of the room is 64 cm, then its paid Rs. 2 and for every day, he is absent he will be
breadth is ……… cm. fined 50p. If he receives only Rs. 37•50, find the
(A) 64 no. of days he was absent—
(B) 32 (A) 5
(C) 16 (B) 6
(D) 8 (C) 7
(D) 4
67. Aditi read 4/5th of Tintin comic book which has
100 pages. How many pages of the book is not yet Directions—(Q. 75 to 77) Choose the word/phrase
read by Aditi ? which is most opposite in meaning to the word ?
(A) 40
(B) 60 75. Quixotic
(C) 80 (A) Visionary
(D) 20 (B) Whimsical
(C) Realistic
68. What is the meaning of beckoned ? (D) Foolish
(A) Summon by sign or gesture
(B) Did not signal 76. Rabid
(C) Did not call (A) Mad
(D) Invite (B) Normal
(C) Furious
69. A box contains coins (equal no. of every one) of (D) Fanatical
rupee and half rupee, coins of 25 paise, 10 paise, 5
paise value, 2 paise value and one paise value. The 77. Scurrilous
total value of coins in the box is Rs. 1158. Find the (A) Inoffensive
number of coins of each value. (B) Vulgar
(A) 500 (C) Insulting
(B) 400 (D) Coarse
(C) 700
(D) 600 78. Digits of first place and third place are
interchanged of the numbers 349, 483, 766, 598,
70. The area of a rhombus with diagonals 12 cm 674 and then the new numbers are arranged in
and 20 cm is ……… sq cm. ascending order. Which would be the fourth
(A) 120 number ?
(B) 12 (A) 483
(C) 20 (B) 766
(D) 240 (C) 674
(D) 598
71. A piece of road is one kilometer in length. We
have to supply lamp posts. One post at each end, 79. What least number should be added to 2600 to
distance between two consecutive lamp posts is 25 make it a complete square ?
metres. The number of lamp posts required is— (A) 3
(A) 41 (B) 9
(B) 51 (C) 1
(C) 61 (D) 25
(D) 42
80. When sun-light passes through a glass prism,
72. There are 800 students in a class. On one which of the following colours refracts the most ?
particular day, if 1/10th of the students were absent, (A) Blue
how many students were present ? (B) Red
(A) 700 (C) Orange
(B) 650 (D) Green
 (C) Allahabad
81. If (78)2 is subtracted from the square of a (D) Chennai
number, we get 6460. What is that number ?
(A) 109 89. What is ginger ?
(B) 112 (A) Flower
(C) 111 (B) Root
(D) 115 (C) Stem
(D) Leaf
82. The difference between 28% and 42% of a
number is 210. What is 59% of this number ? 90. Battle of Kalinga was fought at which of the
(A) 900 following places ?
(B) 420 (A) Udaigiri
(C) 885 (B) Dhauli
(D) None of these (C) Balasore
(D) Barabaki
83. A–B means A is the father of B. A + B means A
is the daughter of B. A ÷ B means A is the son of B. 91. MIG aircraft manufacturing plant is located at
A ×B means A is the wife of B. Then, what is the which of the following places of Orissa ?
relation of P with T in the expression P + S – T ? (A) Beharampur
(A) Son (B) Sunabeda
(B) Daughter (C) Koraput
(C) Sister (D) Sambalpur
(D) Wife

84. Ellora caves in Maharashtra were built during 1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B

the rule of which of the following dynasties ? 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. A
(A) Rashtrakoot
(B) Pallav 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A
(C) Pala 16. D 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. B
(D) Chola
21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. B
85. But for the Surgeon’s skill, the patient ……… 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. B
died.
(A) may have 31. D 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. B
(B) must have 36. C 37. B 38. A 39. D 40. D
(C) should have
(D) would have 41. D 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. B
46. D 47. D 48. A 49. C 50. D
86. I want to see the Principal, …… I have
something to tell him urgently. 51. B 52. B 53. D 54. D 55. A
(A) so 56. A 57. D 58. B 59. D 60. D
(B) for
(C) since 61. D 62. C 63. A 64. C 65. B
(D) and 66. D 67. D 68. A 69. D 70. A
87. I wasn’t really listening and didn’t ……… what 71. A 72. C 73. D 74. A 75. C
he said. 76. B 77. A 78. D 79. C 80. A
(A) catch
(B) receive 81. B 82. C 83. C 84. A 85. D
(C) accept 86. C 87. A 88. A 89. B 90. B
(D) take
91. C
88. The first division of Congress took place in—
(A) Surat
(B) Kolkata

