KERALA PSC GENERAL SCIENCE-SELECTED QUESTION AND ANSWERS ABOUT GENERAL SCIENCE

KERALA PSC GENERAL SCIENCE-SELECTED
QUESTION AND ANSWERS ABOUT GENERAL SCIENCE

KERALA PSC GENERAL SCIENCE-SELECTED QUESTION AND ANSWERS ABOUT GENERAL SCIENCE

1.WHICH PART OF THE BODY IS AFFECTED BY HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE?

ANSWER:NERVOUS SYSTEM

2.THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE WHICH HAS THE LEAST CHANCE FOR INFECTION ?

ANSWER:LEPORSY

3.WHICH IS CALLED MARSH DISEASE?

ANSWER:MALARIA

4.WHICH DISEASE IS KNOWN AS AUGUST FEVER?

ANSWER:INFLUENZA

5.WHICH DISEASE IS DETECTED BY WASSERMAN TEST?

ANSWER:SYPHILIS

6.NEVA TEST IS USED TO DETECT ?

ANSWER:AIDS

7.THE SHIP USED BY DARWIN FOR HIS EXPEDITION ?

ANSWER:HMS BEAGLE

8.WHICH INVERTEBRATE  HAS THE MOST DEVELOPED BRAIN?

ANSWER:OCTOPUS

9.ORGANISMS THAT DEPEND ON OTHER ORGANISMS FOR FOOD?

ANSWER:PARASITE

10.ORGANISM THAT FEEDS AND GROWS ON DEAD ORGANISMS ?

ANSWER:SAPROPHYTE

11.WHICH ANIMAL PRODUCES TEARS WITHOUT CRYING?

ANSWER:SEAL

12.WHICH BIRD LAYS EGGS WITH DARK GREEN COLOUR?

ANSWER:EMU

13.THE EXCRETORY ORGAN OF AMOEBA?

ANSWER:CONTRACTILE VACUOLE

14.THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE OF THE HUMAN BODY ON THE KELVIN SCALE?

ANSWER:310K

15.IN WHICH ORGAN AMMONIA IS CONVERTED TO UREA?

ANSWER:LIVER

16.THE LARGEST ORGAN IN THE HUMAN BODY IS?

ANSWER:SKIN

17:THE TENDENCY OF PLANTS TO GROW TOWARDS THE LIGHT?

ANSWER:PHOTOTROPISM

18.THE REPRODUCTORY ORGAN OF  PLANTS ?

ANSWER:FLOWER

19.THE LARGEST FLOWER IS ?

ANSWER:RAFFLESIA

20.THE SAMLLEST FLOWER IS ?

ANSWER:WOLFIE

21.THE PLANT WHOSE YIELD WILL REDUCE IF IT FLOWERS?

ANSWER:SUGARCANE

22.THE PIGMENT IMPARTS YELLOW COLOUR TO FLOWERS?

ANSWER:XANTHOPHYLL

23.WHO DISCOVERED THAT PLANT BODY IS MADE UP OF CELL?

ANSWER:M.J.SHLEIDEN

24.WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL?

ANSWER:MITOCHONDRIA

25.THE METAL PRESENT IN CHLOROPHYLL?

ANSWER:MAGNESIUM

26.THE COLOUR OF CHLOROPLAST IS ?

ANSWER:GREEN

27:THE HORMONE THAT IS HELPFUL FOR RIPENING OF FRUITS?

ANSWER:ETHYLENE

28.THE CROP THAT DEPENDS ON RAIN FOR POLLINATION ?

ANSWER:BLACK PEPPER

29.PRINCESS OF SPICES?

ANSWER:VANILLA

30.THE PLANT WITH ONLY ONE LEAF?

ANSWER:AMORPHOPHALLUS

31.NAME THE CELL ORGANELLE HELPFUL FOR PROTEIN SYNTHESIS?

ANSWER:RIBOSOME

32.WHICH SOIL IS MOST SUITABLE FOR PADDY CULTIVATION ?

ANSWER:ALLUVIAL SOIL

33.THE CULTIVATION OF PLANTS WITHOUT SOIL ?

ANSWER:HYDROPONICS

34.THE TOTAL KINETIC ENERGY OF MOLECULES IN A SUBSTANCE IS KNOWN AS?

ANSWER:TEMPERATURE

35.THE FIRST SPACE STATION?

ANSWER:SALYUT-1








KERALA PSC GENERAL SCIENCE-SELECTED QUESTION AND ANSWERS ABOUT GENERAL SCIENCE