Every Day Science

Biology MCQs
1. What is the main purpose of white blood corpuscles?
A. To carry nutrients
B. To combat infection
C. To carry oxygen
D. To give strength
Answer is = B

2. Total volume of blood in a normal human being is

A. 5 – 6 liters
B. 3 – 4 liters
C. 8 – 10 liters
D. 10 – 12 liters
Answer is = A

3. Red blood corpuscles are formed in the

A. Liver
B. Bone marrow
C. Kidneys
D. Heart
Answer is = B

4. Blood does not coagulate inside the body to the presence of

A. Fi brin
B. Heparin
C. Haemoglobin
D. Plasma
Answer is = B

5. Lungs are situated in the

A. Abdominal cavity
B. Buccal cavity
C. Pericardinal cavity
D. Thoracic cavity
Answer is = D

6. How many numbers of bones in the human body of an adult ?

A. 210
B. 206
C. 250
D. 450
Answer is = B
7. The pancreas secretes
A. Insulin
B. Vatiman A
C. Bile juice
D. None
Answer is = A

8. The seat of memory in the human brain is located in the

A. Medulla oblongata
B. Cerebrum
C. Cortex
D. Cerebellum
Answer is = C

9. Tibia is a bone found in the

A. Arm
B. Skull
C. Leg
D. Face
Answer is = C

10. The main function of the kidney is

A. To control blood pressure
B. To control body temperature
C. To remove waste products from the body
D. To help in digestion of food
Answer is = C

11. The strongest muscle in the human body is found in

A. hands
B. neck
C. buttocks
D. legs
Answer is = C

12. What is gene?

A. Sleep inducing drug
B. Unit of heredity
C. A type of body cell
D. A kind of vitamin
Answer is = B

13. The function of haemoglobin is

A. To transport oxygen
B. Destruction of bacteria
C. Prevention of anaemia
D. Utilization of energy
Answer is = A

14. A vegetable containing sulphur is

A. Potato
B. Cabbage
C. Brinjal
D. Pumpkin
Answer is = B

15. Enzymes help in

A. Respiration
B. Digestion of food
C. Immune system
D. Reproduction
Answer is = B

16. Ptyalin is an enzyme produced in the

A. Salivary glands
B. Pituitary gland
C. Thyroid glands
D. Pancreas
Answer is = A

17. Heightened emotion is caused by

A. Pituitary gland
B. Thyroid glands
C. Adrenal glands
D. Salivary glands
Answer is = C

18. The shortest bone in the human body is

A. Vertebrae
B. Stapes
C. Phalages
D. Metacarpals
Answer is = B

19. A balanced diet contains

A. Animals protein
B. Macro and micro nutrients
C. Food nutrients for growth and maintenance
D. Butter and ghee
Answer is = C
20. Wisdom teeth normally grow between the age of
A. 34-40
B. 17-30
C. 45-55
D. 10-17
Answer is = A

21. ‘Dossier’ means

A. the do of medicine
B. the actual things
C. relevant paper
D. unarranged papers
Answer is = C

22. Lack of—————causes diabetes

A. Sugar
B. Insulin
C. Calcium
D. Vitamins
Answer is = B

23. Biopsy is done on

A. tissue taken from a dead body
B. tissue taken from living body
C. blood from veins
D. blood from arties
Answer is = B

24. Triple antigen vaccine is given children to protect them against

A. polio
B. whooping cough
C. tuberculosis
D. contagious diseases
Answer is = B

25. A man weighing 96 Kg consists of approximately ————-liters of water

A. 50 litters
B. 66.5 litters
C. 82 litters
D. 42 litters
Answer is = B

26. What does blood consists of?

60 % plasma, 40 % crop
65 % plasma, 40 % crop
62 % plasma, 40 % crop
68% plasma, 45 % crop
Answer is = A

CHEMISTRY

1. Which of the following gasses is used in fire extinguishers?

A. Oxygen
B. Hydrogen
C. Water vapour
D. Carbon dioxide
Answer is = D

2. stains of rust from iron on cloth can be removed by

A. hydrogen peroxide
B. alcohol
C. oxalic acid
D. petrol
Answer is = C

3. Cooking gas is a mixture of which of the following two gases?

A. methane and carbon dioxide
B. oxygen and nitrogen
C. butane and propane
D. oxygen and methane
Answer is = D

4. Nameplates made of brass get discoloured in air because of which of the following gases in
the air?
A. oxygen
B. nitrogen
C. carbon dioxide
D. hydrogen sulfide
Answer is = D

5. on addition of salt to water , its

A. Boiling point increases
B. Boiling point decreases
C. Boiling point is not affected
D. Freezing point increases
Answer is = A

6. Which of the following gases does not pollute air?

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Nitrogen dioxide
D. Sulphur dioxide
Answer is = C