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First in India
• Earliest school of medicine known to humans: Ayurveda
● First Air Force in Asia to fly jets: Indian Air Force (1948)
● First Book in any Indian Language: It was printed in 1578 in Tamil.
● First Census in India: 1901
● First Cinema House in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta.
● First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
● First Constitutional Amendment: 1950
● First country-wide agricultural census: 1970-71
● First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in
Calcutta.
● First Film Centre: Nandan. Located in Calcutta, it was inaugurated in September 1985.
● First Film with an all-female cast: Marathi Film Bindhast, directed by Chandrakant
Kulkarni.
● First Five-Year Plan: Started in 1951
● First General Elections: They were held in 1952.
● First hydroelectric project in India: Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902
● First Indian state to set up a women’s court: Andhra Pradesh
● First international co-production: Nala Damayanti (1921) made in collaboration with Italy.
● First Marine National Park: Jamnagar
● First Moonlit Animal House in Asia: Located in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.
● First Navodaya School: Navegaon-Khairi in Nagpur
● First Postage Stamp: It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi.
● First Printing Press: It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese.
● First Railway Line: It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane.
● First Rupee in India: It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542.
● First ship built in India: Jala Usha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in
1948.
● First silent feature film in India: Pundalik made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney. It
was half British in its make.
● First solar crematorium: It is proposed to be set up in Valsad, Gujarat.
● First Solar Energy Centre: Gwalpahar, Gurgaon, Haryana
● First song-less film: JBH Wadia's Naujawan (1937).
● First south Indian film to be released in Korea: Tamil Film Muthu Maharaja (June, 2000)
● First Talkie Film: Alam Ara (1931)
● First Telefilm: Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981)
● First Telegraph Line: It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854. This line was 1280
km long. It was extended up to Lahore in 1857.
● First Telephone system: It was started in 1881 from Calcutta.
● First Television Reception Centre: Arvi, located in Maharashtra
● First veterinary college: Opened in Parel in Bombay in 1885. It is still in existence and is
the oldest veterinary college in Asia.
● First Wind farm: Mandvi, Kutch in Gujarat
● Highest Airfield in the world: Thoise, Ladakh
● Highest road in India: Khardung La Pass
● India’s first Antartica expedition: January 11, 1982
● India’s first Satellite: Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
● India's first colour film: Prabhat's Sairandhri, which was processed and printed in
Germany in 1933.
● India's first fully indigenous silent feature film: Raja Harishchandra produced by Dada
Saheb Phalke on May 3, 1913.
● India's first indigenously built missile destroyer: INS 'Delhi' (commissioned on November
15, 1997 at Mumbai).
● India's first indigenously built submarine: INS 'Shakti' (commissioned on February 7,
1992)
● India's first indigenously made colour film: Ardashir Irani’s Kisan Kanya made in 1937.
● India's first manufacturer of light bulbs and electrical equipment: Bengal Lamps, Calcutta
(1933)
● India's First Oil well: Digboi (1890)
● India's first radio programme: This was broadcast privately with a 40w transmitter by the
Madras Presidency Club Radio in 1924.
● India's largest inland lake: Lake Chilika, Orissa
● Largest circulated multi-edition daily in India: Roudramukhi Swar in Hindi (12,92,277
copies in 1997).
● Largest circulated periodical in India: Malayala Manorama (11,27,414 copies)
● Largest circulated single edition newspaper in India: Hindustan Times from Delhi
(5,40,919 copies in 1997).
● Largest Nandi in India: Nandi of the Leepakshi Temple at Andhra Pradesh
● Largest Stupa in India: Mahachaitya Stupa, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
● Oldest era in the world: Hindu Era
● Oldest para-military force in India: Assam Rifles (1835) in Shillong
● Only Place in the world where a Brahmat Temple is found: Pushkar in Rajasthan
● Shortest era in the world: Christian Era
● State with the highest % of Scheduled Castes to total population: Punjab (28.31% - 1991
Census)
● State with the highest% of Scheduled tribes to total population: Mizoram (94.75%)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Castes: Uttar Pradesh (29.276 million - 1991
Census)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Tribes: Madhya Pradesh (15.399 million -
1991 Census)
● State with the largest number of towns: Uttar Pradesh (704)
● State with the largest number of villages: Uttar Pradesh (1,12,803 - 1991 Census)
● State with the least number of towns: Nagaland (7)
● State with the lowest % of Scheduled tribes to total population: Uttar Pradesh (0.21%)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Castes: Mizoram (1000 - 1991 Census)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Tribes: Sikkim (91,000)
● State with the lowest number of villages: Goa (360 - 1991 Census)
● World's First University: Taxila (700 B.C.)
● World's highest STD/PCO facilities: Siachen glacier (established in November 1997)
● World's largest school: The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes City Montessori
School in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as the world's largest school with 23,000 students on its
rolls.
● Youngest para-military force in India: Coast Guard (1978)

List of First in India (Woman)

