This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I hoopoe takes out insects and worms from the holes in the ground with the help of its- A) Strong short and straight beak. B) Long and slender beak. C) Board beak that has holes on the sides. D) Curved and hard beak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long and slender beak. 2. The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see is called: A) Radio waves. B) Gamma rays. C) X-rays. D) Visible light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visible light. 3. I am getting ready to perform an experiment to test several different counter cleaners to see which performs better. After cleaning the counter with a particular cleaner, I will then swab the surface to test for bacterial growth. What is my independent variable in this experiment? A) My counter top with no cleaner applied. B) The different counter cleaners. C) The swabs I use to test for bacterial growth. D) The results of the swab test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The different counter cleaners. 4. Choose the correct answer. What season do we experience when the earth is tilted towards the sun? A) Summer. B) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer. 5. Formed when the plates of the lithosphere bump and buckle upward A) Hill. B) Valley. C) Ocean. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mountain. 6. Which of the following statements is true concerning acids and bases? A) Acids and bases don't react with each other. B) Acids mixed with bases neutralize each other. C) Acids mixed with bases make stronger bases. D) Acids mixed with bases make stronger acids NGSS.MS-PS1-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acids mixed with bases neutralize each other. 7. The Inner Planets are also called: A) Rocky planets. B) Gas Giants. C) Watery planets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rocky planets. 8. Which of the following is a statement of the law of conservation of mass? A) Mass is created but not destroyed. B) Mass is destroyed but not created. C) Mass is neither created nor destroyed. D) Mass is both created and destroyed, depending on the chemical reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass is neither created nor destroyed. 9. What does the chloroplast do? A) Lets the plant make food. B) Storage for the cell. C) Tells cells what to do. D) Makes energy for the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lets the plant make food. 10. Thermometer was invented by: A) Galileo Galilei. B) Z. Jansen. C) Wilheml Roentgen. D) Wright Brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Galileo Galilei. 11. To calculate speed, you must A) Divide distance by time. B) Divide time by distance. C) Multiply time by distance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divide distance by time. 12. What is everything that has mass and takes up space known as? A) Light. B) Energy. C) Matter. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matter. 13. If you turn on all of the lights in your house, the electric meter measuring Kilowatt-hours outside your home will read a..... value than if the lights are off. A) Lower. B) Higher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher. 14. To predict weather, meteorologists measure 5 properties of what? A) Air. B) Temperature. C) Climate. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air. 15. Size of a population that occupies an area of definite size A) Carrying capacity. B) Biosphere. C) Population Density. D) Population Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population Density. 16. Static electricity is the electricity in which A) Charges are in motion. B) Charges are at rest. C) Both the options. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charges are at rest. 17. A vacuum is a space that has no..... A) Heat. B) Radiation. C) Matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matter. 18. Which of the following is a long-term impact of this deforestation? A) Animals that live in those areas must find new homes. B) The deforestation will increase atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. C) Plant population would decrease. D) A population of herbivores would decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The deforestation will increase atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. 19. The process of developing special features in the body to adjust in thesurroundings is called..... A) Habitat. B) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adaptation. 20. Which is the largest river in south India? A) Tapti. B) Godavari. C) Cauvery. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Godavari. 21. How many isotopes does a hydrogen atom contain? A) 6. B) 1. C) 0. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 22. What is the name of the invisible line that runs right around the Earth's middle, dividing it into two halves? A) Middle line. B) Equator. C) Beltline. D) Core line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equator. 23. Natural Sciences include Biology, Physical Science and Earth Science. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. Steel is composed of a number of elements. The two essential elements are iron and A) Silicon. B) Aluminum. C) Carbon. D) Nickel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon. 25. Which is an input and an output in plant systems? A) Nitrogen. B) Light. C) Minerals. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 26. When the air molecules are spread out A) Rarefaction. B) Compression. C) Wavelength. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarefaction. 27. On a Fahrenheit thermometer the boiling point of water at sea level is? A) 212. B) 100. C) 450. D) 350. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 212. 