7. the inorganic natural resources of the earth is

A. Mineral fuels
B. Wood
C. Coal
D. Microbes
Answer is = A

8. Which one of the following has the highest fuel value?

A. Hydrogen
B. Charcoal
C. Natural gas
D. Gasoline
Answer is = A

9. the characteristic odour of garlic is due to

A. A chloro compound
B. A Sulphur compound
C. A fluorine compound
D. Acetic acid
Answer is = B

10. Which of the following group of compounds constitute carbohydrates?

A. fats and sugar
B. fats, sugar and proteins
C. starch, sugar and proteins
D. starch and sugar
Answer is = D

11. What is the chemical name of banking soda?

A. sodium bicarbonate
B. sodium nitrate
C. Sodium carbonate
D. Potassium
Answer is = A

12. Milk lacks in one important nutrient; which?

A. calcium
B. iron
C. potassium
D. protein
Answer is = B
13. Ripening of fruits is hastened by which of the following gases
A. Hydrogen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Methane
D. Ethylene
Answer is = D

14. Iron articles rust because of the formation of

A. ferrous chloride
B. a mixture of ferrous and ferric hydroxide
C. sodium carbonate
D. ferric chloride
Answer is = B

15. Gunpowder consists of

A. 75 % potassium nitrite + 15 % charcoal + 10%Sulphur
B. 75 % potassium nitrite + 10 % charcoal +15 % Sulphur
C. 75 % potassium nitrite + 10 % charcoal + 15 % Sulphur
D.75 % potassium nitrite + 15 % charcoal +10 % Sulphur
Answer is = C

16. X-rays are produced when are stream of electrons in an X-ray tube?
A. Hits the glass wall of the tube
B. Strikes metal target
C. pass through a strong magnetic field
D. none
Answer is = B

17. in the periodic table, elements have been arranged?

A. In the order of increasing volume
B. In order of increasing atomic number
C. In order of increasing atomic weights
D. In order of increasing density
Answer is = B

18. Which group pf elements in the periodical le show highest first ionization potential?
Elements in the
A. left hand top corner left hand bottom corner
B. left hand bottom corner
C. right hand top corner
D. Right hand bottom corner
Answer is = A

19. when we move from left to right in second period, the atomic valium of element?
A. increases
B. increases with constant state
C. decreases
D. decreases than increases
Answer is = B

20. Generally in a given period in the periodic

table, as we move from left to right, the electropositive
character of elements
A. increases
B. decreases
C. Neither increases nor decreases
D. decreases than increases
Answer is = B

21. Atom bomb is based on the principle of?

A. Nuclear fusion
B. Nuclear fission
C. Radioactive
D. nuclear fission and fusion both
Answer is = B

22. Oxidation involves:

A. Gain in electrons
B. gain of hydrogen
C. less of electrons
D. combustion
Answer is = C

23. The substances are radioactive, which have?

A. Electrons in their nuclei
B. nuclei with less number of neutrons
C. unstable nuclei
D. electrons removed from the outermost shell
Answer is = B

24. when nuclear energy is intended to be harnessed for generation of electricity, optionally
destructive neutrons released in a nuclear reactor are absorbed by?
A. Heavy water
B. long rods of Cd
C. cubical blocks made of graphite
D. a pile of blocks made of graphite
Answer is = C

25. Nuclear power reactors are operated at low temperature and consequently with lower
efficiency because?
A. nuclear heat is carried by ordinary steam
B uranium is difficult to heat
C. the walls of nuclear reactors can not withstand high temperature
D. high pressure in side the reactor reduces the temperature
Answer is = C

26. The energy emitted from the sun is supposed to be due to

A. Nuclear fission
B. Nuclear fusion
C. combustion of hydrogen
D. radioactive disintegration
Answer is = B

27. in a hydrogen bomb, hydrogen is converted into?

A. Barium
B. uranium
C. uranium – 238
D. helium
Answer is = D

28. When to ice cubes are pressed over each other they unit to from one cube. Which of the
following force is responsible for holding them together?
A. Vander walls forces
B. covalent attraction
C. hydrogen bond formation
D. dipole dipole attraction
Answer is = C

29. The high boiling point of water is due to?

A. weak dissociation of water molecule
B. hydrogen bonding among water molecules
C. its high specific heat
D. its high dielectric constant
Answer is = B

30. Ice has an open structure compared

to water due to which it floats on water
and occupies a greater volume of space.
The open structure of ice is due to?
A. Solid state of ice
B. its low density
C. crystalline nature
D. hydrogen bonding
Answer is = D

31. A gas can be liquefied by pressure alone when its temperature is?
A. Higher than the critical temperature
B. Lower than its critical temperature
C. equal to its critical temperature
D. Equal to its critical temperature
Answer is = B

