Science Quiz 3

General Science Quiz 3

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1. Two or more forms of the same element in the same physical state are called

isotopes
isobars
allotropes
isomers

2. Apiculture is the rearing and management of

apes
pests
bees
apple

3. Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element?

Carbon
Silicon
Hydrogen
Oxygen

4. Who became the first space tourist on 28th April, 2001?

Gregory Olsen
Mark Shuttleworth
Anousheh Ansari
Dennis Tito

5. Which is the hardest known natural mineral?

Graphite
Diamond
Quartz
Topaz

6. The Hindi movie 'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' was inspired from the story of the doctor who createdcworld's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation. Who was he?

T. C. Anand Kumar
Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Indira Hinduja
Kanupriya Agarwal

7. At what temperature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading?

40 degree
32 degree
90 degree
minus 40 degree

8. Name the first spacecraft to have entered orbit around Jupiter

Voyager 1
Galileo
New Horizons
Pioneer 10

9. Halley's comet reappears after how many years?

75-76
100-110
25-27
176-178

10. Who was the first Indian to travel in space?

Rakesh Sharma
Kalpana Chawla
Sunita Williams
Ravish Malhotra

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