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ARULMIGU PALANIANDAVAR COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, PALANI

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATION - 2013QUIZ COMPETITION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

TIME : 20 MINUTES DATE: 28 / 02 / 2013

1.National science day is celebrated to honour.a) Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman b) Srinivasa Ramanujan

c) Dattaraya Ramachandra Kaprekar d) M.S. Swaminathan.

2. The largest wild life sanctuary in India.a) Ghana bird sanctuary b) Dachigam sanctuary

c) Jaodopur wild Sanctuary d) Periyar wild life Sanctuary.

3. The digestive and breathing passage cross in thea) Pharynx b) Larynx c) Oesophagus d) Trachea.

4. Monozygotic twins area) always of the same sex b) sometimes of the same sexc) usually of the same sex d) never of the same sex.

5. A vast proportion of our bodys weight is made up ofa) bones b) water c) organs d) skin,tissue and organ.

6. The largest and most successful group of organisms on earth comprisesa) protozoan b) arthropods c) fishes d) birds.

7. The adult human skeleton consists ofa) 204 bones b) 206 bones c) 208 bones d) 214 bones.

8. The nuclear model of an atom was first proposed bya) J J Thomson b) N Bohr c) E. Rutherford d) C V Raman

9. Oxygen will be liberated on heatinga) sodium sulphate b) lead acetate c) zinc oxide d) potassium nitrate.

10.During galvanization ion is coated witha) Zn b) Mg c) Cu d) Cr.

11.The highest solid is known asa) Mg b) Al c) Li d) K.

12.Habee process is used for manufacture ofa) Ammonia b) Sulphuric acid c) Washing soda d) Rayan.

13.The India has the world largest deposits of thorium in the form ofa) rutile b) lignite c) magnesite d) monazite.

14.Red algae is known asa) Cynaphyceae b) chlorophyceae c) xanthophyceae d) rhodophyceae.

15.Plant known as tulsia) ocimum b) gloriosa c) coriandrum d) phyllanthus.

16.The single cell protein is obtained froma) spirogyra b) spirulina c) oscillatoria d) sorgassum.

17.Aquatic plants are seen in the family

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a) rutaceae b) nymphaceae c) lamiaceae d) poaceae.

18.Agaricus is aa) fungi b) bacteria c) algae d) flowering plant.

19.Open seeded plant is known asa) gymnosperms b) angiosperms c) bryophytes d) pterodophytes.

20.___________displays the output of a computer.a) CPU b) monitor c) mouse d) keyboard.

21.------ is the physical items present in the computer.a) hardware b) software c) OS d) MS word.

22.------ is the brain of computer.a) mouse b) monitor c) modem d) CPU.

23.Which of the following is not the property of computer.a) High speed b) memory capacity c) accuracy d) think and decide.

24.In which menu the operations like new, open, save and print are found.a) file menu b) edit menu c) view menu d) tools menu.

25.Name the planet that supports life.a) Saturn b) earth c) mars d) Jupitar.

26.How old is the eartha) 4.5 million years b) 1 million years c) 2.75 million years d) 3 millon years.

27.When was the Raman effect is discovereda) 1930 b) 1925 c) 1928 d) 1935.

28.Human have been around for approximatelya) 20,000 years b) 50,000 years c) 70,000 years d) 30,000 years.

29.Who invented the zeroa) Aryabhata b) Panini c) Brahmagupta d) Raman.

30.When light passess a through a prisona) it becomes one single colour b) it scatters into the seven colours of the rainbow

c) there is no colour d) it scatters into five colours of the rainbow.