32. Gases can be compressed to a greater extent because?

A. Molecules are elastic
B. there is no gap between molecules
C. these are lighter than liquids
D. there is a large space between the molecules
Answer is = D

33. The cooling caused by the expansion

of a compressed gas below its in inversion
temperature without doing external work is called?
A. Joule Thomson effect
B. Adiabatic diamagnetism
C. Faraday Tyndall effect
D. Compton effect
Answer is = A

34. Which of the following solution will have the highest boiling point?
A. 1 % glucose in water
B. 1 % sucrose in water
C. 1 % NaCi in water
D. 1 % Ca Ci 2 in water
Answer is = D

35. Sea water is converted into fresh water by sunig the phenomenon of
A. Plasmolysis
B. Sedimentation
C. Reverse osmosis
D. Diffusion
Answer is = C

Physics
1. What are primary colors?
A. Color of the rainbow
B. Color in the spectrum of the white light
C. colors which cannot be produced
D. color found in nature
Answer is = C

2. Air bubble in water shines because of the phenomenon of

A. Dispersion
B. Refraction
C. Diffraction
D. Total internal reflection
Answer is = D

3. Sun and the other stars are virtuously

huge nuclear explosion chambers producing
a large amount of head and light yet, we do not hear
any of the explosions because
A. Heat and light are electromagnetic
B. Sound waves get attenuated completely before they reach the earth
C. the process involved in the interior of the sun and the starts relate to atomic and subatomic
particles and not molecules and their vibration
D. the outer space is an absolute vacuum
Answer is = D

4. The advantage of AC over DC is that

A. it contain more electrical energy
B. it is free from voltage fluctuation
C. its generation coats much less
D. it can be transmitted over long distances
with minimum power loss
Answer is = D

5. What minimum escape velocity—

the speed necessary to counter earth gravity
and to break away from earth into outer—space required from a rocket to be lunched into space?
A. 5 km per second
B. 6 km per second
C.11 km per second
D.20 km per second
Answer is = C

6. Which of the following device is use to step down the voltage of alternating current?
A. induction cool
B. Transformers
C. Transistor
D. Rectifier
Answer is = B

7. The spherical shape of a small drop of a rain is due to

A. Viscosity
B. Surface tension
C. atmospheric pressure
D. gravity
Answer is = B
8. The blue color of sky can be attributed to
A. differential scattering of the sunlight by the atmosphere
B. Total internal reflection of the sunlight by the atmosphere
C. Absorption of sunlight
D. Refraction of sunlight by the atmosphere
Answer is = A

9. Which one of the following sets of properties

are relevant for an electrical fuse wire needed for normal application?
A. Thick wire, high melting point alloy, short length
B. thick wire, low melting point alloy, large length
C. Short length, low melting point alloy, thin wire
D. Large length, low melting point alloy, thin wire
Answer is = A

10. Ice floats on water because the density of Ice is less than that of water, Out of the following
what part of giant icebergs remains above water?
A. 1/10
B. 1/4
C. 1/2
D. ¾
Answer is = B

11. Which one of the following coolers has the longest wavelength?
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Blue
D. Red
Answer is = D

12. Which one of the following can be used to focus sunlight?

A. Plan mirror
B. Concave lens
C. Concave mirror
D. Convex mirror
Answer is = C

13. Which one of the following is a good conductor of electricity?

A. PVC
B. Glass
C. Rubber
D. Graphite
Answer is = D

14. The tendency of a liquid drop to contract and occupy minimum area is due to
A. Surface tension
B. Viscosity
C. Density
D. Vapour pressure
Answer is = A

15. Choke coil is coil of

A. High resistance and high inductance
B. Low resistance and high inductance
C.High resistance and low inductance
D. Low resistance and low inductance
Answer is = B

16. Conductors, insolators and semi- conductors differ from each other due to property of
A. ability of the current of carry
B. formation of crystal lattice
C. binding energy of their electrons
D. mutual width of their energy gaps
Answer is = D

17. On which principle dose the tape- recorder function?

A. Electromagnetic Induction
B. Electrovalency
C. Gay music’s law of combining volume
D. Boyle’s Law
Answer is = A

18. When a constant force is applied to a body it move with uniform

A. Momentum
B. Velocity
C. Speed
D. Acceleration
Answer is = B

19. The silvered surface of thermos flask prevents transfer of heat by

A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Reflection
D. Radiation
Answer is = D

20. When wind blows at high velocity roof tops are blown off because pressure
A. Outside is more than inside the roof
B. inside is more than outside the roof
C. Increases due to wind velocity
D. Is exerted by air from outside
Answer is = B
21. Tube light works on the principle of
A. Chemical effect of current
B. Heating effect of current
C. Magnetic effect of current
D. Discharge of electricity through gases
Answer is = D

