CSS MCQS
General Science and Ability (2012)
A scientific method will seek to explain natural events and make useful prediction in:
(a) A manner design to fit the theorists for experimenter’s bias
(b) A consistently reproducible manner
(c) A haphazard manner
(d) None of these
Answer: b
“Truth is the sought for its own sake and those who are engaged upon the quest for anything for its own sake are not interested in other thing finding the truth id difficult and the road to it is rough ” This was stated by which key figure in the development of scientific method in the 11th century?
(a) Ibn Al-Haytham
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Musa Al Khwarizmi is famous for writing the “KITAB AL JABER WAL MUQABLA” in which he:
(a) Presented the first systemic solution of linear and quadratic equations
(b) Delineated methods of oppression & competition
(c) Wrote the laws of optics
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Galileo Galilei was persecuted by the Catholic Church for suspicion of holding the view that:
(a) The earth was probably not the centre of the universe
(b) Objects of different masses fell at the same velocity
(c) The sun revolves around the moon
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Ibn Zuhr the author of Al Taisir is known as:
(a) A biographer of provincial governors
(b) The father of experimental surgery
(c) The founder of Calculus
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah is regarded by many as:
(a) The first work dealing with a philosophy of history
(b) A well documented tale of his trial
(c) A minor footnote in his writings
(d) None of these
Answer: a
A physical mathematical or logical representation of a natural phenomenon is called:
(a) A theoretical postulate
(b) A Scientific model
(c) Phenomenal
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz working independentaly in the 17th century laid the foundation of classical physics and are known as fathers of:
(a) Integral and differential calculus
(b) Relativistic theory
(c) Astrology
(d) None of these
Answer: a
A light year is:
(a) The time taken by light to be generated and propagated from the center of the sun to our earth
(b) The distance covered by light of our solar years
(c) A year devoid heavy rainfall
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Our sun is classifed is:
(a) A blue giant
(b) A yellow dwarf
(c) Supernova
(d) None of these
Answer: b
The proliferation of education and dissemination of knowledge in the last two centuries has led to a faith in science that:
(a) Causes human being to turn on other human beings
(b) Is the main cause of poverty and war?
(c) Leads to oppression of education
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Science attempts to:
(a) Explain how the universe works by discovering the laws regulating everything around us
(b) Use discovered laws to engineer new devices
(c) Both A & B
(d) None of these
Answer: c
The sun produces most of its energy by:
(a) Nuclear fission involving the combining of uranium and palladium
(b) Nuclear fission involving the burning of uranium & plutonium
(c) Neclear fusion which involves converting “H” to “He”
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Which of the following is the correct ordering of the inner planets according to their proximity to the sun?
(a) Phobos, Deimos, Europe, Tias
(b) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
(c) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
(d) None of these
Answer: c
How long does our earth takes to turn about it axis:
(a) One hour
(b) 23 hours
(c) 24 hours
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Tides are generated by:
(a) The gravitational effect of moon and sun on our earth
(b) The movement of the earth around the sun
(c) The movement of ships in the oceans
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Seasons are generated by:
(a) The movement of sun around comes of the Milky Way
(b) The movement of earth around the sun
(c) Relativistic Quantum
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Although the mass of a moon remains same as on the earth he will:
(a) Weigh one sixth as much
(b) Be much heavier there
(c) Weigh twice as much
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The average air pressure at sea level is:
(a) 201.225 kPa
(b) 101.325 kPa
(c) 103.525 kPa
(d) None of these
Answer: b
The effiency of a machine is:
(a) Always greater than 100%
(b) Always less than 100%
(c) Always 100%
(d) None of these
Answer: b
A material with elasticity:
(a) Returns as close as possible to its original shape upon being streched and then released
(b) Does not returns to its original shape upon being stretched and the released
(c) Can be streteched to ifinite distance
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Matter and energy:
(a) When taken together converted in all processes in a closed system
(b) Can be converted form one to other
(c) Both A & B
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Electric current:
(a) Flows from a higher potential to lower potential
(b) Is caused flow of electrons
(c) Both A & B
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Electricity and Magnetism are:
(a) Two aspects of same force
(b) Completely opposite
(c) Both A & B
(d) None of these
Answer: c
At what distance in front of concave mirror must an object be placed so that the image and object are the same size?