● First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil

• Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)
● Delhi's First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra
● Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood
● First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and
Simran Sodhi of IAF (December, 1995).
● First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar
● First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel
● First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)
● First Indian woman producer and director: Fatima Begum, who produced and directed
Bulbul-e-Parastan in 1926.
● First Indian woman to become Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)
● First Indian woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria (1966)
● First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
● First Indian Woman to go in space: Kalpana Chawla
● First woman to head any Wakf board in India : Bader Sayeed (TN Wakf Board)
● First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P.T.Usha
● First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event: Karnam Malleshwari (bronze
medal, Sydney Olympics)
● First Indian woman boxer to win an international event : M.C.Merykom
● First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha
● First Miss Universe of the new millennium: Lara Dutta
● First woman Ambassador from India: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)
● First woman Central Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● First woman chief justice of a High Court: Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh, 1991)
● First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state: Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh from 1963-
1967)
● First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt
● First woman Governor of an Indian state: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1948)
● First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997)
● First woman IPS Officer of India: Kiran Bedi
● First woman Judge of the Supreme Court: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989)
● First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore
state in 1937.
● First woman Minister of an Indian state: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (Uttar Pradesh)
● First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air
commodore: 55-year old Padma Bandhopadhyay who was commissioned to the IAF in
1968.
● First woman President of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917)
● First woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54)
● First woman Prime Minister of India: Late Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984).
● First woman Speaker of an Indian state: Shano Devi
● First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly :Kavali Prathibha Bharati
● First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971)
● Grandma Madonna from India: Asha Bhonsle
● India's first commercial pilot: Durba Banerjee (1966, Indian Airlines)
● India's first Test-Tube Baby: Kruti Parekh
● India's first woman railway driver: Surekha Yadao
● India's first woman tabla maestro : Dr Aban Mistry
● India's officially recognized billionth citizen: Astha (She was born on May 11,2000 at New
Delhi).
● World's first woman Airbus pilot: Durba Banerjee
● Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel: Arati Pradhan

List of First in India (Man)

• First American President to visit India- Dwight David Eisenhower
● First Asian to be elected president of Britain's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): Lord
Navnit Dholakia
● First Asian to head a British university: Lord Swaraj Paul (when he was elected
Chancellor of the Wolverhampton University on May 9, 2000)
● First British Prime Minister to visit India: Harold Macmillan
● First Chairman of the University Grants Commission: S.S.Bhatnagar
● First Chief Election Commissioner of India: Sukumar Sen (21.3.1950 to 19.12.1958)
● First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J.Kania (26.1.1950-6.11.1951)
● First Chief Minister of the tri-lingual Bombay Presidency: B.G.Kher
● First Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmherst (1947-1950)
● First Chief of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji (1.4.1955 to 14.5.1955)
● First Commander-in-Chief: Gen.Sir Roy Bucher (1.1.1948 - 14.1.1949)
● First Dalit Lok Sabha Speaker: G M C Balayogi
● First Defence Minister of Independent India: Sardar Baldev Singh
● First Deputy Prime Minister of India: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
● First Director General of ICAR: B.P.Pal
● First Eunuch to be elected as a Mayor of an Indian city: Kamla Jaan, who elected Mayor of
Katni city in Madhya Pradesh in January 2000.
● First Eunuch to get elected to a state legislature: Shabnam Mausi, won the Sohagpur
Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh in the February 2000 elections.
● First European to invade India: Alexander
● First Field Marshal: Gen. S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
● First fighter pilot to win the Param Vir Chakra: Flying Officer Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon
(posthumous) for IAF in 1971 Indo-Pak conflict.
● First Foreign Secretary of Free India: K.P.S.Menon
● First Governor-General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten
● First Indian bowler to get a hattrick in Test cricket: Harbhajan Singh
● First Indian Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee (April 1, 1954).
● First Indian Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R.D.Katari (1958-1962).
● First Indian Governor-General of India: C.Rajagopalachari
● First Indian to be awarded with the 'Victoria Cross': Khuda Dad Khan (for Gallantry in
Belgium during the first World War)
● First Indian to be elected a member of British Parliament: Dadabhoi Naoroji
● First Indian to be elected to the US House of Representatives: Dilip Singh Saund
● First Indian to go in space: Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma. He went in the Soyuz 7-II
Spacecraft on April 3, 1984 and returned on April 11, 1984.
● First Indian to hoist the National Flag over the North Pole: Squadron Leader Sanjay
Thapar.
● First Indian to record a song on a gramophone disc: Sashi Mukhi of Classic Theatres,
Calcutta (1902)
● First Indian to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen
● First Indian to win an Olympic Bronze: Khashaba Jadhav (wresting; 1952, Helsinki
Olympics)
● First Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Tournament: Pullela Gopi Chand
(March 11,2001)
● First Indian to win the World Billiards Championship: Wison Jones
● First Jnanpith Award Winner: G.Sankara Kurup (1965), for his work ‘Ottakkuzhal’ in
Malyalam.
● First Minister without Portfolio: N.Gopalswami Ayengar in Jawaharlal Nehru's Cabinet. He,
however, went on to become the Minister of Defence.
● First Photographer in India: Raja Deendayal
● First President of India: Dr Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
● First President of the Indian Union of Civil Liberties: Rabindranath Tagore (1930s).
● First Prime Minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
● First Prime Minister to win a popular entertainment award: Atal Behari Vajpayee (when
he won the Screen-Videocon "Best Lyricist" prize in the non-film music category for his
collection of poems titled "Nayi Disha" in February 2000).
● First Secretary-General of South-South Commission: Dr Manmohan Singh
● First Surveyor General of India: Sir George Everest
● First Vice-President of India: Dr S.Radhakrishnan (1952-1962)
● First Winner of Param Vir Chakra: Maj.Somnath Sharma (posthumously) in November,
1947
● India's first Test-tube baby: Harsha (born on August 6, 1986).
● Indian Johann Sebastian Bach: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
● India's longest serving Chief Minister : Jyoti Basu
● Only Army Chief to be awarded with Maha Vir Chakra twice: Late Gen. A.S.Vaidya

First Woman in India

● Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
● Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
● I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
● President of National Congress—Anne Besant
● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
● Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
● Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
● Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
● Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
● Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
● Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
● Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
● Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
● Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
● Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
● Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
● Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
● Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
● Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
● Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
● Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
● Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
● Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
● Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
● Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
● Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
● Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
● I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
● First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
● Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
● Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
● Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
● Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
● Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur
Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
● Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
● Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
● One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
● Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
● Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978)
● Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
● Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
● Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata
University, 1883)
● Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
● M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
● First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
● Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
● Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
● D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
● Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
● Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
● Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
● Advocate—Regina Guha
● Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
● Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
● World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
● Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin
Khushro Kiyasa
● First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
● Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
● Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
● Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
● Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
● Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
● Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
● Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
● First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmala Buch
● First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
● Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
● Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
● Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
● Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
● Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
● Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
● Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
● First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William
● Census—1872
● Regular Decadal Census—Since 1881
● Warship Aircraft Carrier—I. N. S. Vikrant
● National Nuclear Power Submarines—I. N. S. Chakra
● Football Club—Mohan Bagan–1889
● Hydro-electric Project—Shiv Samudram (1902)
● Newspaper—Bengal Gazette (James Hikki)
● Vernacular Daily—Samachar Darpan
● Hindi Newspaper—Udant-Martand
● Telegraph Line—Diamond Harbour to Kolkata (1853)
● International Telephone Service—Mumbai to London (1851)
● Television Centre—New Delhi (1959)
● Colour Programme from T.V.—15th August, 1982
● Silent Film—Raja Harish Chandra
● Talky Film—Alam-ara
● Satellite—Aryabhatta-19th April, 1975
● Atomic underground test—Pokhran (18th May, 1974)
● Test tube baby—1986 born baby Harsha
● Country made missile—Prithvi (1988)
● Antarctica mission—1982 under the leadership Dr. S. Z. Quasim

First Person in India

● First Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
● Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
● Chief of the Indian Armed Forces—General K. M. Carriappa
● Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
● President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
● Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
● Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
● Non-Congress Prime-Minister—Atal Behari Bajpai
● British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
● Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
● I. C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
● Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
● Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
● Novel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore
● President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
● Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
● Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen
● Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
● Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
● Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
● Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
● Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti
Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
● Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
● Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
● Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal
● Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
● President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
● Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan Pant
(1968)
● Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans
● Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
● Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Behari Bajpai (1977)
● Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
● First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
● Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
● Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
● Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
● Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
● Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L.
S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
● Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Single (from England)
● Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
● Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
● Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
● Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
● Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
● First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose
● An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
● Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha
● Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi
● Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh
● Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
● Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
● First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
● First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic games—Abhinav
Bindra
● First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar

Some general science questions along with the answers are mentioned below.
No Answer
Question
.
1 The theory of relativity was propounded by Albert Einstein

The principal metal used in manufacturing Iron

2
steel is
3 An altimeter is used for measuring Altitude

4 Oology is the study of Birds eggs

5 Radioactivity was discovered by Henry Bacquerel

6 The metal used in storage batteries is Lead

The instrument used to measure the relative Hygrometer

7
humidity of air is
8 Barometer was invented by Torricelli

9 The unit of power is Watt

10 Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierrie Curie

11 The existence of isotopes was discovered by Frederick Soddy

12 Dynamo was invented by Michael Faraday

13 The nuclear reactor was invented by Enrico Ferni

14 The law of gravitation was propounded by Sir Isaac Newton

15 Crescograph was invented by J.C.Bose

16 Crescograph is used to measure the Rate of growth of a plant

17 Galileo's first scientific discovery was Pendulum

18 Microscope was invented by Aaton Van Leewen Hock

The scientist who is known as father of Aristotle

19
modern biology is
The first person to see a cell under Robert Hooke
20
microscope was
21 The smallest flowering plant is Worffia

22 The four blood groups were discovered by Karl Landsteiner

23 Sodium was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy

24 The atomic number of oxygen is Eight

25 The basic building blocks of proteins are Amino acids

26 The botanical name of the cotton plant is Gossipium Hirsutum

Detect charges on a
27 An Electroscope is used to body

28 The unit of loudness is Phon

29 An ammeter is used to measure Electric current

30 Plant that eat insects are called Insectivorous plants

Fruits that are formed without fertilization are Parthenocarpic

31
called
Plants that flower only once in their lifetime are Mono carpic
32
called
33 The botanical name for rice is Oryza Sativa

