Everyday Science Mcqs (1972)

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• A canyon is a large form of ________?
1. Dry valley
2. Gorge
3. Pediment
4. Badiand
• A wind which reverses seasonally is known as_____?
1. Trade
2. Cyclonic
3. Monsoon
4. Polar
• The Stevenson screen contains all of these EXCEPT:
1. Wet bulb thermometer
2. Maximum thermometer
3. Ordinary thermometer
4. Anemometer
• Weather describe the condition of ______ at any one time.
1. The earth
2. The land surface
3. The atmosphere
4. The ionosphere
• Water vapour turns into clouds in the atmosphere when:
1. It rains
2. The temperature rise
3. Dew point is reached
4. Evaporation takes place
• When a warm air is lifted off the surface in temperature depression it is called ________?
1. An occlusion
2. A cold front
3. An anticyclone
4. A warm front
• Afternoon rains in the equatorial region are the result of influences _______?
1. Land Breeze
2. Monsoon
3. Frontal
4. Convectional
• The oldest barrage on the river Indus at Sukkur was built in_____?
1. 1932
2. 1940
3. 1930
4. 1928
• The largest latitude circle on earth is ________?
1. Arctic circle
2. Tropic of cancer
3. Tropic of Capricorn
4. The Equator
• The season changes because of the ____________?
1. Moon is revolving round the earth
2. Earth is revolving round its axis
3. Earth is revolving round the sun
4. Planet Mars is attracting the sun
• The distance of longitude represents how many minutes difference in time?
1. 10 minutes
2. 4 minutes
3. 15 minutes
4. 1 minute
• What is meant by “Equinox”?
1. The longest day
2. The shortest day
3. The sun-month long day
4. Equal duration of day and night
• Rainfall related to mountains is:
1. Orographic rainfall
2. Normal rainfall
3. Monsoon rains
4. Cyclonic rainfall
• What kind of weathering takes place on the valley side above the surface of the glacier?
1. Plucking
2. Abrasion
3. Chemical weathering
4. Frost shattering
• Quantity of fresh air required for a man is 1000 cubic feet of air for every____________?
1. 5 minutes
2. 10 minutes
3. 15 minutes
4. 20 minutes
• Approximately, how many times each day do our heart valves open and close normally?
1. 10,000
2. 1,00,000
3. 1,50,000
4. 2,00,000
• The ';stone'; formed in human kidney consist mostly of_____________?
1. Calcium oxalate
2. Sodium acetate
3. Magnesium sulphate
4. Calcium
• In eye donation, which one of the following parts of donor';s eye is utilized ?
1. Iris
2. Lens
3. Cornea
4. Retina
• According to the definition of 1 KWh, a 100 watt bulb consumes one unit of electricity in____________?
1. 1 hours
2. 5 hours
3. 10 hours
4. 15 hours
• The amount of energy required by the children of age between one to three years is___________?
1. 300 k Calories
2. 600 k Calories
3. 900 k Calories
4. 1200 k Calories
• A substance which increases the efficiency of a catalyst is termed as:
1. Promoter
2. Activator
3. Retarder
4. Super catalyst
• One of the following ways of expressing the concentration of a solution does not depend on temperature. It is__________?
1. Molarity
2. Molality
3. Normality
4. Formality
• “Each electron in an atom must have its own unique set of quantum numbers” is a statement of_______________?
1. Aufbau principle
2. Pauli exclusion principle
3. Hund’s rule
4. Periodic law
• Select the arrangement of electromagnetic radiation which starts with the lowest energy and increases to greatest energy?
1. radio, visible, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma ray
2. radio, infrared, visible, x-ray, gamma ray, ultraviolet
3. visible, radio, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma ray
4. radio, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma ray
• Which of the following has the largest wavelength?
1. visible light
2. x-rays
3. infrared light
4. ultraviolet radiation