General Science Set 1 FAQs

1. Under suitable conditions, slime moulds form an aggregation called:

2. Which of the following is a non-luminous object?

3. A base that dissolves in water is called:

4. Van Mahotsav, the forest festival, is celebrated in the month of:

5. The stress set up in a rod whose expansion is prevented by rigid supports is called:

6. In Dhokra art, the hollow space of the clay mould is filled with molten:

7. The Silent Valley, a moist evergreen forest saved by a people's movement, is in the Palakkad district of:

8. The SI unit of molar specific heat capacity is:

9. Bleaching powder is produced by the action of chlorine on:

10. Consider the following statements: (I) Each germ cell has only one gene set. (II) All other body cells have two copies of each chromosome. (III) The union of two germ cells restores the normal chromosome number. Which of the above is/are correct?

11. The potential energy of an object of mass m at a small height h above the Earth's surface is:

12. The hot springs of Puga Valley, inhabited by heat-loving unicellular bacteria, are located in:

13. According to Newton's law of cooling, the rate of loss of heat of a body is directly proportional to the:

14. In a hydrocarbon chain, the element replacing hydrogen is referred to as a:

15. Aseptate and coenocytic mycelium is characteristic of:

16. Dentists use which type of mirror to see large images of the teeth?

17. Dry ice, used for ice cream storage, is:

18. The infoldings of the inner mitochondrial membrane are called:

19. X-rays were discovered in 1895 by:

20. If the K-shell is the outermost shell, the number of electrons that makes the atom stable is:

21. Organisms that use simple food material such as carbon dioxide and water from inorganic sources are called:

22. Consider the following statements about the causes of myopia: (I) Excessive curvature of the eye lens (II) Elongation of the eyeball (III) The eyeball becoming too small Which of the above can cause myopia?

23. RBCs are destroyed in the:

24. Toothpastes used to prevent tooth decay are generally:

25. The ability of the eye lens to adjust its focal length is called:

26. Regions that support a large number of endemic species and have undergone significant habitat loss are called:

27. Excess nitrates from fertilisers cause algal blooms that deplete oxygen and kill fish. This process is called:

28. Consider the following statements: (I) The properties of a compound are different from those of its constituent elements. (II) Elements are present in a compound in a fixed and definite ratio. (III) The compound formed by hydrogen and oxygen is a gas. Which of the above is/are correct?

29. Pregnancy in humans lasts about nine months and is divided into ___ trimesters.

30. Consider the following statements about the effects of a force: (I) It can change the speed of a moving object. (II) It can change the shape of an object. (III) It can change the direction of motion of an object. Which of the above is/are correct?