34 Penicillin is obtained from Mould

35 The largest tree in the world is Seguoia Gigantica

36 Herpetology is the study of Reptiles

37 Entomology is the study of Insects

38 Ornithology is the study of Birds

39 Ichtyology is the study of Fishes

40 Osteology is the study of Bones

41 The botanical name for brinjal is Solanum melongenal

42 The botanical name for onion is Allium Cepa

43 The study of sound is called Acoustics

44 The study of heavenly bodies is called Astronomy

45 The study of tissues is called Histology

46 Electric Lamp was invented by Thomas alva Edison

47 The fear of crowd is called Ochlophobia

48 The fear of books is called Bibliophobia

49 The fear of going to bed is called Clinophobia

50 The symbol of gold is Au

51 The symbol of sodium is Na

52 The symbol of Sr stands for Strontium

53 The symbol Rb stands for Rubidium

54 The symbol Md stands for Mendelevium

55 Calcium sulphate is commonly called Plaster of Paris

56 Sodium carbonate is commonly called Washing Soda

57 Sodium chloride is commonly known as Common Salt

58 The chemical name of Chloroform is Trichloromethane

59 The chemical name of baking powder is Sodium bicarbonate

60 The chemical name of bleaching powder is Calcium hypochlorite

61 The formula HCL stands for Hydrochloric Acid

62 The formula H2SO4 stands for Sulphuric Acid

63 The formula CHCI3 stands for Trichloromethane

64 The formula H2O2 stands for Hydrogen peroxide

A fungus which can only survive on other living Obligate Parasite

65
organisms is called
66 A plant which lives in the dark is called Scotophyte

67 A plant adapted to live in dry places is called a Xerophyte

68 A plant adapted for growth in water is called a Hydrophyte

69 Bifocal lens was invented by Benjamin Franklin

70 Cement was invented by Joseph Aspdin

71 Laser was invented by Dr.Charles H.Townes

72 Electromagnet was invented by William Sturgeon

73 Rayon was invented by Sir Joseph Swann

74 Thermostat is an instrument used for regulating Constant temperature

The science of organic forms and structures is Morphology

75
known as
76 Phycology is the study of Algae
 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was 1945
77
established in
Council of Scientific
78 CSIR stands for and Industrial
Research

Indian Space
79 ISRO stands for Research
Organisation

80 The first human being to land on moon was Neil Armstrong

81 The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma

82 ISAC stands for ISRO Satellite Centre

Vikram Sarabhai space

83 VSSC stands for Centre

84 The headquarters of ISRO is located at Bangalore

85 VSSC is located at Thiruvananthapuram

86 ISAC is located at Bangalore

87 National Science Centre is located at New Delhi

88 Central Tobacco Research Institute is located at Rajahmundry

Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is Bangalore

89
located at
90 The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in Aug-48

91 The first Indian Satellite was Aryabhatta

92 The first Indian Satellite was launched in the year 1975

Augmented Satellite
93 ASLV stands for Launch Vehicle

94 INSAT stands for Indian National Satellite

95 The fear of women is known as Gynophobia

96 The fear of men is known as Androphobia

The scientist who developed the Quantum theory Max Plonck

97
was
98 The steam engine was invented by James Watt

99 The botanical name of tea is Camellia Sinensis

10 John Napier
Logarithms were devised by
0
10 Sulphuric acid
The acid used in a car battery is
1
10 The system for writing by blind people was Louis Braille
2 invented by
10 J.P.Blanchard
The parachute was used for the first time by
3
10 The German physicit who first demonstrated Henrich Hertz
4 the existence of Radio waves was
10 The instrument that records the intensity of Seismograph
5 earthquakes is
10 The laws of floating bodies was discovered Archimedes
6 by
10 Lactometer
The density of milk is measured by a
7
10 L.E.Waterman
Fountain pen was invented by
8
10 The instrument used to measure the Monometer
9 pressure of gases is the
11 Astronomer
Bhaskara I was a famous
0
Tarapore Atomic
11 The first atomic power station established
1 in India was the Power Station

11 Mendel
The role of heredity was demonstrated by
2
11 The instrument used to measure the Salinometer
3 concentration of salt water is the
11 Anders John Angstrom
Spectroscopy is the study of
4
11 Finger Prints
Dactylography is the study of
5
Strength of direct
11
A tangent galvanometer is used to study the current
6
11 Acron
The fruit of Oak is called
7
Zero Energy
11 Thermonuclear
ZETA stands for
8 Assembly

