Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 2007 GS-I
Question

Thermometer is an instrument that:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Measures the temperature

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Measures the temperature”.
A thermometer measures the temperature of a body or environment. It provides a reading of how hot or cold the object or area is.

Similar Questions:

If the doors of a refrigerator are left open for a few hours, the room temperature:
  1. A) will decrease
  2. B) will increase
  3. C) will remain the same
  4. D) will decrease only in the area in the vicinity of the refrigerator
Which hormone is injected to cows and buffaloes to make the milk descend to the udders?
  1. A) Somatotropin
  2. B) Oxytocin
  3. C) Interferon
  4. D) Insulin
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Most of the vitamins are not synthesised in human body.
Reason (R): Human organ synthesise only essential micronutrients.

Select the correct answer form the code given below.
  1. A) Both (A) & (R) are true & (R) is correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) & (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. D) A) is false, but (R) is true.
To look total image of a person, the minimum height of a plane mirror is:
  1. A) Equal to the height of a person.
  2. B) Half of the height of a person.
  3. C) One fourth of the height of a person.
  4. D) Two times the height of a person.
Nitrogen fixing bacteria make combination with cell of the root of:
  1. A) Pulses
  2. B) Rice
  3. C) Wheat
  4. D) Sugarcane
What is that in household dust, that offends asthmatics?
  1. A) Chemicals present with dust
  2. B) Dust inorganic particles
  3. C) Dust mites
  4. D) Moisture of dust
Assertion (A): Insolation is the most important source of energy for the biospheric ecosystem.
Reason (R): Solar radiation is converted into food and chemical energy by green plants.

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 the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
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
Mother's milk provides almost complete diet to the newborn, but it lacks the following:
  1. A) Iron
  2. B) Calcium
  3. C) Magnesium
  4. D) Potassium
Three communicable diseases prevalent in developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are:
  1. A) acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout
  2. B) malaria, acute diarrhoea and schistosomiasis
  3. C) onchocerciasis, leukaemia and arthritis
  4. D) rheumatism, malaria and AIDS
Keeping pigs away from the human habitat is helpful in eradication of:
  1. A) Malaria
  2. B) Japanese encephalitis
  3. C) Elephantiasis
  4. D) Polio
Which of the following contains carbon?
  1. A) Lignite
  2. B) Tin
  3. C) Silver
  4. D) Iron