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B. 5 C. Graphite
C. 6 D. All are conductors
D. 7 CNG stands for?
The most abundant element in A. Converted Natural Gas
the universe is . B. Conduced Natural Gas
A. Oxygen C. Conducted Natural Gas
B. Hydrogen D. Compressed Natural Gas
C. Carbon Dioxide Which from the following is true for
D. Silicon “Sound”?
The most abundant element in A. Sound cannot travel
the Earth’s crust is ? through a vacuum
A. Oxygen B. Sound cannot travel
B. Hydrogen through gases
C. Carbon Dioxide C. Sound cannot travel
D. Silicon through liquids
Each day human body breathe in D. Sound cannot travel
liters of air. through solids
A. 5,000 to 10,000 When white light is passed through a
B. 10,000 to 15,000 prism, it splits into colours.
C. 15,000 to 20,000
D. 20,000 to 25,000 A. 5
Deficiency of Vitamin-D results in B. 6
? C. 7
D. 8
A. night blindness
B. rickets 1 nanometer = ?
C. scurvy A. 10-3 meter
D. hair fall B. 10-6 meter
C. 10-9 meter
The SI unit of “pressure” is . D. 10-12 meter
A. pascal Instrument used for measuring very
B. joule high temperature is ?
C. tesla A. Pyroscope
D. henry B. Pyrometer
The most densest substance on the C. Seismograph
Earth is . D. Xylometer
A. Platinum Sound waves are waves.
B. Copper A. Transverse
C. Steel B. Electromagnetic
D. Osmium C. Longitudinal
A camera uses a to form D. none of these
an image. The lifespan of White Blood Cells is
A. convex lens day(s)?
B. concave lens A. 1 – 5 days
C. condenser lens B. 3 – 7 days
D. none of these C. 4 – 8 days
Which from the following is NOT a D. 5 – 21 days
conductor? The fluid part of blood is known as
A. Aluminium ?
B. Silicon
Dr. Abdus Salam of Pakistan was one Which form of drug abuse involves most
of the contributors of the unification of risk of infection with the HIV (AIDS)
? virus ?
A. Electromagnetic force and A. Cigarette smoking
gravitational force B. Using alcholo
B. Electromagnetic force and weak C. Injection of heroine
nuclear force D. Taking too much aspirin
C. Gravitational force and weak E. None of these
nuclear force
D. Weak nuclear force and strong Founder of modern astronomy was
nuclear force ?
E. None of these
A. Archimedes
Which triplet in DNA codes for valine ? B. William Gilbert
C. Nicolas Copernicus
A. CTT D. Michael Faraday
B. AGU E. None of these
C. CAT
D. AAT The instrument which measures very
E. None of these high temperature is ?
What is the chance of diabetic baby A. Manometer
born to parents both heterogeneous B. Thermostat
normal ? C. Chronometer
D. Pyrometer
A. Zero E. None of these
B. ¼
C. ½ The science which deals with study of
D. ¾ manners and customs of people is ?
E. None of these
A. Ethnology
Which of the following is not a part of B. Morphology
Darwinism? C. Ethics
D. Genetics
A. Over production E. None of these
B. Natural selection
C. Inheritance for acquired characters Chemical used to kill rats and mice are
D. Competition for survival ?
E. None of these
A. Insecticides
Role of biotechnology in the production B. Rodenticides
of food based on ? C. Fungicides
D. Herbicides C. Glass
E. None of these D. Sponge
E. None of these
Dry ice is ?
Orbital period of the planet Mercury
A. Methane hydrate around the sun is ?
B. Liquid Nitrogen
C. Solid Carbon dioxide A. 88 days
D. Frozen Water B. 365 days
E. None of these C. 2 years
D. 98 days
Chemical name of vinegar is E. None of these
?
The most splendid and the most
A. Sodium Nitrate magnificent constellation on the sky is?
B. Dilute acetic acid
C. Chloride of lime A. Orion
D. Calcium B. Columbia
E. None of these C. Canis Major
D. Taurus
Defeciency of following vitamin decreases E. None of these
hemoglobin production ?
