R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | General Science General Science MCQ Questions Set -9

Where does transcription occur in the cell?

1. Cytoplasm
2. Nucleus
3. Ribosome
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Blisters are a sign of which classification of burn?

1. First-degree
2. Second-degree
3. Third-degree
4. Fourth-degree

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The term ageism refers to

1. judging people on the basis of chronological age
2. the demographics of the population pyramid
3. the veneration of the elderly
4. the view of society held by older people

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The non-green heterotropic plants of plant kingdom are

1. Algae
2. Ferns
3. Mosses
4. Fungi

✅ Correct Answer: 4

One who eats everything

1. Carnivores
2. Omnivores
3. Herbivores
4. Omniscient

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which planet has the most volcanoes in our solar system?

1. Jupiter
2. Venus
3. Saturn
4. Neptune

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The white matter of the spinal cord contains

1. some have both myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers
2. myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers
3. myelinated nerve fibers only
4. unmyelinated nerve fibers only

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is responsible for regulating noise pollution?

1. Central authorities
2. State authorities
3. Local authorities
4. Both B & C

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Light passes through the following structures in which order?

1. Cornea Pupil Lens and Retina
2. Cornea Retina Lens and Pupil
3. Retina Lens Pupil and Cornea
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Condition of decreased oxygen in the blood

1. Hematemesis
2. Hypercapnia
3. Hemoptysis
4. Hypoxemia

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The diploid generation of the plant life cycle always

1. produces eggs and sperm
2. produces spores
3. is called the gametophyte
4. develops from a spore

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Credit of developing polio vaccine goes to

1. J.L. Baird
2. Selman Waksman
3. Both A & B
4. Jones Salk

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Lens is made up of

1. Pyrex glass
2. Flint glass
3. Ordinary glass
4. Cobalt glass

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which would usually be studied by a geologist?

1. Plants
2. Insects
3. Earth
4. Life

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from?

1. sun light
2. Chlorophyll
3. Soil
4. Water

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which planet do most known extrasolar planets most resemble?

1. Neptune
2. Venus
3. Jupiter
4. Earth

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The mechanism of water reabsorption by the renal tubules is

1. solvent drag
2. osmosis
3. active transport
4. cotransport with sodium ions

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The average weather pattern taken over a long time say 25 years is called the ________________ of the place.

1. ecology
2. environment
3. climate
4. habitat

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which is not a major function of the kidney?

1. filtering minerals from blood
2. fluids balance
3. filtering wastes from blood
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following includes all the others?

1. Cellulose
2. Glucose
3. Sucrose
4. Glycogen

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Storage containers for recyclables must be designed to

1. Wrap them in napkin
2. Prevent the entry of rodents
3. Keep the food handlers bare hands off the food
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What reacts with oxygen to produce rust?

1. Aluminium
2. Silver
3. Copper
4. Iron

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The purpose of defibrillation is to

1. prevent asystole from deteriorating into ventricular fibrillation
2. stop the chaotic disorganized contraction of the cardiac cells
3. cause a rapid decrease in the heart rate of an unstable patient
4. improve the chance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) being successful in resuscitation

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following is not a Major Abiotic Factors?

1. Temperature
2. Water
3. Light
4. Air

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which energy source generates the least greenhouse gases?

1. Fossil fuels energy
2. Nuclear energy
3. Solar energy
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The outer protein coat of a virus is called a

1. Capsid
2. Virion
3. Envelope
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The outer protein coat of a virus is called a

1. Capsid
2. Virion
3. Envelope
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Metal present in haemoglobin?

1. magnesium
2. aluminium
3. iron
4. copper

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

1. Position of the sun Earth and Moon in a straight line of 180oangle is known as syzygy.
2. Syzygy conjunction causes solar eclipse.
3. Syzygy opposition causes lunar eclipse
4. Syzygy conjunction occurs at the time of perihelion only.

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In polar areas solar radiation strikes earth at a

1. small angle
2. right angle
3. large angle
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

One of the following is not a function of bones

1. Protection of vital organs
2. Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones
3. Place for muscle attachment
4. Production of blood corpuscles

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Speeding is a factor in _% of all fatal accidents?

1. 10
2. 22
3. 30
4. 55

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Heat from the sun is called

1. radiation
2. nuclear fusion
3. nuclear fission
4. escavation

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Homology is evidence of

1. Common ancestry
2. Divergent evolution
3. Punctuated evolution
4. Convergent evolution

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is known as the father of Modern Chemistry?

1. Robert Boyle
2. Antoine Lavoisier
3. John Dalton
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which one of the following may be the true characteristic of cyclones?

1. Temperate cyclones move from west to east with westerlies whereas tropical cyclones follow trade winds
2. The front side of cyclone is known as the eye of cyclone.
3. Cyclones possess a centre of high pressure surrounded by closed isobars
4. Hurricanes are well known tropical cyclones which develop over mid latitudes.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The process of soil formation is called

1. Filtration
2. Weathering
3. Vegetation
4. Calicing

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The design principle that is based on repetition is called

1. Rhythm
2. Texture
3. Color
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which statement best characterizes animism?

1. Its the basis of social status within a tribe.
2. It combines natural human and spiritual forces.
3. Its a religion that maintains the futility of human existence.
4. Its composed of irrational superstitions that arise in underdeveloped rural communities.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

When electrical brain waves have ceased this is called

1. Electroshock
2. Electrolysis
3. Suicide
4. Brain death

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Kyoto Protocol is related to

1. Wetland conservation
2. Ozone depletion
3. Air pollution
4. Climate change

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which planet of the solar system has the highest orbital speed?

1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Mercury
4. Earth

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which fat is good Saturated or Unsaturated?

1. Saturated
2. Unsaturated
3. Both A & B
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Microorganisms that cause disease are called

1. Pathogens
2. Microbes
3. Infectees
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Eco Mark is given to the Indian Products that are ___________.

1. pure and unadulterated
2. rich in proteins
3. environment friendly
4. economically viable

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is a physical property of water?

1. Tasteless
2. odorless
3. conducts electricity
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which new European satellite using advanced laser technology to track global winds and improve weather forecasts has been successfully put into orbit on a Vega rocket from French Guyana?

1. Radyo 4
2. Aeolus
3. Eutelsat W 2
4. Telstar 12

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following acids is present in Red Ants?

1. Malic acid
2. Formic acid
3. Tannic acid
4. Oxalic acid

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The gentle seaward sloping surface from the coasts is called __________.

1. Continental shelf
2. Continental rise
3. Abyssal plains
4. Submarine ridges

✅ Correct Answer: 1