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Recent MCQs

Which type of vaccine protect against Diphtheria?

  1. Toxoid
  2. Live-attenuated
  3. mRNA
  4. Viral Vector
General science

Radar is used for:

  1. Detecting objects by using light waves
  2. Reflecting sound waves to detect objects
  3. Determining the presence and location of objects with radio wave
  4. Tracking rain-bearing clouds
General science

Use of polished rice in human diet causes following diseases:

  1. Rickets
  2. Anemia
  3. Goitre
  4. Beriberi
General science

Cryogenic engines are used in

  1. Rockets
  2. Atomic reactors
  3. Defrost refrigerators
  4. Doing research connected with superconductivity
General science

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): CO2, SO2 and NO2 gases get dissolved in rain water and produce acid rain.
Reason (R): Atmospheric air is polluted due to high concentration of gases like carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
  3. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  4. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
General science

Black-hole is:

  1. a flight recorder in aeroplane
  2. a spot on the sun
  3. a place in Antarctica
  4. a collapsed star
General science

Which one of the following metal is not attracted by a magnet:

  1. Iron
  2. Nickel
  3. Cobalt
  4. Aluminium
General science

Which one of the particles, claimed to have been discovered, can put Albert Einstein's theory of Relativity to the risk of being proved wrong?

  1. Microwave photons
  2. Neutrinos
  3. Liquid crystal
  4. Light emitting diodes
General science

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Naturally occurring substance) - (Elements present)

A. Diamond - 1. Calcium
B. Marble - 2. Silicon
C. Sand - 3. Aluminum
D. Ruby 4. Carbon

Codes:
A B C D

  1. 3 1 2 4
  2. 4 2 1 3
  3. 2 1 3 4
  4. 4 1 2 3
General science

Ozone protects biosphere from:

  1. Infra-red rays
  2. Ultraviolet rays
  3. X-rays
  4. Gama rays
General science

Which of these is not a colloid:

  1. Milk
  2. Blood
  3. Ice-cream
  4. Honey
General science

Which of the following is NOT mosquito borne disease?

  1. Dengue fever
  2. Filariasis
  3. Sleeping sickness
  4. Malaria
General science

The substances present at the centre of the sun are in:

  1. solid, liquid and gaseous states
  2. liquid state only
  3. gaseous state only
  4. both liquid and gaseous states
General science

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Discovery of Meson – Hideki Yukawa
  2. Discovery of positron – C.D. Anderson & U.F. Hess
  3. Theory of energy production – H.A. Bethe in the sun and stars
  4. Synthesis of transuranic elements – Enrico Fermi
General science

"Euro norms" are meant for:

  1. regulating vehicular speed
  2. classifying size of the vehicle
  3. regulating vehicular emission of harmful gases
  4. specifying power of the engine
General science

Bhopal Gas Tragedy was caused due to the leakage of:

  1. Methyl Isocynate
  2. Nitrogen dioxide
  3. Sulphur dioxide
  4. Carbon monoxide
General science

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Vitamin - Role

  1. Vitamin B12 - Antianaemic factor
  2. Vitamin C - Antiscorbutic factor
  3. Vitamin D - Antisterility factor
  4. Vitamin K - Antihaemorrhagic factor
General science

The lack of which element leads to Goitre disease?

  1. Nitrogen
  2. Calcium
  3. Iodine
  4. Phosphorus
General science

The electric wire used in the fuse has the characteristic features of:

  1. Low resistance/High melting point
  2. Low resistance/Low melting point
  3. High resistance/Low melting point
  4. High resistance/High melting point
General science

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II

A. LED - 1. 'Bubble boy' Syndrome
B. LCD - 2. Bird disease
C. SARS - 3. Cost-effective light source
D. SCID - 4. Popular and effective mobile screen

Code: A B C D

  1. 2 3 1 2
  2. 4 3 2 1
  3. 1 2 4 3
  4. 3 4 2 1
General science

What is MRI?

  1. Magnetic Record of Intestines
  2. Magnetic Recording of Investigations
  3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  4. Magnetic Resonance in Intestines
General science

The vitamin which contains cobalt is:

  1. B1
  2. B2
  3. B6
  4. B12
General science

What is that in household dust, that offends asthmatics?

  1. Chemicals present with dust
  2. Dust inorganic particles
  3. Dust mites
  4. Moisture of dust
General science

Telescope was invented by:

  1. Gallileo
  2. Gutinberg
  3. Edision
  4. Graham Bell
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