CIVIL SERVICE MARG DARSHIKA

MALVIYA PUSTKALAYA G.T. ROAD ALIGARH PIN-202001

DATE-11-08-24 SCIENCE TIME-2:00

1. Which one of the following (c) Nitrogen

pairs is not correctly (d) Water vapor
matched?
(a) Rayon- Modified starch
(b) Aspartame-synthetic 6. Which of the following bio-
sweetener transformations provides
(c) Oxytocin- hormone maximum energy to the human
(d) Neoprene – specific rubber body?
(a) ADP to ATP
2. Which scientist discovered the (b) ATP to ADP
blood circulation system in the (c) AMP to ADP
human body? (d) ADP to AMP
(a) Karl Landsteiner
(b) William Harvey 7. The smallest and largest bones
(c) Leeuwenhoek of the human body are
(d) Gabriel Andral respectively-
(a) Stapes and femur
3. Gas exchange between blood (b) Ulna and radius ulna
and tissue fluid is called- (c) Spinal cord and stapes
(a) Gaseous respiration (d) Spinal cord and stapes
(b) Internal respiration
(c) Anoxic respiration 8. Which of the following can be
(d) Oxy respiration synthesized by the liver?
(a) Vitamin A
4. The process of purification of (b) Vitamin-E
blood of human body is called- (c) Vitamin-D
(a) Dialysis (d) Vitamin K
(b) Hemolysis
(c) Osmosis 9. Which one of the following
(d) Paralysis cannot be the cause of
dangerous 'dropsy' occurring
in people who eat food cooked
5. The quantity of which in adulterated mustard oil (as
component remains happened in India)?
unchanged in the process of (a) Argemone oil adulteration
respiration? (b) Cyanide content of mustard oil
(a) Carbon dioxide (c) Adulteration of paddy bran oil
(b) Oxygen (d) Adulteration to give white color
 10. People who drink water from 14. The process of pollen grains of
shallow hand pumps are likely one flower reaching the stigma
to suffer from all the diseases of a flower of another plant of
mentioned below, except - the same species is called-
(a) Cholera
(a) Self-pollination
(b) Typhoid
(b) Cross pollination
(c) Kamla's
(c) Fertilization
(d) Fluorescence
(d) Amplification
11. Monosaccharide, disaccharide 15. The wrong group of digestive
and polysaccharide are types enzymes and its related organs
of which nutrients? is-
(a) Protein (a) Tyline - Salivary glands
(b) Fat (b) Pepsin - Stomach
(c) Mineral salts (c) Maltase - Large intestine
(d) Carbohydrate (d) Trypsinogen – Gall bladder

12. Match List-1 with List-2 and 16. Which plant is used in making
choose the correct code: bio diesel?
List-1 List-2 (a) Sugarcane
A. Lactose 1- Enzyme that (b) White radish
digests milk (c) Sanai
protein. (d) Ratanjot
B. Lactobacillus 2- Milk white
color 17. The false statement about
C. Renin 3- Sweetness of hormones found in plants is-
milk (a) Plant hormones control the
D. Casein 4- Conversion of growth of plants.
milk into curd. (b) There are five classes of
A B C D plant hormones.
(a) 1 2 3 4 (c) Auxin hormones are helpful
(b) 3 2 1 4 in producing seedless fruits.
(c) 4 1 3 2 (d) Insulin is a growth
(d) 3 4 1 2 hormone in plants.

