Q.1

The isotope of uranium capable of sustaining chain reaction is

  • U-235
  • U-245
  • U-239
  • U-238
Q.2

Kilowatt is a unit to measure

  • work
  • power
  • electricity
  • current
Q.3

How many colours the sunlight spectrum has?

  • Three
  • Seven
  • Four
  • Five
Q.4

'No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers' is

  • Newton's law
  • Bohr's law
  • Aufbau principle
  • Pauli's exclusion principle
Q.5

Which radioactive pollutant has recently drawn to public, due to its occurrence in the building material?

  • Thorium
  • Radium
  • Plutonium
  • Radan
Q.6

The age of most ancient geological formations is estimated by

  • Ra - Si method
  • Potassium - argon method
  • C14 method
  • Uranium - lead method
Q.7

According to Avogadro's Hypothesis, the smallest particle of an element or a compound, that can exist independently, is called ____ .

  • a molecule
  • a cation
  • an anion
  • an atom
Q.8

Which of the following shows the masses of the three elementary particles in decreasing order?

  • Leptons, Baryons, Mesons
  • Mesons, Baryons, Leptons
  • Baryons, Mesons, Leptons
  • Leptons, Mesons Baryons
Q.9

Who suggested that most of the mass of the atom is located in the nucleus?

  • Thompson
  • Bohr
  • Rutherford
  • Einstein
Q.10

A chronometer measures

  • colour contrast
  • sound waves
  • time
  • water waves
Q.11

The major ingredient of leather is

  • collagen
  • carbohydrate
  • polymer
  • nucleic acid
Q.12

The type of glass used in making lenses and prisms is

  • jena glass
  • soft glass
  • pyrex glass
  • flint glass
Q.13

Atoms of an element differ from those of all other elements in

  • atomic number and electronic configuration
  • number of neutrons and number of valence electrons
  • atomic number and number of valence electrons
  • number of neutrons and electronic configuration
Q.14

What is the wavelength of visible spectrum?

  • 8500 - 9800 angstrom
  • 7800 - 8000 angstrom
  • 3900 - 7600 angstrom
  • 1300 - 3000 angstrom
Q.15

The dark lines in the solar spectrum are due to

  • absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the outer layers of the sun
  • destructive interference between waves of certain definite wavelengths
  • absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the prism used in the photograph
  • absence of corresponding wavelengths from the light emitted by the core of the sun
Q.16

Glass is made of the mixture of

  • quartz and mica
  • sand and silicates
  • salt and quartz
  • sand and salt
Q.17

Which of the following is used for removing air bubbles from glass during its manufacture?

  • Arsenous oxide
  • Potassium carbonate
  • Soda ash
  • Feldspar
Q.18

What are the soaps?

  • Salts of silicates
  • Mixture of glycerol and alcohols
  • Sodium or potassium salts of heavier fatty acids
  • Esters of heavy fatty acids
Q.19

How does common salt help in separating soap from the solution after saponification?

  • By decreasing density of Soap
  • By decreasing solubility of Soap
  • By increasing density of Soap
  • By increasing solubility of Soap
Q.20

Which one of the following is the petroleum wax?

  • Paraffin wax
  • Jonoba wax
  • Carnauba wax
  • Bees wax
Q.21

Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of

  • neutron
  • proton
  • deuteron
  • electron
Q.22

The vast resources of unutilised natural gas can be used in the production of

  • graphite
  • Synthetic petroleum
  • fertilisers
  • carbide
Q.23

Which of the following is a protein?

  • Natural rubber
  • Starch
  • Cellulose
  • None of these
Q.24

In vulcanisation, natural rubber is heated with

  • Carbon
  • Silicon
  • Sulphur
  • Phosphorous
Q.25

Paper is manufactured by

  • Wood and resin
  • Wood, sodium and bleaching powder
  • Wood, calcium, hydrogen sulphite and resin
  • Wood and bleaching powder
Q.26

Wood is the main raw material for the manufacture of

  • paint
  • paper
  • ink
  • gun powder
Q.27

Deep blue colour is imparted to glass by the presence of

  • cupric oxide
  • nickel oxide
  • cobalt oxide
  • iron oxide
Q.28

Gypsum is added to cement clinker to

  • increase the tensile strength of cement
  • decrease the rate of setting of cement
  • facilitate the formation of colloidal gel
  • bind the particles of calcium silicate
Q.29

Rayon is chemically

  • cellulose
  • pectin
  • glucose
  • amylase
Q.30

Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of

  • dicarboxylic acids
  • monocarboxylic acids
  • glycerol
  • tricarboxylic acids
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