Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of General Science Quiz on miscellaneous topic for RRB Group D & ALP 2018 Examination.
1. Study of crop production is ………………
(a) Entology
(b) Ecology
(c) Botany
(d) Agronomy
Answer & Solutions
Option: D
Explanation: Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, fiber, and land reclamation.
2. Bos Taurus is a scientific name of ………………..
(a) Buffalo
(b) Horse
(c) Cow
(d) Cat
Answer & Solutions
Option: C
Explanation: Cows are raised in many different countries around the world, mainly for the cowsnatural resources such as milk, meat
3. …………….. includes all prokaryotic organism likes bacteria, cynobacterioa and archiobacteria
(a) Animalia
(b) Protista
(c) Monera
(d) Planatae
Answer & Solutions
Option: C
Explanation: Monera Kingdom- All the organisms of this kingdom are prokaryotes
4. Which one of the following is not a constituent of biogas?
(a) Methane
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Nitrogen dioxide
Answer & Solutions
Option: D
Explanation: Nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ) is not a component of biogas.
5. Bar is a unit of which one of the following?
(a) Force
(b) Energy
(c) Pressure
(d) Frequency
Answer & Solutions
Option: C
Explanation: 1 Bar = 105 Pa. Both bar and Pa are the unit of pressure.
6. Which of the following metals are present in haemoglobin and chlorophyll, respectively?
(a) Fe and Mg
(b) Fe and Zn
(c) Mg and Zn
(d) Zn and Mg
Answer & Solutions
Option: A
Explanation: Fe and Mg metals are present in haemoglobin and chlorophyll respectively.
7. A mother of blood group O has a group O child. What could be the blood group of father of the child?
(a) Only O
(b) A or B or O
(c) A or B
(d) Only AB
Answer & Solutions
Option: B
Explanation: The blood group of father of the child could be A or B or O.
8. Which one of the following causes the chikungunia disease?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Helminthic worm
(c) Protozoan
(d) Virus
Answer & Solutions
Option: D
Explanation: Chikungunia is caused by chikenguniya virus which is an insect borne virus of genus Alphavirus. Symptoms show high fever, maculopapular rash, headache, etc.
9. Which one of the following vitamins helps in clotting of blood?
(a) Vitamin-A
(b) Vitamin-B6
(c) Vitamin-D
(d) Vitamin-K
Answer & Solutions
Option: D
Explanation: Vitamin-K adds in blood clotting. Vitamin-K acts as an essential cofactor for factor-II, VII, IX, X and also for proteins Z, C and S.
10. What is the purpose of adding baking soda to dough?
(a) To generate moisture
(b) To give a good flavour
(c) To give good colour
(d) To generate carbon dioxide
Answer & Solutions
Option: D
Explanation: Baking soda has sodium bicarbonate as the chief constituent. It decomposes on heating giving carbon dioxide. This causes dough, cakes, biscuits etc. to expand and become light.