22. in a refrigerator, cooling is produced by

A. The Ice is deposits on the freezer
B. The evaporation of a volatile liquid
C. The sudden expansion of a compressed gas
D. Increases stability
Answer is = B

23. On earth a removed from an electric bulb to prevent

A. Oxidation of tungsten filament
B. Bursting of bulb
C. Loss of light due to absorption
D.None of the above
Answer is = A

24. A person climbing a hill bends forward in order to

A. Avoid slipping
B. Increases speed
C. Reduce fatigue
D. Increases stability
Answer is = D

25. On earth a moving body ordinarily comes to rest by it self because of the
A. Law of inertia
B. Forces of friction
C. Conservation of momentum
D. Gravity
Answer is = B

26. When the door of an operating refrigerator is opened the temperature of the room will
A. Decreases
B. Remain unchanged
C. Fall down immediately
D. increases
Answer is = D

27. An electric motor is used to convert

A. Electrical energy into mechanical energy
B. Mechanical energy into kinetic energy
C. Mechanical energy into electrical energy
D. Higher voltage to lower voltage
Answer is = C

28. Two parallel wires carrying currents in the same direction attract each other because official
A. Potential difference between them
B. Mutual inductance between them
C. Electric forces between them
D. Magnetic forces between them
Answer is = C

29. Energy of a body due to its motion is called

A. Heat energy
B. Kinetic energy
C. potential energy
D. Light energy
Answer is = B

30. A moving ball stops due to action of

A. Nuclear forces
B. frictienal forces
C. Electric forces
D. Magnetic forces
Answer is = B

31. The energy stored in a stretched spring is

A. Potential energy
B. kinetic energy
C. heat energy
D. Electrical energy
Answer is = D

32. In cells chemical energy is transformed into

A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. heat energy
D. Electrical energy
Answer is = D

33. When body is dropped from a certain height, the gravitational potential energy is converted
into
A. Elastic potential energy
B. chemical energy
C. kinetic energy
D. Light energy
Answer is = C
34. Human body converts chemical potential energy of food into
A. kinetic energy
B. Light energy
C. Nuclear energy
D. heat energy
Answer is = D

35. Electrochemical energy is required for the working of

A. Circulatory system
B. Nervous system
C. Excretory system
D. Digestive system
Answer is = B

36. When cat laps for its prey them the chemical energy presents in its muscles is converted to
A. potential energy then to light energy
B. potential energy then to kinetic energy
C.Electrical energy then to heat energy
D. Heat energy then to nuclear energy
Answer is = B

37. The energy stored in the fossil fuel is

A. chemical energy
B. heat energy
C. Electrical energy
D. Elastic potential energy
Answer is = A

38. Semi -conductor is such a substance, whose ability to conduct current lies in between
A. conductors and insulators
B. conductors and superconductors
C. insulators and superconductors
D. Wood and plastic
Answer is = A

39. Though the temperature inside lighted electric bulb is around 2700C, the filament dose not
burn because:
A. The metal of which it is made is resistant to burning
B. the oxygen necessary for combustion (and bumming)
is not available as the bulb is evacuated and filled
with pure nitrogen or inert gases
C. it dose not burn in closed systems
D. it is made of non- metallic substance
Answer is = B
40. A remote control gadget (for TV etc.)
A. A small electromagnetic, that emits electromagnetic
B. A small oscillator that emits electric pluses
C. A small transmitter that emits infrared signals
D. None of these
Answer is = C

Vitamins MCQs

1. Fat soluble vitamins are

A. Vitamins A, B
B. Vitamins A, D , E ,K
C. Vitamins A , B , C , D
D. Vitamins B , C
Answer is = B

2. Water soluble vitamins are

A. Vitamins B,E
B. Vitamins A , B
C. Vitamins C , D
D. Vitamins B , C
Answer is = D

3. Which of the following helps in clotting of blood?

A. Vitamins B1
B. Vitamins D
C. Vitamins K
D. Vitamins B2
Answer is = C

4. Vitamin A is found in the

A. White vegetables
B. Green
C. Yellow
D. Red
Answer is = B

5. Night blindness is due to lack of vitamin

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer is = A

6. Which in our diet promotes bone formation and calcium absorption in our body?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer is = D

7. Rickets in childhood occurs due to the lack of

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer is = D

8. Muscular and nervous disorders is due to lack of

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer is = D

9. Which vitamin gets destroyed on heating

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer is = C

10. Which vitamin is found in the body by exposure to ultra violet radiation on sunlight?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin E
Answer is = D

11. The vitamin which can be most easily synthesized in human body is
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer is = D

12. Which of the following is known as anti scurvy factor?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer is = C
13. The best source of vitamin A is
A. Lima bean
B. Carrot
C. Tomato
D. Orange
Answer is = B

