TNPSC Exams: Important General Science Question and Answers-Part-09

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1.  Silver Chloride is decomposed into silver and chlorine in the presence of _________.
   1.  water
   2.  nickel
   3.  gold
   4.  sunlight
   
   
2. Metals can be beaten into very thin sheet. This property is known as _________.
   1.  ductile
   2.  lustrous
   3.  malleable
   4.  metalloids
   
   
3. Glass rod rubbed with silk produces _______ charges.
   1.  positive
   2.  neutral
   3.  seminegative
   4.  negative
   
   
4. _______ is not an endocrine gland.
   1.  adrenal
   2.  pituitary
   3.  salivary
   4.  thyroid
   
   
5. _______ is not traditional system of irrigation.
   1.  Level system
   2.  Basin irrigation
   3.  Chain pump
   4.  Pulley system
   
   
6. Sprouts are rich in _____.
   1.  Vitamin - A
   2.  Vitamin -C
   3.  Vitamin - K
   4.  Vitamin -E
   
   
7. _________ is not an edible algae.
   1.  Ulva
   2.  Gelidium
   3.  Chlorella
   4.  Sargassum
   
   
8.  _________ controls soil erosion.
   1.  Algae
   2.  Fungi
   3.  Riccia
   4.  Bryophytes
   
   
9. _______ are called the sac fungi.
   1.  Zycomycota
   2.  Ascomycota
   3.  Basidiomycota
   4.  Deuteromycota
   
   
10. The element mercury got its name from a __________.
    1.  mythological character
    2.  planet
    3.  country
    4.  farmer
    
    

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