This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 85 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 85 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Light waves travel.....than sound waves. A) Slower. B) Faster. C) Shorter distances. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faster. 2. VITAMIN A GIVES US A) VISION. B) HEALTH. C) NONE OF THEM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VISION. 3. Three-dimensional, round object whose surface is the same distance from the center in every direction A) Ecliptic. B) Sphere. C) Equinox. D) Ellipse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sphere. 4. The temperature at which water changes to ice is the..... A) Luke warm point. B) Melting point. C) Freezing point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freezing point. 5. Process by which certain bacteria break down nitrogen compounds and release nitrogen A) Dentrification. B) Fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dentrification. 6. After a chemical reaction occurs in an open test tube, measurements indicate that the mass of the reactants is greater than the mass of the products remaining in the test tube. What most likely explains the measurements? A) The temperature of the reactants was low. B) A solid was produced. C) A gas was produced. D) The salinity of the reactants was high. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A gas was produced. 7. What gas was that gas that came out in Bhopal in 1984 A) Methyl isocynet. B) Ethyl isocynet. C) Both. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methyl isocynet. 8. For every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force A) Newton's third law of motion. B) Law of conservation of momentum. C) Newton's second law of motion. D) Newton's first law of motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newton's third law of motion. 9. You push on a tree with 20 N of force. If the tree doesn't move, the tree is pushing back on you with.....of force. A) 10N. B) 20N. C) 40N. D) 70N. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20N. 10. A(n)..... is used to measure force A) Scale. B) Triple beam balance. C) Spring scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring scale. 11. True or false? Static electricity flows through a circuit A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. Which is not a part of the Digestive system? A) Heart. B) Mouth. C) Intestine. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart. 13. Which substance is responsible for the red colour of the planet Mars? A) Iron carbonate. B) Iron Oxide. C) Haemoglobin. D) Calcium chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron Oxide. 14. Limits the number of organisms in an environment A) Energy. B) Ecosystem. C) Limiting factor. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limiting factor. 15. What Planet Takes The Longest To Make A Trip Around The Sun? What planet takes more to make a trip around the sun? A) MarsMarte. B) NeptuneNeptuno. C) Venus. D) Saturn Saturno. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NeptuneNeptuno. 16. Endothermic organisms have a..... basic metabolic rate than ectothermic. A) Lower. B) Higher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher. 17. ..... is the process of obtaining information by using the senses. A) Observation. B) Analyze. C) Inference. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 18. Eenvelope of gas, vapor, and aerosol particles; retained by gravity for protection A) Lithosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Crust. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 19. What are secondary pollutants? A) Formed in the atmosphere by reactions among primary pollutants. B) Formed from the burning of fossil fuels. C) Formed from acid rain. D) Emissions and transportation vehicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formed in the atmosphere by reactions among primary pollutants. 20. Holly has an unknown substance in a beaker. She wants to determine the relative pH of the unknown substance. She places a piece of red litmus paper into the substance, and the litmus paper turns blue.The substance in the beaker A) Does not have a pH. B) Has a neutral pH. C) Is a base. D) Is an acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is a base. 21. Electroplating is based on A) Magnetic effect of electricity. B) Chemical effect of electricity. C) Physical effect of electricity. D) Heating effect of electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical effect of electricity. 22. What is a push or pull exerted on an object in an effot to change that object's velocity. A) Force. B) Velocity. C) Simple machine. D) Electric circuitt. E) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Force. 23. Which organ is in control of all other organs? A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Stomach. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 24. A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust. A) Indo-Australian Plate. B) African Plate. C) Pacific Plate. D) Antarctic Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indo-Australian Plate. 25. Who is the Project Director of Chandrayaan 2? A) Nisha Subramaniam. B) Keerthi Kumari. C) Muthayya vanitha. D) Ganga Parathaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muthayya vanitha. 26. At rest or having no motion A) Noncontact force. B) Static. C) Circular motion. D) Contact force. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Static. 27. Identify the noble gas with the smallest atomic number. A) It is. B) H. C) He. D) Rn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 28. Changing appearance of the Moon as viewed from Earth, depending on the relative positions of the Sun, the Moon, and Earth A) Moon phase. B) Solar eclipse. C) Time zone. D) Solstice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon phase. 