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Asteroids are majorly located in the?
A. Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
B. Near the orbit of the Earth
C. Asteroid belt near the sun
D. Near the moon
E. Asteroid belt between Jupiter and Venus
A.
Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
As opposed to the Earth, the moon has craters because of?
A. Displacement of its surface
B. Chemical composition of the land
C. Meteoric impacts on its surface
D. Volcanic eruptions blasting holes
E. Changing temperature
C.
Meteoric impacts on its surface
Impact craters were formed a billion years ago when meteorites, asteriods and comets struck its surface. The Earth on the other hand has an atmosphere which causes asteriods to burn up before they touch the surface.
The meaning of refraction is?
A. Moving of energy at an extremely rapid rate
B. Changing in speed of light
C. Bending of a wave when it enters a medium with different wave
D. Movement of waves made of oscillating magnetic and electric fields
E. Reflection of light
C.
Bending of a wave when it enters a medium with different wave
The refraction of light when it goes through from a fast medium to a slow medium bends the light ray toward the normal to the boundary between the two mediums.
Cellulose is a part of a cell wall which is essential in?
A. Pathway of energy
B. Excretion
C. Energy storage
D. Protection and Structure
E. Power house of the cell
D.
Protection and structure
The plant cell wall is made up of cellulose. Cellulose is considered a complex sigar becasue it is used in both protection and structure. Cellulose is als composed of a structural carbohydrates.
Red blood cells are red becasue of?
A. Platelets
B. Leukocytes
C. Hemoglobin
D. Plasma
E. Erythropoietin
C.
Hemoglobin
A protein called Hemoglobin in our red blood cells. The protein contains 4 iron atoms that bind to oxygen. The iron component is what makes our blood colored red and how oxygen is carried around our blood stream.
Fraunhoffer lines in the Solar spectrum correspond to radiation…
A. Emitted by the inner part of the sun but absorbed by its outer atmosphere
B. Not absorbed due to imperfect instruments
C. Not emitted by the sun
D. Emitted by the sun but absorbed by earths atmosphere
E. Emitted by the stars
A.
Emitted by the inner part of the sun but absorbed by its outer atmosphere
The birds Charles Darwin studied and influenced his research on Natural Selection were?
A. Condors
B. Finches
C. Puffins
D. Dippers
E. Cranes
B.
Finches
Which are NOT social insects?
A. Bees
B. Ants
C. Spiders
D. Termites
E. Wasps
C.
Spiders
What is produced on heating a mixture of potassium and ammonium chloride?
A. Urea
B. Ethanamide
C. Methanamide
D. Ethanamine
E. Potassium Chloride
A.
Urea
Which is NOT part of Earth’s internal structure?
A. Lithosphere
B. Crust
C. Ionosphere
D. Mantle
E. Core
C.
Ionosphere
Which term is used to define atoms of different elements, that contain the same # of neutrons?
A. Isotones
B. Isotopes
C. Isobars
D. Isomers
E. None
A.
Isotones
General electronic configuration for D-block elements is?
A. (n-1)d1-5ns1-2
B. (n-1)d1-10ns1-2
C. (n-1)d1-10ns0-2
D. (n-1)d1-5ns0-1
E. None
C.
(n-1)d1-10ns0-2
Which Alkali metal halide has the lowest lattice energy?
A. LiF
B. KBr
C. NaC1
D. CsI
E. Cacl
D.
CsI
Meatl ions like Ag+, Cu2+ etc. act as?
A. Bronsted Acids
B. Lewis Acids
C. Bronsted base
D. Lewis base
E. None
B.
Lewis acids
The oxidation # of oxygen in OF2 is?
A. +2
B. -2
C. +1
D. -1
E. 1
A.
+2
3 axes of a crystal lattice are mutually perpendicular but all lattice parameters are unequal. The crystal is?
A. Cubic
B. Tetragonal
C. Orthorhobmic
D. Hexagonal
E. Pentagonal
C.
Orthorhombic
Conductors, insulators, and Semi-conductors differ from each other due to property of?
A. Ability of the current they carry
B. Formation of crystal lattice
C. Binding energy of their elements
D. Mutual width of their energy gaps
E. None
D.
Mutual width of their energy gaps
Fermi energy level is?
A. The Min energy of electrons at 0K
B. Max energy of electrons at 273K
C. Max energy of electrons at 0K
D. Min energy of electrons at 273K
E. Min enegy of elctrons at 275K
C.
Max energy of electrons at 0K
What can be used for measuring a rapidly changing temperature is a?
A. Thermocouple thermometer
B. Gas thermometer
C. Platinum resistance thermometer
D. Vapor pressure thermometer
E. Both A/D
A.