18. Match List-I with List-II and

13. How does HIV virus weaken a
select the correct answer using
person's immunity?
the codes given below the lists:
(a) By destroying mast cells List-I (Diseases)
(b) By destroying platelets A. Khaira
(c) By destroying blood cells B. Anemia
(d) By destroying lymphocytes C. Goiter
D. Scurvy
 List-II (Reasons) (a) Only 1
1- Vitamin C deficiency (b) Only 2
2- Tinnitus of iodine (c) Only 3
3- Dullness of iron (d) 1, 2 and 3
4- Tinnitus of zinc
22. Ginger is a stem and not a root
because-
Code
(a) It stores food items.
A B C D
(b) It develops horizontally
(a) 1 2 3 4
from the ground.
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) It is full of festivals and
(c) 3 4 1 2
festivals.
(d) 4 3 2 1
(d) It is devoid of chlorophyll.
19. The hormone that stimulates
the secretion of thyroxine 23. Body parts of plants do not
hormone from the thyroid include-
gland is- (a) Root
(a) T.S.H. (b) Stem
(b) F.S.H. (c) Seeds
(c) L.T.H. (d) Leaves
(d) A. C T.H
24. The false statement regarding
20. From which of the following plant roots is-
plants is insulin obtained? (a) Roots generally develop
(a) From ginger rhizome from radicle.
(b) From the roots of dahlia (b) They grow in the direction
(c) From potato tuber of the light source.
(d) From neem bark (c) The end of the roots is
protected by the root cap.
21. Consider the following (d) The roots of
statements with reference to monocotyledon and
asthma: dicotyledon plants are
1- A disease caused by a different.
fungus called Aspergillus
25. The following are not
fumigatus.
correctly matched among the
2- It is a respiratory disease.
diseases caused by protozoa:
3- In this disease, there is
(a) Malaria- Plasmodium
shrinkage in the microscopic
(b) Pyorrhea – Entamoeba
tubes of the lungs which
gingivalis
causes difficulty in breathing.
Which of the above statements
is/are correct?
 (c) Amoebic dysentery – 29. Consider the following
Entamoeba histolytica statements with reference to
(d) Sleeping sickness – heart disease:
Trichomonas vaginalis 1- Angina occurs when there is
insufficient blood supply in the
26. Match List-I with List-II and coronary arteries.
select the correct answer using 2- The worst form of angina is
the codes given below the lists: called heart attack.
List-I (Transmission Factors) Which of the above statements
A. Anopheles mosquito is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
B. Culex mosquito
(b) Only 2
C. Aedes
(c) 1 and 2
D. Sucka fly
(d) Neither 1, nor 2
List-II (Communicable
30. Invertebrate animal which is
Diseases)
not hermaphrodite
1- Kala-azar
(a) Tapeworm
2- Dengue
(b) Hydra
3- Malaria
(c) Earthworm
4- Filaria
(d) Cockroach
Code:
A B C D
31. Come in the category of
(a) 3 2 4 1
irregular animals.
(b) 1 4 2 3
(a) Fish
(c) 1 2 4 3
(b) Amphibian
(d) 3 4 2 1
(c) Reptile

27. Apart from the nucleus, in (d) All of the above

which cell organ other than the
nucleus is DNA present? A. is 32. Where are the taste buds that give
the experience of sweet taste
found? present in the human tongue?
(a) Golgi Body (a) On the front
(b) Lysosome (b) Towards the side
(c) Stellate body (c) On the back side
(d) Mitochondria (d) On the middle part
28. Why was the Red Sea given
this name? 33. MRI, a disease detection tool,
(a) Due to acid rain means-
(b) Due to the presence of (a) Magnetic resonance index
specific algae (b) Magnetic resolution
(c) Due to its special location
(d) None of these
 information (a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(c) Magnetic resonance (b) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
imaging (c) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
(d) All of the above (d) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

34. Which organelle is called the 38. Flaxseed is a rich source of

suicide bag of the cell? which nutrient?
(a) Ribosome (a) Vitamin C
(b) Lysosome (b) Omega-3 fatty acids
(c) Nucleosome (c) Essential amino acids
(d) Golgi body (d) Antioxidants

