Science Majorship Facts - Set 2

Who proposed this concept "All motion is relative"?

Albert Einstein

The field of specialization of famous Muslim scientist Abu Usman Aljahiz was?

Zoology

Albatros is?

A sea bird

The sunlight can reach a depth of?

200 meters in the ocean

The biggest planet in our solar system is?

Jupiter

The biggest species of the cat family is?

Tiger

Which group of animals has heterogametic females?

Earthworm

The dominant phase of life cycle in these organism is haploid?

Mosses

The atmosphere of moon consists of?

60% Nitrogen 40% inert gases

The chemical name of quartz is?

Silicon Dioxide

Which month of calendar year can lack a new moon?

February

Deuterium differs from Hydrogen in having?

Same atomic number and different atomic weight

One of the following is a water soluble vitamin?

None

Equator passes through one of these countries?

None

Anti Diuretic hormone is secreted by one of the following glands?

Pituitary

Basha Dam is to be constructed on?

None

UV light falls in the category of?

Ionizing Radiations

The earth's Lithosphere is divided into?

15 major plates of various sizes

One of these scientists formulated basic laws of Geometry?

Pythagorus

Phosphorus is an essential component of one of the following biological molecules?

Nucleic acids

He was the first scientist to prove that Planets move around the sun?

Galileo Galilei

Atom is made up of?

Three different kinds of subatomic particles

The alpha particles are compact clusters of?

Two Protons and two Neutrons

The Beta particles are fast moving?

Electrons

One of the following countries produces maximum energy from atomic reactors?

USA

The unit to measure the quantity of Ozone in atmosphere is?

Dobson

The severity of 2005 earthquake in Pakistan on Richter scale was?

7.6

Geiger-Muller counter is used to detect?

Ionizing Radiation

It is a secondary plant nutrient?

Sulphur

An area of microbiology that is concerned with the occurence of disease in human population is?

Epidemiology

The number of electrons of a neutral atom is automatically known if one knows the?

Atomic number

Which of the following is not an enzyme?

Secretin

It is impossible for a type of O+ baby to have a type of mother?

AB-

Serum if blood plasma minus its?

Clotting proteins

The autonomic nervous system innervates all of these except?

Skeletal muscles

The damage to the nerve could result in the defect of the eye movement?

Abducens

Which of these is not a region of the spinal cord?

Pelvic

The shape of the external ear is due to?

Elastic cartilage

When a patient's immune system becomes reactive to a drug this is an example of?

Allergy

What is the smallest unit of heredity?

Gene

The approximate intensity level of the sound which can cause damage to the ear drum is?

100 dB

Fuse wire is made of?

63% tin and 37% lead

Which one of the following is the main culprit in the thinning of Ozone layer in the earth's stratosphere?

Chlorofluorocarbons

Steering of a car involves?

A pair of forces acting along the same line and in opposite direction

The property by virtue of which metals can be beaten into thin sheets is known as?

Malleability

The sky appears blue because the earth's atmosphere?

Scatters blue light

A tight-rope walker carries a long pole which he holds across his body. The purpose of this pole is?

To keep the Center of gravity always above vertically above the rope

When water is filled in a bottle and is allowed to freeze the bottle breaks because?

Water expands on freezing

People living in high altitudes (like mountains) usually have a?

larger number of Red Blood Cells

Copper is used in the production of?

Electric wires

The blue colour of clear sky is due to?

Dispersion of light

A device that converts mechanical energy into electric energy is called?

Generator

... is anything that takes up space and has mass?

Matter

All matter is made of?

Atoms

What are considered the building blocks of matter?

Atoms

What are the three subatomic particles of an atom?

Protons Neutrons & Electrons

The protons and neutrons are found in the center of the atom which is called the?

Nucleus

... are positively (+) charged particles?

Protons

... are negatively (-) charged particles of an atom?

Electrons

... have no charge?

Neutrons

Elements are made of?

Atoms

SI unit of time is?

second

The speed of light is?

300000 km/s

The soul of chemistry is dealing with?

Composition and properties of matter

which one is the most common disease?

Dental

Orange belongs to the family?

Rutaceae

Vertebral Column in human beings consists of how many vertebrae?

33

2017 Nobel Prize Currently Awarded in Physics is for?

Gravitational Waves

Diesel engine was discovered by?

Rudolf Diesel

Electron was discovered by?

J.J Thomson

Which planet is much brighter in our solar system?

Venus

The main function of kidney is?

to remove waste from blood

The energy stored in a dam is?

Potential energy

Moon light reaches to earth in?

1.3 seconds

Who developed the telegraph code?

Samuel Morse

How many numbers of chromosomes in Pea plant?

14

which of these plants open its mouth when insect sit on its lid?

Pitcher plant

The speed of sound in air at sea level is approximately?

340 meters per second

Who invented the safety pin?

Walter Hunt

Entomology Is the Study of?

insects

How many bones in our body?

206

Sound cannot travel through?

Vaccum

The distance of mercury from sun is?

57.9 million km

The study Of GLANDS is called?

Endocrinology

The repetition of property after a certain interval called?

periodicity of property

Reflex actions in head region are under the control of?

Brain

Short-sight defect could be corrected by a lens?

concave lens

Deficiency of vitamin B1 is causes?

Beriberi

The inner most part of the earth is?

Core

The ozone layer is at height of kilometers from the surface of the Earth?

20 to 30

A Little inhalation is done through?

pipes and cigars

The human brain uses percent of the total oxygen and blood in the body?

20

Which of the following planets have the longest day?

Venus

which of the following planets is known as "morning star"?

VENUS

At what angle above the horizon must the sun be to create a rainbow?

40 degrees

The study of cancer is called?

Oncology

Sunlight is a Great Source of?

vitamin D

What is the breathing rate of human being body?

16-20 minutes

How many teeth are there in human mouth?

32

Which among the following is the correct sequence of the various layers of the Atmosphere?

Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Ionosphere