Top 50 General Science Questions and Answers for SSC Exam
The amount of water in the blood plasma is approx.
(A) 70%
(B) 90%
(C) 10%
(D) 45%
Correct Answer : B
Which disease is caused due to deficiency of insulin ?
(A) diabetes
(B) asthma
(C) T.B.
(D) none of these
Correct Answer : A
The color of a cut apple turns brown after some time because it reacts with air to form-
(A) Iron Oxide
(B) Potassium oxide
(C) Aluminum oxide
(D) Sodium oxide
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Apple contains an enzyme known as polyphenol oxidase (PPO). This enzyme when comes in contact with oxygen molecules oxidized polyphenols into o-quinones. These o-quinones thus form reacts with the neighboring amino acids to produce melanins.
Where is the control center of reflex actions?
(A) in the cerebrum
(B) in the cerebel
(C) vertebral cord
(D) nerve cell
Correct Answer : C
Where is urea separated from the blood?
(A) Intestine
(B) Stomach
(C) Spleen
(D) Kidney
Correct Answer : D
Which of the following animals can live for the longest period without drinking water?
(A) Giraffe
(B) Kangaroo Rat
(C) Kangaroo
(D) Camel
Correct Answer : B
Whose discovered the first antibiotic?
(A) W. Fleming
(B) C. Waxman
(C) Louis Pasteur
(D) A. Fleming
Correct Answer : D
The written document which an anthropologist prepares from research depicting culture?
(A) Ethnography
(B) Cultural Relativism
(C) Ethnocentrism
(D) Ethnobotany
Correct Answer : A
'Pediatrics' is related to the study of which of the following?
(A) bone disease
(B) heart disease
(C) Pediatrics
(D) Eye diseases
Correct Answer : C
Science in which animal/human anatomy is learned by dissection?
(A) Hematology
(B) Osteology
(C) Anatomy
(D) Heptology
Correct Answer : C