14. Which of the following is not a source of vitamin C?

A. potato
B. Tomato
C. Guava
D. Milk
Answer is = D

15. Which one of the following vitamins is known as the anti sterile factor?
A. Ascorbic acid
B. Retinol
C. Riboflavin
Answer is = C

16. Deficiency of vitamin C leads to a disease known as

A. Scurvy
B. Infertility
C. Rickets
D. Beri Beri
Answer is = A

17. Deficieny of vitamin B1 causes

A. Scurvy
B. Infertility
C. Rickets
D. Beri Beri
Answer is = D

Diseases
Hepatitis is a disease of which of the following organ?
A. Liver
B. Heart
C. Brain
D. None
Answer is = A
What type of infection is tuberculosis?
A. Viral
B. Bacterial
C. Fungal
D. None
Answer is = B
What is the disease Partussis commonly known as?
A. Whooping cough
B. Cholera
C. Hepatitis
D. None
Answer is = A
The decreased secretion of insulin causes?
A. Diabetes
B. Beri Beri
C. Rickets
D. None
Answer is = A
AIDS virus is called?
A. H.I.V
B. A.I.B
C. V.I.V
D. None
Answer is = A
Iron deficiency causes?
A. Anaemia
B. AIDS
C. Cholera
D. None
Answer is =A
Which of the following is caused by bacterial infection?
A. Tetanus
B. Cancer
C. Malaria
D. None
Answer is =A

1. the most important stimulant in tea leaves is

A. Burcina
B. Caffeine
C. Phenylalanine
D. Theine
Answer is = B

2. dolly is the name of the

A. first cloned sheep
B. first cloned monkey
C. first test- tube baby
D. first human fossil
Answer is = A

3. Which part of the camera is analogue to the retina in the human eye?
A. lens
B. film
C. aperture
D. shutter
Answer is = B

4. When a person enters a dark room from bright light he is not able to see
A. Eye is unable to adjust itself immediately
B. Retina becomes insensitive momentarily
C. Lris is unable to dilate the pupil immediately
D. Distance between the lens and retina take time to adjusted
Answer is = C

5. What is the average adult plus rate?

A. 140-150
B. 115-125
C. 72-80
D. 60
Answer is = C

6. The beautiful color patterns exhibited by a peacock in its tail feathers are due to
A. selective absorption of light
B. selective reflection of light
C. sinterference of light
D. natural color pattern of feathers
Answer is = A

7. A take starts freezing because of the cold atmosphere. It will first freeze
A. At the bottom
B. In the middle part
C. At the top surface
D. Uniform throughout the water body
Answer is = C

8. the sun appears red at sunrise and sunset while it appears white at noon, because
A. of refraction
B. it color at sunrise and at sunset
C. of diffraction leading to red end of
the spectrum reaching the earth
D. of scattering of light due to dust particles and air molecules
Answer is = D
9. An astronaut inside a spacecraft is in a state of weightlessness. This implies that
A. the mass of the astronaut is reduced to zero
B. Gravity inside the spacecraft cases to act
C. The astronaut is outside the influence of the earth’s gravitational force
D. The astronaut and the spacecraft are both in a free-falling state
Answer is = D

10. An iceberg is floating in sea. How much of its mass will remain above the surface of water?
A. One tenth
B. One fifth
C. One fourth
D. One third
Answer is = A

11. Most of the ozone in the atmosphere is concentrated in the

A. Mesosphere
B. troposphere
C. stratosphere
D. lonosphere
Answer is = C

12. The cow’s milk contains how much amount of water in terms of percentage?
A. 60 %
B. 65 %
C. 72 %
D. 80 %
Answer is = D

13. T.V Transmission cannot cover a very large area because.

A. the strength of T.V waves is very limited
B. picture cannot be transmitted clearly after a specific distance.
C. the shape of the earth is spherical
D. the air is not a good conductor of light and sound/waves.
Answer is = C

14. The Green House Effect is caused by an excess of

A. carbon dioxide
B. carbon monoxide
C. carbon tetrachloride
D. none of above
Answer is = A

15. Bats can also fly in dark because they are capable of taking the help of
A. Ultraviolet waves
B. ultrasonic waves
C. Electromagnetic waves
D. Special Retinal
Answer is = B

16. What is ‘Stealth technology’?

A. A device which when attached to
makes an aircraft it invisible on the radar
B. A coating which reduces the
visibility of an aircraft on a order
C. A technology by which it is possible
for the aircrafts to spy in the enemy air-space
E. A technology by using which paratroopers
can be drooped stealthily behind the enemy columns
Answer is = B

