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Practice Exam: General Science

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Orange
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Blue
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Uranium is radioactive element because
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It emits alpha particles
c
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It is observed to be hyperactive
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Tenacity
b
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Ductility
d
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Which of the following radiation is made up of a
stream of particles identical to the nucleus of
helium?
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beta
c
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x ray
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winter solstice
b
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summer solstice
d
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If a solar eclipse occurred 2 weeks ago, what
would be the phase of the moon today?
a
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last quarter
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new
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earth only
b
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earth and moon only
d
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The characteristic which does not point to a
dicotyledonous plant is_____
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lack of cambium
b
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leaves with netted venation
d
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What do you call the family made up by Oxygen,
Silicon, Selenium and Tellurium in the periodic
table of elements?
a
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Halogen
c
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Noble gases
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Boiling
b
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Filtration
d
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If the food web is represented by a pyramid of
biomass, the level of the pyramid with the least
amount of biomass would be the____
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grass
b
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Hawk
d
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A couple has four children-all girls
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This might be a result of
a
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timing in the fertility cycle
c
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the “law of average” catching up
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Action and Reaction
c
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Inertia
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two miscible liquids
b
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a soluble solid in a liquid
d
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Who discovered in 1932 the electrically neutral
particle called neutron?
a
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Robert Millikan
c
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Eugen Goldstein
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erosion
b
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weathering
d
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Goiter is common among children living on
mountains
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Lack of iodine
b
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Excessive vitamins
d
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Scattering salt on clouds is an attempt to
a
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Produce rain over dry fields
c
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Avoid water evaporation
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Mechanical
b
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Instantaneous
d
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When dry cells are used in a flash light, the
conversion of energy is____
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Chemical to heat
b
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Kinetic to potential
d
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Due to the sinking of the faulting in the islands,
huge sea waves rose and swept four towns into
the sea
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Tsunami
b
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Sea quakes
d
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What mode of heat transfer in responsible for
the occurrence of wind and ocean currents?

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Insulation
c
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Convection
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Equinox
b
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Aphelion
d
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What is the standard unit of gas in metric?
a
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kilogram
c
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litre
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Mercury
b
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Mars
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