Sci-connect Quiz

1. Sci-connect Science quiz
comeptition Stage II

2. Prepared by
Sachin C Narwadiya
Scientist C
Vigyan Prasar
Emails: sachin@vigyanprasar.gov.in
snarwadiya@gmail.com
M:-7827338158

3. ROUND-I
Terms and conditions
• Each team will get two questions with multiple choice.
• If unanswered, question will not PASS ON to next team.
• Each question will have 10 points.
• Answer time is 10 seconds.

4. TEAM- ATEAM- A

5. In case of atmosphere, what is relation between the air
pressure and altitude?
a. Decrease in air pressure with increasing altitude
b) Increase in air pressure with increasing altitude
c) No change in air pressure with decreasing altitude
d) Decrease in air pressure with decreasing altitude

6. TEAM- BTEAM- B

7. At rest how many times an adult breath in and out?
a) About 16 to 18 times
b) About 10 to 12 times
c) About 06 to 08 times
d) About 20 to 22 times

8. TEAM- CTEAM- C

9. Which element out of following is referred as
building block for bones and teeth?
a) Iron
b) Magnesium
c) Phosphorus
d) Aluminium

10. TEAM- DTEAM- D

11. What we get when we treat ores with
chemicals?
a) Alloy
b) Mineral
c) Metal
d) Metalloids

12. TEAM- ETEAM- E

13. What is the source of most for the Hydrogen for
Industries?
a) Water
b) Natural Gas
c) Condensation
d) Air

14. TEAM- ATEAM- A

15. Which law of motion states that “To every action there is
equal and opposite reaction and they act on two different
bodies.
a) First law
b) Second Law
c) Third law
d) None

16. TEAM- BTEAM- B

17. What is the name of force of gravitation due the Earth?
a) Pressure
b) Volume
c) Gravity
d) Action

18. TEAM- CTEAM- C

19. What is the base SI unit of force?
a) m s-2
b) m
c) s
d) None

20. TEAM- DTEAM- D

21. Sound waves above audible frequency are called?
a) Ultrasonic
b) Echo
c) Tune
d) Crest

22. TEAM- ETEAM- E

23. What is the word coined for the rate of doing work?
a) Power
b) Force
c) Velocity
d) Frequency

24. ROUND II
Terms and conditions
• Each team will get two questions with 10 point to
each question.
•The question will be one word answer type.
• If unanswered, question will PASS ON to next team
carrying 5 bonus point.
• Answer time is 20 seconds.

25. TEAM- ATEAM- A

26. What is the name of power house of
cell?
Mitochondria

27. TEAM- BTEAM- B

28. On which scale the Earthquake is
measured?
Richter Magnitude Scale

29. TEAM- CTEAM- C

30. Electrical and
chemical
In which form Nerve cell or
neurons transmit messages?

31. TEAM- DTEAM- D

32. What is the shape of faces of a pyramid?
Triangle

33. TEAM- ETEAM- E

34. What is the solution of iodine in alcohol
known as?
Tincture of iodine

35. TEAM- ATEAM- A

36. Aerated drinks like soda water,
contains which gas?
Carbon dioxide

37. TEAM- BTEAM- B

38. The full-cream, toned and double-
toned varieties of milk contains
different amounts of what?
fats

39. TEAM- CTEAM- C

40. The number of petals in a daisy flower is usually
13. This number is which number?
Fibonacci number

41. TEAM- DTEAM- D

42. Pythagoras theorem is about the relationship
between the sides of which triangle?
Right angle
triangle

43. TEAM- ETEAM- E

44. The golden ratio is denoted by the symbol Phi
and approaches the value of what?
1.61

45. ROUND III
Photo Identification Round
Terms and conditions
• Each team will get one question
• A picture will be shown on the screen.
•If identified without any clue then 10 points will
be awarded.
• 2 points for each clue will be deducted for next
four clues.
• If unanswered, question WILL NOT pass on to
next team.

