University Assistant Previous Questions|General Science Previous Questions Kerala PSC

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University Assistant Previous Questions|General Science Previous Questions Kerala PSC

Which of the following units is usually used to denote intensity of pollution?

a)Milligrams
b)Nanograms
c)Parts per million…..
d)Kilogram

Nitrogen fixing bacteria lives in the root tumoursof pea plants is called

a)Rhizome
b)Rhizobium…
c)E coli
d)Streptococcus

Which phenomenon of light is behind the rainbow?

a)Diffraction
b)Scattering
c)Dispersion….
d)Radiation

Which is the hardest material ever known in the Universe?

a)Platinum
b)Graphite
c)Diamond …..
d)Marble

Which instrument regulates the resistance or current in a circuit?

a)Volta cell
b)Rheostat……
c)Generator
d)Sonometer

The scientist who formulated the “Germ theory of disease” is;

a)Louis Pasteur….
b)Lamark
c)Hugo Devris
d)GrigerMendel

In which atmospheric level ozone gas is seen?

a)Mesosphere
b)Lithosphere
c)Stratosphere….
d)Ionosphere

Which is the relay centre in our brain?

a)Pituitary gland
b)Thalamus…
c)Spinal cord
d)Meninges

Methane gas is invented by the scientist;

a)Alexandra Volta….
b)Alexander Fleming
c)John Dalton
d)Thomas AlwaEdison

In which day ‘ Mangalyaan’ was launched from Sriharikkotta?

a)5 November 2012
b)5 November 2013….
c)24 January 2014
d)24 September 2014

Which lamp has the highest Energy Efficiency?

a)Incandescent Lamp
b)LED Lamp…..
c)CFL
d)Arc Lamp

Yellow is the combination of ………… primary colours

a)Blue,Green
b)Red,Blue
c)Red,Green…..
d)Red Blue, Green

Diverging lens produces -------type of images

a)Small virtual image…
b)Big real image
c)Small real image
d)Big virtual image

The process used to produce Ammonia is…..

a)Contact process
b)Haber Process……..
c)Chlor-Alkali Process
d)Creighton process

The non metal which exists in liquid state at room temperature is:

a)Mercury
b)Sodium
c)Pottassium
d)Bromine ……

The 5thState of matter is

a)Plasma
b)Magma
c)Bose-Einstein condensate…..
d)Fermioniccondensate

Which is not as essential constituents of all atoms?

a)Electrons
b)Protons
c)Neutrons
d)Positrons….

The distance of stars from earth is expressed generally in terms of;

a)Metre
b)Kilometer
c)Astronomical unit
d)Light year …..

High boiling point of water is due to

a)Weak dissociation of water molecules
b)High dissociation of water molecules
c)Hydrogen bonding amongst water molecules…..
d)Vander waalsforces of attraction amongst the molecule

In an electrochemical cell, there is the conversion of;

a)Electrical energy to chemical energy
b)Chemical energy to electrical energy
c)Chemical energy to heat energy
d)mechanical energy to heat energy

Wood charcoal is used in gas masks because

a)It is poisonous
b)It liquefies gas
c)It is porous
d)It absorbs gases…..

The disease caused by a protozoan

a)AIDS
b)Malaria….
c)Chicken Guniya
d)Typhoid

A protein solution on warming with concentrated nitric acid may turn yellow called;

a)Xantho proteic test….
b)Biuret test
c)Millions test
d)Hopkins coletest

The same group of elements are characterized by;

a)Ionization potential
b)Electronegativity
c)Ionization energy
d)No of electrons in the outermost shell….

Acetyl salicyclic acid is known as ;

a)Oil of wintergreen
b)Salol
c)Aspirin…..
d)Pioricacid

Who among the following was the first winner of Nobel prize in Physics?

a)S Chandrasekharan
b)C V Raman….
c)V Ramakrishnan
d)HargovindKhorane

Over production of which hormone lead to exophthalmic goiter?

a)Iodine
b)Insulin
c)Thyroxine…
d)ADH

A liquid having pH value more than 7 is;

a)Citric acid
b)Lime water…
c)Soda water
d)Vinagiri

Which among the following is not correctly paired?
a)Dynamo-Alfred Nobel….
b)Television –J L Baird
c)Computer-Charles Babbage
d)DDT –Pole Muller

The instrument used to measure the growth of plant is;

a)Durometer
b)Auxanometer…
c)Potometer
d)Cryometer