General Science Questions (MCQs) for Competitive Examinations
General Science Multiple choice questions for GK paper in SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations. These questions are part of GKToday’s 35000+ MCQs Bank Course in GKToday Android App
1. How the Cast Iron is different from Wrought Iron?
- Cast iron have higher carbon content than wrought iron
- Cast iron are more ductile compared to wrought iron
- Wrought iron is more stable, pure and stronger, compared to cast iron
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] 3 Only
[B] 1 and 3 Only
[C] 2 and 3 Only
[D] 1,2 and 3
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Correct Answer: B [ 1 and 3 Only]
Notes:
Second statement is wrong because wrought iron is more ductile compared to cast iron
2. Which of the following are used as chemical agents in war?
- Mustard Gas
- Phosgene
- Sarin
- VX
Select the correct option from codes given below:
[A] 1 & 3 Only
[B] 1, 3 & 4 Only
[C] 2 & 4 Only
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [ 1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:
Chemical weapons are called “poorman’s bomb”. These cause catastrophic damage, and are easy to produce. Sarin is a colorless and odourless agent, and is extremely potent. It was used in Damascus in 2013. Mustard Gas is possibly the most commonly used chemical agent and gets its name from the distinctive odour of rotten mustard. It is less potent and usually only 5 to 10 percent people exposed to it usually die. It was widely used during Second World War. VX is a nerve agent which is odourless and appears as brownish oily substance.
3. Which of the following gases helps in bread/cake fermentation so as to make it soft and spongy?
[A] Carbon Monoxide
[B] Hydrogen
[C] Carbon Dioxide
[D] Oxygen
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Correct Answer: C [Carbon Dioxide]
Notes:
Fermentation is an anaerobic chemical process that breaks down glucose molecules. In baking, yeast consumes sugar and converts it into carbon dioxide and alcohol, making the dough rise. This gas gets trapped in the strands of gluten, resulting in air pockets that cause the dough to rise and form the characteristic spongy texture of bread and cakes. Further, the creation of lactic and acetic acids during fermentation augments this dough handling process, improves flavor, enhances the texture, and extends the shelf-life of the baked products.
4. Identify the noble gas utilized in radiotherapy?
[A] Neon
[B] Argon
[C] Radon
[D] Xenon
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Correct Answer: C [Radon]
Notes:
Radon, a radioactive noble gas with atomic number 86, is used in radiotherapy. Created by disintegration of radium, its one of the heaviest gases and a health hazard. Radon gas, chemically inert yet radioactive, can accumulate in buildings and drinking water causing lung cancer. Furthermore, radon is noted for brilliant phosphorescence when cooled below its freezing point. Its most stable isotope, 222Rn, has a half-life of 3.8 days. Groundwater often has a higher 222Rn concentration than surface water due to less exposure to atmosphere.
5. The best milch breed in the word is ____:
[A] Chittagong
[B] Holstein-Friesian
[C] Deoni
[D] Sindhi
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Correct Answer: B [Holstein-Friesian]
Notes:
Holstein Friesian cows are world’s highest-production dairy animals and dominate the global dairy industry. These cows originated in Dutch provinces of North Holland and Friesland, and Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany. They are known as Holsteins in North America and Friesians in UK and Ireland.
6. Flowers emit fragrance to ____:
[A] Drive away flies
[B] Purify air
[C] Attract insects
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Attract insects]
Notes:
Flowers emit fragrance to attract pollinators which are mainly insects. The fragrance plays a prominent role in the localization and selection of flowers by insects, especially moth-pollinated flowers, which are detected and visited at night. If they have become infested with herbivores like caterpillars, they attract beneficial insects like parasitic wasps with the help of scent signals from their leaves.
7. The wing of a bat and the wing of a bird are the examples of ____ limbs:
[A] Heterogeneous
[B] Homogenous
[C] Homologous
[D] Analogous
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Correct Answer: D [Analogous]
Notes:
The wings of insects, bats and birds, that evolved independently in each lineage separately after diverging from an ancestor without wings, are examples of analogous organs. Analogous organs are the opposite of homologous organs, which have similar functions but different origins.
8. The pigment that gives human skin, hair and eyes their colour is called ____:
[A] Quinacridone
[B] Alizarin
[C] Melanin
[D] Phthalocyanine
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Correct Answer: C [Melanin ]
Notes:
The pigment that gives human skin, hair, and eyes their color. Dark-skinned people have more melanin in their skin than light-skinned people have. Melanin is produced by cells called melanocytes. Everyone has the same number of melanocytes, but some people make more melanin than others.
9. Which of the following diseased person can still donate eyes?
[A] AIDS patient
[B] Asthma patient
[C] Acute leukaemia patient
[D] Both Asthma and Acute leukaemia patient
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Correct Answer: B [Asthma patient]
Notes:
Persons with AIDS, Hepatitis B and C, Rabies, Septicaemia, Acute leukemia (Blood cancer), Tetanus, Cholera, and infectious diseases like Meningitis and Encephalitis cannot donate eyes. Even people with diabetes, asthma, hypertension, or persons wearing spectacles and who had undergone cataract surgery can also donate eyes.
10. Cutaneous membrane is the technical term for which tissue or organ?
[A] Skin
[B] Intestines’
[C] Nervous Tissues
[D] Adipose Tissue
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Correct Answer: A [Skin]
Notes:
The skin is the soft outer covering of vertebrates that guards the underlying muscles, bones, ligaments, and internal organs. The cutaneous membrane is the technical term for our skin. The skin’s primary role is to help protect the rest of the body’s tissues and organs from physical damage such as abrasions, chemical damage such as detergents, and biological damage from micro organisms. Our skin is made of three general layers. In order from most superficial to deepest they are the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue.