BASIC SCIENCE - SOLVED QUESTIONS - SET 1

1. The name of the ship Charles Darwin used for his epic voyage was

(a) HMS Beagle 
(b) HMS Victory

(c) RMS Lusitania 
(d) RMS Titanic

 

2.  Pollination by Birds is called

(a) anemophily 
(b) entemophly

(c) ornithophily 
(d) zoophily

 

3. An irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region characterized by the appearance of unusually warm current of water is known as

(a) Pacific current 
(b) La Nino

(c) Adriatic current 
(d) El Nino

4. Which one of the following is a water soluble vitamin?

(a) Vitamin A 
(b) Vitamin D

(c) Vitamin C 
(d) Vitamin K

5. Light Year is the unit of

(a) Time 
(b) Light

(c) distance 
(d) intensity of light

6. The scientist who got Nobel Prize for both in Physics and Chemistry is

(a) Rosalind Franklin 
(b) Marie Curie

(c) Gregor Mendel 
(d) James Watson

7. The number of moles of solute present in 1 Kg of solvent is called its

(a) Molality 
(b) Molarity

(c) Normality 
(d) Solubility

8. Which one of the following gases is predominant in the atmosphere?

(a) Argon 
(b) Carbon

(c) Nitrogen 
(d) Oxygen

9. The acid produced when milk gets soured is

(a) Tartaric acid 
(b) Acetic acid

(c) Palmitic acid 
(d) Lactic acid

10. Pure water freezes at what temperature?

(a) 32F 
(b) 100 F

(c) 0 F 
(d) 46 F