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Kerala PSC Village Extension Officer Examination 2014


General Science for preparing Kerala PSC Village Extension Officer [VEO] Examination 2014

  • All of the following foods lack vitamin C, except: 
Answer: Milk
  • Which of the following statements is not correct? 
Answer: Vegetable fats contain enough vitamin A and D
  • All of the following statements are correct, except: 
Answer: Bile contains enzymes
  • The vitamin concerned with blood clotting is: 
Answer: Vitamin K
  • When there is a decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, the rate of breathing 
Answer: Increases
  • The skin is an excretory organ. Which of the following substances is not excretory material? 
Answer: Oil
  • Camels have greater adaptability to long periods of drought in hot deserts than other animals. This is because: 
Answer: Its thick fur insulates its body against high external temperatures and reduces water loss.
  • All the following facts about camels make them adapt to long periods of drought in hot deserts, except: 
Answer: Camels can drink as much as 1/3 of their body weight in ten minutes, which other mammals cannot.
  • Babies should be always kept in a reasonably warm temperature whereas adults can with stand extreme cold. The reason for this is that? 
Answer: They have a large surface area to volume ratio; hence they lose much more heat than they produce
  • A newly born normal child will thrive best if it is given milk of: 
Answer: Mother
  • Excretory products of mammals are useful to plants. Which of the following is not a part of such secretions? 
Answer: Mineral salts
  • A flaming splinter is thrust into a bottle of oxygen, a bottle of nitrogen, and a bottle of carbon dioxide. The flame will go out in: 
Answer: Nitrogen and carbon dioxide but not in oxygen
  • The phases of the moon are partially the result of the 
Answer: Revolution of the moon about the earth
  • The statutory warning "Cigarette smoking is injurious to health that appears on cigarette packet is based on the finding that 
Answer: Lung and oral cancer are more common among smokers than non-smokers
  • Molasses are a 
Answer: By-product of sugar industry
  • Which of the following processes does not increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the air? 
Answer: Photosynthesis
  • Which of the following processes is unsuitable for softening water possessing temporary hardness? 
Answer: Adding calcium hydroxide
  • A green leaf is partially covered and placed in the light for several days. If it is then boiled and tested for starch with iodine, what will be the result? 
Answer: Starch will be found only in the part of the leaf exposed to light
  • All of the following glands in the human body are ductless glands, except: 
Answer: Lachrymal
  • A body that is falling freely from a height (no air resistance) under the influence of gravity?
Answer: Increases its speed by about 32 ft/sec. during each second it falls
  • A difference between a compound and a mixture is that a compound 
Answer: Always has the same composition whereas a mixture does not
  • A person, who met with an accident, was partially paralysed and lacked a sense of feeling after treatment. Which apart of the nervous system was affected by the accident? 
Answer: The spinal cord seemed damaged
  • On a cool and wet day a large quantity of dilute urine is passed out by most people. This is because: 
Answer: There is reduced loss of water through sweat
  • Through which of the following media does light travel fastest? 
Answer: Vacuum
  • Excessive intake of polished rice causes deficiency of: 
Answer: Vitamin B

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