Science and Technology - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Taking an object
B)
Beating of heart
C)
Closing a fist
D)
Moving a chair

Correct Answer :   Beating of heart

A)
New Delhi
B)
Hyderabad
C)
Bengaluru
D)
Chennai

Correct Answer :   Bengaluru

A)
Family
B)
Genus
C)
Order
D)
Species

Correct Answer :   Species

Genus is a rank in the biological classification (or taxonomy). Genus is the first order category above the species level. It is a group of species, which are related and have fewer characters in common as compared to species.

A)
Fragments & debris
B)
Planet
C)
Asteroid
D)
Star

Correct Answer :   Fragments & debris

A)
0 to 100
B)
151 to 200
C)
200 to 400
D)
400 to 600

Correct Answer :   151 to 200

A)
kernel
B)
core
C)
crust
D)
pith

Correct Answer :   crust

Are earthquake is a sudden shaking or trembling of the earth which lasts for a very short time. ... It is caused by a disturbance deep inside the earth's crust.

A)
Rain
B)
Plot
C)
Heat
D)
Density

Correct Answer :   Rain

A rain gauge (also known as an udometer, pluviometer, ombrometer, and hyetometer) is an instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over an area in a predefined period of time.

A)
Tenzing Norgay and Arunima Sinha
B)
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
C)
Arunima Sinha and Edmund Hillary
D)
Edmund Hillary and Kalpana Chawla

Correct Answer :   Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary

Amsterdam, Sep 8 (IANS) Assigning the first set of official names of surface features on Pluto, the International Astronomical Union has approved a mountain range on the icy dwarf planet to be named after Tenzing Norgay.

A)
Swedish
B)
Indian
C)
German
D)
British

Correct Answer :   British

The best and a highly recognised natural system of classification was proposed by George Bentham and Sir Joseph Hooker, two great British botanists associated with Royal Botanical Garden at Kew, in their General Plantarum (1862-1883).

A)
WWW
B)
BBC
C)
IUCN
D)
UN

Correct Answer :   IUCN

The IUCN Red List has listed 132 species of plants and animals from India as "Critically Endangered".