General Knowledge Quiz – Set Fifty Three

1. The percentage of Fresh water available in earth
a) 3%
b) 29%
c) 71%
d) 77%

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Answer a) 3%

2. Reappearance of high and low tides every day is called
a) Bimodal
b) Unimodal
c) Diurnal
d) Semi-neapal

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Answer c) Diurnal

3. Threats to oceanic biodiversity
a) Endemic phyta
b) Nuclear waste
c) Human harvest of zooplanktons
d) Both 2 and 3

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Answer d) both 2 and 3

4. Do Salt marshes support high levels of species diversity? State true or false
a) True
b) false

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Answer b) False

5. Approximately what percentage of today’s atmosphere is oxygen available?
a) 1%
b) 15%
c) 13%
d) 21%

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Answer d) 221%

6. Which of the following gas have a shielding effect on Ultra violet radiation?
a) Ozone
b) Carbon monoxide
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Oxygen

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Answer a) ozone

7. Miller-Urey original mixture does not contain ______
a) oxygen
b) nitrogen
c) carbon
d) phosphorus

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Answer d) Phosphorus

8. The oldest fossils found in
a) Harappan Era
b) Archean Era
c) Cambrian Period
d) Proterozoic Era

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Answer d) Archean Era

9. According to the Scientist first molecules formed as life evolved were
a) proteins
b) RNA
c) Nucleic acid
d) None

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Answer d) none

10. Microfossils are the earliest organisms which resemble the present day spirochetes
a) True
b) False

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Answer b) False