General Science - MCQs with answers - Part II

ANSWER: d) Tarapur

Tarapur is the largest nuclear power station in India.

ANSWER: a) September 16

In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

ANSWER: d) Iran

NSG is a multinational body concerned with reducing nuclear development by controlling the export and re-transfer of materials that may be applicable to nuclear weapon development.

ANSWER: d) Improve computer literacy

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, develop a global partnership for development are the Millennium Goals set by UNO.

ANSWER: b) Hydrometer

A hydrometer is an instrument used to measure the specific gravity or relative density of liquids. It is the ratio of the density of the liquid to the density of water.

ANSWER: b) Apollo 11

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon.

ANSWER: c) Joseph Lister

Lister introduced carbolic acid to sterilise surgical instruments and to clean wounds, which led to a reduction in post-operative infections and made surgery safer for patients.

ANSWER: c) Radar

It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain.

ANSWER: d) Platelets

Platelets have no nucleus. They are fragments of cytoplasm which are derived from the megakaryocytes of the bone marrow, and then enter the circulation.

ANSWER: a) To measure blood pressure

It is always used in conjunction with a means to determine at what pressure blood flow is just starting and at what pressure it is obstructed.

ANSWER: c) November 14

The World Diabetes Day campaign is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and its member associations.

ANSWER: c) Ministry of Environment and Forests

It is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of National River Conservation Plan and National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems' for conservation of rivers, lakes and wetlands in the country.