GK - General Science Quiz 7

1. Which one of the following contributes largely to the green-house gas effect?

a) ozone
b) carbon dioxide
c) carbon monoxide
d) water vapour

2. Kalyansona and Sonalika are high yielding varieties of which crop?

a) rice
b) wheat
c) jowar
d) none of these

3. Which one of the following is an air-pollutant present in the atmosphere?

a) oxygen
b) nitrogen
c) carbon monoxide
d) hydrogen

4. Who among the following is associated with ‘Operation Flood’?

a) Baba Amte
b) V Kurien
c) MS Swaminathan
d) Dr Mody

5. Which one of the following crops requires continuous semi-aquatic condition for cultivation?

a) wheat
b) rice
c) sugarcane
d) ground nut

6. Which one of the following is responsible for the depletion of ozone layer?

a) chloroflurocarbons
b) methane
c) PAN
d) sulphur oxide

7. Which one of the following serves as host tree for silkworm to produce good silk?

a) banyan tree
b) mulberry
c) hibiscus
d) chrysanthemum

8. Which of the following was the world’s worst industrial disaster?

a) Chernobyl nuclear accident
b) Bhopal gas tragedy
c) Minamata Syndrome
d) The Three Mile Island mishap

9. The Chernobyl nuclear accident took place in

a) 1986
b) 1979
c) 1984
d) 1990

10. The first Earth Summit was held at

a) Rio de Janeiro
b) Port of Spain
c) Dar-e-Salaam
d) Buenos Aires

11. The Operation Tiger is concerned with the protection of

a) Tigers
b) jungles
c) wild life
d) environment

12. The increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes

a) rise in earth temperature
b) fall in earth temperature
c) no change in earth temperature
d) increase in ultraviolet rays

13. Which of the following soils is very hard to cultivate?

a) red
b) alluvial
c) black
d) sandy

14. Of the following metals, which one pollutes the air of a busy city?

a) cadmium
b) chromium
c) lead
d) copper

15. The Kaziranga sanctuary is famous for which of the following animals?

a) royal tiger
b) one-horned rhinoceros
c) Gir lion
d) birds

Answers

1. carbon dioxide
2. wheat
3. carbon monoxide
4. V Kurien
5. rice
6. chloroflurocarbons
7. mulberry
8. Chernobyl nuclear disaster
9. 1986
10. Rio de Janeiro
11. tigers
12. rise in temperature
13. red
14. lead
15. one-horned rhinoceros