Eugenics is the study
A. Biotin of ?
B. Thiamine
C. Niacin A. Altering human beings by changing
D. Pyridoxine their genetic components
E. None of these B. People of European region
C. Different races of mankind
Hygrometer is used for measuring the D. Genetic of plants
? E. None of these
D. Platinum D. 4
E. None of these E. None of these
Which of the following layers make radio The half life of a radioactive element is 8-
transmission possible? days. How long it take to reduce it
from 10 mg to 5 mg?
A. Troposphere
B. Ionosphere A. 4 days
C. Mesosphere B. 12 days
D. Stratosphere C. 16 days
E. None of these D. 8 days
E. None of these
Which of the following explains the
reason why there is no total eclipse of The term ‘Blue Shift’ is used to
the sun? indicate?
A. Size of the earth in relation to that A. Doppler effect in which an object
of moon appears bluer when it is moving
B. Orbit of moon around earth towards the observer or observer is
C. Direction of rotation of earth moving towards the object.
around sun B. Turning a star from white to blue
D. Area of the sun covered by the moon C. In future sun would become blue
E. None of these D. Black hole was blue at its start
E. None of these
Television signals are converted into
light signals by ? Kilowatt-hour is a unit of
?
A. Optical fiber
B. Transistor A. Power
C. Decoder B. Electric Current
D. Photo diode C. Energy
E. None of these D. Time
E. None of these
Where do most of Asteroids lie?
Fuel used in a Fast Breeder Reactor is
A. In asteroid belt between the orbits ?
of Mars and Jupiter
B. In asteroid belt between the orbits A. Uranium Oxide
of Mars and Venus B. Uranium Plutonium carbide
C. In asteroid belt between the orbits C. Uranium Plutonium Oxide
of Jupiter and Venus D. Uranium thorium Oxide
D. Everywhere in the sky E. None of these
E. None of these
Monsoon is caused
The number of spark plugs needed in a by ?
diesel engine is ?
A. Seasonal reversal of winds
A. 2 B. Revolution of earth
B. 3 C. Movement of clouds
C. 0
A. Current C. Liver
B. Voltage D. Large intestine
C. Nuclear Radiation E. None of these
D. power
E. None of these Cobalt is a material which is ?
A body can escape the gravitational pull A. Strongly attracted by a magnet
of the earth if it is thrown up with a B. Not attracted by a magnet
velocity of? C. not a magnet
D. Weakly attracted by a magnet
A. 25 miles per sec E. None of these
b ) 60 miles per
sec What is the body temperature of a
C. 7 miles per sec normal man?
D. 10 miles per sec
E. None of these A. 81.1oC
B. 36.9oC
Night vision is possible with the help of C. 98.6oC
? D. 21.7oC
A. Red light Which of the following helps in clotting
B. Violet light of blood?
C. Infrared Rays
D. Ultra violet Light A. Vitamin B1
E. None of these B. Vitamin B2
C. Vitamin D
Myopia is a defect of Human eye. it can D. Vitamin K
be corrected by using a lens called?
Total volume of blood in a normal adult
A. Convex lens human being is
B. Concave lens
C. Cylindrical lens A. 5-6 liters
D. Plano convex lens B. 3-4 liters
E. None of these C. 8-10 liters
D. 10-12 liters
The instrument which i specially design
for recording earth quake wave is Red blood corpuscles are formed in
called seismograph which measure the ?
earth quake waves on a ?
What is the average adult pulse rate? An iceberg is floating in sea. How much
of its mass will remain above the surface
A. 140-150 of water?
B. 115-125
C. 72-80 A. One tenth
D. 60 B. One fifth
C. One fourth
D. One third
A. Red, green and blue A. The hair barging against the charged
B. Orange, back and violet comb
C. White. red and yellow B. Small electric sparks
D. Yellow, green and blue C. The rubbing of the comb with the hair
D. None of the above
A train goes past a railway station at a
high speed. A young boy standing on Detergents dissolved in water help in
the edge of the platform is likely to cleaning clothes by ?
?
A. Increasing the temperature of water
A. Remain unaffected B. Reacting chemically with dirt
B. Fall away from the train C. Reducing the surface tension of water
C. Fall towards the train D. Dissolving dirt
D. Fall away from or towards the
train depending upon the speed The absorption of ink by blotting paper
involves ?
