This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 117 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 117 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It contains a high-density mix of hot lava blocks, pumice, ash and volcanic gas which moves at very high speed down volcanic slopes, typically following valleys. A) Pyroclastic flow. B) Ash fall. C) Ballistic projectile. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pyroclastic flow. 2. The ability to do work is called A) Potential Energy. B) Motion. C) Energy. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 3. A group of tissues that work together is called..... A) Organ. B) Piano. C) Puppy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organ. 4. The types of electric charges are:(1) A) Two. B) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 5. Which of the following ecosystems has the greatest environmental changes of all the marine ecosystems? A) Sunlight zone. B) Deep ocean. C) Intertidal zone. D) Coral reefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intertidal zone. 6. No definite shape or volume A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) Solid, liquid and gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas. 7. Device used to measure relatively high temperature is? A) Cromometer. B) Cryometer. C) Thermometer. D) Pyrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pyrometer. 8. Any time you add energy to something to cause a reaction, the reaction is A) Exothermic. B) Endothermic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endothermic. 9. Which material is not required for photosynthesis? A) Water. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Chlorophyll. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 10. The density of water is A) 1.0 g/ml. B) 1.0 g. C) 10.0 g/ml. D) 1.0 mL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.0 g/ml. 11. A north pole of one bar magnet is..... by the north pole of another bar magnet. A) Not affected. B) Attracted. C) Repelled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repelled. 12. Which of the following occurs as the frequency of a wave decreases? A) The wavelength increases. B) The wavelength decreases. C) The wavelength increases and then decreases. D) The wavelength remains the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wavelength increases. 13. When do longest day and shortest night occure in northern hemisphere A) 21 march. B) 22 December. C) 23 September. D) 21 june. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 21 june. 14. What is the unique feature of 'HomoSEP', a robot developed by IIT-Madras? A) Detects Down syndrome. B) Cleans Septic Tanks. C) Detects Pneumonia in children. D) Recycles e-waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleans Septic Tanks. 15. Where would you be if Polaris is seen on the horizon? A) Equator. B) 40 degrees north latitude. C) North Pole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 16. If an atom has 8 protons and 10 electrons, what is its charge? A) It depends on its size. B) Positive. C) Neutral. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative. 17. Which among the given option is not a property of liquidsa. Liquids have a definite volumeb. Liquids has a definite massc. Liquids do not have a definite d. Liquids flow and spreads in the entire space available A) Option c. B) Option d. C) Option a and b. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Option d. 18. Small animal-like creatures A) Plankton. B) Phytoplankton. C) Zooplankton. D) Benthic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zooplankton. 19. Where did British first open there factories in eastern part of India A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Chattisgarh. C) Orissa. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orissa. 20. Objects that produce light are called A) Lighteners. B) Brightious. C) Luminous. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luminous. 21. All weather can be blamed on: A) Air pressure. B) The wind. C) The sun. D) The moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun. 22. The age of an artifact as determined by a date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history. A) Principle age. B) Relative age. C) Known age. D) Assigned age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Known age. 23. ..... clouds are high level clouds that are thin and wispy. A) Stratus. B) Cumulus. C) Cirrus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cirrus. 24. ..... is the amount of material (matter) in an object A) Mass. B) Volume. C) Weight. D) Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass. 25. Which of the following is not considered a function of the kidneys? A) Secretion. B) Filtration. C) Reabsorption. D) Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transport. 26. Composed of mineral particles produced by mechanical disintegration, transported and deposited in layers (shale, sandstone). A) Fragmental rocks. B) Chemical rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragmental rocks. 27. Eagle is an example of what type of bird? A) Flightless birds. B) Hummingbirds. C) Woodpeckers. D) Birds of prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birds of prey. 28. Among the biomolecules below, which do you think do not belong? A) Nucleic Acids. B) Proteins. C) Cholesterol. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cholesterol. 29. Which group believe much of the geology we see today is the result of processes that occurred once in Earth's past and will not be repeated. A) Neo-Unconformists. B) Uniformitarian. C) Catastophists. D) Neo-Catastrophists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catastophists. 30. Water in gas form is..... A) Water vapor. B) Water. C) Solid. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water vapor. 31. Force = mass times acceleration A) 1st Law. B) And & Lu. C) Show if. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And & Lu. 32. Match the Biome with the correct description:Tall grasses provide cover for the lions and grazing animals that live in this biome. Temperatures go to extremes here and rainfall is moderate. A) Temperate Forest. B) Grassland. C) Thrust. