This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 70 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This identifies how many years have passed between the time the original work was written and the time of the first known copy as well as how many different copies have been made by different people. A) Bibliographic Test. B) Dedrochronoly. C) Internal Test. D) External Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bibliographic Test. 2. Choose the uses of friction A) Causing difficulty in sliding a heavy box. B) Friction allows us to light a matchstick. C) Friction gives rise to heat that is unwanted. D) Friction causes wear and tear of things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friction allows us to light a matchstick. 3. Which of the following describes the correct short-term storage for liquid-fillepH probes?d A) Store the pH probes on a dry shelf. B) Store the pH probes in hydrochloric acid. C) Store the pH probes in a potassium chloride solution. D) Store the pH probes in distilled water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Store the pH probes in a potassium chloride solution. 4. In a parallel circuit you can remove a light bulb and the others will keep shining. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The gas present in Pepsi is..... A) Hydrogen. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 6. The.....of rocks is the numerical age and real age of rocks. A) Relative age. B) Absolute age. C) Half-life. D) Earth age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute age. 7. Where will be the images of the Sun or the moon are formed by a concave mirror? A) Centre of curvature. B) Pole. C) Beyond centre of curvature. D) Focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focus. 8. The percentage of carbon in our body is? A) 18%. B) 30%. C) 78%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18%. 9. These form when dripping groundwater deposits sediments A) Sedimentary rock. B) Stalactites. C) Stalagmites. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stalactites. 10. On what axis should the independent variable always be? A) X. B) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X. 11. Parts numbered in the title block can be located on the drawing by finding the numbers in squares along the A) Lower border. B) Upper border. C) Centerline border. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower border. 12. What is the best type of soil texture for plant growth? A) Sandy clay. B) Silt clay. C) Fertilizer. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loam. 13. Which of the following is not a basic category of non-planetary bodies? A) Meteors. B) Nebula. C) Minor planet. D) Comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nebula. 14. Has a positive charge and located in the nucleus A) Neutron. B) Proton. C) Photon. D) Electron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proton. 15. Biology, botany, ecology, paleontology, zoology may be grouped together and called the.....sciences. A) Material. B) Physical. C) Biological. D) Animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological. 16. What are the three main types of seismic waves? A) P waves, S waves, and surface waves. B) Body waves, surface waves, and long-period waves. C) Primary waves, secondary waves, and tertiary waves. D) Push waves, shear waves, and Rayleigh waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P waves, S waves, and surface waves. 17. ..... is a process in which new substances are formed A) A chemical equation. B) A Chemical Combination. C) Non of them. D) A chemical reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A chemical reaction. 18. World Health Institutions abbreviated as ..... A) Ohw. B) WHO. C) HOW. D) WOH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHO. 19. What do animals and plants release by evaporation? A) Water vapor. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water vapor. 20. The wise and careful use of energy resources is called A) Recycling. B) Utilization. C) Fuel economy. D) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conservation. 21. What happens when you reduce, reuse, and recycle? A) You conserve natural resources. B) You find non-renewable resorces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You conserve natural resources. 22. Controls are the factors that are manipulated throughout the experiment A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. The efficiency of most coal power plants is approximately..... A) 65%. B) 50%. C) 35%. D) 100%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 35%. 24. Invented the TV in 1920's A) John Logie. B) Ada Lovelace. C) Thomas Edison. D) Nikola Tesla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Logie. 25. A wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crest and waves A) Wave. B) Mechanical wave. C) Transverse wave. D) Longitudinal wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transverse wave. 26. The region of an atom where its neutrons and protons are is its A) Electron cloud. B) Central nucleus. C) Core. D) Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nucleus. 27. Who discover double helical structure of DNA.? A) Alexander Fleming. B) Charles Darwin. C) Hargobind Khurana. D) Watson & Crick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watson & Crick. 28. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Nitrogen. C) Hydrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 29. Which of the following has the highest pH? A) Water. B) Baking soda. C) Cranberry juice. D) Vinegar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baking soda. 30. What year did Alfred Wegener first propose the Continental Drift Theory? A) 1914. B) 1921. C) 1918. D) 1912. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1912. 31. What does the P.A.S.S. stand for when operating a fire extinguisher? A) Push, Aim, Squeeze, Spray. B) Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep. C) Pull, Adjust, Squeeze, Sweep. D) Pin, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep. 32. The planets travel around the sun in a circular motion. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 33. In the..... layer, light is made by the sea creatures living there. A) Twilight. B) Trench. C) Midnight. D) Abyss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midnight. 34. He formulated the sun-centered theory. A) Ptolemy. B) Copernicus. C) Kepler. D) Galileo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Copernicus. 35. Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that it is a prokaryote. How did you know? A) Lack of water. B) Lack of nucleus. C) Has a mitochondrion. D) Has a round shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of nucleus. 36. Ibne ul Haitham is called as father of A) Optics. B) Chemistry. C) Telescope. D) Mirrors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optics. 37. What is precision? A) The degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results. B) The degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to its actual value. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results. 38. What is the name of the closest celestial body to the Earth? A) Moon. B) Sun. C) Mars. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon. 39. The 8 levels of classification, largest to smallest. A) Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain. B) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species. C) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. D) Genus, Species, Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. 40. The elevation difference between contours that are next to each other A) Elevation. B) Relief. C) Contour lines. D) Contour interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contour interval. 41. A star with first magnitude would be brighter than a star with magnitude 30. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. The temperature of the lower stratosphere is constant. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 43. An adaptation that some plants have for surviving dry conditions is- A) Producing waxy coating on stems and leaves. B) Changing colors of leaves in the fall. C) Having a long growing season. D) Growing tall and having many large leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producing waxy coating on stems and leaves. 44. Which of the following materials is hard, opaque and shines? A) Plastic. B) Rubber. C) Tin. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tin. 45. Which of the following is NOT a B Vitamin? A) B 36. B) B 12. C) B 1. D) Folid Acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B 36. 46. Who discovered X rays A) X-ray. B) Marie Curie. C) Rutherford. D) Henri Becquerel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X-ray. 47. When changing from a solid to a liquid, heat is: A) Removed. B) Added. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Added. 48. A bicyclist is riding on a path when a cat suddenly darts out into the path. The cyclist quickly brakes to avoid hitting the cat. What is his acceleration? A) Positive acceleration. B) Negative acceleration. C) Neutral acceleration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative acceleration. 49. Na3N How many atoms of Na A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 50. Measured in mm, cm, or m A) Length. B) Volume. C) Weight. D) Mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Length. 51. What are the benefits of recycling? A) Increases carbon dioxide emissions and keeps the planet warm so we are not as cold Mars. B) Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators, conserves natural resources, prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials, saves energy. C) Cars can go faster on recycled petrol. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators, conserves natural resources, prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials, saves energy. 52. What is the smallest planet in the solar system A) Mars. B) Venus. C) Jupiter. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 53. The dropping off of weathered rock fragments is called..... A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) Fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition. 54. Weathered pieces of rock. A) Eroded. B) Sediment. C) Shale. D) Pebbles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sediment. 55. How many Oxygen (O) atoms are in 2C2HO8Cl2 A) 16. B) 2. C) 5 NGSS.MS-PS1-1. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16. 56. Magnetism created by an electric current A) Electricity. B) Electromagnetism. C) Wind energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electromagnetism. 57. Resistors are used to vary the current in a circuit. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar? A) Papaya. B) Pineapple. C) Make. D) Strawberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 59. In general what is the most dense form of matter? A) Solid. B) Gas. C) Plasmas. D) Liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid. 60. Which of the following is a planet? A) The Moon. B) The Sun. C) The Earth. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth. ← 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