35. The scientist who presented 39. Which of the following vitamins is
the cell theory was- not stored in the body?
(a) M.J. Schleiden and Robert (a) Vitamin – A (c) Vitamin – D
Hooke (b) Vitamin – C (d) Vitamin – E
(b) Theodor Schwann and
Virchow
40. Under ecological
(c) M.J. Schleiden and Theodor
classification, there is not a
Schwann
class of plants-
(d) Robert Hooke and Purkinje
(a) Xerophyte
36. The fat present under the skin (b) Saltophyte
layer in our body acts as a (c) Hydrophyte
barrier against which of the (d) Epiphyte
following?
41. On the basis of structure, into
(a) Loss of body heat
which two classes are fruits
(b) Loss of essential body fluids divided?
(c) Decay of rock salts (a) Sweet and sour fruits
(d) Entry of harmful (b) Spicy and dry fruits
microorganisms from the (c) True and false results
environment (d) Fruits and nuts

37. Match List-I with List-II and 42. The blood vessels that
select the correct answer using transport pure blood from the
the codes given below the lists: heart to other parts of the body
List-I List-II are-
(a) Arteries
A. By air 1- Tetanus
(b) Veins
B. By water 2- T.B.
(c) Pulmonary aorta
C. By contact 3- Cholera
(d) Veins
D. By wound 4- Syphilis
Code:
43. Which hormone is injected (c) From the fourth week of
into the udders of cow and development
buffalo to express milk? (d) From the sixth week of
(a) Somatropin development
(b) Oxytocin
(c) Interferon 48. Which medicine and invention
(d) Insulin are not compatible?
44. Match List-1 with List-2 and (a) Penicillin – Alexander Fleming
choose the correct code: (b) Smallpox Vaccine – Edward
List-1 List-2 Fleming
A. Cabbage 1- Fruit (c) Polio Vaccine – Jonas Salk
B. Potato 2- stem (d) Influenza vaccine – Morris
C. Carrot 3-leaf Hillman
D. Capsicum 4- Root
Code: 49. Who discovered bacteria?
A B C D
(a) 3 2 4 1 (a) Fleming
(b) 2 3 4 1 (b) Lambal
(c) 2 3 1 4 (c) Temin
(d) 4 2 3 1 (d) Leeuwenhoek

45. DPT vaccine given to infants

50. Scientific study of birds is
protects them from which
called?
diseases?
(a) Limnology
(a) Rohini, from Jaundice and
Tetanus (b) Herpetology
(b) Rohini, from Pneumonia (c) Malacology
and Tuberculosis (T.B.) (d) Ornithology
(c) Rohini, from Smallpox and
Tetanus. 51. The living part of the cell is
(d) Rohini, whooping Cough
called cytoplasm. This
and Tetanus
includes-
46. Organisms which give birth to (a) Only cytoplasm
a child developed in the uterus (b) Only nuclear matter
are called- (c) Both cytoplasm and nucleus
(a) Uterus (d) Cytoplasm, nucleus and
(b) Egg
other cell organelles
(c) Monogamous
(d) Bisexual
52. How does refrigeration help in
47. When does the heart of a food preservation?
human fetus start beating? (a) By killing bacteria
(a) From the first week of (b) By reducing the rate of
development
(b) From the third week of
development
 biochemical reactions water vapor
(c) Destroy enzyme activity (c) Liver- excretion of sebum
(d) Covering the food item with and amino acids
a layer of ice (d) Sweat glands- excretion of
salt and lactic acid
53. Antibiotics are mostly 58. The false statement regarding
obtained from- the role of ribs during
(a) From fungi inhalation and exhalation is-
(b) From viruses (a) During exhalation the ribs
(c) From bacteria are pulled upwards and
outwards.
(d) From angiosperms
(b) Ribs remain stable.
(c) During exhalation the ribs
54. Antigen is a substance which- come down and inwards.
(a) Destroys harmful bacteria (d) The volume of the chest
(b) Used for the treatment of cavity increases and
poisoning. decreases due to change in
(c) Reduces body temperature. the position of the ribs.
(d) Stimulates the formation of
59. Which of the following
antibodies.
bacterial diseases is not
correctly matched?
55. Which organ is responsible for
(a) Cholera – Vibrio cholerae
detoxification of alcohol?
(b) Whooping cough – Bacillus
(a) Liver
pusis
(b) Lungs
(c) Intermittent fever –
(c) Kidney
Salmonella Typhi
(d) Heart
(d) Leprosy- Mycobacterium
acanthosis
56. Which substance is present in
maximum quantity in the
60. Cell wall is not found in the
composition of human blood?
cells of which organism?
(a) Platelets
(a) In plants
(b) White blood cells
(b) In humans
(c) Red blood cells
(c) In algae
(d) Plasma
(d) In bacteria

