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General Science Set 13
30 questions 1. Which of the following is NOT a major nutrient?
2. The latent heat of vaporisation of water is:
3. In terms of electron transfer, oxidation is:
4. Offspring that are genetically identical to the parent are called:
5. In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day occurs around:
6. A universal indicator is:
7. The part of a cell that regulates all its activities and growth is the:
8. Consider the following statements:
(I) A change of units changes the number of significant figures in a measurement.
(II) The location of the decimal point has no bearing on the number of significant figures.
(III) In scientific notation, all zeros in the base number are significant.
Which of the above is/are correct?
9. Consider the following pairs:
(I) Metacentric chromosome – Centromere in the middle
(II) Acrocentric chromosome – Terminal centromere
(III) Telocentric chromosome – Terminal centromere
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
10. Dobereiner's groups of three elements with similar properties are known as:
11. In the sign convention for lenses, the focal length of a convex lens is ___ and that of a concave lens is ___.
12. Growth hormone releasing factor is released by the:
13. A spherical mirror whose reflecting surface is curved inwards is called a:
14. The salt formed when ethanoic acid reacts with sodium hydroxide is:
15. The long tail of a sperm helps it to:
16. The SI unit of electric charge is:
17. Consider the following pairs:
(I) Stainless steel – Iron, nickel, chromium and carbon
(II) Brass – Copper and zinc
(III) Bronze – Copper and zinc
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
18. In India, people who performed variolation to protect against smallpox were known as:
19. Refraction of light is due to a change in the:
20. A series of compounds in which the same functional group substitutes for hydrogen in a carbon chain is called a: