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Objective General Knowledge
Q. Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena?
  1 Reflection
  2 Refraction
  3 Rectilinear propagation
  4 Diffraction
    Ans: 3
Q. Which of the following produces highest amount of energy upon oxidation?
  1 Glucose
  2 Far
  3 An alkane
  4 Protein
    Ans: 1
Q. Pure water is bad conductor of electricity because it is
  1 not volatile
  2 feebly ionized
  3 a non-polar solvent
  4 a very good solvent
    Ans: 2
Q. Where is National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) located?
  1 Bhavnagar
  2 Chandigarh
  3 Panaji
  4 Pune
    Ans: 4
Q. The metals commonly used for electroplating are
  1 Gold, Sodium & Chromium
  2 Chromium, Copper & Nickel
  3 Nickel, Lead & Chromium
  4 Gold, Sodium & Potassium
    Ans: 2
Q. Which of the following in automobile exhaust can cause cancer?
  1 Carbon monoxide
  2 Oxides of nitrogen
  3 Polyclinic hydrocarbons
  4 Lead
    Ans: 1
Q. Bleaching powder is used in drinking water as a/an
  1 antibiotic
  2 disinfectant
  3 antiseptic
  4 coagulant
    Ans: 2
Q. Gamma rays have greatest similarity with
  1 a-rays
  2 b-rays
  3 X-rays
  4 U.V.rays
    Ans: 3
Q. where are programs and data to be used by the computer available?
  1 Output
  2 Processing unit
  3 Input
  4 Storage
    Ans: 4
Q. Who invented chloroform as anaesthetic?
  1 Edward Jenner
  2 James Simpson
  3 Alexander Fleming
  4 Christian Barnard
    Ans: 2