FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2006
EVERYDAY SCIENCE
| 1. Choose the best choice in the following statements:
One of the countries through which equator passes is: |
| (a) Kenya (b) Malaysia (c) Malta (d) Pakistan |
- Copper can be converted into gold by:
(a) Artificial radioactivity (b) Heating
(c) Electroplating (d) Chemical reaction
- The three elements needed for healthy growth of plants are:
(a) N, P, K (b) N, C, P (c) N,K,C (d) N,S,P
- Max Planck received the Noble Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of:
(a) Electron . (b) Energy quanta (c) Proton (d) Positron
- Clocks, which move’s with the velocities compareable with the velocity of light, run:
(a) Fast (b) Slow
(c) Equal to the velocity of light (d) With zero velocity
- Bronze medal is made up of metals
(a) Copper, nickel (b) Copper, tin (c) Copper, silver (d) Copper, zinc
- Addison’s disease is caused by the excessive secretion of:
(a) Antiduretic Harmone (b) Luteinising Harmone
(c) Melanophore stimulating Harmone (d) Adrenocorticotrophic Harmone
- Development of calf muscles in ladies who wear high heels is a common example of
(a) Natural selection (b) Inheritance of acquired character
(c) Use and disuse of organ (d) Artificial selection
- Margalla Hill is a branch of:
(a) Karakorum range (b) Hindukush range
(c) Himalayan range (d) Nanga Parbat range
- Humming bird belongs to a category called: (a) Exothermic (b) Endothermic (c) Exothermal (d) Heterotherm
❑ Name the following:
- The alloy consisting of metals copper, zinc and nickel. (German Silver)
- The instrument specially designed for recording earthquake waves. (Seismograph)
- The electrical device which converts sound energy into electrical energy. (Microphone)
- The ore of mercury metal. (Cinnabar)
- The device with which variation of blood flow can be heard. (Stethoscope)
- The element which is abundantly present in the human body. (Oxygen)
- The scientist who discovered penicillin. (Alexander Fleming)
- The astronaut who first landed on the surface of moon. (Neil Armstrong)
- The desert mammal which does not drink water. (Kangaroo Rat)
- The mode of heat transfer from the sun to the earth. (Radiation)
0 Which of the following statements are true or false:
- Pitch of the dog sound is greater than the pitch of the cat sound. (False)
- Ultraviolet light is visible but infrared light is not visible. (False)
- Earthquakes are the lamps illuminating the structure of the earth’s exterior. (False)
- Electricity does not move through a wire but through a field around the wire. (True)
- A guava contains more vitamin C than an orange. (True)
- Sound travels faster in iron than in air. (True)
- Wheatstone Bridge is the name of an electrical circuit. (True)
- Morphine can cause constipation and lowering of blood pressure. (True)
- A concave lens is used for the correction of the hyperopia. (False)
- The nucleic acids are responsible for proteins synthesis in the human body. (True)
Q Fill in the blanks:
- The branch of zoology, which deals with the study of insects is called_ . (Entomology)
- The disease___ is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin B1 (Thiamine). (Berl Beni)
- Oil rises in a wick of oil lamp because of a property of matter, called__ . (Capillary action)
- The production of genetically identical reproduction is called as__ . (Cloning)
- ___ is the farthest planet of the solar system. (Mercury)
- Mercury metal is_ times heavier than water. (13.6)
- Relative density of milk is measured by an instrument known as__ . (Lactometer)
- The temperature of a human body is measured by an instrument known as____
(Mercury) - Gold and silver are known as (Coinage/ Noble)
- The amount of ozone in the atmosphere is expressed in__ . (Dobson unit)