Everyday Science MCQs 15

Vestigeal pelvic girdle and bones of hind limbs are characteristic of
(a) Whales-✔️
(b) Dolphins
(c) Seals
(d) Sharks

Vestigeal organs are those which are
(a) Fully formed and functional
(b) Much reduced but functional
(c) Much reduced and functionless-✔️
(d) Fully formed but functionless

The scientist who is known as father of modern biology is
(a) B. F. Skinner
(b) Aristotle-✔️
(c) Wilhelm Wundt
(d) Archimedes

The science of weights and measures is called:
(a) Metrology-✔️
(b) meteorology
(c) mineralogy
(d) morphology

The point at which solid, liquid and gaseous forms of a substance co-exist is called
(a) sublimation point
(b) distillation point
(c) triple point-✔️
(d) melting point

The persons working in textile factories such as carpet weavers are exposed to which of the following occupational disease?
(a) Asbestosis
(b) Asthma and Tuberculosis-✔️
(c) Silicosis
(d) Siderosis

The parachute was used for the first time by
(a) Max Born
(b) Francis Crick
(c) J.P.Blanchard-✔️
(d) Enrico Fermi

The only species of cat that lives and hunts in groups is
(a) Lion-✔️
(b) leopard
(c) jaguar
(d) cougar

The most abundant organic molecule on the surface of the Earth is:
(a) cellulose-✔️
(b) chitin
(c) DNA
(d) hemoglobin

The law of gravitation was propounded by
(a) Alfred Binet
(b) Alfred Kinsey
(c) Sir Isaac Newton-✔️
(d) Alexander Fleming