Know Your World - 46


1. Which is an insectivorous plant?

Pitcher plant

2. In colourful diamond, Why are different colours present?

Due to impurities

3. Which plant is referred to as a living fossil?

Gingko

4. Which physical quantities have the same dimensions?

Momentum and impulse

5. Which crop would be preferred for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen?

Gram

6. What is the number of unpaired electrons in carbon atom?

2

7. Which mammal rolls itself into ball at the time of danger?

Hedgehog

8. When some detergent is added to water, what will be the surface tension?

Increases

9. How many chambers are found in the heart of frog?

3

10. In an atom the order of filling up of the orbitals is governed by which principle?

Aufbau principle

11. Sex determination of child is done by whose chromosome?

Father

12. Who firstly demonstrated experimentally the existence of electromagnetic wave?

Hertz

13. What is the effect of over secretion of hormone from pituitary gland?

Increase growth in length

14. Heating pyrites in air to remove sulphur is known as which name?

Roasting

15. By whom the concept of survival of the fittest as advanced?

Herbert Spencer

16. There is no net transfer of energy by the particles of the medium in which waves?

Stationary waves

17. Moho discontinuity lies at the depth of approximately how many kilometers?

400 km

18. From the evolutionary point of view, which is the most primitive animal?

Turtle

19. What is reduction of oxide with carbon at high temperature called?

Smelting

20. Conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy occurs in which thing?

Battery

21. Purification of petroleum is carried out by which method?

Fractional distillation

22. Thick stems and thorny wax coated leaves are commonly found in which area?

Deserts

23. What is the short upper part of the human intestine next to the stomach?

Duodenum

24. Where will be the Time period in a vibration magnetometer infinite?

At magnetic pole

25. Which technique can be used to establish the paternity of a child?

Quantitative analysis of DNA

26. Which petroleum refinery product has the lowest boiling point?

Gasoline

27. By whom was Gene first isolated?

Hargobind Khurana

28. By which impact is Nuclear fission is caused?

Neutron

29. By who was Insulin discovered?

Dr. F G. Banting

30. Which is purest form of iron?

Wrought iron