11 Phenol
The formula C6H5OH stands for
9
12 Michael Faraday worked as an assistant under Sir Humphry Davy
0 another scientist whose name was
12 Charles Goodyear
Vulcanised rubber was invented by
1
12 Zinc
The symbol Zn stands for
2
12 Helium
The symbol He stands for
3
12 A.Parker
Celluloid was invented by
4
12 Sir George Caley
Glider was invented by
5
12 J.E.Lundstrom
Safety matches was invented by
6
12 Sir J.A.Fleming
Radio valve was invented by
7
12 Ahmedabad
Space Applications Centre is located at
8
12 Mumbai
Atomic Energy Commission is located at
9
13 Movements of bodies
Dynamics is the study of
0
Forces acting on bodies
13
Statics is the study of at rest
1
13 Forces acting on bodies
Mechanics is the study of
2
13 Animal life
Zoology is the study of
3
13 Plant life
Botany is the study of
4
13 Human mind
Psychology is the study of
5
13 John H.Glen
The first American to orbit earth was
6
13 William Einthoven
The electro-cardiograph was invented by
7
13 C12H22O11
The molecular formula of cane sugar is
8
13 A compound which contains only hydrogen and Hydrocarbon
9 Carbon is called a
14 The liquid used to preserve specimens of Formalin
0 plans and animals is
14 Mendel
The law of segregaton was propounded by
1
14 Ear disorders
Auriscope is used to detect
2
14 Solid,liquid and gas
The three states of matter are
3
14 Thrombocytes
The scientific name for blood platelets is
4
14 Thermotropism
The response of a plant to heat is called
5
14 Trigmotropism
The response of a plant to touch is called
6
14 Zirconium
The symbol Zr stands for
7
14 Cronstledt
Nickel was discovered by
8
14 Gahn
Manganese was discovered by
9
15 The common name for pottasium carbonate Potash
0 is
15 Valentine
Bismuth was discovered by
1
15 Cocodemer
The biggest plant seed is
2
15 Poisons
Toxicology is the study of
3
15 Viruses
Virology is the study of
4
15 Fossils
Paleontology is the study of
5
15 Quantity of heat
Calorimeter is used to measure
6
15 John Harrison
Chronometer was invented by
7
15 William Stockes
Stethoscope was invented by
8
15 Sir Richard Arkwright
Spinning frame was invented by
9
16 Aluminium
Al stands for
0
16 Gadolinium
Gd stands for
1
16 Iridium
Ir stands for
2
 16 Bismuth
Bi stands for
3
16 The Chemical formula of sodium bicarbonate NaHCO3
4 is
16 Nacl
The chemical formula of common salt is
5
16 Na2CO3,IOH2O
The chemical formula of washing soda is
6
16 CaCO3
The chemical formula of lime soda is
7
16 CHcl3
The chemical formula of chloroform is
8
16 Agrostology
The study of grasses is known as
9
17 Archaeology
The study of antiquities is known as
0
17 Chronobiology
The study of the duration of life is known as
1
17 Bacteriology
The study of bacteria is known as
2
17 Dr.Wallace H.Carothers
Nylon was invented by
3
17 Jacob Schick
Electric razor was invented by
4
17 Ag
The symbol of silver is
5
17 Si
The symbol of silicon is
6
17 Ti
The symbol of titanium is
7
17 Quick lime
Calcium oxide is commonly known as
8
17 A deviation of light passing from one medium to Refraction
9 another is known as
18 An apparatus for generation of atomic energy is Reactor
0 called a
18 A machine used for converting mechanical energy Generator
1 into electrical energy is called a
18 Kalpana Chawla
The first Indian woman in space was
2
18 Samuel Colt
The revolver was invented by
3
18 J.Perkins
The refrigerator was invented by
4

Acrophobia: fear of heights

Amaxophobia: fear of driving a car
Anthrophobia: fear of flowers
Achluophobia: fear of darkness
Androphobia: fear of men
Arithmophobia: fear of numbers
Atychiphobia: fear of loneliness
Bibliophobia: fear of books
Cacophobia: fear of ugliness
Chionophobia: fear of snow
Chromophobia: fear of colors
Cynophobia: fear of dogs
Dendrophobia: fear of trees
Elurophobia: fear of cats
Equinophobia: fear of horses
Ephebiphobia: fear of young people
Gynophobia: fear of women
Gamophobia: fear of marriage
Glossophobia: fear of speaking, especially in public
Hemophobia: fear of blood
Hydrophobia: fear of water
Iatrophobia: fear of doctors
Leukophobia: fear of white color
Lockiophobia: fear of childbirth
Mysophobia: fear of germs and dirt
Noctiphobia: fear of the night
Obesophobia: fear of gaining extra weight
Papyrophobia: fear of paper
Pedophobia: fear of children
Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying
Pyrophobia: fear of fire
Philophobia: fear of love
Scolionophobia: fear of school
Somniphobia: fear of sleep
Technophobia: fear of technology
Trypanophobia: fear of injection
Urophobia: fear of urinating
Verminophobia: fear of germs
Xenophobia: fear of strangers
Zeusophobia: fear of gods
Agoraphobia: fear of society or situation
Arachnophobia: fear of spiders
Acrophobia: fear of heights
Xenophobia: fear of foreigners or strangers
Carcinophobia: fear of cancer
Necrophobia: fear of the death