57. The wrong group of organs 61. Nitrogen fixing algae are-
and the waste materials
(a) Nostoc and Anabaena
excreted from them is-
(a) Kidney – Urea and water (b) Sargasam
(b) Lungs – carbon dioxide and (c) Cara
(d) Laminaria
 62. Identify the false statement (c) Medulla oblongata – control
regarding reproduction in of movement
organisms- (d) Hypothalamus- visual
(a) Through reproduction, reception and their
interpretation
organisms give birth to
66. The basic unit of the nervous
similar organisms.
system is-
(b) Reproduction can be sexual
(a) Nerve cell
or asexual.
(b) Nerve axon
(c) Fragmentation and spore
(c) Brain
formation are reproductive
(d) Spinal cord
activities in vertebrates.
(d) Sexual reproduction occurs
67. The following substances and
in all vertebrates.
their classes are not correctly
matched:
63. Which of the following
(a) Pepsin – Carbohydrate
vitamins and the disease
(b) Carotene – Vitamin
caused by its deficiency is not
(c) Keratin – Protein
correct?
(d) Testosterone – Hormone
(a) Calciferol – bone disease
(b) Niacin – Pellagra 68. There is no correct matching
(c) Cobalamin – Pernicious of diseases and their
anemia symptoms related to human
(d) Riboflavin – Beri-Beri skeleton-
(a) Arthritis – swelling in joints
64. Which hormone is called fight (b) Rickets- Weakness in
or flight hormone? children due to deficiency of
(a) Insulin calcium and phosphorus.
(b) Adrenaline (c) Osteoporosis – bones
(c) Testosterone become weak and brittle
(d) Oxytocin (d) Tetany – Pain while walking
due to rupture of cartilage.
65. The wrong group of parts and
related functions of human 69. Which of the following
brain is- elements is found most in the
(a) Cerebrum- control of human body?
voluntary actions and (a) Oxygen
memory ability (b) Carbon
(b) Cerebellum – posture (c) Calcium
coordination and balance
(d) Nitrogen
 70. Match List-I with List-II: 73. Radar is used in-
List-I List-II (a) In detecting objects by light
A. Human skull 1-1 bone waves
B. Spine 2- 24 bones (b) To detect objects by
C. Ribs 3- 29 bones reflecting sound waves
D. Sternum 4- 33 bones (c) To find the position of
Code: objects through radio waves.
A B C D (d) In chasing rain clouds
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 4 1 74. One micron is equal to-
(c) 3 4 2 1 (a) 1/10 millimeter
(d) 1 3 4 2 (b) 1/100 millimeter
(c) 1/1000 millimeter
71.Match List-I with List-II and (d) 1/10000 mm
select the correct answer
from the codes given below 75. Action and reaction-
the lists- (a) Always apply to the same
List-I List-II object
A. Stethoscope 1. To measure
the intensity of light (b) are of equal magnitude
B. Sphygmomanometer 2. To find (c) are in the same direction.
out the purity of gold (d) always work independently
C. Caratometer 3. To listen to
the sound of the heart
D. Luxmeter 4. To measure 76. If an object moving on a
blood pressure circular path takes one second
Code: to complete one step, then
A B C D what is its average velocity?
(a) 1 2 3 4 (a) Average velocity depends
(b) 4 3 2 1 on the time taken to
(c) 3 4 2 1 complete one step.
(d) 2 1 4 3 (b) One
72.Match List-I with List-II and (c) Average velocity is same as
select the correct answer average speed
from the code given below the (d) Zero
lists-
List-I List-II 77. An object with uniform motion-
A. High Velocity 1. Mank (a) cannot be accelerated
B. Wavelength 2. Angstrom
C. Pressure 3. Pascal (b) can be accelerated
4. Cusec (c) will always accelerate
D. Water flow
(d) velocity will remain
Code unequal.
A B C D
(a) 2 1 3 4
(b) 1 2 4 3
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 2 1 4 3
78. When soft biscuits are kept inside the refrigerator (c) Our bones are quite strong and can bear this
for pressure.
some time, they become crunchy because- (d) The surface area of our head is very small.
(a) Excess moisture comes out due to cold.
(b) Humidity inside the refrigerator is low so excess 84. Danger signals are red in color, whereas the eyes are
moisture is absorbed. more sensitive to yellow because-
(c) Humidity is high inside the refrigerator so excess (a) Red light has less absorption than yellow.
moisture gets absorbed. (b) Scattering is less in yellow light than in red.
(d) The pressure inside the refrigerator is high which (c) Red light has a longer wavelength than yellow light.
helps in coming out of excess moisture. (d) None of the above.

