General Science MCQs With Answer by General knowledge Solutions

General Science MCQs With Answer  by General knowledge Solutions

                                                                                 

Q.1: In a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, what gas ma be used for a coolant?

ANSWER: HELIUM or CARBON DIOXIDE

Q.2: Spent fuel from a nuclear power plant cools down and loses most of its radioactivity through decay. In the first year, spent fuel loses about what percentage of its radioactivity?

ANSWER: 80 PERCENT

Q.3: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and amendments require what Federal agency to site, construct and operate a geologic repository for disposal of high-level nuclear waste?

ANSWER: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Q.4: The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements estimates that the average exposure to ionizing radiation tha individual Americans receive annually from ALL sources is about:

ANSWER:  360 MILLIREM

Q.5: An important safety feature required at U.S. nuclear power plants that was not present at the Chernobyl Power Plant in the Soviet Union was the

ANSWER: CONTAINMENT BUILDING

Q.6: As of December, 1990, which of the following countries generated the greatest percentage of its electricity by nuclear power?

ANSWER: FRANCE

Q.7: Most of the nuclear power plants operating in the United States are:

ANSWER: PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS

Q.8: The Oklo reactor in Gabon, Africa, is significant because it:

ANSWER:  WAS A NATURAL FISSION REACTOR.

Q.9: What substance was used as a moderator for the chain reaction in the first nuclear reactor?

ANSWER:   GRAPHITE

Q.10:  The U.S. population receives the largest dose of ionizing radiation from:

ANSWER:  NATURAL SOURCES.

Q.11: What state in the United States has the most nuclear power plants?

ANSWER:  ILLINOIS

Q.12: What country currently has the third largest number of satellites in orbit?

ANSWER: FRANCE

Q.13: The launch of the first LIQUID fueled rocket in the world is attributed to:

ANSWER:  UNITED STATES

Q.14: The first American Astronaut to ORBIT the Earth was:

ANSWER:  JOHN GLENN

Q.15: What is made from chicle?

 ANSWER: CHEWING GUM