Important Alloys and their composition

Alnico (aluminum, nickel, cobalt)
Duralumin (copper, aluminium)
Rose metal (lead, tin, bismuth)
Brass (zinc, copper)
Bronze (tin, aluminium, Copper)
Nickel silver (nickel, copper)
Steel (carbon, Iron)
Stainless steel (chromium, nickel, Iron)
Cast iron (carbon, Iron )
Pig iron (carbon, Iron )
Wrought iron (carbon, Iron )
German silver (copper, zinc, Nickel)
Nichrome (chromium, Nickel)
Sterling silver (copper, Silver)
Solder (lead, antimony, tin)
Abbreviations and full forms
1. AAA -> Asian Athletics Association
2. ADB -> Asian Development Bank
3. AICTE -> All India Council For Technical Education
4. AIDS -> Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
5. AIIMS -> All India Institute Of Medical Science
6. AITUC -> All India Trade Union Congress
7. ALGOL -> Algebraic Oriented Language
8. ANN -> Artificial Neural Network
9. ASCII -> America Standard Code for Information Interchange
10.ASEAN -> Association Of South East Asian Nations
11.ASLV -> Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
12.AT & T -> American Telegraphic & Telephone Co.,Ltd
13.ATM -> Automated Teller Machine
B
1. BARC -> Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
2. BBC -> British Broadcasting Corporation
3. BHEL -> Bharath Heavy Electricals Ltd.,
4. BIFR -> Board Of Industrial Reconstruction
5. BP -> Blood Pressure
6. BPL -> Below Poverty Line
7. BPO -> Business Process Outsourcing
8. BSE -> Bombay Stock Exchange
9. BSF -> Border Security Force
10.BSNL -> Bharath Sanchar Nigam Ltd.,
11.BRIC -> Brazil, Russia, India, China
C
1. C-in-C -> Commender in Chief
2. c.v -> Curriculum Vitae
3. CAT -> Career Aptitude Test
4. CBI -> Central Bureau Of Investigation
5. CDMA -> Code Division Multiple Access
6. CEO -> Chief Executive Officer
7. CIS -> CommonWealth Of Independent States
8. CMP -> Common Minimum Programme
9. CNN -> Cable News Network
10.COSMAT -> Communication Satellite Corporation
11.COPRA -> Consumer Protection Act
12.CRR -> Cash Reserve Ratio
13.CSIR -> Council Of Scientific & Industrial Research
14.CSO -> Central Statistical Organisation
15.CVC -> Chief Vigilence Commision
D
1. DDT -> Dichloro-diphenyl Trichloro-ethane
2. DNA -> Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid
 3. DPT -> Diphtheria , Pertussis & tetanus (Vaccine)
4. DOTS->Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course
E
1. E-MAIL -> Electronic Mailing
2. ECG -> Electro Cardio Gram
3. ELISA -> Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay
4. ERM -> European Exchange Rate Mechanism
5. ESCAP -> Economic & Social Commision for Asia & the Pacific.
6. EVE -> Economic Valuation of the Environment
F
1. FAO -> Food & Agriculture Organistion
2. FAQ -> Frequently Asked Question (2) Fair Average Quality
3. FCI -> Food Corporation of India
4. FII -> Foriegn Institutional Investors
5. FIR -> First Information Report
6. FLAG -> Fibre optic Link Around the Globe
7. FM -> Frequency Modulation
G
1. G7 -> Group of Seven (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan &
Canada)
2. GAIN -> Global Alliance For Improved Nutrition
3. GATE -> Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
4. GAVI -> Global Alliance for Vaccines & Immunisation
5. GBP -> Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
6. GDP -> Gross Domestic Product
7. GMAT -> Graduate Management Aptitude Test
8. GMRT -> Gaint Metrewave Radio Telescope
9. GMT -> Greenwhich Mean Time
10.GNP -> Gross Net Product
11.GRE -> Graduate Record Examination
12.GSLV -> Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
13.GSM -> Global System for Mobile Communication
14.GUI -> Graphical User Interface
H
1. HAL -> Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
2. HB -> Hard Black (pencil)
3. HDML -> Hyper Devices Markup Language
4. HIV -> Human Immunodeficiency Virus
5. HTML -> Hyper Text Markup Language
6. http -> Hypertext Transfer Protocal
7. HUDCO -> Housing & Urban Development Corporation
I
1. IA&AS -> Indian Audit & Accounts Service
2. IAAI -> International Airport Authority of India
3. IAEA -> International Automic Energy Agency
4. IAMR -> Institute of Applied ManPower Research
 5. IAS -> Indian Administrative Service
6. IBM -> International Business Machines
7. IBRD -> International Bank for Reconstruction Development
8. ICU -> Intensive Care Unit
9. ICWA -> Indian Council of World Affairs
10.ICWAI -> Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India
11.IDA -> International Development Agency
12.IDBI -> Industrial Development Bank of India
13.IFC -> Industrial Finance Corporation
14.IFS -> Indian Foriegn Service
15. IGNOU -> Indira Gandhi National Open University
16.IISCO -> Indian Iron & Steel Company
17.ILO -> International Labour Organisation
18.IMF -> International Monetary Fund
19. IMNCI -> Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood
Illnesses
20.INA -> Indian National Army
21. INSAT -> Indian National Satellite
22.IOC -> Indain Oil Corporation
23.IP -> Internet Protocal
24.IPC -> Indian Penal Code
25. IPS -> Indian Police Service
26.IQ -> Intelligence Quotient]
27.IRDP -> Intergrated Rural Development Programme
28.IRS -> Indian Revenue Service
29. ISI -> Indian Statistical Institute
30. ISKCON -> International Society for Krishna Consciousness
31.ISRO -> Indian Space Research Organisation
32. IST -> Indiannal Standard Time
33.ITI -> Indian Telephone Industry
K
1. KISCO -> Kudremukh Iron & Steel Company
L
1. LASER -> Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2. LCD -> Liquid Crystal Display
3. LPG -> Liquified Petroleum Gas
M
1. MICR -> Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
2. MRTP -> Monopolies Restrictive Trade Practices Act
N
1. NABARD -> National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development
2. NAC -> National Advisory Council
3. NAFTA -> North American Free Trade Agreement
4. NASA -> National Aeronautics & Space Administration
5. NASDAQ -> National Association of Security Dealers Automated
Quotation
6. NASSCOM -> National Association of Software & Service Companies
 7. NATO -> North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
8. NCC -> National Cadet Corps
9. NCERT -> National Council for Education Research & Training
10.NDA -> National Development Council
11.NIMHANS -> National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences
12.NTPC -> National Thermal Power Corporation
O
1. ONGC -> Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
2. OPEC -> Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
3. OSCAR -> Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amature Radio
P
1. PAN -> Permanent Account Number
2. PIL -> Public Interest Litigation
3. PIN -> Postal Index Number
4. PSLV -> Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
R
1. R&D -> Research & Development
2. RAM -> Random Access Memory
3. RBI -> Reserve Bank of India
4. ROM -> Read Only Memory
5. RSS -> Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangha
S
1. SAIL -> Steel Authority of India
2. SAM ->Surface to Air missile
3. SAPTA -> South Africa Preferential Trade for Agreement
4. SARS -> Severe Acute Respiration Syndrome
5. SEBI -> Securities & Exchange Board of India
6. SIM -> Subscriber Information Module
7. SLV -> Satellite Launch Vehicle
8. STD -> Subscriber Trunk Dialing
T
1. TADA -> Terrorist & Disrupted Activities
2. TELCO -> Tata Engineering & Locomotive Company
3. TRIMS ->Trade Related Investment Measures
4. TRIPS -> Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
5. TRYSEM -> Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment
U
1. UNESCO -> United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural
Organisations
2. UNI ->United News of India
3. UPA -> United Progressive Alliance
4. UPS -> Uninterrupted Power Supply
5. UPSC -> Union Public Service Commission
6. URL -> Uniform Resource Locator
V
1. VAT -> Value Added Tax
 2. VIRUS -> Vital Important Resources Under Siege
3. VSSC -> Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
W
1. WAN -> Wide Area Network (2) World Association of Newspaper
2. WHO -> World Health Organisation
3. WTO ->World Trade Organisation
4. WWW -> World Wide Web
5. XPD -> X-Ray Photoelectron Diffraction
Z
1. ZIP -> Zone Improvement Plan