46. TEAM- ATEAM- A

48. 1. It is based on volatility of
liquids
4. In refineries, this is used to
separate petrol, diesel,
kerosene from crude oil.
2. It is used to separate mixture
of liquids having different
boiling points.
3.It is used in petroleum
Industry.
Fractionating tower

49. TEAM- BTEAM- B

51. 1. At this point, in the instrument the liquid changes into a
vapour.
4. It is used to calculate the point
where liquid changes to vapor
2. At this temperature there will be
no change in reading of
thermometer
3. The standards for this point
have been defined by IUPAC
in 1982.
Boiling point measurement

52. TEAM- CTEAM- C

54. 1. It occurs at temperatures and pressures below a substance's
triple point in its phase diagram.
4. It is the phase transition of a
substance directly from the solid to the
gas phase without passing through the
intermediate liquid phase.
2. It requires additional energy and is
an endothermic change.
3. Naphthalene, an organic compound
commonly found in pesticide such as
mothball also exhibit this phenomenon.
Sublimation of ammoniaSublimation of ammonia

55. TEAM- DTEAM- D

57. 1. It occurs both in nature and in
engineered systems
4. It is used in water filters
2. The fluid that passes through
is called the filtrate.
3. In physical filters oversize
solids in the fluid are retained
FiltrationFiltration

58. TEAM- ETEAM- E

60. 1. One of the phases will be
aqueous, and the other a
lipophilic organic solvent.
4. It is used to separate the components of a
mixture having two immiscible liquids
2. The funnel used takes the
shape of a cone with a
hemispherical end
3. It is based on difference in
density of liquids
Separation of immiscible liquids
/Separating funnel

61. Each team will be asked continuous questions for 1
minute or maximum eight questions.
Answer should be given in True or False.
Each question will carry 5 points.
Terms and conditions
ROUND IV

62. 1. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral
2. The reptiles are warm blooded animals.
3. Galileo Galilei wrote the first scientific book ‘The
little balance’.
4. A magnet is a natural gift it can never be made
artificially
5. All objects resist a change in their state of motion.
6. Photoperiods are related to the duration of
sunlight in case of crops
7. At night, both land and sea start to cool
8. Kroma in Greek means colour
Round IV-Team A

63. 1. The acronym SONAR stands for Sound Navigation And
Ranging
2. A force of one Newton produces an acceleration of 1 m s–
2 on an object of mass 1 kg
3. Diseases are classified as acute or chronic, depending on
their duration
4. Mixed cropping is growing two or more crops
simultaneously
5. Extinct species are not concern with human being
6. The biomass is a renewable source of energy
7. The combustion of fossil fuels also increases the amount
of suspended particles in air
8. Ramanujan was born in the state of Tamil Nadu
Round IV-Team B

64. 1. Treatment of disease is more desirable than its successful
prevention
2. Manure contains large quantities of organic matter
3. Euclid divided his famous treatise "The Elements" into 13
chapters
4. Rectangle is a two dimension figure.
5. The number of sides of a regular polygon whose each
interior angle is of 135˚ is 8
6. Poultry farming is undertaken to raise domestic fowl for
egg production and chicken meat.
7. The availability of fresh water remain same in all place
8. The diagonals of a square are perpendicular bisectors of
each other
Round IV-Team C

65. 1. The sum of all angles of a pentagon is 360
2. The number of dimensions; a solid has 3
3. Indian cattle belong to two different species, Bos indicus,
cows, and Bos bubalis, buffaloes
4. Lightning is an electric spark, but on a huge scale
5. You join a number of points without lifting a pencil from
the paper you get a plane curve.
6. A diagonal is a line segment connecting two non-
consecutive vertices of a polygon
7. 1 newton x 1 meter = 1 joule
8. Weeds are useful plants in the cultivated field
Round IV-Team D

66. 1. Aluminium, symbol is AL and not Al
2. Generally, girls have a high pitched voice, whereas boys
have a deep voice
3. In 1961 for a universally accepted atomic mass unit,
carbon-12 isotope was chosen as the standard reference
4. At puberty, the voice box or the larynx of boys begins to
grow
5. The Avogadro constant is 6.022 × 1023
6. Adolescence begins around the age of 11 and lasts up to 18
or 19 years of age.
7. Hormones are chemical substances.
8. In leap year February has 29 days.
Round IV-Team E

67. THANKING YOU….THANKING YOU….