(a) Less than half focal length
(b) Twice a focal length
(c) Half a focal length
(d) A focal length
(e) More than a twice a focal length
Answer: b
Photography works by:
(a) Capturing light reflected from the object being photographed
(b) Capturing the souls of the objects being photogrephed
(c) Both A & B
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Arthur C Clark the famous science fiction author while working as a radio operator in the World War-II
(a) Proposed that a network of satellite in stationary orbit at very high altitudes around the earth be used to bounce communication signals all over the world
(b) Postulated the existence of extra terestrial artifacts on the moon
(c) Proposed building a space elevator from carbon mono filaments
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The Sino Pakistan JF Thunder Aircraft:
(a) Has no stelth features in its engine inlets or elsewhere
(b) Is neither built not assembled in Pakistan
(c) Is a commercial transport aircraft
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Communication satellite is in:
(a) Geosynchronous orbit
(b) Semi synchronous orbit
(c) Geostationary orbit
(d) None of these
Answer: c
RAM of a computer is refers to:
(a) Random access memory
(b) Right access memory
(c) Read acces memory
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Which of the following is responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood?
(a) White Blood Cells-WBC
(b) Red Blood Cells-RBC
(c) Neutrophil
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Each of the following hormones is an amino acid derivatives EXCEPT:
(a) Thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH)
(b) Thyroxine(T4)
(c) Melatonin
(d) Epinephrine
Answer: a
Which structure is not part of the endomembrane system?
(a) Plasma membrane
(b) Nuclear envelop
(c) Golgi apparatus
(d) Chloroplast
(e) ER
Answer: d
All of the following are part of a prokaryotic cell except:
(a) An endoplasmic reticulum
(b) A plasma membrane
(c) A cell wall
(d) DNa
Answer: a
Artificial selection was practiced by the:
(a) Chinese
(b) Romans
(c) Arabs
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Arachophobia is refer to a fear of:
(a) Snakes
(b) Spiders
(c) Bats
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Which of the following is the part of DNA?
(a) dADP
(b) dTMP
(c) Dgtp
(d) None of these
Answer: c
In Humans the “Y” chromosome is passed to the next generation from:
(a) Father to daughter
(b) Mother to son
(c) Father to son
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Which of the following is Mammal?
(a) Blue Tuna
(b) Sword Fish
(c) Whale
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Which of the following is not a part of DNA?
(a) Thymine
(b) Adenine
(c) Ribose
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Which of the following is a labeled as “GOOD CHOLESTROL” for humans?
(a) Very low density lipoprotein-VLDL
(b) Low density lipoprotein-LDL
(c) High density lipoprotein-HDL
(d) None of these
Answer: c
Which of the following a infection disease:
(a) Blindness
(b) Baldness
(c) Deafness
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Which of the following non-essential Amino?
(a) Methtlamine
(b) Tyrosine
(c) Almine
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Starting from the higher choose the correct sequence of molecules in order of energy yeilding:
(a) Protein, Sugar, Fats
(b) Sugar, Fats, Protein
(c) Fats, Sugar, Protein
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Which of the following does not contain a structural protein?
(a) Ovalbumin
(b) Spider silk
(c) Tendons
(d) Muscles
Answer: a
Which of the following gas is essential for human?
(a) Carbon Dioxide
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Oxygen
(d) None of these
Answer: c
The highest source of Omega- fatty acid is:
(a) Sunflower oil
(b) Fish oil
(c) Corn oil
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Proteins are made up of:
(a) Polynucleotide
(b) Polypeptide
(c) Oxyacetylene
(d) None of these
Answer: b
Schizophrenia is associated with an excess of receptors for:
(a) Acetylcholine
(b) Dopamine
(c) nor epinephrine
(d) Serotonin
Answer: b
Which of the following are founded in the nucleus?
(a) Chromosomes
(b) Lysosomes
(c) Ribosome’s
(d) None of these
Answer: a
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