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Set-33 General Science Previous Year Questions
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1.The instrument used to measure pressure
1. Anemometer
2. Barometer
3. Hygrometer
4. Thermometer
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2.The Indian Union Territory in India with highest literacy rate, according to 2011 census ?
1. Andaman – Nicobar
2. Chandigarh
3. Lakshadweep
4. Puducherry
Ans:3
3.Chief of the Indian Navy has the rank of
1. General of Indian Navy
2. Chief of Indian Navy
3. Naval Chief
4. Admiral
Ans:4
4.Communication satellites are used to:
1. receive communication signal only
2. receive and redirect communication signal
3. provide information of natural resources only
4. transmit communication signal only
Ans:2
5.Which of the following is the path through which a computer sends signal from one part of it to another?
1. Gateway
2. Bus
3. Router
4. Modem
Ans:2
6.Seismography is the science of
1. Rivers
2. Earthquakes
3. Volcanoes
4. Mountains
Ans:2
7.Who invented the laser?
1. Sir Frank Whittle
2. Fred Morrisson
3. T. H. Maiman
4. Dr. Charles H. Jones
Ans:3
8.Which of the following statements is correct?
1. Pluto is not a Planet now
2. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930
3. Pluto has been given the number 134340
4. All of the above
Ans:4
9. According to 2011 census, the literacy rate among women in India ?
1. 65.46
2. 66.46
3. 67.46
4. 62.46
Ans:1
10.Who invented vaccination?
1. James Simpson
2. Edward Jenner
3. Alexander Fleming
4. Christian Barnard
Ans:2
11. The motherboard, the connection points for chips are referred to as ____?
1. Slots
2. Sockets
3. Ports
4. Lines
Ans:2
12. Which among the following was the first satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organization?
1. Bhaskar
2. Aryabhatta
3. Rohini
4. INSAT I-A
Ans:2
13. ___________ is the Census Commissioner, under whose guidance the 2011 Census has been conducted ?
1. D K Sikri
2. J K Banthia
3. Dr C Chandramouli
4. Dr M Vijayanunni
Ans:3
14. Who invented Cinema?
1. Thomas Alva Edison
2. Nicolas and Jean Lumiere
3. William Murdock
4. Dr. J. Brandenberger
Ans:2
15. ULSI Microprocessor is used in the computers of which of the following generations?
1. Fourth Generation
2. Third Generation
3. Second Generation
4. Fifth Generation
Ans:4
16. Comets revolve around the
1. Earth
2. Venus
3. Sun
4. Jupiter
Ans:3
17. The causative virus of AIDS was isolated in the year of
1. 1980
2. 1981
3. 1983
4. 1986
Ans:3
18. Debang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh and Samba Valley J & K have?
1. Least population density
2. Least adult sex ratio
3. Least female literacy
4. Least child sex ratio
Ans:1
19. A character is represented in EBCDIC by
1. 1 bit
2. 4 bits
3. 8 bits
4. 16 bits
Ans:3
20. Which city receives the highest cosmic radiation amongst the following?
1. Chennai
2. Mumbai
3. Kolkata
4. Delhi
Ans:4
1. Blood groups were discovered by
1. Landsteiner
2. William Harvey
3. Weismann
4. Morgan
Ans:1
2. A collection of eight bits is called
1. Byte
2. KB
3. Nibble
4. PB
Ans:1
3. The Indian State with highest population, according to 2011 Census?
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. West Bengal
4. Uttar Pradesh
Ans:4
4. Who discovered the first antibiotic?
1. W Fleming
2. C Waksman
3. Louis Pasteur
4. A Fleming
Ans:4
5. Which of the following is the first ever supercomputer that was developed in India by the Indian scientists?
1. PARAM 6000
2. PARAM 7000
3. PARAM 8000
4. PARAM 1000
Ans:3
6. The process in which nitrogen is released into the atmosphere is
1. Ammonification
2. Denitrification
3. Biological nitrogen Fixation
4. Nitrification
Ans:3
7. Radio activity was discovered by:
1. Becquerel
2. Soddy
3. Rutherford
4. Curie
Ans:1
8. The Indian State with lowest population, according to 2011 Census ?
1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Mizoram
3. Nagaland
4. Sikkim
Ans:4
9. The rear side of the moon was photographed by
1. Viking I
2. Viking II
3. Luna III
4. Mariner IX
Ans:3
10. CD-ROM can store upto______ MB of data.
1. 700 MB
2. 4000 floppy disk
3. 320 MB
4. Both (a) and (b)
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11. Araneology is the study of:
1. Rearing of bees
2. Study of aphids
3. Study of mites
4. Study of spiders
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12. The Indian State with highest literacy rate, according to 2011 census?
1. Goa
2. Kerala
3. Mizoram
4. Tripura
Ans:2
13. The number of satellites of the planet is Mercury is
1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 16
Ans:1
14.According to 2011 census, the Union Territory of India with lowest literacy rate ?
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
2. Chandigarh
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli
4. Puducherry
Ans:3
15.X-rays were discovered by
1. Becquerel
2. Roentgen
3. Marie Curie
4. Van Lue
Ans:2
16.The name that the user give to a document is referred to as.
1. Name given
2. Document given
3. File name
4. Document identify
Ans:3
17.What is the name of the Light Combat Aircraft developed by India indigenously?
1. BrahMos
2. Chetak
3. Astra
4. Tejas
Ans:4
18.The latest child sex ratio ___, is the lowest since independence?
1. 900 : 1000
2. 916 : 1000
3. 914 : 1000
4. 920 : 1000
Ans:3
19.Which of the following machines was designed by Charles Babbage?
1. Analytical engine
2. Arithmetic engine
3. Tabulating machine
4. Punched card
Ans:1
20.The operating system developed by Apple is known as?
1. MS DOS
2. Mac OS
3. Universal OS
4. BIOS
Ans:2