Science and Technology - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Raw water supplies
B)
Precipitation
C)
Climate
D)
Money

Correct Answer :   Money

Around the world the most significant restriction on access to potable water is money. While access to raw water sources, clean or otherwise, is important, the purification process itself is expensive. Once water has been rendered potable, it is important that it be delivered without reintroducing contamination.

A)
Cerebellum
B)
Cerebrum
C)
Medulla Oblongata
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   Cerebellum

A)
Hydrogen
B)
Methane
C)
Ethane
D)
Carbon Dioxide

Correct Answer :   Methane

Biogas is primarily made up of methane and carbon dioxide with a small amount of hydrogen sulphide, siloxanes and moisture. Methane (CH4) constitutes 50-75 percentage of biogas, while carbon dioxide takes up 25-50 percentage, so we can say that methane is the major constituent of biogas.

A)
Thermal power
B)
Hydel power
C)
Nuclear power
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   Nuclear power

Radioactive (or nuclear) waste is a byproduct from nuclear reactors, fuel processing plants, hospitals and research facilities. Radioactive waste is also generated while decommissioning and dismantling nuclear reactors and other nuclear facilities.

A)
Eectronic
B)
Steel
C)
Agriculture
D)
Clothing

Correct Answer :   Agriculture

Agriculture would be a good example of a purely competitive industry.

A)
understand the behavior of entire biological systems.
B)
simplify complex problems by reducing the system into smaller, less complex units.
C)
analyze genomes from different species.
D)
speed up the technological application of scientific knowledge.

Correct Answer :   understand the behavior of entire biological systems.

Systems biology is mainly an attempt to understand the behavior of entire biological systems by studying interactions among its component parts.

A)
Heart cells forming from other heart cells
B)
Plants using energy from the sun
C)
Eukaryotes being in a multicellular organism
D)
Cells being formed from pure water

Correct Answer :   Cells being formed from pure water

According to cell theory, Cells being formed from pure water is impossible.

A)
Nitrogen
B)
Hydrogen
C)
Potassium
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   Hydrogen

Most organic compounds contain carbon, hydrogen, and sometimes other elements such as nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen, or phosphorus. All living organisms contain carbon—even bacteria.
 
Earlier when you were looking at the pictures, sugar was identified as organic.

A)
Vexillography
B)
Vexology
C)
Vexillology
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Vexillology

The study of flags is called Vexillology and the art of flag design is called as Vexillography. The man who studies flags is called as Vexillologist.

A)
at the time of earthquake
B)
at the time of volcanic eruption
C)
at the time of plate tectonics
D)
at the time of mountain formation

Correct Answer :   at the time of volcanic eruption

Pele's tears (closest Hawaiian translation: "nā waimaka o pele") are small pieces of solidified lava drops formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tearlike drops of volcanic glass. Pele's tears are jet black in color and are often found on one end of a strand of Pele's hair.