Sets
General Science Set 9
30 questions 1. The part of the vascular tissue in plants that moves water and minerals obtained from the soil is the:
2. Which of the following measures gauge pressure?
3. Respiration in plants takes place in:
4. Ionic compounds conduct electricity in:
5. A simple periscope is made by using:
6. Carbon dioxide is mostly transported in human blood in the:
7. Which of the following metals can be cut with a knife?
8. Consider the following pairs:
(I) Cartosat – Imaging of the Earth for mapping
(II) AstroSat – Scientific observations of stars and other celestial objects
(III) Mangalyaan – Mission to the Moon
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
9. The waxy layer of cutin covering epidermal cells is called the:
10. Skating on snow is possible because the water formed under the skates acts as a:
11. A hand-powered device that separates blood components without electricity, based on centrifugation, is called:
12. The exchange of gases in the lungs takes place in the:
13. At constant pressure, the volume V and absolute temperature T of a given quantity of gas are related as:
14. Saliva is secreted by the:
15. In a micelle formed in water, the ends of the soap molecules on the surface of the cluster are the:
16. The image formed by a concave lens, irrespective of the position of the object, is always:
17. If the Earth were the size of an apple, the crust would be as thin as the apple's:
18. Plaster of Paris is obtained by heating gypsum at:
19. Consider the following statements:
(I) The magnitude of displacement can be less than the total distance travelled.
(II) The magnitude of displacement can be greater than the total distance travelled.
(III) Displacement can be zero even when the distance travelled is not zero.
Which of the above is/are correct?
20. Which of the following planets are relatively small and rocky?