Light year is a unit of:

(A) Distance
(B) Time period
(C) Light intensity
(D) Time

Q. Newton is a unit of:
(A) Mass
(B) Force
(C) Acceleration
(D) None of these

Q. Coulomb is a unit of:
(A) Electric charge
(B) Power
(C) Energy
(D) None of these

Answers:
1. (A) Distance
2. (B) Force
3. (A) Electric charge

The measurement of rainfall is made by an instrument known as:

(A) Hygrometer
(B) Barometer
(C) Hydrometer
(D) None of these

Q. An instrument used to measure the relative density of liquids is called:
(A) Hydrometer
(B) Hygrometer
(C) Barometer
(D) None of these

Q. An instrument that is used to measure air pressure in a certain environment is:
(A) Hydrometer
(B) Hygrometer
(C) Barometer
(D) None of these

Answers:
1. (D) None of these
2. (A) Hydrometer
3. (C) Barometer

Water is heated in a kettle. The inside water is heated by convection. A person sitting near the fire receives heat by:

(A) Conduction
(B) Convection
(C) Radiation
(D) Reflection

Q. The transfer of heat internal energy by microscopic collision of particles and movement of electrons within a body is called:
(A) Thermal conduction
(B) Thermal convection
(C) Thermal radiation
(D) None of these

Q. The heat transfer due to  bulk movement of molecules within fluids such as gases,  liquids or molten rocks is called: 
(A) Conduction
(B) Radiation
(C) Reflection
(D) Convection

Answers:
1. (B) Convection
2. (A) Thermal conduction
3. (D) Convection

In a railway track, two rails are joined end to end with a gap in between them because:

(A) Steel can be saved.
(B) Accidents due to contraction in winter can be avoided.
(C) Air gaps are necessary for bearing the weight of running train.
(D) Accidents due to expansion in summer can be avoided.

Answer: (D) Accidents due to expansion in summer can be avoided.

Q. In mechanics terms,  a chassis or a frame work for carring wheels attached to a vehicle is called:
(A) Bogie
(B) Trolley
(C) Wheelbarrow
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) Bogie

Q. The word “train” comes from the old French trahiner, derived from the Latin trahere meaning:
(A) to drag
(B) to pull
(C) to speedup
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) to pull

Animal which captures and readily kills living animals for its food is called:

(A) Parasite
(B) Scavenger
(C) Predator
(D) Mammal

Answer: (C) Predator

Q. The animals that the predator hunts are called:
(A) Prey
(B) Scavenger
(C) Mammal
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) Prey

Q. A top predator or apex predator is the one who is:
(A) huge in size
(B) not the prey of other predators
(C) rare to find
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) not the prey of other predators