Some General Science questions and answers - Secretariate Assistant Exam 2015

1.       Who is the father of organic farming? 

       Sir Albert Howard

2.       In plants carbohydrates is stored as ______? 

       Starch

3.       What is the most abundant element in plant body? 

       

       Carbon

4.       What is popularly known as sleep hormone? 

       Melatonin

5.       Which color travels most slowly through glass? 

       Violet

6.       One astronomical unit ________? 

       Distance from earth to Sun(149600000 Km)

7.       Which liquid is used for preserving specimens of plants and animal? 

       Formalin

8.       Angiogram test is done by using ____? 

       Sodium-24

9.       Which internal organ produces largest quantity of enzymes? 

       Liver

10.   Epilepsy disease affects? 

       Nervous system

11.   Plants get water through the roots using _______? 

       Capillarity

12.   Presence of blood in urine is called? 

       Haematuria

13.   Count of blood cells can be measured by an instrument called? 

       Haemocytometer

14.   Which disease is also known as ‘August fever’? 

       Influenza

15.   Number of ribs in the human body is __? 

       24

16.   The area in India known as ‘cradle of speciation ‘? 

       Eastern Himalaya

17.   Which element is essential for plants for the formation of chlorophyll? 

       Magnesium

18.   The scientific study of beauty is called? 

       Aesthetics

19.   Life span of platelet? 

       7 days

20.   What is known as thermoregulatory center of human body? 

       Hypothalamus

21.   What is the length of spinal code in human body? 

       One meter

22.   Study of lizards? 

       Saurology

23.   Meaning of word ‘Ebola’ is______? 

       Black River

24.   The medicine against Ebola approved by WHO (World Health Organization)? 

       ZMapp

25.   Black mulberry is used for the treatment of_____? 

       AIDS

26.   Insufficient blood supply in human body is_____? 

       Ischemia

27.   Anti coagulant present in the saliva of leech is _______? 

       Hirudin

28.   Which is known as ‘traffic police’ of the cell? 

       Endoplasmic reticulum

29.   Genes are known as____? 

       Blue prints of life

30.   Cell without nucleus is also known as? 

       Prokaryotes