G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. The oldest rocks in the earth's crust were once molten, and came from deep inside the earth. The molten rock, called magma, spewed out in volcanic eruptions during the earth’s early life and solidified into hard rock's called
- (A) Granite
- (B) Basalt
- (C) Igneous
rocks
- (D) Sedimentary
rocks
2. The heat required to raise the temperature of body by 1 K is called
- (A) Specific
heat
- (B) Thermal
capacity
- (C) Water
equivalent
- (D) None
of the above
3. The Latin word ‘Formica’ means ant. The name formic acid is derived from this Latin word because
- (A) This
acid, in ancient times, was used to eliminate ant-hills
- (B) This
corrosive acid is secreted by ants to drive away their enemies
- (C) This
acid was first obtained by the distillation of ants
- (D) Ants are
attracted by the odor of this acid
4. The heat energy produced when the human body metabolises 1 gram of fat is
- (A) 30 KJ
- (B) 1 KJ
- (C) 39 KJ
- (D) 29 KJ
5. The number of water molecules present in a drop of water (volume 0.0018 ml) at room temperature is
- (A) 1.568 × 103
- (B) 6.023 × 1019
- (C) 4.84 × 1017
- (D) 6.023 × 1023
6. The mass number of a nucleus is
- (A) Always less
than its atomic number
- (B) The
sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
- (C) Always more
than the atomic weight
- (D) A fraction
7. The method that cannot be used for removing permanent hardness of water is
- (A) Adding
sodium carbonate
- (B) Distillation
- (C) Adding
caustic soda
- (D) Boiling
8. The molecule which has the highest percentage of ionic character among the following is
- (A) HI
- (B) HF
- (C) HCI
- (D) HBr
9. The ionization energy of hydrogen atom in the ground state is x KJ. The energy required for an electron to jump from 2nd orbit to 3rd orbit is
- (A) 5x/36
- (B) 5x
- (C) 7.2 x
- (D) x/6
10. The mineral containing both magnesium and calcium is
- (A) Magnesite
- (B) Calcite
- (C) Carnallite
- (D) Dolomite
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