Water is a highly effective coolant for
a car engine because ? A. Viscosity of ink
B. Capillary action phenomenon
A. Water is good conductor of heat C. Diffusion of ink through the blotting
B. Water has very high specific heat D. Siphon action
capacity
C. Water boils at a comparatively Materials for rain-proof coats and tents
high temperature owe their water proof properties
D. Evaporation of water produces lot to ?
of cooling
A. Surface tension
Scalding with steam is more severe than B. Viscosity
scalding by boiling water C. Specific gravity
because ? D. Elasticity
A. Steam can penetrate the skin A satellite moving round the earth with
B. Steam is at a higher temperature a uniform speed has ?
C. Steam contains more energy
than boiling water A. An accelerated motion
D. Steam is at a higher pressure B. No acceleration at all
C. Uniform acceleration
In order to prevent the corrosion of iron D. Uneven acceleration
pipes they are often coated with a layer
of zinc. This process is termed For being able to see three-dimensional
as ? pictures we have to use ?
A. Electroplating A. A binocular
B. Annealing B. A camera
C. Galvanization C. An epidiascope
D. Vulcanization D. A stereoscope
The cracking sound heard when Water has maximum density
dry hair is combed with a hard at ?
rubber comb is due to ?
A. 0°C C. A fruit
B. 4°C D. None
C. 4° K
D. 4.8°C The sunlight can reach a depth
of meters in the ocean
The theory of Expanding Universe
was first propounded by ? A. 80
B. 100
A. Einstein C. 120
B. Newton D. None
C. Gahleo
D. Hubble The biggest planet in our solar system
is ?
An instrument to detect the purity
of milk is ? A. Venus
B. Pluto
A. Lactometer C. Jupiter
B. Hygrometer D. None
C. Manometer
D. Sonometer The biggest species of the cat family
is ?
Coulomb is the scientific unit to
measure? A. Tiger
B. Lion
A. Velocity C. Leopard
B. Temperature D. None
C. Mass
D. None OF These Which group of animals has
heterogametic females?
Who proposed this concept “All
motion is relative”? A. Domestic fowl
B. Earthworm
A. Albert Einstein C. Rabbit
B. John Kepler D. None
C. Galileo Galilie
D. None The dominant phase of life cycle in these
organism is haploid?
The field of specialization of famous
Muslim scientist Abu Usman Aljahiz A. Mosses
was? B. Bacteria
C. Protozoa
A. Botany D. None
B. Zoology
C. Astronomy The atmosphere of moon consists
D. None of ?
Albatros is ? A. 90% Hydrogen, 10% Nitrogen
B. 80%Nitrogen, 20% Hydrogen
A. A sea bird C. 60% Nitrogen, 40%inert gases
B. A beetle D. None
A. Solid
A. Rickets
B. Liquid
C. Gases B. Bone Infection
D. Vaccum C. Beriberi
D. Myopia
The distance of mercury from
sun is ? The inner most part of the earth
is ?
A. 56 million km
B. 57.9 million km A. Crust
C. 58.9 million km B. Mental
D. 59.1 million C. Core
D. None of these
The study Of GLANDS is called?
The ozone layer is at height
A. cardiology of kilometers from the surface
B. None of these of the Earth?
C. Endocrinology
D. Entomology A. 10 to 20
B. 20 to 30
The repetition of property after a C. 30 to 40
certain interval called ? D. 40 to 50
This in-between phase of stellar nurseries Moon and as the Sun orbits the Earth we
and star formation in stellar evolution can sometimes see the unlit side of the
is when the gathered dust is still Moon.
condensing to form a star. C. The Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon,
blocking the sunlight.
A. Alpha Stage D. The Moon’s shadow falls on the Earth,
B. Stellar Genesis blocking the sunlight.
C. Protostar
D. Star of Adam The large dark patches on the Moon’s
surface are known as ?
Antares is of the largest known
? A. Dark matter
B. Maria, or seas, even though there is
A. Quasars Star no water on the Moon
B. Pulsars Star C. Maria, or seas, because they are filled
C. White Dwarfs Star with water
D. Red Super-giants Star D. Moon spots
The sun is made up of 99.9% of Which one is the brightest star in the
and night sky?
