141. Liquid crystals are used in
Wrist watches
Display devices
Pocket calculators
All the above
142. Which one of the following is named ‘Hansa-2’?
A Satellite
A trainer aircraft
A submarine
Surface to surface missile
143. India’s short range missile is
Agni
Arjun
Nag
Prithvi
144. A biojector is:
an H.I.V. immunisation syringe
a bioplastic injector
a painless needle injector
a painless needleless injector
145. Which one of the following is used as the coolant in the ‘Fast Breeder Test Reactor’ at Kalpakkam:
Carbon dioxide
Heavy water
Sea water
Molten sodium
146. Which one of the following is not related with space terminology:
Telemetering
Weightlessness
Cis-lunar
Byte
147. Cyclotrons are used to accelerate:
Neutrons
Protons
Atoms
Ions
148. Water Jet Technology finds application in
irrigation
drilling of mines
fire fighting
mob control
149. To avoid ‘knocking’ of the engine of a car, which one of the following is used as an anti-knocking agent?
Ethyl alcohol
Butane
Lead tetraethyl
White petrol
150. Which is the correct chronological order of the following space programmes? A. APPLE B. IGMD C. STEP D. SITE Codes: A B C D
B C D A
D C A B
C A D B
A C D B
151. What is the function of a pacemaker?
It decreases the heartbeat
It regulates the heartbeat
It increases the heartbeat
It accelerates blood supply to heart
152. The difference between nuclear reactor and atom bomb is that:
There is no chain reaction in nuclear reactor whereas this happens in atom bomb.
The chain reaction in nuclear reactor is controlled.
The chain reaction in nuclear reactor is not controlled.
Atom bomb is based on nuclear fusion whereas in nuclear reactor, nuclear fission occurs.
153. Which one of the following is not correct?
Theory of evolution was propounded by Charles Darwin.
The breaking apart of the nucleus of an atom is called fusion.
‘Dry ice’ is nothing but solid carbon dioxide.
Telephone was invented by Graham Bell.
154. Which one of the following is not matched?
Y2K – Computer
Arthritis – Uric acid
Noise pollution – Decibel
PARAM 10,000 – Land-to-land missile
155. Geneco Technology is:
Defence system for prevention from AIDS
A method for the development of species for food crops
Technique for pre-information regarding genetic diseases
Technique for prevention of cataract
156. 2, 4-D is:
an insecticide
an explosive
a fungicide
a herbicide
157. The computer hardware, made up of silica, which can store plenty of data is called:
Disk
Chip
Magnetic Tape
File
158. The controversial Terminator Technology backed by developed nations seeks to provide:
bio-technologically improved varieties of seeds which are ensured to yield sterile seeds for next generation
transgenic seeds which ensure no-terminating passage of good traits generation after generation
selective termination of crop diseases
hybrid seed that can be eaten but not grown
159. Which one of the following is not achieved by transgenics?
Production of biodegradable plastics
Production of edible vaccines
Production of cloned animals
Production of transgenic crops
160. Assertion (A): ‘Golden rice’ is biotechnnological achievement to the benefit of consumers as much as the farmers. Reason (R): The yellow colour of this rice reflects high level of betacarotene, a compound that is converted to Vitamin A in the body. Codes:
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true, but R is false.
A is false, but R is true.
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