79. On touching pieces of iron and wood in the morning 85. C.T. Scan which rays is used
in winter, (a) Infrared rays
the piece of iron appears colder because- (b) Ultrasonic waves
(a) The temperature of a piece of iron is less than that of (c) Visible light
a wooden block (d) X-rays
(b) Iron is a better conductor of heat than wood.
(c) Iron is a poor conductor of heat compared to wood. 86. Which of the following
(d) A piece of iron is heavier than wood. statements regarding cosmic
rays is not correct?
80. When a bottle is filled with water. And if it is frozen (a) These are electromagnetic
then waves.
the bottle breaks, because- (b) Their wavelengths are very small.
(a) Water expands when it freezes. (c) They are made up of charged particles with very high
(b) The bottle shrinks at freezing point. energy.
(c) The temperature outside the bottle is higher than (d) They originate from the Sun.
inside.
(d) Water expands when heated. 87. Who discovered X-ray?
(a) Bekural
81. Cloudy nights are relatively warmer than cloudless (b) Roentgen
nights, (c) Marie Curie
because clouds- (d) Wan Lu
(a) Prevent cold waves from reaching the earth in the
sky 88. Which of the following statements is true?
(b) Reflect the heat released from the earth. (a) The speed of light is the highest.
(c) create heat and develop it towards the earth (b) The velocity of sound is the highest.
(d) Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it (c) The velocity of celestial bodies is highest.
towards the earth. (d) The rocket has the highest velocity.

82. Food cooks quickly in a pressure cooker. Because- 89. In what form does the signal flow in fiber optic
(a) At higher pressure water starts boiling at lower communication?
temperature. (a) Light wave
(b) Water starts boiling at higher temperature at (b) Radio wave
higher pressure. (c) Microwave
(c) Water boils at higher temperature but the amount of (d) Electric wave
heat is greater at higher pressure.
(d) Convection currents are generated inside the cooker 90. Which of the following energy transformations takes
place
83. The atmosphere exerts a lot of pressure on us, but through the process of photosynthesis?
we do not (a) Light energy to chemical energy
feel it, because- (b) Thermal energy from light
(a) Our blood exerts a pressure slightly more than the (c) Biochemical energy from thermal energy
atmospheric pressure. (d) Chemical energy from kinetic energy
(b) We are used to it.
91. Which one of the following statements is not correct
regarding a person with farsightedness? (b) Can transmit sound.
(a) A person can see distant objects clearly. (c) Can reflect sound.
(b) The aperture of the lens is greater. (d) Can absorb sound.
(c) The images of near objects are focused behind the
retina. 99. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(d) Concave lens is used to correct this defect. (a) The theory of evolution was propounded by Charles
Darwin.
92. Electric current does not flow between two charged (b) The splitting of the nucleus
objects of an atom is called fusion.
connected to each other, if they are- (c) Solid carbon dioxide is dry ice.
(a) at the same impulse (d) Telephone was invented by Graham Bell.
(b) at the same capacitance
(c) at the same resistance 100. The half-life of a radioactive
(d) at the same potential substance is 10 days, which
means that:
93. Which of the following metals is used as a (a) Complete decomposition of the substance will occur
semiconductor in transistors? in 20 days.
(a) Copper (b) Complete decomposition of the substance will occur
(b) Germanium in 40 days.
(c) Graphite (c) ¾ part of the substance will decompose in 20 days.
(d) Silver (d) ¼ part of the substance will decompose in 5 days.