?
A. Betelgeuse
A. Oxygen and Hydrogen
B. Sirius
B. Hydrogen and Sulfur
C. Carbon and Silicon C. Rigel
D. Hydrogen and Helium D. Polaris
What are the names of the two stars in The SI standard of time is based
the Big Dipper used to locate Polaris? on ?
A. The Sun lights up only one half of During a total solar eclipse the rate of
the Moon and as the Moon orbits the Photosynthesis ?
Earth we can sometimes see the unlit
side of the Moon. A. Increase
B. The Sun lights up only one half of the B. Decrease
Two automobiles are 150 kilometers apart All of the following substances are
and traveling toward each other. One crystalline except ?
automobile is moving at 60km/h and
the other is moving at 40km/h mph. In A. Ice
how many hours will they meet? B. Diamond
C. Sucrose
A. 2.5 D. Plastic
B. 2.0
Compiled by: Qamber Sajidi
Honey contain glucose and fructose along D. does not depend on the nature of the
with some other ingredients, it has gas used in the discharge tube
greater viscosity due to ?
Nuclear radiation is emitted by those
A. hydrogen bonding elements whose:
B. irregular shape of the molecules
C. irregular shape of the molecules A. molecules are stable
and strong inter-molecular forces B. molecules are unstable
D. greater molecular size C. nuclei are stable
D. nuclei are unstable
Rate of evaporation of petrol is greater
than that of water at room Second ionization energy:
temperature because:
A. is always less than first ionization
A. petrol molecules do not have any energy
hydrogen bond B. is always greater than first ionization
B. petrol is an organic compound energy
C. water molecules have small size C. is equal to the first ionization energy
D. petrol molecules have greater size D. may be greater or less than the first
ionization energy depending on the nature
The increasing vapor pressure caused by of the element
heating a liquid is due
to ? All of the following are electromagnetic
radiations except ?
A. increase inter-molecular interactions
B. increasing potential energy of A. Red light
molecules B. Sound waves
C. increasing kinetic energy C. X-Rays
of molecules D. Photon
D. decreasing surface tension
Which of the following has the highest
Covalent network crystals energy?
have ?
A. gamma rays
A. higher melting point then B. X-rays
molecular crystals C. Ultra-violet radiation
B. lower melting point then D. radio waves
molecular crystals
C. discrete molecules linked by Van Which of the following has the largest
der waals forces wavelength?
D. hydrogen bonding
A. visible light
Color of the glow produced in the B. x-rays
discharge tube: C. infrared light
D. ultraviolet radiation
A. depends on the pressure in the
discharge tube Select the arrangement of electromagnetic
B. depends on the metal used as cathode radiation which starts with the lowest
C. depends on the gas used in the energy and increases to greatest
discharge tube energy?
A. Orographic rainfall
C. Frontal
B. Normal rainfall
C. Monsoon rains D. Convectional
D. Cyclonic rainfall
When a warm air is lifted off the surface
What is meant by “Equinox”? in temperature depression it is called
?
A. The longest day
B. The shortest day A. An occlusion
C. The sun-month long day B. A cold front
D. Equal duration of day and night C. An anticyclone
D. A warm front
The distance of longitude represents
how many minutes difference in time? Water vapour turns into clouds in the
atmosphere when:
A. 10 minutes
B. 4 minutes A. It rains
C. 15 minutes B. The temperature rise
D. 1 minute C. Dew point is reached
D. Evaporation takes place
The season changes because of the
? Weather describe the condition of
at any one time.
A. Moon is revolving round the earth
B. Earth is revolving round its axis A. The earth
C. Earth is revolving round the sun B. The land surface
D. Planet Mars is attracting the sun C. The atmosphere
D. The ionosphere
The largest latitude circle on earth is
? The Stevenson screen contains all of
these EXCEPT:
A. Arctic circle
B. Tropic of cancer A. Wet bulb thermometer
B. Maximum thermometer
C. Tropic of Capricorn C. Ordinary thermometer
D. The Equator D. Anemometer
The oldest barrage on the river Indus A wind which reverses seasonally is
at Sukkur was built in ? known as ?
