TEST YOUR IQ
QUIZ
Test your Brain Power… solve this QuiZ…..
- In which month will the Gulmohar tree be at its peak of blossoms, filled with red flowers?
(A) December
(B) January
(C) June
(D) September
- For which of the following tasks will an artificial satellite not be used?
(A) To measure the forests on earth
(B) To transport goods
(C) To telecast TV programmes
(D) To obtain information about weather
- Public Health Department appeals to observe ‘A Dry Day’ once in a week __________.
(A) to prevent mosquito reproduction
(B) to clean up polluted water supply
(C) to tackle water shortage
(D) to make the area disinfectant
- According to the time of sunrise, starting with the earliest, arrange the cities – Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Shillong in the correct order.
(A) Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Shillong
(B) Shillong, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai
(C) Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Shillong
(D) Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong
- Which of the following characteristic of a surface helps to form an image?
(A) Hardness
(B) Transparency
(C) Opacity
(D) Smoothness
6. What is the shape of galaxy Mandakini?
(A) Spiral
(B) Elliptical
(C) Barred Spiral
(D) Irregular
- For avoiding pollution, which method of disposing wet garbage should be followed?
(A) To throw garbage in the dumping ground.
(B) To burn the garbage.
(C) To throw the garbage in stream water.
(D) To put earthworms in the garbage.
- In which organ does mixing of inhaled Oxygen in the blood and exhaling of Carbon dioxide from the blood take place?
(A) Lungs
(B) Windpipe/Trachea
(C) Air-sacs
(D) Diaphragm
- Soyabean mixed wheat flour used for making rotis provides more ________ to the body.
(A) carbohydrates
(B) fats
(C) proteins
(D) salt
- Guess who am I?
I am formed out of ice and dust particles. I am seen after certain years.
My identity is my long feathery tail.
(A) Asteroid
(B) Dwarf planet
(C) Meteor
(D) Comet
- On which tree-leaves, does a female tiger butterfly lay eggs?
(A) Cotton (Rui)
(B) Mango
(C) Mulberry
(D) Banyan
- The colour of soil in Maharashtra state is different in various regions, as _______.
(A) the temperature of each region is different
(B) the proportion of minerals is different in the stone from which the soil is formed
(C) there is a difference in rainfall
(D) different crops are grown on the soil
- Which of the following animals is a vertebrate?
(A) Toad
(B) Cockroach
(C) Earthworm
(D) Snail
- When grain was stored in a closed tin, there were no maggots in it. But when opened after some months, there were maggots in the tin. From where they could have entered the tin?
(A) They must have entered the tin from the gaps
(B) They were hidden in the gaps
(C) There must be maggot eggs in the grain, when the grain was filled in the tin
(D) Maggots were born automatically
- Which vehicle will require minimum energy to carry equal mass at equal distance?
(A) Ship
(B) Aeroplane
(C) Truck
(D) Railway
- Raju sowed coriander seeds in a pot. After a few days, he noticed that the saplings from the pot had rotted. Find the reason.
(A) Got more sunlight
(B) Less use of manure
(C) More water was supplied than required
(D) Less sunlight and more manure were supplied than needed.
- Smoking is prohibited in public place by law because.
(A) it causes diseases to breathing organs
(B) It causes lungs cancer
(C) persons who come in contact with the smokers, have to face bad effects of smoking.
(D) lips turn black.
- Which of the following is an example of uniform linear motion?
(A) A girl coming down a slide
(B) A ball thrown in upward direction
(C) An arrow sent at its aim by the archer
(D) A train starting from station
- Density of planet ________ is less than water.
(A) Earth
(B) Mars
(C) Saturn
(D) Mercury
- A 10 cm long pencil is placed vertically in front of a mirror at a distance of 5 cm. If we join both ends of the pencil and its image to make a rectangle, what will be its area?
(A) 200 cm2
(B) 50 cm2
(C) 100 cm2
(D) 25 cm2
- What is the principle behind functioning of a pinhole camera?
(A) Light rays travel in a straight line
(B) Light gets reflected
(C) White light is made up of seven colours
(D) While travelling through the hole, light changes its path
- A boy weighing 50 kg is sitting on a seesaw 3 m away from its support. On how many meters a girl should sit, whose weight is 25 kg to balance the see-saw?
(A) 1 m
(B) 2m
(C) 3m
(D) 6 m
- Which astronomical incident takes place when the Sun, the Mercury and the Earth come in a straight line?
(A) Mercury eclipse
(B) Solar eclipse
(C) Transit of mercury
(D) Earth eclipse
- Which year was a leap-year after 1897?
(A) 1898
(B) 1900
(C) 1902
(D) 1904
- Where on Earth can we not have ‘Zero’ shadow day?
(A) Equator
(B) Equator to the tropic of Capricorn
(C) Equator to the tropic of cancer
(D) Both poles
-Team ScienceNow
QUIZ ANSWERS 1. C; 2. B; 3. A; 4. B; 5. D; 6. C; 7. D; 8.
C; 9. C; 10. D; 11. A; 12. B; 13. A; 14. C; 15. A; 16. C;
- C; 18. C; 19. C; 20. C; 21. A; 22. D; 23. C; 24. D; 25. D