94. The device used to store electric charge is called- 101. The difference between a nuclear reactor and an
(a) Motivational atomic
(b) Capacitor bomb is that-
(c) Transformer (a) There is no chain reaction in a nuclear reactor
(d) Transistor whereas there is in an atomic bomb.
(b) Chain reaction is controlled in a nuclear reactor.
95. Two people cannot talk to each other on the surface (c) The chain reaction in a nuclear reactor is not
of the moon, because- controlled.
(a) Their ears stop working on the moon. (d) No chain reaction takes place in an atomic bomb
(b) There is no atmosphere on the Moon. whereas it does in a nuclear reactor.
(c) They wear special types of suits on the moon.
(d) Sound travels very slowly on the Moon. 102. The important nuclear fuel
available in abundance in India
96. When the TV is switched on: is:
(a) Both audio and video start (a) Uranium
simultaneously. (b) Thorium
(b) Audio is heard immediately but visual becomes (c) Iridium
visible later. (d) Plutonium
(c) The visible begins immediately, but the audio is
heard later, because sound travels at a slower speed 103. When an astronaut drops an object out of the
than light. spacecraft,
(d) It depends on the brand of TV. that object-
(a) Will fall on the surface.
97. Sound waves- (b) Will remain stable.
(a) Can move in vacuum. (c) Will follow the motion of the spacecraft.
(b) Can move only in solid medium. (d) will move away tangentially / will move away from
(c) Can move only in gases. the tangent line
(d) Can move in both solid and gas mediums.
104. The atmosphere remains connected to the earth
98. The walls of the hall used for music concerts are because-
constructed (a) Due to Earth's gravity.
in such a way that they- (b) Due to the rotation of the Earth.
(a) Can amplify the sound. (c) Due to the presence of
various gases. 2- Potassium
(d) Due to the rare structure of 3- Lithium
the atmosphere. Select the correct answer using the code given below
(a) 1 and 2 only
105. Which type of mirror is used (b) 2 and 3 only
in a car to see the traffic (c) Only 3
behind? (d) 1, 2 and 3
(a) Concave mirror
(b) Plane mirror 111. Which is the alloy used to
(c) Convex mirror make thermal components for
(d) None of these. electric thermal equipment?
(a) Solder
106. What are those atoms in which the number of (b) Alloy
protons is the same but the number of neutrons is (c) Nichrome
different, called? (d) German silver
(a) Isobaric
(b) Isoneutronic 112. What is responsible for
(c) Isomer making Pyrex glass stronger?
(d) Isotope (a) Potassium carbonate
(b) Ferrous oxide
107. With reference to the application of isotopes, (c) Borax
consider the following pairs: (d) Ferric oxide
1- Isotope of uranium - Fuel in nuclear reactor
2- Isotope of cobalt- Cancer treatment 113. Which of the following glass is
3- Iodine isotope – Treatment of goiter used for sunglasses?
Which of the above pairs is/are (a) Crooks glass
correct? (b) Pyrex glass
(a) 1 and 2 only (c) Crystal glass
(b) 2 and 3 only (d) None of the above
(c) Only 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3 114. Which of the following is/are
examples of physical change?
108. Which two fundamental forces can provide the 1- Tearing the paper
force of 2- Change in color
attraction between two neutrons? 3- Burning of paper
(a) Some other force 4- Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.
(b) Gravitational and Select the correct answer using the code given below-
electrostatic (a) Only 1
(c) Gravitational and nuclear (b) 1 and 2 only
(d) Electrostatic and nuclear (c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
109. When copper utensils are kept exposed to humid
air for a long 115. What type of reaction is
time, a light green substance gets deposited on them. combustion?
Which (a) Biological reaction