28. Which of the following food items is not a milk product? A) Cream. B) Bread. C) Cheese. D) Ghee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bread. 29. Which of the following processes is a characteristic of all living things? A) Transpiration. B) Translocation. C) Irritability. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irritability. 30. Which of these objects is an insulator? A) Copper Wire. B) Steel Pole. C) Paper Clip. D) Rubber Gloves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rubber Gloves. 31. True or False?Uneven heating of the Earth's surface is due primarily to the position of the equator. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Where is National Camel Research Center A) Bikaner (Rajasthan). B) Jaipur (Rajasthan). C) Sikar (Rajasthan). D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bikaner (Rajasthan). 33. Which state in India has the maximum population? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Uttarakhand. C) Maharashtra. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh. 34. The powerhouse of the cell A) Ribosome. B) Mitochondria. C) Cytoplasm. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 35. Electrons carry what kind of electrical charge? A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 36. Which weighs more:a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks? A) The feathers. B) The bricks. C) They weigh the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They weigh the same. 37. Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to make 1 pound of honeycomb? Is it: A) 10 Thousand. B) 20 Million. C) 50 Million. D) 2 Million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20 Million. 38. Which instrument is used to check internal organs of the body? A) Endoscope. B) Cardiogram. C) Sterioscope. D) Microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endoscope. 39. ..... is a tool that is used to measure the amount of liquid, or volume, in a container. A) Beaker. B) Graduated cylinder. C) Spring scale. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graduated cylinder. 40. Force of air friction from the air moving over the rocket, slowing it down. A) Lift. B) Center of pressure. C) Gravity. D) Drag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drag. 41. Which molecules are joined together to make proteins? A) Fatty acids. B) Nucleic acids. C) Amino acids. D) Acetic acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amino acids. 42. I use my skin to A) See. B) Hear. C) Feel. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feel. 43. The force of gravity on a person or object on the surface of a planet is called? A) Mass. B) Weight. C) Terminal velocity. D) Free fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weight. 44. Science is not a means by which something can be: A) Proved. B) Experimented. C) Tested. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proved. 45. Complete the equation:Fe2O3 + 3CO $\rightarrow$ 2Fe +? A) Worse. B) 3CO2. C) CO2. D) 2CO. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3CO2. 46. True or false?An atom has no electrical charge because the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. Molecules move quickest in which state of matter A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) Solid, liquid and gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas. 48. If an organism has an allele combinations of Rr, which allele will be present? A) The dominant (R). B) The recessive (r). C) Neither. D) The dominant and recessive will blend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dominant (R). 49. Which two gases, when released into the atmosphere, are believed to contribute most to global warming? A) Nitrogen and oxygen. B) Methane and carbon dioxide. C) Nitrogen and methane. D) Methane and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane and carbon dioxide. 50. What are the plants grown in the desert called A) Mantle. B) Marasad. C) Marudhar Eid. D) Marudbhid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marudbhid. 51. What kind of organism come last in every food chain? A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Omnivores. D) Decomposersers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposersers. 52. Is quartzite a sedimentary rock? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 53. Which element has the highest electrical conductivity? A) Bronze. B) Iron. C) Gold. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silver. 54. Which pH levels indicated a strong acid? A) 12-14. B) 1-3. C) 8-11. D) 4-6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1-3. 55. Which state of matter has no fixed volume and no fixed shape? A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas. 56. How many teeth does an adult human have? A) 28. B) 34. C) 32. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 32. 57. Believe large-scale water recession after the Flood cut out the Grand Canyon. A) Uniformitarians. B) Catastrophism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catastrophism. 58. The process by which liquid water changes into water vapor: A) Greenhouse effect. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 59. Choose the correct answer. What carries food and liquids to your stomach? A) Pharynx. B) Esophagus. C) Bronchus. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Esophagus. 60. In an electrical circuit, which component functions similarly to a valve in a water circuit? A) Inductor. B) Capacitor. C) Switch. D) Resistor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Switch. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesGeneral Science Quiz 1General Science Quiz 2General Science Quiz 3General Science Quiz 4General Science Quiz 5General Science Quiz 6General Science Quiz 7General Science Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books