GENERAL SCIENCE MCQs wiith Answer by General knowledge Solutions

GENERAL SCIENCE MCQs wiith Answer  by General knowledge Solutions

Q.1:  What weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any other except lightning?

ANSWER: TORNADOES

Q.2: What is given to wood whose normal cells have been replaced with mineral deposits?

ANSWER: PETRIFIED WOOD

Q.3:  Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth?

ANSWER: FOUR

Q.4:  Pollination by birds is called:

ANSWER:  ORNITHOPHILY

Q.5:  What percent of fire-related deaths are due to smoke inhalation rather than burns?

ANSWER:  80%

Q.6:  To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar?

ANSWER: BANANA

Q.7: How many men have walked on the moon?

ANSWER: TWELVE

Q.8: The fastest-running terrestrial animal is:

ANSWER: CHEETAH

Q.9: Which sea is the saltiest natural lake and is also at the lowest elevation on the face of the earth?

ANSWER: THE DEAD SEA

Q.10: What wonder drug was used for three years by the Army and Navy before becoming available to the general public in 1944?

ANSWER: PENICILLIN

Q.11: W cloud at ground level is called what?

ANSWER: FOG

Q.12: The scarab, worshipped by the Egyptians, is what type of beetle?

ANSWER: DUNG BEETLE

Q.13:   As you go down into a well, your weight:

ANSWER:  DECREASES SLIGHTLY

Q.14: What invention in about 1450 A.D. revolutionized communication and the world?

ANSWER: THE PRINTING PRESS

Q.15: What is the name for the new technology whereby a glass fiber carries as much information as hundreds of copper wires?

ANSWER: FIBER OPTICS (OPTO-ELECTRONICS)