SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SET -3

1. First nuclear reactor in India was commissioned in :

• A) kalppakkkam

• B) Sriharikota

• C) Tarpur

• D) Pokhran

2. The highly centralised state power gave way to a more flexible and local adminstration in ---------

• a) Maurya period

• b) Gupta period

• c) Both of the above

• d) None of the above

3. Which of the following areas of our country are arid?

• a) Assam, Mizoram, Tripura

• b) Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar

• c) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa

• d) ladakh, Rajasthan, Gujarat

4.Which of the following countries got technology transfer from India in the field of Hydro-electricity generation ?

• a) Mexico

• b) Argentina

• C) Burma

• d) Malaysia

5. Government of India enterprise responsible for oil exploration is :

• a) ONGC

• B) FRI

• C) CDRI

• D) ISRO

6. Amla, guava, papaya, citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables are the major source of

• A) Vitamin A

• B) Vitamin C

• C) Vitamin D

• D) Vitamin K

7. White Blood Cells ( WBCs ) develop in :

• A) Kidney and pancreas

• B) Liver and Small Intestines

• C) Thymus and bone marrow

• D) Hypothalamus and thyroid

8. The book 'Optical 'Thesaurus' was written by

• A) Ibn Battuta

• B) Iban-al-Haytham

• c) Ibn Khaldun

• D) Al Biruni

9. Who among the following propounded the Heliocentric model?

• A) Copernicus

• B) Ptolemy

• c) Aristotle

• D) Hipparchus

10. ------- occurs in the water layers near the surface, where sunlight is available>

• A) Phytoplanktons

• B) Heteropods

• C) Algae

• D) Ctenophores