17. The primary function or the feathers in birds is to

A. Provide insulation for preserving body heat
B. provide striking surface to wings for flying
C. make the body surface water proof
D. impart coloration for species as well as sex recognition
Answer is =B

18. The rear view mirror of a motor vehicle is

A. concave
B. plane
C. convex
D. Biconcave
Answer is = C

19. Lead ball falls through water more slowly than through air because
A. the value of ‘g’ is less in water
B. Density of air is than that of water
C. of the viscous forces in water
D. of the surface tension of water
Answer is = C

20. A Fahrenheit thermometer indicates a temperature of 14f its Celsius scale will be
A. _20 c
B. _ 10 c
C. + 10 c
D. + 20 c
Answer is = B

21. Which one of the following sets of colour combinations is added in colour vision in T.V?
A. Red, green and blue
B. orange, lack and violet
C. White, red and yellow
D. Yellow, green and blue
Answer is = A

22. A train goes past a railway station at a high speed A young boy standing on the edge of the
platform is likely to.
A. remain unaffected
B. Fall away from the train
C. Fall towards the train
D.Fall away from or toeards the train depending upon the speed
Answer is = C

23. Water is highly effective coolant for a car engine because

A. Water is good conductor of heat
B. Water has very high specific heat
C. Water boils at a comparatively high temperature
D. Evaporation of water produces lot of cooling
Answer is = A

24. Scalding with steam is more severe than scalding by boiling water because
A. Steam can penetrtae thi skin
B. Steam is at a higher temperature
C. Steam contain more energy than boiling water
D. Steam is at a higher pressure
Answer is = C

25. In order to prevent the corrosion of iron pipes they are often coated with a layer of zinc. This
process is termed as
A. Electroplating
B. Annealing
C. Ga
Answer is = C
Q. Why does a piece of iron get rusted if left exposed in the open ?
Ans. Iron piece rusts if left exposed in the open because it reacts with the oxygen in the air, forming iron oxide—a
compound of Iron and oxygen.

Q. Why can petrol fire not be put out with water ?

Ans. Petrol is a hydro carbon which remains isolated with water and is having less density. So when water is poured
petrol floats on it and keeps on burning. The temperature of the burning petrol is so high that the water poured on the
petrol fire is evaporated before it extinguishes the fire.

Q. Ice packed is saw dust does not melt quickly. Why ?

Ans. Saw dust is a bad conductor of heat and protects the ice from the external heat and hence from melting away
quickly.

Q. White light passing through a glass prism gives rise to a coloured pattern on the wall. Why ?
Ans. White light is made up of seven colours. Rays of different colours refract or bend along different paths and fall
on different points on the wall forming a coloured pattern known as spectrum.

Q. A boatman pushes the bank with his pole. Why ?

Ans. Action and reaction being equal and opposite, the bank will push the boat away from it.

Q. A burning candle gets extinguished when covered with a tumbler. Why ?

Ans. A burning candle gets extinguished when covered with a tumbler because the supply of oxygen is cut-off and the
flame goes out.

Q. Why do you see rainbow after rain ?

Ans. The water drops suspended in the atmosphere act as prism and disperse light into seven colours.

Q. A metal tea-pot has an ebony handle. Why ?

Ans. Ebony being bad conductor of heat, the handle does not get hot.

Q. Why is one’s breath visible in winter, but not in summer ?

Ans. In winter the water vapour contained in the breath condenses into small droplets of water, which become visible.
In summer it is not so.

Q. The weight of a man on the surface of the moon will be only about one-sixth of his weight on the earth.
Why ?
Ans. The gravity of the moon is one-sixth that of the earth, hence the weight of a person on the surface of the moon
will be onesixth of his weight on the earth.

Q. Why is it easier to roll a barrel than to pull it along the road ?

Ans. Slipping resistance is much more than rolling resistance.

Q. Why is the flash of lightning seen before the sound of thunder is heard ?
Ans. Because light travels faster than sound.

Q. How does a soda water straw work ?

Ans. When we suck through a soda water straw, low pressure is created inside the straw. The liquid outside rushes
into balance the difference.

Q. Small space is left between each set of two rails of a railway line.
Ans. Iron expands when it gets hot. A small space is left between the ends of the rails in order to allow the expansion
of rails due to heat.
Q. How does bulb emit light ?
Ans. The current passes through a wire of high resistance which becomes red hot, and emits light.

Q. What is an electric fuse ? What purpose does it serve ?

Ans. A thin wire used in maintaining the condition of the energy; it prevents overloading of energy.

Q. How does a thermos flask keep a hot liquid hot and cold liquid cold ?
Ans. It is a double-walled vessel in which the inner surface of the outer vessel and the outer surface of the inner
vessel are silvered so as to prevent radiation of heat. The space between the walls of the two vessels is made of
vacuum to prevent the escape of heat by conduction or convection.