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grassland. 33. Electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom are called..... They determine many of the properties of an atom, including how reactive it is. A) Energy levels. B) Valence electrons. C) Electron shells. D) Nuclei. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valence electrons. 34. What is the average unit of force? A) Gram. B) Degree Kelvin. C) Newton. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Newton. 35. What is the vertical line at the side of a graph? On a distance-time graph, it's the line that represents distance. A) Y-Axis. B) X-axis. C) Bar graph. D) Line graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-axis. 36. Large molecules made up of smaller chemicals that are called monomers A) Polymers. B) Compounds. C) Mixtures. D) Elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polymers. 37. Select the one below that would not be essential to correctly measuring 45.0 grams of a solid for use in a lab activity. A) Tare the scale before use. B) Use a weighing paper or weighing tray to keep the scale pan clean. C) Make sure the pan or balance tray is clean before weighing the solid. D) Know the chemical formula for the material you are using. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Know the chemical formula for the material you are using. 38. What is the term for the path a planet takes around the sun? A) Revolution. B) Ellipse. C) Orbit. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orbit. 39. True or False? The skin color is determined by the genes from the father. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 40. The first Indian to go into space ..... A) Kalpana Chawla. B) Sunita Williams. C) Neil Armstrong. D) Rakesh Sharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rakesh Sharma. 41. What is the term for the force that occurs when two objects rub against each other? A) Slippery. B) Friction. C) Smoothness. D) Traction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friction. 42. Which perspective teaches that rock was formed through slow processes, much the same way we see it forming today? A) Uniformitarian. B) Catastrophism. C) Neo-Unconformism. D) Generallism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uniformitarian. 43. The Bugis tribe is famous for its ability to make ..... A) Ship. B) Delicious traditional food. C) Airplane. D) Traditional anti-earthquake traditional house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ship. 44. Which is the smallest measurement? A) 25g. B) 6, 500mg. C) 3cg. D) 4kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3cg. 45. What is the name given to change of state from a solid to a liquid? A) Freezing. B) Evaporating. C) Condensing. D) Melting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melting. 46. (14-7) + (3 + 5) A) 20. B) 11. C) 15. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 47. Carmen is helping load furniture and boxes onto a moving truck. She picks up boxes of her things, places them on a cart, and pushes the cart to the moving van. Which term best describes the type of force Carmen is using? A) Gravity. B) Noncontact. C) Contact. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contact. 48. A cube-shaped wood and burned and became charcoal and ashes of burning.Examples of this process are referred to as changes ..... A) Chemistry. B) Mathematics. C) Biology. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemistry. 49. What kind of chemical bond forms between a metal and a nonmetal? A) Ionic. B) Covalent. C) Fake. D) Metallic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ionic. 50. Which statement describes the Northern Hemisphere of Earth at the beginning of winter? A) It is tilted away from the Sun. B) It is rotating slower than the Southern Hemisphere. C) It is tilted toward the Sun. D) It is rotating faster than the Southern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is tilted away from the Sun. 51. If you lean against a wall, the wall pushes back on you with a(n) weaker force. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. The study of Carbon and hydrogen compounds. A) Organic chemistry. B) Inorganic chemistry. C) Bio chemistry. D) Nuclear chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organic chemistry. 53. What is motion? What is movement? A) Motion Occurs When A Force (Push or Pull) Act Upon an Object. The movement occurs when a force (push or throw) acts on an object. B) Motion Occurs When an Object is Heated into A Gas. The movement occurs when an object is heated in a gas. C) Motion Occurs When Liquid Is Coled into a solid.The movement occurs when a liquid cools in a solid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motion Occurs When A Force (Push or Pull) Act Upon an Object. The movement occurs when a force (push or throw) acts on an object. 54. This reaction needs energy A) Endothermic Reaction. B) Decomposition. C) Exothermic Reaction. D) Synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endothermic Reaction. 55. A scientist noted that there were 9 gophers in a field. This is..... data A) Quantitative. B) Qualitative. C) Independent (manipulated). D) Dependent (responding). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative. 56. Good insulators are..... resistors A) Bad. B) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good. 57. Recycling saves money because it is completely free. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. In 1781 with a reflecting telescope, Sir William Herschel discovered the planet..... A) Neptune. B) Pluto. C) Uranus. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uranus. 59. One of the 4 main functions of the bones are to produce:..... A) Chitin. B) Red Blood Cells. C) Yellow Bone Marrow. D) Red Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Blood Cells. 60. Deficiency of..... causes Night blindness. 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