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In which of the following industries is mica used as a raw material?

  1. Iron and Steel
  2. Toys
  3. Glass and Pottery
  4. Electrical
General science

Which of the following is an important source of Vitamin-E?

  1. Palm Oil
  2. Coconut oil
  3. Wheat germ oil
  4. Mustard oil
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Which one of the following is not correct?

  1. Theory of evolution was propounded by Charles Darwin
  2. The breaking apart of the nucleus of an atom is called fusion
  3. Dry ice' is nothing but solid carbon dioxide
  4. Telephone was invented by Graham Bell
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Which one of the following is a "fish":

  1. Cray fish
  2. Cattle fish
  3. Flying fish
  4. Silver Fish
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Which of the following paris is NOT correctly matched?

  1. Renneting-Cheese
  2. Genetic Engineering-Plasmids
  3. Golden rice-Vitamin A
  4. Ozone layer-Troposphere
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Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of

  1. Controlled fusion reaction
  2. Uncontrolled fusion reaction
  3. Controlled fission reaction
  4. Uncontrolled fission reaction
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Blue baby syndrome is due to the presence of which of the following in the blood ?

  1. Haemoglobin
  2. Methemoglobin
  3. Lead
  4. Nitrate
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The phenomenon used in optical fibre for transmission of light energy is

  1. Total internal reflection
  2. Diffraction
  3. Scattering
  4. Refraction
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In countries where polished rice is the mean cereal in their diet, people suffer from

  1. Pellagra
  2. Beri-Beri
  3. Scurvy
  4. Osteomalacia
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Which one of the following statements is not true about cosmic rays?

  1. They are electromagnetic waves
  2. They have very short wavelength
  3. They are made of highly energetic charged particles
  4. They originate from the Sun
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The length of its day and tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth. This is true of:

  1. Uranus
  2. Neptune
  3. Saturn
  4. Mars
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The full form of SIM is:

  1. Subscriber’s Identity Module
  2. Subscriber’s Identity Machine
  3. Self Identity Machine
  4. Self Identity Module
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The age of tree, in years, can be ascertained by:

  1. its weight
  2. its height
  3. the number of its annular rings
  4. length of its root
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Which one of the following is not related with space terminology?

  1. Telemetering
  2. Weightlessness
  3. Cislunar
  4. Byte
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To avoid "knocking" of the engine of a car, which one of the following is used as an anti-knocking agent?

  1. Ethyl alcohol
  2. Butane
  3. Lead Tetra Ethyl
  4. White petrol
General science

Which among the following is a constituent of natural silk?

  1. Phosphorus
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Magnesium
  4. Potassium
General science

Tulsi plant has medicinal values due to the presence of the following ?

  1. Inorganic Acid
  2. Organic Acid
  3. Phenols and Flavonoids
  4. None of the above
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In which part of the body bile is synthesized?

  1. Liver
  2. Spleen
  3. Gall bladder
  4. Pancreas
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The controversial Terminator Technology backed by developed nations seeks to provide:

  1. bio technologically improved variety of seeds which are ensured to yield sterile seed for next generation
  2. transgenic seeds which ensure no terminating passage of good traits generation after generation
  3. selective termination of crop diseases
  4. hybrid seeds that can be eaten but not grown
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The rain-drops are spherical because:

  1. they fall from big height
  2. the air has resistance
  3. the water has surface tension
  4. none of the above
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The most commonly used substance in fluorescent tubes are

  1. sodium oxide and argon
  2. sodium vapour and neon
  3. mercury vapour and argon
  4. mercuric oxide and neon
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Which one of the following is NOT found in space?

  1. Pulser
  2. Brittle Star
  3. Black Hole
  4. Quasar
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"Chilgoza" is obtained from the seeds of a species of:

  1. Pine
  2. Palm
  3. Cycus
  4. Deodar
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On which of the following dates your shadow at noon is the smallest?

  1. December 25
  2. March 21
  3. June 22
  4. February 14
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