General Science - Online Test
Q1. In rosette plants, bolting is due to
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Gibberellins also promote bolting (internode elongation just prior to flowering) in beet, cabbages and many plants with rosette habit.
Q2. Which among the following is soluble in water?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Because of hydrogen bonding.
Q3. Import substitution means
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Import substitution advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. Its objective is to reduce domestic country's dependence on foreign country through the local production of industrialized products.
Q4. Micropropagation is technique
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Micropropagation is the technique of growing large number of plantlets using small parts of plants. Plant parts are totipotent or able to generate whole plant with small portion. This process is also called as tissue culture in which true type of plants.
Q5. Which of the following represents an incorrect feature of ecological succession:
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Ecological succession gradually results into gradual increase in the biomass as new species having complex plant body replace the older species. Thus, the biomass increase at each stage of succession.
Q6. Fiscal deficit is equal to
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q7. Measures of central tendency are
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Inferential statistics allows us to draw conclusions from data that identify the best single value for representing a set of data.
Q8. Unemployment in rural areas can be divided into :
(I) Seasonal Unemployment
(II) Disguised unemployment
(III) Industrial unemployment.
(I) Seasonal Unemployment
(II) Disguised unemployment
(III) Industrial unemployment.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Rural unemployment can be further classified into disguised and seasonal unemployment. Disguised unemployment is a a situation in which the number of workers engaged a job becomes much more than is actually required to complete it. Seasonal unemployment is an elevated level of unemployment that is expected to occur at certain parts of the year.
Q9. A rocket with a lift-off mass 20,000 kg is blasted upwards with an initial acceleration of 5.0 m s-2. Calculate the initial thrust (force) of the blast.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Initial thrust = upthrust required to impart acceleration + uthrust to overcome gravity
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Q10. Read the following :
i. The synovial joints ischaracterised by the presence of a fluid filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones.
ii. Saddle is a type of synovial joint
i. The synovial joints ischaracterised by the presence of a fluid filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones.
ii. Saddle is a type of synovial joint
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Synovial joints are characterised by the presence of a fluid filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones.
A saddle joint is a synovial joint where one of the bones forming the joint is shaped like a saddle with the other bone resting on it like a rider on a horse. Saddle joint (between carpal and metacarpal of thumb)