of the following is this green substance? (b) Physical reaction
(a) Copper hydroxide (c) Chemical reaction
(b) Copper carbonate (d) Physical and chemical reactions
(c) Mixture of A and B
(d) None of these 116. Which of the following is an example of a chemical
change?
110. Which of the following metals 1- Crystallization of sodium chloride
starts burning when kept in 2- Melting of ice
open environment? 3- Milk coagulation
1- Sodium Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only (d) Carbon monoxide
(b) Only 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3 123. Soda water made by passing carbon dioxide in
(d) None of these water
(a) is an oxidant
117. Which of the following is the correct order of (b) is alkaline in nature
increasing (c) is a reducing agent
molecular weights of hydrocarbons? (d) is acidic in nature
(a) Methane, ethane, propane and butane
(b) Propane, butane, ethane and methane 124. Which polymer is used in making bullet proof
(c) Butane, ethane, propane jackets?
and methane (a) Bakelite
(d) Butane, propane, ethane and methane (b) Polyamide
(c) Teflon
118. Which of the following statements are correct (d) Polyurethane
regarding carbon?
1- All structures based on carbon are living. 125. A natural polymer is:
2- Most carbon compounds are not good electrical (a) Bakelite
conductors. (b) Cellulose
Select the correct answer using the code given below: (c) P.V.C.
(a) Only 1 (d) Nylon
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 126. Which of the following statements is/are correct
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 regarding candle flame?
1- Unburned carbon particles are present in its lamp.
119. Which one of the following groups of elements was 2- Its unlit area is the hottest.
basically responsible for the origin of life on Earth? Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sodium (a) Only 1
(b) Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen (b) Only 2
(c) Oxygen, calcium, phosphorus (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Carbon, Hydrogen, Potassium (d) Neither 1 nor 2
120. What does PH value indicate?
(a) Quality of the chemicals used in making photographs 127. Water is ineffective in extinguishing a fire caused
from negatives by
(b) Rating of whether a solution is acidic or alkaline petrol, because-
(c) Rating of earthquake intensity (a) The flame is too hot to be quenched with water.
(d) Evaluator to test the purity of milk (b) Water and petrol react chemically.
(c) Water and petrol are soluble in each other.
121. Aqua-regia used by (d) Since water and petrol are insoluble in each other,
goldsmiths is made by mixing petrol will continuously form a layer on top of water to
the following- burn.
(a) Nitric acid and sulfuric acid
(b) Nitric acid and hydrochloric acid 128. Hydrogen gas can be conveniently used as fuel to
(c) Sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid run vehicles. If it is absorbed by a substance at low
(d) Citric acid and benzoic acid temperature so that it can be released at the
temperature generated by the vacuum.
122. An unknown gas dissolves quickly in water. Red Which absorbent substance is that?
litmus (a) Hydride
turns blue in aqueous solution containing gas. This gas (b) Coal
also (c) Soap stone
produces white smoke along with hydrogen chloride. (d) Resin
This unknown gas is-
(a) Sulfur dioxide 129. Which is a compound
(b) Nitric hydroxide fertilizer?
(c) Ammonia (a) Urea
(b) Cam (c) India
(c) Ammonia sulphate (d) Brazil
(d) N. P.K
138.Which drug was approved by the FDA as the first
130. Which substance is used in oral treatment for postpartum depression in June
making soap? 2024?*
(a) Vegetable oil (a) Bexanolone
(b) Mobil Oil (b) Zulpanolone
(c) Kerosene oil (c) Fluoxetine
(d) Cutting oil (d) Seraline

