This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 95 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 95 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is not a characteristic of all living things A) Made of 1 or more cells. B) Uses energy. C) Grows and develops. D) Eats things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eats things. 2. Which planet is the seventh planet from the Sun and wasn't discovered until 1781 A) Mars. B) Neptune. C) Saturn. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uranus. 3. The koala is a marsupial. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. A mixture that has only a single phaseand it cannot be separated by filtration A) Homogenous Mixture. B) Mixture. C) Ionic Bond. D) Heterogenous Mixture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homogenous Mixture. 5. Which of the following sport is an Indian sport A) Kabaddi. B) Football. C) Dodgeball. D) Basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kabaddi. 6. In our biosphere, energy is....., and nutrients are..... A) Is recycled; are too. B) Flows through ecosystems; are recycled. C) Is recycled; flow through ecosystems. D) Flows through ecosystems; stay in one place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flows through ecosystems; are recycled. 7. Potential energy is the energy a body possesses due to its A) Motion. B) Position. C) Speed. D) Distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Position. 8. In the equation f=ma, what does the "m" stand for A) Mass. B) Matter. C) Acceleration. D) Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass. 9. Which of the following is/are the symptoms of Black Fungus?1. Facial Swelling 2. Nasal Congestion3. Headache A) Only 1. B) Both 2 and 3. C) Only 2. D) 1, 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 2 and 3. 10. Name a Ruby crop A) Bajra. B) Sugarcane. C) Wheat. D) Gram. E) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat. 11. The best concept that seemed to come out of the age of Enlightenment was the concept that science: A) Stopped relying on the authority of past scientists and began relying on experiments and data. B) Stopped looking to the Bible for answers. C) Relied upon the authority of famous scientists who proved they were brilliant. D) Was now a college major. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stopped relying on the authority of past scientists and began relying on experiments and data. 12. Which metally carbonetics produce normal salt with hydrockhore amx? A) Sedi Carbonate. B) Sodime Hydrogen carbonet. C) Bood saodium Carnurns and Sing Tenorky Channeet. D) Seditin Gickener. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bood saodium Carnurns and Sing Tenorky Channeet. 13. What is the name of the point in the Earth's orbit where it is closest to the Sun? A) Equinox. B) APELION. C) Tropic of Cancer. D) Perihelion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perihelion. 14. Suppose you walked 80 meters in 40 seconds. What is your average speed? A) 2 m/s. B) 1 m/s. C) 80 n/s. D) 0.5 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 m/s. 15. A boy kicks a football with a force of 20 N, the time the force acts for is 0.3 s. Calculate the impulse on the ball. A) 1 N*s. B) 6 N*s. C) 33.3 N*s. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6 N*s. 16. Lava can melt anything in its way A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Who was the ancient greek god of medicine? A) The Constitution. B) Ares. C) Ascepius. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ascepius. 18. What is missing from this process of making energy? 1. Fuel is burned and heats water turning it to steam. 2..... 3. Turbine turns the Generator. 4. Generator makes electricity. A) Steam turns the generator. B) Steam turns the transformer. C) Steam turns to water again. D) Steam turns the turbine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steam turns the turbine. 19. A short circuit occurs due to less resistance of the wire. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures. A) Hebrew. B) Old Testament. C) Pentateuch. D) Septuagint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Septuagint. 21. We get vegetables and fruits from A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Birds. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants. 22. This scientist believed that the earth was at the center of the earth (geocentric system) and that the planets and stars orbit the earth. A) Ptolemy. B) Rodger Bacon. C) Aristotle. D) Archimedes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ptolemy. 23. A wave that has the vibration parallel to the direction of the wave is called: A) Longitudinal. B) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitudinal. 24. Water molecules only condense on surfaces. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. .01 meter or 1/100 meter = A) Centimeter. B) Millimeter. C) Decimeter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centimeter. 26. A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as: A) Theory. B) Hypothesis. C) Experiment. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 27. 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 the dependent variable of this experiment? A) The different counter cleaners. B) The results of the swab test for bacterial growth. C) My counter top before any cleaners are applied. D) The swabs I use to collect the results. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The results of the swab test for bacterial growth. 28. Names of proteins in silk worm A) Sirisin. B) Fibroids. C) Two above. D) Not over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two above. 29. A newton-meter is also called a A) M/s. B) Joule. C) Newton/meter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joule. 30. Exobiologists search for.....life in the solar system A) Jovian. B) Extraterrestrial. C) Exoskeletal. D) All-terrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extraterrestrial. 31. What is living organism made up of? A) Organ system. B) Cell. C) Organ. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell. 32. Which of the following is true about air? A) It has weight. B) It exerts pressure. C) It support burning. D) It occupies space. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 33. What is defined as a push or pull? A) Vector. B) Speed. C) Force. D) Motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Force. 34. How much work is done when you push a 8kg bike with a force of 20N for 7 metres in 15 seconds A) W = F x d = 15 x 7= 105 j. B) W = F x d = 20 x 7= 140 j. C) W = F x d = 8 x 7= 56 j. D) W = F x d = 8 x 20= 160 j. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) W = F x d = 20 x 7= 140 j. 35. Which of the following requires knowing an object's distance and direction from a reference point? A) Position. B) Velocity. C) Acceleration. D) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Position. 36. Which of the following travels the fastest? A) Cheetahs. B) Space shuttle. C) Plane. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light. 37. Oil, natural gas, and coal; formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals that were buried and altered over millions of years. A) Petroleum. B) Geothermal energy. C) Nonrenewable resource. D) Fossil fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuel. 38. The instrument that measures arterial blood pressure is known as A) Sphygmomanometer. B) Sphygmoscope. C) Pyknometer. D) Hypsometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sphygmomanometer. 39. Food contains what type of energy? A) Mechanical. B) Thermal. C) Sound. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemical. 40. What is the three sided shape called? A) Pentagon. B) Octagon. C) Triangle. D) Hexagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Triangle. 41. Working drawings may be divided into three classes. They are: A) Detail drawings, assembly drawings, and installation drawings. B) Title drawings, installation drawings, and assembly drawings. C) Detail drawings, orthographic projection drawings, and pictorial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detail drawings, assembly drawings, and installation drawings. 42. Friction does not prevent us from slipping. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 43. A force in circular motion that acts perpendicular to the direction of motion toward the center of the circle A) Friction. B) Centripetal force. C) Contact force. D) Unbalanced forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Centripetal force. 44. Why is the ozone layer vital to life on Earth? A) It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. B) Planes fly in the ozone layer. C) It is made up of oxygen (O2). D) It causes clouds to be created. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. 45. Which sensory organ of the human body is used to detect transmit and transduce soundwaves A) Ears. B) Nose. C) Eyes. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ears. 46. I am cold blooded, live in water as larvae and breathe air as an adult. What am I? A) Goldfish. B) Mammal. C) Amphibian. D) Crustacean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amphibian. 47. The spinning of an object on its axis is called..... A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Orbit. D) Tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 48. Provides evidence that particles make up matter are moving constantly and randomly. A) Frost theory. B) Brownian motion. C) Brownian frost. D) Non of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brownian motion. 49. Bony fish can replace lost teeth like sharks, as needed. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 50. The word "constant" in English is ..... A) Data. B) Variable. C) Constant. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constant. 51. When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing..... energy. A) Kinetic. B) Potential. C) None of the above. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potential. 52. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? A) Fruit. B) Vegetable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fruit. 53. Non-magnetic substance is A) Steel. B) Cobalt. C) Iron. D) Stainless steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stainless steel. 54. Turning on a ceiling fan to cool down a room A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 55. Number of times more nitrogen in the air than oxygen A) 10 times. B) 4 times. C) 50 times. D) 2 times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 times. 56. The independent variable is the ONE thing you..... A) Investigate NGSS.MS-PS3-4. B) Experiment with. C) Keep the same. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change. 57. Earth does not have nearly as many craters as the Moon because: A) The Moon protected the Earth from many asteroid impacts. B) The Earth's magnetic field deflects incoming asteroids. C) The Earth isn't as old as the Moon. D) Many of the Earth's craters have eroded away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many of the Earth's craters have eroded away. 58. When a solid is heated it A) Expands. B) Contracts. C) Frezes. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expands. 59. The process of recovering or detecting the message from radio waves is called as: A) Modulator. B) Rectifier. C) Demodulation. D) Microphone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demodulation. 60. What is the function of the nucleus in a cell? A) The nucleus is responsible for storing genetic information and controlling the cell's activities. B) The nucleus is responsible for producing energy for the cell. C) The nucleus is responsible for providing structural support to the cell. D) The nucleus is responsible for controlling the movement of substances in and out of the cell. NGSS.MS-LS1-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nucleus is responsible for storing genetic information and controlling the cell's activities. ← 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