Thermocouple thermometer
Expansion during heating..
A. occurs only in a solid
B. Increase the weight of a material
C. Decrease the density of the material
D. Occurs at same rate for all liquids/solids
E. occurs only in gases
C.
Decrease the density of the material
A ring-shaped piece of metal is heated. If the material expands the hole will?
A. Expand
B. Contrast
C. Expand or contrast depending on width of ring
D. Expand/Contrast depending on value of the coefficient of expansion
E. Will have no effect
A.
Expand
A solid ball of metal has speherical cavity inside it. Ball is heated. Volume of the cavity will?
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Remain unchanged
D. Have its shape changed
E. Its weight will decrease
B.
Increase
If a bimetallic strip is heated it will?
A. Bend toward metal w/lower thermal expansion coefficient
B. Bend toward metal w/higher thermal expansion coefficient
C. Twist itself into a helix
D. No Bend
E. Will expand linearly
A.
Bend toward the metal w/lower thermal expansion coefficient
Heating a liquid of coefficient of cubical expansion a in a container having coefficient of linear expansion a/3, the level of liquid in the container will?
A. Rise
B. Fall
C. Will remain almost stationary
D. It is difficult to say
E. Will rise at first, then remain constant at a certain level
C.
Will remain almost stationary
When water is heated from 0 celcius to 10 Celcius it volume..
A. increases
B. Does not change
C. first decreases then increases
D. first increases then decreases
E. none
C.
first decreases then increases
A beaker is filled w/water at 4 celcius. At one time the temp is increased by a few degrees above 4 celcius at another time it is decreased by a few degrees below 4 celcius. One shall observe that?
A. Level remains constant
B. water overflows both times
C. water overflow in latter case, comes down in previous case
D. Previous case water overflow, latter case levels come down
E. nothing happens
B.
Water overflows in both cases
Bimetal made of Copper.Iron strips welded together is straight at room temp. held vertically in hand so that iron strip is towards the left hand and copper strip is towards the right side. This bimetal is then heated by flame. The bimetal strip will?
A. Remain straight
B. Bend towards right
C. Bend towards left
D. Have no change
E. Its thermal expansion coefficient will increase
C.
Bend towards left
Which planet is the farthest from Earth?
A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
E. Venus
D.
Neptune
When a convergent beam of light is incident on a plane mirror, the image formed is?
A. Upright and real
B. Upright and vertical
C. Inverted and virtual
D. Inverted and real
E. Opaque
C.
Inverted and virtual
A Plane mirror reflectinga ray of incident light is rotated through an angle 6 about an axis through the point of incidence in the plane of the mirror perpendicular to the plane of incidence, then..
A. The reflected ray does not rotate
B. The reflected ray rotates through an angle 0
C. The reflected ray rotates through an angle 29
D. The incident ray is fixed
E. The reflected ray rotates through an angle 10
C.
The reflected ray rotates through an angle 29
A monochromatic beam of light passes from a denser medium to a rarer medium. As a result
A. Its velocity increases
B. Its velocity decreases
C. It frequently decreases
D. It frequently increases
E. Its wavelength decreases
A.
Its velocity increases
When a ray of light enters a glass slab from air…
A. Its Wavelength decreases
B. Its wavelength decreases
C. Its frequency increases
D. its frequency decreases
E. Neither wavelength nor frequency changes
A.
Its Wavelength decreases
While analyzing the spectrum of any specific galaxy, when they are moving away from each other, the speed of spectrum is what? Asssume Ao = 5000A4 and X\ = 5050A4 are?
A. 30000 km sec”1
B. 3000 km sec”1
C. 300 km sec”1
D. 30 km sec”1
E. None
B.
3000 km sec”1
Proxima Centauri, Which is the nearest star, appears after how many years?
A. 1.3 years ago
B. 2.3 years ago
C. 3.3 years ago
D. 4.3 years ago
E. 1 year ago
D.
4.3 years ago
Where are blood cells made?
A. Liver
B. Kidneys
C. Heart
D. Lungs
E. Bone marrow
E.
Bone Marrow
X-ray telescope have what shape?
A. Barrel-like shape
B. Dish-like shape
C. Circular shape
D. Elliptical shape
E. Disk-like shape
A.
Barrel-like shape
Neutron has a molar mass of?
A. 1.086650 g/mol
B. 1.86650 g/mol
C. 1.0086650 g/mol
D. 1.0086650 g/mol
E. 1.0065 g/mol
C.
1.0086650 g/mol
The testing of carbon dioxide present in the air can be done by?
A. By passing air through limewater
B. Passing air through cold water
C. Passing air through hot water
D. By adding soda in cold water
E. All of these
A.
By passing air through limewater