Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 1996 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following is NOT found in space?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Brittle Star

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Brittle Star”.
Pulsars, black holes, and quasars are all found in space, whereas Brittle Stars are echinoderms related to starfish.

Similar Questions:

Which of the following types of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays?
  1. A) Soda glass
  2. B) Pyrex glass
  3. C) Jena glass
  4. D) Crookes glass
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
Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists:
List-I - List-II

A. Sour Milk - 1. Malic acid
B. Vinegar and pickle - 2. Carbonic acid
C. Soda water and cold drinks 3. Acetic acid
D. Apple - 4. Lactic acid

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 4 3 1 2
  3. C) 4 3 2 1
  4. D) 3 4 2 1
Which of the following is correct?
  1. A) All the blood in the body is absorbed through the kidneys
  2. B) All the blood in the body passes through the kidneys
  3. C) All the blood in the body is filtered through the kidneys
  4. D) All the blood in the body is made through the kidneys
The radar is used for:
  1. A) detecting objects lightwaves
  2. B) detecting objects by reflection of sound waves
  3. C) determining the position of objects by radio waves
  4. D) following rain clouds
CNG used in automobiles to check pollution, mainly consists of
  1. A) H2
  2. B) CH4
  3. C) CO2
  4. D) N2
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A): Invert sugar is more sweeter than sucrose.
Reason (R) : Invert sugar is obtained by the hydrolysis of sucrose.

Select the correct answer from 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
Hazrat Muhammad, the prophet, was born in the year:
  1. A) 570 AD
  2. B) 622 AD
  3. C) 642 AD
  4. D) 670 AD
What type of electromagnetic radiation is used in the remote control of a television?
  1. A) Infrared
  2. B) Ultravoilet
  3. C) Visible
  4. D) None of the above
Which of the following is not a molecule atomic particle?
  1. A) Neutron
  2. B) Proton
  3. C) Deuteron
  4. D) Electron
Relative humidity is measured by:
  1. A) Hydrometer
  2. B) Hygrometer
  3. C) Lactometer
  4. D) Potentiometer
In which part of the cinchona plant quinine occurs naturally?
  1. A) Root
  2. B) Fruit
  3. C) Seed
  4. D) Bark