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Zoology PSC Questions with answer key

1. The organism than can move according to the magnetic force of the earth: (a) Snake (b) Snail (c) Frog (d) Millipede 2. The organism that spreads Elephantiasis: (a) Culex mosquito (b) Anophelus mosquito(c) Rat flee (d) Plasmodium 3. Which organism has the largest eye: (a) Elephant (b) Giraffe (c) Rhino (d) Giant squid 4. Which organism identifies taste using its legs? (a) Spider (b) Butterfly (c) Frog (d) Cockroach 5. Which organism does not move itself? (a) Snail (b) Sloth (c) Sponge (d) Sea Urchin 6. Which is known as ‘painted lady’? (a) Spider (b) Butterfly (c) Python (d) Beetle 7. Which organism is known as ‘friend of the farmer’? (a) Rat (b) Earth worm (c) Cow (d) Dog 8. The organism that eats its mate: (a) Ant (b) Cockroach (c) Crab (d) Spider 9. The largest insect: (a) Cockroach (b) Rhinocerus Beetle (c) Bug (d) Goliath Beetle 10. The animal that has chlorophyll: (a) Raccoon (b) Euglina (c) Paramecium (d) Sea Urchin 11. The respiratory organ of earth worm: (a) Skin (b) Book lu

Botany PSC Questions with answer key

1. Entomophily is the pollination through: (a) Birds (b) Animals (c) Insects (d) Wind 2. The tissues that provides support to growing shoots and leaves of plant body: (a) Parenchyma (b) Schlerenchyma (c) Collenchyma (d) Phloem 3. The tendency of plants to grow in response to the influence of chemicals: (a) Geotropism (b) Phototropism (c) Chemotropism (d) None of these 4. The pigment imparts purple/blue colour to flowers: (a) Xanthophyll (b) Anthocyanin (c) Betacyanin (d) Haemoglobin 5. Ornithophily is the pollination through: (a) Birds (b) Animals (c) Insects (d) Wind 6. Zoophily is the pollination through: (a) Insects (b) Wind (c) Animals (d) Birds 7. The hard parts of the plant body is made up of the tissues: (a) Collenchyma (b) Parenchyma (c) Schlerenchyma (d) Phloem 8. Japanese art of flower arrangement: (a) Origami (b) Ikebana (c) Harakiri (d) Sudoku 9. The food materials from leaf are carried to various parts of the plant body by: (a) Phloem (b) Xylem (c) Meristem (d) None of the

Chemistry PSC Exam Questions with answers

1. Amyl acetate has the smell of: (a) Grapes (b) Orange (c) Pineapple (d) Banana 2. Which one of the following is not applicable to metals? (a) High Melting point (b) High Boiling point (c) High density (d) Low melting point 3. Volume of liquid is measured in: (a) Litre (b) Gram (c) Metre (d) Yard 4. The material used for the bomb dropped in Nagasaki: (a) Plutonium (b) Thorium (c) Uranium (d) None of these 5. Which human organ is first affected by nuclear radiation? (a) Brain (b) Liver (c) Heart (d) Kidney 6. Which metal contributes the largest portion of the mass of the earth? (a) Aluminium (b) Magnesium (c) Iron (d) Nickel 7. Which element has the smallest atom? (a) Hydrogen (b) Helium (c) Lithium (d) Boron 8. The mineral added to cement to adjust the duration of setting: (a) Epsom (b) Sodium (c) Lime (d) Gypsom 9. Which one of the following is not in crystalline form? (a) Table salt (b) Blue vitriol (c) Rubber (d) Sugar 10. The most abundant mineral in sea water: (a) Sodium (b) Magn

The New York Times and The New Yorker have jointly won the Pulitzer Prize

The New York Times and The New Yorker have jointly won the Pulitzer Prize. In the music category, Rapper Kendrick Lamar created history by being the first non-classical or jazz artist to win Pulitzer Prize for his album 'D.A.M.N.'. Andrew Sean Greer took home the Pulitzer in Fiction for his comic queer novel "Less". In Letters and Drama category, Caroline Fraser's Prairie Fires won the prestigious award for Biography and Martyna Majok's acclaimed off-Broadway play 'Cost of Living' won the Pulitzer for Drama. Pulitzer Prize: Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In 20 of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a 15,000 US Dollar cash award.

Physics PSC exam questions

1. Fermionic condensate is ......th form of matter: (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 4 2. Super cooled Fermi gas is ......th form of matter: (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 5 3. Who discovered Doppler Effect? (a) Christian Doppler (b) Newton (c) Watson (d) Franc Whittle 4. Amount of matter is measured in: (a) Mole (b) Coloumb (c) Erg (d) Newton 5. NASA sent Phoenix mission to: (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Mars 6. Instrument used in submarines to view the surface of water: (a) Radar (b) Sonar (c) Hydrometer (d) Periscope 7. The process of water becoming vapour is: (a) Evaporation (b) Melting (c) Condensation (d) Soldfication 8. The instrument that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy: (a) Motor (b) Dynamo (c) Rectifier (d) Amplifier 9. In an electric motor electrical energy is mainly converted to ....... (a) Chemical energy (b) Mechanical energy (c) Magnetic energy (d) Potential energy 10. What will be the weight of a man on Moon, if he has 60 kg weight on Earth? (a) 12 kg (b) 6kg (c)

21st CWG 2018: India got third place with 26 Gold Medals

Indian competitors ended their campaign in the eleven day event on the third place, with 66 medals including 26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze medals. Australia stood first in the medal tally with 198 medals including 80 Gold, 59 Silver and 59 Bronze followed by England 136 medals. On the final day today, India won seven medals which include one Gold, Four Silver and two Bronze. The lone Gold came in women's singles Badminton, in which star shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehal were pitted against each other in the final.