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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 1

Blowing Air with open pipe is an example of :   (SSC CHSL 2015)

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Blowing air through an open pipe will led to no changein pressure and hence the process will be isobaric.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 2

Christmas factor is involved in :    (SSC CHSL 2015)

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Christmas factor or factor IX is one of the proteases of the coagulation system.

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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 3

A reversible and an irreversible engine are working between the same limits of temperature. The efficiency of.    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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The efficiency of a reversible heat engine is always greater than the efficiency of an irreversible engine operating between same two thermal reservoirs.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 4

Which of the following is used in the treatment of cancer?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Chemotherapy is the use of medicines or drugs to treat cancer.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 5

The most abundant element is     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Oxygen is the most abundant element, making up about  47% of the earth's mass.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 6

An electron microscope gives higher magnifications than an optical microscope because    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Since the wavelength of electron is much smaller as compared to the wavelength of visible light; the magnification of electron microscope is higher than optical microscope.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 7

What does the word ‘amphibian’ mean ?     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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The word ‘amphi’ means two,which is used for amphibians for their life activity on land and in water.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 8

Nitrogen in water is commonly found in the form of     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Nitrate is the main form of nitrogen compounds that are present inside water.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 9

Immunization technique was developed by     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Edward Jenner is often called "the father of immunology".

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 10

The hydrophilic nature of DNA is due to the presence of    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Due to presence of phosphate group inside DNA it shows the property of hydrophilicity.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 11

The sense of balance is achieved by     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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The cerebellum is a small part of the brain positioned at the back of the head, where it meets the spine, which acts as the body’s movement and balance control centre.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 12

Aluminium salt commonly used to stop bleeding is     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Potash Alum is used to reduce bleeding in minor cuts and abrasions, nose bleeds, and haemorrhoids.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 13

Total internal reflection cannot take place when light goes from:    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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The phenomenon of total internal reflection takes place only when light transfers from denser to rarer medium.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 14

Interferons are synthesized in response to    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Interferon is produced by the body's cells as a defensive response to viruses.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 15

The first law of thermodynamics is simply the case of     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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The first law of thermodynamics is a version of the law of conservation of energy.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 16

Red rot of sugarcane is caused by     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Red rot of sugarcane is a major disease which is caused by concealed fungal ascomycete Colletotrichum falcatum

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 17

A clone is a group of individuals obtained through :    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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A large numbers of identical plants known as clones are produced through the process of micropropagation.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 18

Chemical name of Gammaxene is:    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Benzene hexachloride (BHC) also known as Gammaxene is an important pesticide.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 19

The fleshy thalamus is edible in:     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

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Apple is a false fruit in which the edible part is not the ovary but the fleshy thalamus.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 20

Cactus is referred to as     (SSC CGL 2014)

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Succulent plants store water in their stems or leaves. They include the Cactaceae family, which has round stems and can store a lot of water. The leaves are often vestigial, as in the case of cacti, wherein the leaves are reduced to spines, or they do not have leaves at all. Water is stored in the bulbs of some plants, at or below ground level. They may be dormant during drought conditions and are, therefore, known as drought evaders.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 21

Which of the following is not a renewable resource?    (SSC CGL 2014)

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Thorium is an element which are used in radioactive chemicals and is non-renewable where as all other three options are power generating systems which are regenerated.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 22

How many neck canal cells are found in the archegonium of a fern?       (SSC CGL 2014)

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Archegonium is the female reproductive organ in ferns and mosses. An archegonium also occurs in some gymnosperms, e.g. cycads and conifers. A flask-shaped structure, it consists of a neck, with one or more layers of cells, and a swollen base-the venter-which contains the egg.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 23

Which angiosperm is vesselless?     (SSC CGL 2014)

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Trochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with one living species, Trochodendron aralioides, and six extinct species known from the fossil record.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 24

Who was the first child born after operative procedure?     (SSC CGL 2014)

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A Caesarean section (often C-section) is a surgical procedure in which one or more incisions are made through a mother's abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more babies. The first modern Caesarean section was performed by German gynecologist Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer in 1881. But in ancient medical history Julius Caesar was the first person to be borne by this method and thus the operation named after him.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 25

Myrmecology is study of    (SSC CGL 2014)

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Study of ants is called Myrmecology

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 26

HIV often changes is shapes due to the presence of an enzyme called     (SSC CGL 2014)

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A Reverse transcriptase (RT) is an enzyme used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template, a process termed reverse transcription. RT is needed for the replication of retroviruses (e.g., HIV), and RT inhibitors are widely used as antiretroviral drugs.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 27

Fleming's right hand rule is used to find the direction of the      (SSC CGL 2014)

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Fleming's right-hand rule (for generators) shows the direction of induced current when a conductor moves in a magnetic field. The right hand is held with the thumb, first finger and second finger mutually perpendicular to each other (at right angles).

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 28

The unit of electrical power is     (SSC CGL 2014)

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The watt (symbol: W) is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units (SI), named after the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819).

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 29

The resistance of the human body (dry condition) is of the order of    (SSC CGL 2014)

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The NIOSH states "Under dry conditions, the resistance offered by the human body may be as high as 100,000 Ohms. Wet or broken skin may drop the body's resistance to 1,000 Ohms," adding that "highvoltage electrical energy quickly breaks down human skin, reducing the human body's resistance to 500 Ohms."

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Science - 8 - Question 30

Certain substances loose their electrical resistance completely at super low temperature. Such substances are called     (SSC CGL 2014)

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The critical temperature for superconductors is the temperature at which the electrical resistivity of a metal drops to zero. The transition is so sudden and complete that it appears to be a transition to a different phase of matter.

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