Quiz Competition For College Students y162a

ARULMIGU PALANIANDAVAR COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, PALANI

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATION - 2013 QUIZ 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 age cross in the a) Pharynx b) Larynx c) Oesophagus d) Trachea. 4. Monozygotic twins are a) always of the same sex b) sometimes of the same sex c) usually of the same sex d) never of the same sex. 5. A vast proportion of our body’s weight is made up of a) bones b) water c) organs d) skin,tissue and organ. 6. The largest and most successful group of organisms on earth comprises a) protozoan b) arthropods c) fishes d) birds. 7. The adult human skeleton consists of a) 204 bones b) 206 bones c) 208 bones d) 214 bones. 8. The nuclear model of an atom was first proposed by a) J J Thomson b) N Bohr c) E. Rutherford d) C V Raman 9. Oxygen will be liberated on heating a) sodium sulphate b) lead acetate c) zinc oxide d) potassium nitrate. 10.During galvanization ion is coated with a) Zn b) Mg c) Cu d) Cr. 11.The highest solid is known as a) Mg b) Al c) Li d) K. 12.Habee process is used for manufacture of a) Ammonia b) Sulphuric acid c) Washing soda d) Rayan. 13.The India has the world largest deposits of thorium in the form of a) rutile b) lignite c) magnesite d) monazite. 14. Red algae is known as a) Cynaphyceae b) chlorophyceae c) xanthophyceae d) rhodophyceae. 15.Plant known as tulsi a) ocimum b) gloriosa c) coriandrum d) phyllanthus. 16.The single cell protein is obtained from a) spirogyra b) spirulina c) oscillatoria d) sorgassum. 17.Aquatic plants are seen in the family

a) rutaceae b) nymphaceae c) lamiaceae d) poaceae. 18.Agaricus is a a) fungi b) bacteria c) algae d) flowering plant. 19.Open seeded plant is known as a) gymnosperms b) angiosperms c) bryophytes d) pterodophytes. 20. ___________displays the output of a computer. a) U 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) U. 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 s life. a) Saturn b) earth c) mars d) Jupitar. 26.How old is the earth a) 4.5 million years b) 1 million years c) 2.75 million years d) 3 millon years. 27.When was the Raman effect is discovered a) 1930 b) 1925 c) 1928 d) 1935. 28.Human have been around for approximately a) 20,000 years b) 50,000 years c) 70,000 years d) 30,000 years. 29.Who invented the zero a) Aryabhata b) Panini c) Brahmagupta d) Raman. 30.When light ess a through a prison a) 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.