Q. A parachute enables a person to descend in safety in case of an accident to aircraft ?

Ans. A man falls to the earth because of the gravitational pull of the earth. The parachute offers considerable
resistance to that gravity, thereby slowing down the speed of the descending man. The parachute thus enables a
person to descend in safety.

Q. A person in a moving vehicle is thrown forward when the vehicle stops suddenly. Why ?
Ans. When a moving vehicle stops suddenly, a passenger will tend to fall forward because the lower part of his body
in contact with the seat comes to stop suddenly but the upper part of his body is still in motion sharing the movement
of the train. So on account of inertia, the passenger falls forward.

Q. A plane approaching at a speed of 1000 m.p.h. is not heard. Why ?

Ans. Sound travels at a speed of 760 m.p.h., hence a plane approaching at a speed of 1000 m.p.h. cannot be heard.

Q. Why does an electric bulb make a bang when it is broken ?

Ans. An electric bulb has a partial vacuum. When it is broken, air rushes into take the place of the vacuum, hence it
bangs.

Q. Why does a ship made of steel float though a steel ball sinks ?
Ans. The ship displaces more water then its own weight whereas the weight of the water displaced by a steel ball is
much less than the weight of the steel ball.

Q. Why do the stars twinkle ?

Ans. The stars seem to twinkle due to two causes. First the light from the stars passes through several mediums;
secondly our vision has a tendency to distract.

Q. Why is it easier to swim in a sea than in a river ?

Ans. The density of the sea water is higher than the density of the river water.

Q. Why is hot soup more tasty than the colder one ?

Ans. As temperature is increased, surface tension decreases and the liquid now occupies more area. Thus the hot
soup occupies more area on the tongue and is, therefore, more tasty than the colder one.

Q. Thick glass tumblers often crack when very hot liquids are poured into them. Why ?
Ans. The inner layer tends to expand more rapidly than the outer layer thus producing phenomenon of unequal
expansion resulting in cracks due to the resulting pressure.

Q. Why does water get cooled in an earthen pitcher ?

Ans. Pitchers have pores through which water percolates which evaporates. During evaporation heat is taken away
and the water gets cooled.

Q. Why does the sky and the water of the ocean look blue ?
Ans. The blue part of the sunlight is scattered by the particles of the atmosphere around, while other parts of light
pass through it : that is why the sky looks blue because of the refraction of the blue light only.

Q. Which will reach the ground first : a bullet which is shot horizontally from a gun or similar bullet thrown
upward from the ground ?
Ans. Obviously horizontally shot bullet is to come down first. Its direction is perpendicular to that of gravitational force.
So both vector will not affect each other but in the case of a bullet shot upward has velocity vector in the opposite
direction of gravitation force. So it will take more time.

Q. Why does an iron gain weight on rusting ?

Ans. The rusted iron is nothing but iron-oxide. Iron in the presence of moisture absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere
and forms iron oxide. The weight gained is equal to the weight of oxygen absorbed.

Q. Why does hard water not readily form lather with soap ?
Ans. Hard water contains the sulphates and chlorides of magnesium and calcium, which form insoluble compounds
with soap. Hence soap does not lather with hard water.

Q. Why are mountains cooler than plains ?

Ans. It is so because, firstly, the air on the mountains is rare than that on the plains and absorbs less heat than the air
on the plains, secondly the heat absorbed during the day on the mountains radiates away more quickly due to the
rarity of the air, thirdly, major portion of the mountains remains in shade.

Q. Why is sea-water saline ?

Ans. The rivers in the course of their flow and falling into the sea bring with them deposits of salt and this process has
been going on for lakhs of years, it makes sea-water saline.

Q. Glass when heated cracks while metal does not.

Ans. Glass being bad conductor of heat only that part is heated which comes into contact with heat while the other
parts remain unaffected. This results in unequal expansion and hence the tension which cracks the glass. On the
other hand, metal is a good conductor of heat and so all its bulk gets uniformly heated and hence no surface tension.

Q. Why does it not hurt when we cut our nails ?

Ans. Nails are the parts of the body which are not connected either with the blood vessels or cartilage and hence
having no relation with the nervous system. Therefore cutting them does not give pain.

Q. A hydrogen balloon rises. Why ?

Ans. Hydrogen is lighter than air, the weight of the hydrogen balloon is less than the weight of the air displaced by it.

Q. Why is a compass used as an indicator of direction ?

Ans. The magnetic needle of the compass due to the influence of the earth’s magnetic field always lies in the north
south direction. Hence we can known the direction.

Q. Why is a country like Ladakh, it may be very hot in sunshine, but bitterly cold in shade ?
Ans. The atmosphere on great heights like Ladakh is rarefied, which offers little obstacle to the rays of the sun which
are therefore, scorching. But the rarefied air absorbs little heat from the rays of the sun, therefore, the atmosphere
remains cold. Hence it is very cold in the shade.