Common Name Chemical Name

Alum Potassium aluminum sulfate

Alumina Aluminum oxide

aqua fortis nitric acid

Aqua regia nitrohydrochloric acid

asbestos magnesium silicate

Aspirin Acetyl salicylic acid

azurite mineral form of basic copper carbonate

Baking powder Sodium bicarbonate

Baking soda Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Battery acid Sulfuric acid

black lead graphite (carbon)

Bleaching powder chlorinated lime; calcium hypochlorite

caustic lime calcium hydroxide

caustic potash potassium hydroxide

Caustic soda Sodium hydroxide

Chalk Calcium carbonate

Chloroform Trichloromethane

DDT Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane

Dolomite Calcium magnesium carbonate

Freon (refrigerant) Dichloro difluoro methane

Galena Lead II sulfide

Glycerine Glycerol

Gypsum Calcium sulfate dihydrate

Heavy water Deuterium oxide

Laughing gas Nitrous Oxide
Lime Calcium oxide

lime, slaked calcium hydroxide

Limestone Calcium carbonate

limewater aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide

Lunar caustic Silver nitrate

Marble Calcium carbonate

Marsh gas Methane

Milk of lime Calcium hydroxide

Moth balls Naphthalene

Oleum Fuming sulfuric acid

Plaster of Paris Calcium sulfate

Potash Potassium carbonate

Quartz Silicon dioxide

Quicklime Calcium oxide

Salt, table Sodium chloride

Sand Silicon dioxide

Silica Silicon dioxide

Sugar of lead Hydrated lead acetate

Sugar, table Sucrose

Vinegar Acetic acid, ethanoic acid

Vitamin C Ascorbic acid

vitriol sulfuric acid

Washing soda Sodium carbonate decahydrate

white caustic sodium hydroxide