Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 2007 GS-I
Question

It is comfortable to wear white clothes in summer because:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: They Reflect all the heat that is falling it

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “They Reflect all the heat that is falling it”.
White clothes reflect most of the sunlight and heat, keeping the body cooler compared to darker clothes, which absorb more heat.

Similar Questions:

The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was:
  1. A) Non-Cooperation Movement
  2. B) Salt movement
  3. C) Quit India Movement
  4. D) Indigo Movement
Match the list I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below.
List I List II
(Fairs) (Organised at)

A. Bateshwar - 1) Barabanki
B. Dewa - 2) Meerut
C. Haridas Jayanti - 3) Agra
D. Nauchandi - 4) Vrindavan

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 3, 2, 1, 4
  2. B) 2, 1, 4, 3
  3. C) 1, 4, 2, 3
  4. D) 3, 1, 4, 2
Baglihar power project, on which Pakistan raised an issue to the World bank, was being made by India on which river?
  1. A) Jhelum
  2. B) Indus
  3. C) Chenab
  4. D) Sutlej
Assertion (A): The atmosphere receives most of the heat only indirectly from the sun and directly from the earth's surface.
Reason (R): The conversion from shortwave solar to long-wave terrestrial energy takes place at the earth's surface.

Code:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
Which of the following is known as laughing gas?
  1. A) Ammonia
  2. B) Nitrous Oxide
  3. C) Carbon Monoxide
  4. D) Chlorofluro Carbon
The most important factor contributing to the loss of vulture population in India is:
  1. A) Viral infection
  2. B) Bacterial infection
  3. C) Administering of pain killers to cattle
  4. D) Administering of Estrogen injection to cattle
Among the following greenhouse gases, which does not cause ozone pollution in troposphere?
  1. A) Methane
  2. B) Carbon mono-oxide
  3. C) Nitrogen oxides (NOX)
  4. D) Water vapours
Who was the secret author of Parvez Musharraf's biography "in the line of fire"
  1. A) Humayun Gauhar
  2. B) Hamid Kashmiri
  3. C) Zabir hussain
  4. D) None of these
Salk's vaccine is connected with which one of the following diseases?
  1. A) Small pox
  2. B) Tetanus
  3. C) T.B.
  4. D) Polio
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Manometer–Pressure
  2. B) Carburetor–Internal combustion engine
  3. C) Cardiograph–Heart movement
  4. D) Seismometer–Curvature of surface
Assertion (A): A black hole is an astronomical entity that cannot be seen by telescope.
Reason (R): The gravitational field on a black hole is so strong that it does not allow even light to escape.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
Average blood pressure of human being is:
  1. A) 60/100
  2. B) 20/80
  3. C) 60/140
  4. D) 120/80