A. 1932 A. Trade
B. 1940 B. Cyclonic
C. 1930 C. Monsoon
D. 1928 D. Polar
Afternoon rains in the equatorial A canyon is a large form of ?
region are the result of influences ?
A. Dry valley
A. Land Breeze B. Gorge
B. Monsoon C. Pediment
D. Badiand
What is the element required for Which of the following metal occurs in
solar energy conversion ? free state ?
The rocks formed out of layers of Average salinity or ratio of salt as per
sediment bonded together are known as kilogram of water of ocean
? is ?
What is the name of the central part of The protein content in wheat is
the earth? approximately ?
A. Mantle A. 6%
B. Core B. 9%
C. Crust C. 12%
D. None of the above D. 15%
A. evaporation
B. sublimation A. Kidney cells
C. hydrogenation B. Nerve cells
D. insolation C. Liver cells
D. Spleen cells
Ice mass that covers more than fifty-
thousand square kilometers of land The protein content of edible portion
area is classified as ? of egg is ?
A. ice sheet A. 13 %
B. 13.3%
B. ice field
C. 14 %
C. glacier erosions D. 14.5%
D. ice cap
A. Impure-Conductor A. Sociology
B. Pure-Conductor B. Cosmology
C. Simple Conductor C. Universology
D. None of these D. Petology
Diameter of Sun is ? Hydrogen peroxide
(H2O2) ?
A. 12 Lakh kms
B. 13 Lakh kms A. helps line up cell proteins
C. 14 Lakh kms B. is poisonous to tissues
D. 15 Lakh kms C. is often needed as a catalyst
D. aids in oxidation of glucose
Which is correct order of solar system
starting from Sun ? Which of the following is a mammal?
A. Stratosphere
B. Mesosphere
C. Troposphere
D. Thermosphere
A. 85 km
B. 50 km
C. 40 km
D. 10 km
Bromine is a ?
A. black solid
B. red-brown liquid
C. colourless gas
D. highly inflammable gas
A. bitumen
B. anthracite
C. lignite
D. peat
A. Card Reader
B. Hollerith Code
C. Feed
D. Chip
A. January – July
B. June – December
C. July – January
D. December – June
A. Aphelion
B. Perihelion
C. Apoapsis
D. Periapsis
A. Planetary movements
B. Formation of galaxies
C. Human body cycles
D. Calisthenics
A. Aristotle’s philosophy
B. Computer science
C. Epicurianism
D. Sophism
The atmosphere near the earth’s surface is When oil and gas resources are burnt
“heated from below.” Which of the they kill many forests and lakes by
following does not significantly ?
contribute to this heating
? A. deforestation
B. water pollution
A. Conduction of heat upward from a C. acid rain
hot surface D. forest fire
B. Convection from a hot surface
C. Absorption of infrared energy that Fog that most often forms as warm rain
has been radiated from the surface falls into a cold layer of surface air is
D. Heat energy from the earth’s interior called ?
A. 4 A. endodermis
B. 5 B. dermis
C. 6 C. epidermis
D. 7 D. hypodermis
Tesla is the unit Which are the largest of the white blood
of ? cells?
A. lymphocytes
B. eosinophils
A. Parsec A. Neptune
B. Astronomical Unit B. Jupiter
C. Light Year C. Saturn
D. Foot Candle D. Mars
Which on of the following planets orbits Who was the first to measure the earth’s
around the sun in a clockwise direction? radius
A. Earth A. Galileo
B. Mercury B. Copernicus
C. Jupiter C. Ptolemy
D. Venus D. Eratosthenes
Isobars are the lines connecting the Which is the nearest star to our sun?
places having same: ?
A. Proxima Centurai
A. Pressure B. Alpha Scorpii
B. Rainfall C. Beta Orionis
C. Height D. Vega
D. Temperature
The Lunar eclipse occurs when:
Spring tides occur on new moon and
full moon days because on these A. Moon is b/w the earth and the sun
days ? B. Earth is b/w the sun and the moon
C. Sun is b/w the earth and the moon
A. Sun, moon and earth are in a straight D. Earth is at right angles to the direction
line of the sun and the moon
B. Sun and earth are at right angles
C. Sun and moon are at right angles Most important effect of the moon on
D. Earth and moon are at right angles earth is that it ?
Which of the following planets is fastest A. Causes weather change
rotating planet? B. Causes earthquakes
C. Causes solar and lunar eclipse
A. Mercury D. Effects tides of the ocean
B. Marx
C. Jupiter Among the planets of the Solar system
D. Venus the position of the Earth from the Sun
is: ?
