General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: General Science: part18



General Knowledge : General Science QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part18 : 36 to 40

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

36.Two or more forms of a chemical element having different physical properties but rising to identical chemical compounds are called :

Allotropes
Isotopes
Isomers
Isotones

37.Which one of the following is a mixture ?

Lime
Table salt
Sugar
Sea water

38.The mass of the body is different from its weight because

mass varies very little at different places, whereas weight varies a lot
mass is a variable quantity, whereas weight is constant
mass is a measure if the quantity of matter, whereas weight is a force
mass is comstant but weight increases as the body moves from the Poles to the Equator

39.Which of the following groups of scientists provided experimental proof to the abiotic origin of life ?

Lamarck and Darwin
Miller and Urey
Oparin and Haldande
Weismann and Lamarck

40.Given below are two statements, labeled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements, which of the following is correct ? 1. Assertion (A) : A gas filled balloon stops rising after it has attained a certain height in the sky. 2. Reason (R) : At the highest point, the density of air is such that the buoyant force on the balloon just equals its weight.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.

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