Q. Why does a straight stick look bent when a part of it is immersed in water ?
Ans. The rays of the light passing from a rare medium to a dense medium change their course due to refraction,
where the rays coming from stick in water come in air at surface they get displaced away from perpendicular as our
eyes see straight way so the stick seems bent.

Q. Why does water boil at a lower temperature on the hills than on the plains ?
Ans. The higher the pressure, the higher boiling point : the lower the pressure the lower the boiling point. The
atmospheric pressure on the hills is lower than that on the earth.
Q. Why does a rider feel a tendency to fall when the horse starts running of stops suddenly ?
Ans. This is caused by inertia. When the horse starts running, the rider, being at rest, falls back. When a running
horse stops suddenly, the rider being in motion has a tendency to fall ahead.

Q. Why does a person carrying a bucket full of water in his right hand bend towards the left ?
Ans. He bends towards his left so that the centre of gravity falls within the base. This enables him to keep up balance,
otherwise he may fall.

Q. Why does tea cool more rapidly in a saucer than in a cup ?

Ans. In a saucer evaporation takes place more rapidly than in a cup. Cooling is caused by evaporation.

Q. Ice packed in sawdust does not melt quickly. Why ?

Ans. Ice packed in sawdust does not melt quickly, because sawdust being bad conductor, it cuts the heat rays.

Q. Why do you heat a metal rim before fitting it to a wheel ?

Ans. By heating, the rim expands and fits easily over a slightly bigger radius than that of the rim. On being cooled it
contracts and has a firm grip on the wheel.

Q. Why do wet clothes dry slowly on a rainy day ?

Ans. On a rainy day the atmosphere air contains more water vapour than on a dry day and hence evaporation is
slower.

Q. Why does a substance thrown up come to the ground ?

Ans. Because of the gravitational force of the earth.

Q. Why does moisture gather outside of a glass of cold water on a warm day ?
Ans. The temperature of the outer surface of glass of cold water is lower than that of its surroundings. The vapour in
the surrounding atmosphere gets condensed on the outer surface of the water and appears in the form of tiny
particles of water.

Q. Why are we advised to empty the ink from our fountain pen before going up on aeroplanes ?
Ans. A we go up higher and higher the air becomes rare and atmospheric pressure lower, so that the volume of the
air inside the fountain pen will also increase and the ink will be pushed out thus spoiling the clothes and hence the
advice.

Q. What happens to iron when it rusts ?

Ans. It reacts with the oxygen of the air and forms iron-oxide which is the rust.

Q. How would you distinguish between welding and soldering ?

Ans. Welding is the joining of metals by raising the temperature of the metals to fuse them together by metling their
ends. Soldering is the joining of metals with the help of an alloy called solder.

Q. How does a ball which falls down, bounce up ?

Ans. It is due to the operation of Newton’s Third Law of motion. To every action there is equal and opposite reaction.
A ball falling to the ground is slightly deformed. Due to the elastic force of the material of which the ball is made, the
ball tries to recover its original shape. In doing so it forces the ground which pushes the ball upward due to reaction
and the ball bounces up.

Q. An iron nail floats on mercury but sinks in water. Give reasons.

Ans. The specific density of iron is lower than that of mercury, hence it floats on mercury, while it is higher than that of
water, hence it sinks in water.

Q. How do you convert Centigrade in to Fahrenheit ?

Ans. With the help of the following formula—
C/100 = F – 32/180

Q. It is advisable to work electric appliances when they are earthed suitably. Why ?
Ans. In case of short-circuiting, the current passess to the earth without harming the user, if an electrical appliance is
properly earthed.

Q. How does a refrigerator keep food fresh ?

Ans. Food is kept fresh so long as fermentation does not set in; refrigerator prevents fermentation by providing low
temperature.

Q. Ice wrapped in a blanket does not melt away quickly.

Ans. Blanket being bad conductor of heat prevents the outside heat from creeping inside.

Q. Why can a petrol fire not be extinguished by throwing water on it?

Ans. The heat of the petrol fire is so intense that the water thrown on it gets evaporated and decomposed. Hence it is
not effective in extinguishing the petrol fire.

Q. A train stops when the chain is pulled. Why ?

Ans. When the chain is pulled, one small valve gets opened and air/atmospheric pressure is admitted to the under
side of the piston head of the brake cylinder through pipe connections. Initially there is vacuum on both top and
bottom side of the piston head. When the air/atmospheric pressure enters the under side of the piston head, the
piston raises up due to difference of pressure and pulls the brake rigging to which it is connected with links and
levers. Thus the brakes are applied and the train stops. - See more at:
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