General Awareness Quiz – General Science
General Awareness Quiz Set 22 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. General Science Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.
Topic: General Science
- Match correctly the Nutrient deficiency given in List-1 with 1 the diseases caused by the deficiency given in List-II
List -I List – II
a) Iodine (i) Microcytic anemia
b) Niacin (ii) Pernicious anemia
c) Iron (iii) Goitre
d) VitaminB12 (iv) Pellagia
(a) (b) (c) (d)
A) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
D) (iii) (i) (iv) (i)
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Option D.
Explanation: Microcytic anemia: anemia characterized by red blood cells, due to deficiency of iron; Pernicious anemia: body does not make enough red blood cells due to lack of vitamin B12: Goitre: swelling of the neck or larynx resulting from iodine deficiency; and pellagra: chronic lack of niacin (vitamin B3).
- Name the tiny pores present on the surface of leaves in plants:
A) Pits
B) Trichomas
C) Stomata
D) Hydathodes
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Option C.
Explanation: Stomata. These are pores in the surface of the leaf. The pore is surrounded by two guard cells. When these two guard cells take up water, they bend and open up the pore between them.
- Which of the following does not Act both as an exocrine gland or as an endocrine gland ?
A) Pituitary
B) Testis
C) Pancreas
D) Ovary
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Option C.
Explanation: Pancreas. The pancreas, located in the abdomen close to the stomach, is both an exocrine and an endocrin gland. Similarly, gonads (both ovaries and testes) a examples of organs that have both endocrine a exocrine functions. The endocrine function of the gonads is the production of the sex hormone(estrogens and androgens); while their exocr Function is to produce gametes.
- A plant which behaves as a root parasite is called
A) Euphorbia
B) Santalum
C) Cuscuta
D) Ficus
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Option C.
Explanation: Cuscuta. Plants which either obtain readymade organic food prepared by other plants or absorb water and minerals from other plants to prepare their own organic food are called parasitic plants. Cuscula (Doddar) is a total stem parasite.
- The largest white blood Corpuscle is
A) Monocyte
B) Limphocyte
C) Thrombocyte
D) Erythrocyte
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Option A
Explanation: Monocyte. Monocytes are the largest white blood cell. When they leave the blood they’re called macrophage. Macrophages work with lymphocytes as antige presenting cells..
- Enzymes are a type of
A) Carbohydrates
B) Proteins
C) Steroids
D) Lipids
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Option B
Explanation: Proteins. Enzymes are a type of proteins that speed up chemical reaction in the cell. Protein is a highly selective catalysts, greatly accelerating both the rate and specificity of metabolic reactions. Though most of the enzymes are proteins, although some catalytic RNA molecules have been identified.
- Match correctly the Nutrient deficiency given in List-1 with 1 the diseases caused by the deficiency given in List-II
List -I List – I
a) Bacterium (i) KalaAzhar
b) Fungus (ii) Tuberculosis
c) Protozoan (iii) Indluenza
d) Virus (iv) Ringworm
A) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iv), d-(iii).
B) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(iii).
C) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iv).
D) a-(iv), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(i)
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Option B.
Explanation: Kala-azhar: caused by protozoan parasites; Tuber-culosis: infectious disease caused by various strains of myco-bacteria; Influenza: caused by RNA viruses; and Ringworm: fungal infection of the skin.
- Yeast is important source of:
A) Protein
B) Vitamin B
C) Vitamin C
D) Invertase
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Option B.
Explanation: Vitamin B.Yeast is an important source of most B Vitamins (except B12) and folate and contains potassium and magnesium. It is used in the preparation of vitamin B complex tablets.
- The nutritive tissue the seeds are:
A) Hypocotyle
B) Embryo
C) Endosperm
D) Neucellus
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Option C.
Explanation: Endosperm. A seed includes three regions: the embryo, nutritive tissue, and seed coat. Endospery, is a nutritive tissue that sustains the embryo apSeedling. The endosperm may be consumed by the embryo, as in many legumes, which use the cotyledons as a food source during germination.
- A cellulosic wall is found in the
A) Fungi
B) Animals
C) Plants
D) Bacteria
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Option C.
Explanation: Plants. Cellulose forms an important structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants, many forms of algae and the oomycetes. It is a complex carbohydrate, (C,H, 0) , that is composed of glucose units.
