General Science and Ability

**Matter and energy:**A) Can be converted from one to the otherB) When taken together, are conserved in all processes in a closed systemC) Both a & bD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: C – Both a & b

**Which of the following is a mammal?**A) Blue tunaB) SwordfishC) Blue whaleD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: C – Blue whale

**Electric current:**A) Flows from a higher potential to lower potentialB) Is caused by the flow of electronsC) Both a & bD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: C – Both a & b

**Female ova are:**A) HaploidB) DiploidC) TriploidD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: A – Haploid

**Electricity and magnetism are:**A) Two facets of the same forceB) Always opposed to each otherC) Both a & bD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: A – Two facets of the same force

**Which of the following is not a part of DNA?**A) ThymineB) AdenineC) RiboseD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: C – Ribose

**Ball bearings help wheels and other rotating objects:**A) Move without consuming any energyB) Rotate more easily and with less frictionC) Both a & bD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: B – Rotate more easily and with less friction

**Photography works by:**A) Capturing the souls of the objects being photographedB) Capturing light reflected from the object being photographedC) Both a & bD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: B – Capturing light reflected from the object being photographed

**Arthur C. Clarke, the famous science fiction author, while working as a radio operator in the British army in World War 2:**A) Proposed building a space elevator from carbon mono-filamentsB) Postulated the existence of extra-terrestrial artifacts on the moonC) Proposed that a network of satellites in stationary orbit at very high altitudes around the earth…

**Our sun is classified as:**A) A blue giantB) A yellow dwarfC) SupernovaD) None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: B – A yellow dwarf