General Science Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Which one of the following shipyards builds warships for Indian Navy? 

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    Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai
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    Cochin Shipyard
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    Hindustan Shipyard, Vishakhapatnam
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    Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata
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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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    Pancreas
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    Thyroid
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    Pituitary
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    Hypothalamus
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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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    Vitamin A
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    Vitamin C
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    Vitamin K
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    Vitamin D
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Answer : 4. "Vitamin D"
Explanation :

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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    3
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    4
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    5
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    7
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Answer : 3. "5"

Q:

A pattent of hypermetropia is given spectacles of

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    lens of zero capacity
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    compound lens
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    convex lens
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    concave lens
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Answer : 3. "convex lens"

Q:

Which organism causes the Kala-azar disease?

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    Amoeba
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    Plasmodium
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    Planaria
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    Leishmania
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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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    Blood clotting
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    Defence mechanisms
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    Oxygen transport
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    Osmotic balance
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Answer : 2. "Defence mechanisms"

Q:

who invented dynamite?

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    Alfred Nobel
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    Thomas Alva Edison
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    Galileo Galilei
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    Charles Darwin
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Answer : 1. "Alfred Nobel"

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