131. The element which is not found in fertilizer is- 139.Which new disease outbreak in West Africa was
(a) Nitrogen declared a public health emergency by WHO in July
(b) Hydrogen 2024?*
(c) Chlorine (a) Diabetes Virus
(d) Phosphorus (b) Lassa Fever
(c) Ebola
132. Which of the following is not (d) MERS-CoV
an explosive?
(a) Trinitro glycerine 140.Which company developed the first approved gene
(b) Trinitrotoluene therapy for haemophilia B, which got EMA approval in
(c) Chloroform May 2024?*
(d) Cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) (a) BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
(b) CSL Betting
133. What was used as chemical weapon in the First (c) Dosh
World War? (d) Novartis
(a) Carbon monoxide
(b) Hydrogen cyanide 141. Statement 1:* The World Health Organisation has
(c) Mustard gas released new guidelines for the global management of
(d) Steam-ember gas diabetes.
Guidelines have been issued.
134. Which substance is added to ethyl alcohol to make Statement 2:* These guidelines emphasize the use of
it unfit insulin pumps as first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes.
for drinking? (a) Both statements are true.
(a) Potassium cyanide (b) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
(b) Methane and pyridine (c) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
(c) Naphthalene (d) Both statements are false.
(d) Acetic acid and pyridine
142. *Statement 1:* In April 2024, the FDA approved the
135. Reaction of setting of cement in the presence of first gene therapy for patients with Duchenne muscular
water- dystrophy.
(a) It is called an oxidation reaction. *Statement 2:* This gene therapy uses CRISPR
(b) is called a decomposition reaction. technology to repair the faulty dystrophin gene.
(c) is called a double decomposition reaction. - (a) Both the statements are true.
(d) is called a hydrated reaction. - (b) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
- (c) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
136. Which Indian state launched a digital health ID - (d) Both the statements are false.
system for its citizens in March 2024?*
(a) Maharashtra (b) Kerala 143. *Statement 1:* India launched its first National
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Uttar Pradesh Digital Health Mission in July 2024 to digitise health
records across the country.
137.In April 2024, which country announced the *Statement 2:* The mission aims to provide every
development of the first oral COVID-19 vaccine?* citizen with a unique health ID linked to their Aadhaar
(a) Israel number.
(b) China
- (a) Both the statements are true. - (c) India
- (b) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false. - (d) Ghana
- (c) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
- (d) Both the statements are false. 150. *WHO launched an initiative aiming to eradicate
which disease by 2035?*
144. *Statement 1:* WHO declared the outbreak of - (a) Malaria
H5N1 avian influenza in South East Asia a Public Health - (b) Cholera
Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). - (c) Measles
*Statement 2:* The H5N1 virus mainly affects birds but - (D) Poultry
has a high mortality rate in humans.
- (a) Both the statements are true.
- (b) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
- (c) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
- (d) Both the statements are false.

145. *Statement 1:* The European Medicines Agency

(EMA) approved the use of mRNA vaccines to prevent
Zika virus.
*Statement 2:* The approval was based on successful
trials showing 90% efficacy in preventing Zika virus
infection.
- (a) Both statements are true.
- (b) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
- (c) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
- (d) Both statements are false.

146. *Statement 1:* India became the first country to

eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus.
*Statement 2:* This achievement was recognised by the
World Health Organisation after a thorough evaluation
of India's immunisation and healthcare infrastructure.
- (a) Both statements are true.
- (b) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false. - (c)
Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
- (d) Both the statements are false.

147. *Which COVID-19 variant was classified as “variant

of concern” by WHO in 2024?*
- (a) Alpha
- (b) Delta
- (c) Aris
- (d) Lambda

148. *Which pharmaceutical company received FDA

approval for an RSV vaccine for adults 60 years and
older in 2024?*
- (a) Moderna
- (b) Pfizer
- (c) AsraZeneca
- (d) GlaxoSmithKline

149. *Which country reported the first successful human

trial of a vaccine for malaria in 2024?*
- (a) Germany
- (b) United States America