Sets
General Science Set 56
30 questions 1. Outside a bar magnet, the magnetic field lines emerge from the:
2. Consider the following pairs:
(I) Plasmogamy – Fusion of protoplasms
(II) Karyogamy – Fusion of two nuclei
(III) Dikaryon – Cell with a single diploid nucleus
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
3. Detergents are usually used to make:
4. The centre of the reflecting surface of a spherical mirror is called its:
5. The Indian ornithologist referred to as the 'Birdman of India' is:
6. One astronomical unit is approximately the distance between the:
7. The particle size in a colloid is:
8. The pacemaker of the human heart is the:
9. Water warms up more slowly than land mainly because it has a greater:
10. Which of the following is practically incompressible?
11. Undisturbed patches of forest protected by the local community, found all over India and home to numerous medicinal plants, are called:
12. When both poles of a magnet are brought near the two ends of an iron bar, the iron bar is:
13. The formation of different types of tissues leads to:
14. Which of the following polyatomic ions has a valency of 2?
15. Consider the following statements:
(I) A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon.
(II) The eclipsed full Moon can be safely watched with the naked eye.
(III) Sunglasses make direct viewing of a solar eclipse safe.
Which of the above is/are correct?
16. Sexual reproduction generates more variation than asexual reproduction because it involves:
17. The shining surface of metals in their pure state is called:
18. The power of a lens is the reciprocal of its focal length, and its SI unit is:
19. Each gene set is present as separate independent pieces, each called a:
20. The centre of curvature of a convex mirror lies: