Science Quiz - Let's Play With Your Mind !! Quiz Questions - General Awareness Questions # Science and Biotechnology Questions

1. LET'S PLAY WITH YOUR MIND
SCIENCE QUIZ

2. ROUND - 1

3. Q1.Which number should come next in the
pattern?
37, 34, 31, 28

4. Answer:- 25

5. Q2. Find the answer that best completes
the analogy:
Book is to Reading as Fork is to:
1. Drawing
2. Writing
3. Stirring
4. Eating

6. Answer:- (4) Eating

7. Q3. Find two words, one from each
group, that are the closest in meaning:
Group A Group B
talkative, job, ecstatic angry, wind, loquacious
1. Talkative and wind
2. Job and angry
3. Talkative and loquacious
4. Ecstatic and angry

8. Answer:- (3) Talkative
and loquacious

9. Q4. Which of the following can be
arranged into a 5-letter English word ?
1. H R G S T
2. R I L S A
3. T O O M T
4. W Q R G S

10. Answer:- (2) RAILS
(3) MOTTO

11. Q5. What number best completes the
analogy:
8:4 as 10:
1. 3
2. 7
3. 24
4. 5

12. Answer:- (4) 5

13. Q6. Which answer expresses the
meaning of the specified word best?
REASSURING
1. Compassionate
2. Comforting
3. Explanatory
4. Meddlesome

14. Answer:- (2) Comforting

15. Q7. Which number logically follows
this series?
4 6 9 6 14 6 ...
1. 6
2. 17
3. 19
4. 21

16. Answer:- (3) 19

17. Q8. Which of the figures in the bottom
row should logically be in the spot of the
question mark in the top row?

18. Answer:- (4)

19. Q9. Which conclusion follows from the
statements with absolute certainty?
None of the stamp collectors is an architect.
All the drones are stamp collectors.
A. All stamp collectors are architects
B. Architects are not drones
C. No stamp collectors are drones
D. Some drones are architects

20. Answer:- (2) Architects
are not drones

21. Q10. What does the resulting cube look
like if you fold this cube together?

22. Answer:-

23. Q11. Find the answer that best
completes the analogy:
Safe : Secure :: Protect :
1. Lock
2. Guard
3. Sure
4. Conserve

24. Answer:- (2) Guard

25. Q12. Plotting to a photographer of a boy Suresh
said: “He is the son of the only son of my
mother”. How is Suresh related to that boy?
“He is the son of the only son of my
mother”
1. Brother
2. Uncle
3. Cousin
4. Father

26. Answer:- (4) Father

27. Q13. 20 + (90 / 2) is equal to:
1. 50
2. 55
3. 65
4. 60

28. Answer:- (3) 65

29. Q14. How many years are there in a
Decade?
1. 5 years
2. 10 years
3. 15 years
4. 20 years

30. Answer:- (2) 10 years

31. Q15. Choose the word which is different
from the rest?
1. Kiwi
2. Eagle
3. Emu
4. Ostrich

32. Answer:- (2) Eagle
[All eagle are flightless bird]

33. ROUND - 2

34. Q1. How many bones are in the
human body?
A. 210
B. 206
C. 208
D. 205

35. Answer:- (2) 206

36. Q2. Why the white blood corpuscles are
popularly called "soldiers of the body”?
A. Appear uniform
B. Defend the body
C. Disciplined
D. March at regular place

37. Answer:- (2) Defend the body

38. Q3. Which of the following have
Alpha-keratin as protein?
A. Blood
B. Eggs
C. Skin
D. Wool

39. Answer:- (4) Wool

40. Q4. Who was the ancient Greek god
of medicine?
A. Apollo
B. Admetus
C. Coronis
D. Aesculapius

41. Answer:- (4) Latin Aesculapius

42. Q5. Restriction enzymes were
discovered by -----
A. Smith and Nathans
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Berg
D. None

43. Answer:- (1) Smith and
Nathans

44. Q6. Which bacterium is used in the production
of insulin by genetic engineering?
A. Saccharomyces
B. Rhizobium
C. Escherichia
D. Mycobacterium

45. Answer:- (3) Escherichia

46. Q7. Gel electrophoresis is used for -----
A. Construction of recombinant DNA by joining with
cloning vectors
B. Cutting of DNA into fragments
C. Separation of DNA fragments according to their size
D. Isolation of DNA molecules

47. Answer:- (3) Separation of
DNA fragments
according to their size

48. Q8. What is the most abundant gas in
the Earth’s atmosphere?
A. Oxygen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Nitrogen
D. Hydrogen

49. Answer:- (3) Nitrogen

50. Q9. A protein that accelerates the rate
of chemical reactions?
A. Gene
B. Hybrid
C. Enzyme
D. DNA

51. Answer:- (3) Enzyme

52. Q10. Why does DNA have a slight
negative charge?
A. Presence of phosphate group
B. Presence of phosphodiester bond
C. Presence of hydrogen bond
D. Presence of bases

53. Answer:- (1) Presence of
phosphate group

54. Q11. Why does DNA have a slight
negative charge?
A. Presence of phosphate group
B. Presence of phosphodiester bond
C. Presence of hydrogen bond
D. Presence of bases

55. Answer:- (1) Presence of
phosphate group

56. Q12. The fastest-running terrestrial
animal is:
A. Cheetah
B. Lion
C. Tiger
D. Jaguar

57. Answer:- (1) Cheetah

58. Q13. What is the name of the light sensitive
panel of cells at the rear of the eye?
A. Iris
B. Retina
C. Pupil
D. Cornea

59. Answer:- (2) Retina

60. Q14. How many hearts do octopuses
have?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

61. Answer:- (3) Three

62. Q15. Which is the most sensitive of the
senses?
A. Hearing
B. Smell
C. Sight
D. Touch

63. Answer:- (1) Hearing

64. ROUND - 3

65. Q1. Which one of the following systems of
the body is primarily attacked by the HIV?
A. Cardiovascular
B. Immune
C. Respiratory
D. Reproductive

66. Answer:- (2) Immune

67. Q2. Identify the Earth's largest
INVERTEBRATE animal?
A. Colossal squid
B. Giant squid
C. Blue glaucus
D. Goliath bireater

68. Answer:- (1) Colossal squid

69. Q3. Albacore is a type of:
A. Meteroids
B. Marble
C. Longfin tuna
D. Shell fish

70. Answer:- (3) Longfin tuna

71. Q4. Who was the marine biologist and author
of Silent Spring who was one of the first people
to warn of the dangers of pesticides like DDT?
A. Marlin Perkins
B. Charles Darwin
C. Rachel Carson
D. Jacques Cousteau

72. Answer:- (3) Rachel Carson

73. Q5. What element, whose symbol derived
from the Latin for "liquid silver", has been
found in Egyptian tombs from 1500 B.C.?
A. Mercury
B. Iron
C. Gold
D. Silver

74. Answer:- (1) Mercury

75. Q6. What wonder drug was used for three
years by the Army and Navy before becoming
available to the general public in 1944?
A. Erythromycin
B. Streptomycin
C. Penicillin
D. Amoxicillin

76. Answer:- (3) Penicillin

77. Q7. What was the name of the first man-made
satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
A. Luna 1
B. Sputnik 1
C. Explorer 1
D. Vanguard 1

78. Answer:- (2) Sputnik 1

79. Q8. The human genome project was
launched in the year?
A. 1980
B. 1973
C. 1990
D. 1989

80. Answer:- (3) 1990

81. Q9. Roughly how long does it take for the
sun’s light to reach Earth – 8 minutes, 8
hours or 8 days?
A. 8 seconds
B. 8 minutes
C. 8 hours
D. 8 days

82. Answer:- (2) 8 minutes

83. Q10. Which famous British physicist
wrote A Brief History of Time?
A. Simon Mitton
B. Nicholas Copernicus
C. Stephen Hawking
D. Galileo Galilei

84. Answer:- (3) Stephen Hawking

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