Multiple Choice Questions

Everyday Science

Q: Which of the following types of rainfall is often accompanied with lightning and thunder?
A) Conventional
B) Or graphic
C) Frontal
D) None of these
Q: The type of clouds which is the thunder cloud and associated with heavy rain is:
A) Cirrus
B) Cumulonimbus
C) Stratus
D) Cirrostratus
Q: Water vapors beyond the dew point results in:
A) Precipitation
B) Condensation
C) Hailstorm
D) Formation of ice
Q: Which of the following theories as regards the origin of life on earth is accepted today?
A) Theory of spontaneous generation
B) Theory of special creation
C) Theory of biogenesis
D) Cosmologic theory
Q: The species to which we belong is:
A) Homo sapiens
B) Homo erectus
C) Australopithecus robust us
D) None of these
Q: Which of the following animals resembles most to human beings in terms of physical and mental capabilities?
A) Chimpanzee
B) Monkey
C) Gorilla
D) Langur
Q: The evolution of human species took place mainly in:
A) Anthropoid
B) Reptile
C) Amphibian
D) Echinoderm
Q: The chief agent of evolution is:
A) Mutation
B) Natural selection
C) Acquired characters
D) Sexual reproduction
Q: Which of the following is a living fossil?
A) Blue green algae
B) Ginkgo
C) Fungus
D) Blue
Q: Who gave the first general theory of evolution on earth?
A) Lamarck
B) Stanley Miller
C) Aristotle
D) None of these
Q: The approximate age of the earth is:
A) 2.6 x 10⁷ years
B) 3.6 x 10⁸ years
C) 4.6 x 10⁹ years
D) None of these
Q: The most accepted theory of origin of life is:
A) Theory of special creation
B) Operon-Haldane Theory of Chemosynthesis
C) Catastrophe Theory
D) None of these
Q: The first organism on earth were:
A) Autotrophs
B) Heterotrophs
C) Saprotrops
D) None of these
Q: The immediate ancestor of modern man is:
A) Java man
B) Cro-Magnon man
C) Peking Man
D) Neanderthal man
Q: Life is appeared about:
A) 2.6 billion years ago
B) 3.6 billion years ago
C) 4.5 billion years ago
D) 5.5 billion years ago
Q: The nearest relatives of man are:
A) New world monkeys
B) Apes
C) Old world monkey
D) Lemurs
Q: The oldest evolutionary history was discovered in:
A) Man
B) Horse
C) Frog
D) Dinosaurs
Q: The chromosomes number in man is 46. What is it in orangutan, chimpanzee and gorilla?
A) 40
B) 43
C) 45
D) 48
Q: The organs which are morphologically different but perform the same function are called:
A) Homologous organs
B) Analogous organs
C) Vestigial organs
D) None of these
Q: Life is absent on moon due to lack of:
A) Carbon monoxide
B) Hydrogen
C) Water
D) Nitrogen
Q: Who among the following first discarded the theory of spontaneous creation and gave that life originates from pre-existing life?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Stanley Miller
C) Lamarck
D) Charles Darwin
Q: The earliest man like primate was:
A) Dryopithecus
B) Ramapithecus
C) Australopithecus
D) Proconsul
Q: Evolution of human species occurred in:
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) None of these
Q: Pre-historic record shows that coloured rock paintings were first done by:
A) Java man
B) Peking man
C) Cro-Magnon man
D) Neanderthal man
Q: The age of reptile was:
A) Azoic era
B) Mesozoic era
C) Permian era
D) Paleozoic era
Q: Who proposed the mutation theory of evolution?
A) Huxley
B) Darwin
C) Hugo de Varies
D) Lamarck
Q: Which era is known as the 'Golden Age of Reptiles', due to the dominance of dinosaurs over all possible habitats in earth?
A) Mesozoic
B) Precambrian
C) Cenozoic
D) None of these
Q: Which of the following is not believed to be one of the gases present on the Primitive Earth?
A) Methane
B) Ammonia
C) Noble Gas
D) Oxygen
Q: Wisdom teeth normally grow during the age of:
A) 17-30 years
B) 12-15 years
C) 30-40 years
D) 40-45 years
Q: Short-sightedness is due to the:
A) Shifting of the iris
B) Elongation of eyeball
C) Weakening of retina
D) Weaker muscles
Q: Which of the following is essential for blood clotting?
A) RBC
B) WBC
C) Blood platelets
D) Lymph
Q: The largest cell in the human body is:
A) Liver cell
B) Nerve cell
C) Muscle cell
D) Kidney cell
Q: A gas first enters into the blood and then leaves it by the process of:
A) Osmosis
B) Diffusion
C) Transpiration
D) Condensation
Q: A colour blind person has difficulty in distinguishing between which Colours?
A) Green and Violet
B) Green and Red
C) White and Yellow
D) Black and Blue
Q: Reflex action in the body is controlled by:
A) Sensory nerves
B) Motor nerves
C) Central nervous system
D) None of these
Q: What is the maximum limit of sound intensity in decibel units beyond which a person cannot hear?
A) 50
B) 70
C) 85
D) 95
Q: Which of the following glands is situated beneath the brain and who's over secretion produces giant-size children?
A) Pituitary
B) Adrenal
C) Thyroid
D) Pancreas
Q: Reflex action is the function of:
A) Cerebellum
B) Autonomous nervous system
C) Spinal cord
D) Cerebrum
Q: Which of the following combinations of chromosomes is present in males?
A) XX
B) XXX
C) XY
D) XYX
Q: Biological death of a patient means death of tissues of the:
A) Brain
B) Lungs
C) Heart
D) Kidney
Q: The pitch of the voice of women is generally:
A) Same as that of men
B) Higher than that of men
C) Much lower than that of men
D) None of these
Q: The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale is:
A) 280 K
B) 310 K
C) 335 K
D) 360 K
Q: Clotting of blood vessels is called:
A) Thrombosis
B) Fibrosis
C) Agglutination
D) None
Q: Blood group of an individual is controlled by:
A) Shape of RBC
B) Genes
C) Shape of WBC
D) Haemoglobin
Q: Estrogens are secreted by:
A) Ovary
B) Stroma
C) Follicle cells
D) Thoracic cavity
Q: Lungs are situated in:
A) Thoracic cavity
B) Buccal cavity
C) Periodical cavity
D) None of these
Q: If the father has blood A and mother has blood group O, then which of the following blood groups may be found in their son?
A) O
B) B
C) AB+
D) None of these
Q: Which of the following hormones contains iodine?
A) Adrenaline
B) Thyroxin
C) Insulin
D) Testosterone
Q: Respiratory center is situated in:
A) Cerebrum
B) Medulla
C) Cerebellum
D) None
Q: During sleep, the man's blood pressure:
A) Decreases
B) Fluctuates
C) Increases
D) None

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