R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | General Science General Science MCQ Questions Set4

Statement I : Incised meanders are formed in the mature stage of a river. Statement II : Incised meanders are characterized by rejuvenation and upliftment of land.

1. Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
2. Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1.In June 2016, the LIGO group of scientists announced the detection of a second set of gravitational waves. 2.Gravitational waves were generated due to merger of two black holes at about 1.4 billion light-years distant. 3.Gravitational waves were inserted due to collision of two white dwarf stars at about 1.4 billion light-years distant. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1. 1 only
2. 1 and 2 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What type of mirror is used in car headlights?

1. Concave
2. convex
3. Both A & B
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Thermosphere
4. Mesosphere

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the chemical name for vitamin A?

1. Retinol
2. Riboflavin
3. Thiamine
4. Niacin

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The term protoplasm was coined by

1. Hugo von Mohl
2. J. E. Purkinje
3. Oken
4. Kolliker

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is biodegradable?

1. Iron nails
2. DDT
3. Silver foil
4. Leather bags

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?

1. Natural Gas
2. Uranium
3. Coal
4. Petroleum

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Biggest cause of Foodborne Illness is

1. Poor Hygiene
2. Toothpick
3. Employee snacking
4. Virus

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Fear of crossing road is called as

1. Emetophobia
2. Aerophobia
3. Erythrophobia
4. Agoraphobia

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In a plant cell, DNA may be found in

1. only in the nucleus and mitochondria.
2. only in the nucleus and chloroplasts
3. in the nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.
4. only in the nucleus.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of these provides your body with energy?

1. Carbohydrates
2. Fats
3. Vitamins
4. All the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

MONEX is associated with

1. Monetary experiment
2. Lunar experiment
3. Montreal experiment
4. Monsoon experiment

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The circular depression containing a volcanic vent is called?

1. Crater
2. Smog
3. Crust
4. Delta

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Plants that grow in Saline Water are called

1. Sciophytes
2. Bryophytes
3. Halophytes
4. Hydrophytes

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following is not related to wind erosion ?

1. Wind gap
2. Zeugen
3. Dreikanter
4. Demoiselle

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following river valleys of India is under the influence of intensive gully erosion?

1. Kosi
2. Chambal
3. Damodar
4. Brahmaputra

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Serious dehydration may cause all of the following, EXCEPT

1. muscle cramps
2. torn ligaments
3. reduced blood volume
4. increased heart rate

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Anything that has Mass and takes up Space-

1. System
2. Matter
3. Energy
4. Weight

✅ Correct Answer: 2

From which direction does foul weather typically approach?

1. East
2. North
3. West
4. South

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What is the primary form of fat in the diet?

1. Lipids
2. Fattyacids
3. Triglycerides
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The term metabolism is best defined as

1. the number of calories it takes to keep from shivering on a cold day
2. biochemical reactions involved in building cell molecules or breaking down molecules for energy
3. the length of time it takes to digest and absorb fats
4. a measure of carbohydrate utilization, typically involving measurement of calories

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which action is the best example of a direct observation?

1. listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute
2. determining the seal population of an island by counting seals in 10 square meters of the island
3. identifying which bird was present by the tracks that it leaves in the sand at a beach
4. reading numbers on a heat sensor to conclude that there is a deer in the night woods

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Study of fishes is called

1. Amphiology
2. Phylumology
3. Zoology
4. Ichthyology

✅ Correct Answer: 4

How many years it takes for Pluto to Orbit the Sun?

1. 76 yrs
2. 144 yrs
3. 198 yrs
4. 248 yrs

✅ Correct Answer: 4

How many cups in a quart?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 1

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Most Explosive Type of Volcano is

1. The Cinder Cone
2. Rhyolite caldera complexes
3. Shield Volcanoes
4. The Basault Volcanoes

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Planets do not twinkle because

1. Far distance
2. Total internal reflection
3. Refraction
4. Near distance

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Thermal energy is caused by the motion of

1. atoms
2. molecules
3. Both A & B
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Most important weather phenomena occur in the

1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Ionosphere
4. Thermosphere

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A Book always has

1. Preface
2. Text
3. Index
4. Page

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Soil erosion can be prevented by

1. Removal of vegetation
2. Overgrazing
3. Afforestation
4. Increasing bird population

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which term best describes how the solar system formed?

1. Electrically
2. Gradually
3. Chemically
4. Rapidly

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Generally, plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into

1. Ammonia
2. Urea
3. Protein
4. Nitrogen

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which industry is known as sunrise industry?

1. petrochemical industry
2. steel industry
3. rice milling
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Fuse Wire is Made of?

1. an alloy of Tin and Lead
2. Nickel
3. Copper
4. an alloy of Nickel and Lead

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Clay is an example of

1. Aquiclude
2. Glossy
3. Utilitarian
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Excessive use of which ofthe following fertilizers may be responsible for the presence of a toxic substance in groundwater?

1. Nitrogen
2. Phosphate only
3. Potassium only
4. Phosphate and potassium

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Where does hair not grow on the human body?

1. sole of feet
2. palms
3. lips
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Energy is measured in units called

1. Newtons
2. Watts
3. Joules
4. Ohm/mtr

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The term hierarchy refers to

1. a team in which everyone is equal and has to pull his or her own weight
2. a power structure in which each member knows his or her own place
3. a situation in which higher species such as men will always be in control of lower species such as animals
4. a condition in which the weak must die so the strong can survive

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Vision can be affected by drugs and alcohol making, especially difficult to distinguish

1. Light
2. Colors
3. Distance
4. Shapes

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Pollen grains in plants are produced in

1. Flower
2. Stem
3. Roots
4. Leaves

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Eugenics is the study of

1. impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally
2. different races of mankind
3. genetic of plants
4. people of European origin

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Emotional intelligence is a critical component of

1. analytical intelligence
2. creativity
3. convergent thinking
4. social intelligence

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is generally true about the stratosphere?

1. It is very dry
2. It is very moist
3. The dryness level varies with the season
4. The dryness level varies with the moon cycle

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following animals have teeth in their stomach?

1. Frogs
2. Crabs
3. Snakes
4. Cockroach

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is common between Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration?

1. Krebs cycle
2. Glycolysis
3. Electron transport chain
4. All the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is not an intensive property?

1. Weight
2. Density
3. Refractive index
4. Melting point

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Environmental Science is the study of

1. Geography
2. Physics
3. Biology
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4