21. What is the source of carbon to plants in the carbon cycle?
(A) Fossils present in the soil
(B) Organic compounds from water
(C) atmospheric carbon dioxide
(D) Carbonate rocks
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22. What is the mass number of an atom that has 3 protons, 4 neutrons and 3 electrons?
(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 7
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23. What is the nature of the Kinetic energy of a satellite orbiting the earth?
(A) Negative
(B) Positive
(C) Zero
(D) Negligible
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24. The total mechanical energy of the system is conserved only if all the forces doing work on it are ______.
(A) Conservative
(B) Unbalanced
(C) Non-conservative
(D) Balanced
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25. In a/an ________, mechanical energy is used to rotate a conductor in a magnetic field to produce electricity that are predominantly used in industries.
(A) Frequency counter
(B) Psophometer
(C) Vectorscope
(D) Electric generator
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26. Which of the following conventions is related to conservation of wetland?
(A) Basel Convention
(B) Rotterdam Convention
(C) Ramsar Convention
(D) Vienna Convention
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27. Which of the following is an example of inexhaustible source of energy?
(A) Natural Gas
(B) Petroleum
(C) Solar
(D) Coal
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28. What is a large force acting for a short time to produce a finite change in momentum called?
(A) Impulsive force
(B) Gravitational force
(C) Frictional force
(D) Mechanical force
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29. Which of the following taxonomic aids is used for the identification of plants and animals based on contrasting characters?
(A) Manuals
(B) Monographs
(C) Key
(D) Catalogs
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30. Which among the following is an elaborate network of filamentous proteinaceous structures present in the cytoplasm?
(A) Cytoskeleton
(B) Cilia
(C) Flagella
(D) Ribosomes
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31. What is the line about which a rigid body rotates about itself known as?
(A) Centripetal motion
(B) Axis of rotation
(C) Rolling motion
(D) Centrifugal axis
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32. The component of contact force normal to the surfaces in contact is called __________.
(A) Normal reaction
(B) Buoyancy
(C) Friction
(D) Tension
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33. What is the IUPAC name of C2H5OH?
(A) Phenol
(B) Propanal
(C) Ethanol
(D) Methanol
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34. The condition of decreasing productivity of land due to human activities is called _____.
(A) Afforestation
(B) Bio-accumulation
(C) Desertification
(D) Incineration
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35. Which of the following plants disease is caused by bacteria?
(A) Blast of Paddy
(B) Red rot of sugarcane
(C) Fire blight of apple
(D) Anthracnose of Beans
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36. Who among the following discovered the nucleus in cell?
(A) “Anton Von Leeuwenhoek”
(B) “Robert brown”
(C) “Theodor Schwann”
(D) “Matthias Schleiden”
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37. Aldehydes having no a-hydrogen atoms undergo ________.
(A) Aldol condensation
(B) Cannizzaro’s reaction
(C) Reimer-Tiemann reaction
(D) None of the above
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38. The SI unit of Electric Charge is Coulomb, [C], which is equivalent to the charge contained in nearly ________ electrons.
(A) 1.6*(1019)
(B) 6*(1018)
(C) 6*(1019)
(D) 1.6*(1018)
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39. Which among the following expresses the value of 1 ohm?
(A) 1 ohm = 1 ampere / 1 volt
(B) 1 ohm = 1 volt * 1 ampere
(C) 1 ohm = 1 volt / 1 ampere
(D) 1 ohm = 1 joule / 1 volt
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40. Which of the following is not an ex-situ conservation type?
(A) Botanical garden
(B) Zoological park
(C) Wild life safari park
(D) National park
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