General Science - Online Test
Q1. Which of the following economist estimated per capita income during colonial period
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
India’s per capita income during colonial period was estimated by some individual. Among the notable estimators — Dadabhai Naoroji, William Digby, Findlay Shirras.
Q2. Study of rate of chemical reaction is known as
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Chemical Kinetics deals with rate of a Chemical reactions.
Q3. ___________ means exhibition of data in such a clear and attractive manner that these are easily understood and analyzed
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Presentation of data involves presenting raw facts and figures in the form of tables, charts and diagrams which is easy to understand for the users of data.
Q4. What is rural development?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Rural development means an 'action-plan' for the social and economic growth of the ruler areas.
Q5. Plants show mitotic divisions in -------------
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The plants can show mitotic divisions in both haploid and diploid cells due to alternation of generations in life cycle.
Q6. The basic difference between a scalar and vector is one of
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Scalar quantity gives you an idea about how much of an object there is, but vector quantity gives you an indication of how much of an object there is and that also in which direction. So, the main difference between these two quantities is associated with the direction, i.e. scalars do not have direction but vectors do.
Q7. Which catalyst is used in contact process?
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
V2O5 is used as catalyst in contact process .
Q8. Who said these lines “these new and revolutionary changes in China and India, even though they differ in content, symbolise the new spirit of Asia and new vitality which is finding expression in the countries in Asia."
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
He said these lines in his speech when India and Pakistan became independent nations in 1947, People's Republic of China was established in 1949. All the three countries had started planning their development strategies in similar ways.
Q9. The picture of heat as a fluid was discarded in favor of the modern concept of heat as a form of energy because
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
If heat were actually a substance, as many scientists of the time believed, it was difficult to see how so much of it could be produced during the boring of a metal cannon. Rumford showed that the amount of heat was not related to the quantity of filings produced
Q10. The following compounds are called
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
The following compound is tertiary amine.