29. Wind blowing at 20 mph.Vector or scalar? A) Vector. B) Scalar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scalar. 30. Which ecological relationship does a butterfly and a flower have? A) Commensalism. B) Predation. C) Mutualism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutualism. 31. What organ is insulin secreted from? A) Liver. B) Stomach. C) Pancreas. D) Gall Bladder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pancreas. 32. What is the best source of protein A) Pork liver. B) Soy Bean. C) Egg white. D) Chicken liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soy Bean. 33. Capacity for doing work, such as lifting or moving an object; light, heat, and electricity are forms of energy A) Crown. B) Energy. C) Combustion. D) Fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy. 34. Pick out the mixture from the following A) Water. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air. 35. How long does it take for the earth to make a complete orbit around the sun? A) One year. B) One summer. C) One day. D) Ten years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One year. 36. Texture of some metamorphic rocks in which crystals are arranged in layers and bands as a result of high pressure conditions A) Foliated. B) Pore space. C) Compaction. D) Cementation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foliated. 37. Travels fast in a vacuum (airless space), next in gas, next in liquid, next in solid (preferably transparent) A) Light. B) Sound. C) Series Circuit. D) Parallel Circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light. 38. Where did kiwi come from A) New Zeland. B) China. C) U.S. D) Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 39. Blood vessels are mainly of A) 9. B) 3. C) 4. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 40. What is the instrument usually used to measure precipitation? A) Thermometer. B) Rain gauge. C) Hygrometer. D) Psychrometer. E) Anemometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain gauge. 41. After creating a hypothesis, what should you do next? A) Background Research. B) Draw Conclusion. C) Analyze Results. D) Test with an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Test with an experiment. 42. The focal length of a plane mirror is..... A) Zero. B) Infinite. C) 1m. D) 100m. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinite. 43. A cell wall is found in A) An animal cell. B) Nerve cell. C) A plant cell. D) Muscular cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A plant cell. 44. A 1000 millimeter equals 1 meter A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Obtain pure water from some ink A) Distillation. B) Chromatography. C) Fractional distillation. D) Non of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distillation. 46. Small or minor planets that move in elliptical orbits primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. A) Asteriods. B) Comets. C) Meteors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asteriods. 47. To correct short-sightedness (myopia) we can use a..... lens A) Convex. B) Binocular. C) Orbital. D) Concave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concave. 48. Which one of the following group of plants can be used as indicators as SO pollution in the air? A) Hornworts. B) Liverworts. C) Epiphytic lichens. D) Ferns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphytic lichens. 49. Which object below is NOT an example of Inclined Planes? A) Wheel Barrel. B) Bridges. C) Slides. D) Ramps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheel Barrel. 50. The periodic table has..... groups and..... periods A) 12, 9. B) 14, 6. C) 18, 7. D) 11, 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18, 7. 51. Which layer contains the ozone layer? A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 52. What indicates the result at the end of an investigation? A) Mind map. B) Message to your teacher. C) An answer to the prediction. D) Photos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An answer to the prediction. 53. Block and tackles are more than one..... working together. A) Pulleys. B) Levers. C) Inclined planes. D) Screws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulleys. 54. The study of changes occurring in the nuclei of atoms A) Nuclear chemistry. B) Analytical chemistry. C) Non of them. D) Polymeric chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear chemistry. 55. ..... was born on 15th September. This day is celebrated as Engineers Day in India. A) Satish Dhawan. B) Abdul Kalam. C) Sir M Visvesvaraya. D) V Radhakrishnan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir M Visvesvaraya. 56. Convex lenses (converging) correct farsightedness A) Myopia. B) Hyperopia. C) Series Circuit. D) Parallel Circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperopia. 57. Chandrayaan-3 has been launched form which of the following centers? A) Vikram Sarabhai Space Center. B) Satish Dhawan Space Centre. C) ISRO. D) Dr.Abdul Kalam Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satish Dhawan Space Centre. 58. Which Hormone is called the life saving hormone of Human?A. EstrogenB. ProlactinC. AdrenalD. Insulin A) Insulin. B) Adrenal. C) Prolactin. D) Estrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adrenal. 59. The Phase change when a liquid boils and becomes a gas A) Condensation. B) Sublimation. C) Solidification. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 60. What does glucose react to bacteria or yeast in the presence of oxygen A) Lactic acid. B) Ethyl alcohol. C) Both. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethyl alcohol. ← 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