General Science MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Which technique is used to separate the substances from a mixture?
Chromatography
Racing Forging
Assembling
None of the above

2. In what way iodine can be separated from a mixture of potassium chloride and iodine?
Filtration
 Sedimentation
Distillation
Sublimation

3. What is Boron?
Non metal
metal
Compound
Metalloid

4. A mixture of salt and sugar is known as
Homogeneous mixture
Heterogeneous mixture
Mixture of Components
None of the above

5. By which process can sea water be purified?
Evaporation
Fractional Distillation
Filtration
Distillation

6. Which technology is used to squeeze water from the soaked clothes in the washing machine?
Evaporation
Decantation
Centrifugation
Sedimentation

7. Due to which process dry raisins when kept in water swell up?
Osmosis
Sedimentation
Distillation
Decantation

8. Which of the following is a mixture?
Distilled water
Gasoline
Both A and B
Neither A nor B

9. Boyle's law relates to which state of matter?
Solid state
Liquid stage
Gaseous state
None of the above

10. Which of the following are the different types of Full Moons?
Blood Moons
Supermoons
Blue Moons
All the above

11. Who coined the term “Supermoon”?
Richard Nolle
Michel Gauquelin
Shawn Carlson
None of the above

12. Supermoon is also known as......
Perigee-syzygy Moon
Perigee Moon
Both A and B
None of the above

13. How a supermoon occurs?
It occurs when the Moon is at perigee.
When Moon is at the closest point to Earth in its 27-day orbit.
The moon at its full phase happens every 29.5 days when the sun fully illuminates the moon.
All the above

14. Super Pink Moon gets its name from.....
Wildflowers
Grass
Soil
None of the above

15. In how many days the moon orbits the Earth?
27 days
28 Days
29 Days
30 Days

16. The well-known cycle of the Moon's phases is governed by which month?
Sidereal month
Synodic month
Both A and B
Neither A nor B

17. Name the full bright Moon that occurs closest to the start of autumn is known as.....
Harvest Moon
Blue Moon
Super Pink Moon
Blood Moon

18. Super Pink Moon is also known as......
Samkal Moon
Paschal Moon
Samach Moon
Puravach Moon

19. Which of the following statement is correct about Full Moon?
All full moons do not look the same.
A full moon occurs when the Moon side facing Earth is fully lit up by the Sun.
Both A and B are correct
Neither A nor B are correct

20. Which mission of NASA brought first human to moon?
Apollo program
Gemini Program
Mercury Program
None of the above

21. Name the first mission of NASA in which a spacecraft was reused?
Apollo-Soyuz
Space Shuttle
Skylab
None of the above

22. How many manned space missions are launched by NASA so far?
160
162
164
166

23. Name the first Spacecraft to visit the Solar System?
Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11
Ranger 1 and Ranger 2
Surveyor 6 and Surveyor 7
Viking 1 and Viking 2

24. What was the first manned mission of NASA?
PQS-5
Apollo-Soyuz
STS-1
Bell X-1

25. Name the NASA’s first exploration mission beyond earth?
Pioneer 2
Pioneer 3
Pioneer 4
Pioneer P-1

26. When NASA had launched its first mission to Sun?
2016
2017
2018
None of the above

27. What is the goal of the Surveyor Program of NASA?
To demonstrate the proper landing on the Mars.
To demonstrate the soft landings on the Moon.
To check other missions of Apollo.
To determine the radiations in Space.

28. Name the first satellite which was launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy?
Uhuru
Hinode
Clementine
WMAP

29. Name NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Mission?
Opportunity Rover
Spirit Rover
Sojourner Rover
Curiosity Rover

30. When Lunar Eclipse occur?
When Sun is between Earth and Moon
When Earth is between Sun and Moon
When Moon is between Earth and Sun
When Earth is between Sun and other celestial bodies

31. When did Lunar Eclipse happen?
Half Moon
Full Moon
Equinox
None of the above

32. What is Solar Eclipse?
When moon comes in between Earth and Sun
When Earth comes in between Moon and Sun
When Sun comes in between Earth and Moon
When Sun rays does not reach Earth.

33. When the same pattern of solar eclipse repeats every 18 years 11 days 8 hours are known as:
Nodes cycle
Saros cycle
Saras cycle
Payan cycle

34. What do you mean by Blood Moon?
It is total solar eclipse.
It is partial lunar eclipse with red glow
It is total lunar eclipse with deep red glow
None of the above

35. During lunar eclipse, the visible red colour is because of:
Dust in space
Dust in moon’s atmosphere
Dust in earth’s atmosphere
None of the above

36. During a calendar year, the maximum numbers of lunar eclipse that can occur are:
2
3
4
5

37. What do you understand by an eclipse?
Partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another.
Partial or total blocking of light by Moon.
Partial or total blocking of light by Earth.
Partial or total blocking of light by Sun.

38. Diamond ring occurs in which type of solar eclipse?
Total Solar eclipse
Partial Solar eclipse
Annular Solar eclipse
None of the above

39. Which of the following is a large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart?
Vein
Artery
Capillary
Nerve

40. Which of the following is not a member of the vitamin B complex?
Thiamine
Riboflavin
Folic acid
Ascorbic acid