General Science Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Which one of the following shipyards builds warships for Indian Navy?
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651eb101afb5a5c68a1c64ae- 1Mazgaon Dock, Mumbaifalse
- 2Cochin Shipyardfalse
- 3Hindustan Shipyard, Vishakhapatnamfalse
- 4Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkatatrue
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Answer : 4. "Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata "
Explanation :
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) is one of India’s leading shipyards, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It builds and repairs commercial and navals vessels. Founded in 1884 as a small privately owned company on the Eastern Bank of the Hughly river, it was renamed as Garden Reach Workshop in 1916. The company was nationalised by the Government of India in 1960.
Q: Which of the following is the largest endocrine gland in human body?
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6310b73f4e3bf85cbe81742f- 1Pancreasfalse
- 2Thyroidtrue
- 3Pituitaryfalse
- 4Hypothalamusfalse
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Answer : 2. "Thyroid"
Explanation :
1. The largest endocrine gland in the human body is the thyroid gland. This gland is located in the front and bottom of the neck and produces thyroxine and calcitonin hormones.
2. The thyroxine hormone helps regulate the body's metabolism, while the calcitonin hormone helps regulate calcium levels in the blood.
Q: Sun sign vitamin is-
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63b6b63528c33f137b3b77f8- 1Vitamin Afalse
- 2Vitamin Cfalse
- 3Vitamin Kfalse
- 4Vitamin Dtrue
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Answer : 4. "Vitamin D"
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Vitamin D is often referred to as the "sunshine vitamin" because our bodies can produce it in response to sunlight exposure. When our skin is exposed to sunlight, it synthesizes vitamin D, which is important for bone health and various other bodily functions.
Q: An object is placed between two plane mirrors which are kept at 60° with each other. The number of images formed will be
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628b639a44265e01a97fdc35- 13false
- 24false
- 35true
- 47false
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Answer : 3. "5"
Q: A pattent of hypermetropia is given spectacles of
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62864e93d84556078acd1d4e- 1lens of zero capacityfalse
- 2compound lensfalse
- 3convex lenstrue
- 4concave lensfalse
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Answer : 3. "convex lens"
Q: Which organism causes the Kala-azar disease?
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62e7e141efd77421d9573600- 1Amoebafalse
- 2Plasmodiumfalse
- 3Planariafalse
- 4Leishmaniatrue
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Answer : 4. "Leishmania"
Explanation :
1. Kala-azar disease is caused by the protozoa Leishmania donovani.
2. It is a parasitic protozoa that belongs to the class Mastigophora or Flagellata. It is caused by sand fly (Phlebotomus) which causes kala azar or dumdum fever.
Q: Globulins of the blood plasma are responsible for-
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62f10bd809a97851b625df08- 1Blood clottingfalse
- 2Defence mechanismstrue
- 3Oxygen transportfalse
- 4Osmotic balancefalse
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Answer : 2. "Defence mechanisms"
Q: who invented dynamite?
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61af3f4e6131eb2319cb92ae- 1Alfred Nobeltrue
- 2Thomas Alva Edisonfalse
- 3Galileo Galileifalse
- 4Charles Darwinfalse
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