Which of the following planets has the
smallest diameters ? A. Second
B. Third
A. Mercury C. Fourth
B. Marx D. Sixth
C. Pluto
D. Venus Which of the followong spacecrsft
enabled man to step on the moon first?
Which of the following is the largest
planet? A. Spuntnik I
B. Luna II
C. Vostok I C. Edison
D. Apollo XI D. Willium
A. 84 years A. oat
B. 76 years B. wheat
C. 1000 years C. maize
D. 365 years D. rice
The setting sun often looks oval in the Bamboo is a ?
shape because of ?
A. Herb
A. The fact that sun really becomes oval B. Grass
in the evening C. Shurb
B. Refraction of rays of sun passing D. Tree
through the atmosphere
C. Optical Illusion Lactometer is used for ?
D. Dispersion
A. Ship
Which one of the following is applicable B. Milk
to the planet ‘Venus’? C. Honey
D. None
A.Smallest
B.Brightest X- rays were discovered by ?
C.Most dense
D.Largest A. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
B. Thomson
Study of current and past landscapes C. Ernest Rutherford
formation is known as ? D. Bacquerel
Sun revolves around milky way in about How long does the earth take to cover 1°
million years. longitude?
A. 225 A. 2 Minutes
B. 230 B. 3 Minutes
C. 245 C. 4 Minutes
D. 250 D. 5 Minutes
The Planet of the solar system which has A. Sun rises there as soon as it sets
Maximum number of moons B. Sun always remains in the eastern past
is ? of the sky throughout the day in Japan
C. Japan being the Eastern most
A. Jupiter country in the world, it has the earliest
B. Venus sunrise
C. Saturn D. The rays of the sun get reflected from
D. Uranus the waters of the sea and make the sunrise
beautiful in Japan
Boiling of an egg is a change which is
? The volume of Blood in a Human body to
be approximately of body
A. Physical weight?
B. Chemical
C. Physiological A. 6%
D. Morphological B. 7%
C. 8%
What is the effect of height increase over D. 9%
temperature?
Cause of Malaria is ?
A. Temperature increase
B. Temperature decrease A. Dirty environment
C. Remains constant B. Pollution
D. None C. Mosquito
D. None of above
Lack of causes diabetes?
Largest Galaxy in the Universe is
A. Vitamins ?
B. Sugar
C. Insulin A. Andromeda Galaxy
D. Calcium B. Milky-Way
C. Spiral Galaxy
which Planet is Called Earth’s Sister? D. Horseshoe Galaxy
? A. Blue
B. Green
A. 4.51 billion years C. Brown
B. 4.55 billion years D. Black
C. 4.53 billion years
D. 4.57 billion years Vitamin C deficiency leads
to: ?
Approximate age of earth is ?
A. Scurvy
A. 4.14 billion years B. Cold
B. 4.64 billion years C. Cancer
C. 4.54 billion years D. Rickets
D. 4.34 billion years
Which of the following is a function of
Approximate age of milky-way is Vitamin A in the body?
?
A. Vision, bone and body growth
A. 16.5 billion years B. Immune defenses, maintenance of body
B. 15.5 billion years linings and skin
C. 13.5 billion years C. Normal cell development and
D. 14.5 billion years reproduction
D. All of the above
Nearest galaxy to our milky way is
? Common food sources of Vitamin A
are: ?
A. Messier 81
B. Andromeda A. Milk, eggs, butter, cheese, cream, and
C. Triangulum liver
D. Whirlpool B. White sugar, honey, and sugar cane
C. Broccoli, apricots, cantaloupe, carrots,
One Astronomical unit is equal to how sweet potato, spinach
much Km in whole numbers? D. Both A and C
A. Astrology
C. 0.4 to 0.5 ppm
B. Astronautics
C. Astronomy D. 4 to 5 ppm
D. Astrophysics
Montreal Protocol 1987
Jupiter has known moons. was ?