| # | What is the chemical name for table salt? | sodium chloride | sodium hypochlorite | calcium chloride | calcium hypochlorite | sodium flouride | sodium chloride
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| 1 | Which planet is nearest the Sun? | Pluto | Mercury | Venus | Mars | Saturn | Mercury |
| 2 | What common kitchen item is mainly acetic acid? | salt | soap | vinegar | sugar | jam | vinegar |
| 3 | What is made using the Bessemer process? | iron | aluminium | copper | steel | magnesium | steel |
| 4 | What does LPG stand for? | Liquid Phenol gas | liquid parafin gas | liquid pressurised gas | liquid polymer gas | liquid petroleum gas | liquid petroleum gas |
| 5 | What is the scientific name for marsh gas? | methane | butane | propane | ethane | acetylene | methane |
| 6 | Which acid is used in a car battery? | hydrochloric acid | sulphuric acid | nitric acid | acetic acid | citric acid | sulphuric acid |
| 7 | Dry ice is a frozen form of which gas? | hydrogen | oxygen | carbon dioxide | carbon monoxide | nitrogen | carbon dioxide |
| 8 | In which part of the human body are the metatarsals? | arms | backbone | shoulders | feet | skin | feet |
| 9 | Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere? | oxygen | carbon dioxide | hydrogen | helium | nitrogen | nitrogen |
| 10 | Which ancient Greek is the father of medicine? | Hippocrates | Socrates | Plato | Homer | Pericles | Hippocrates |
| 11 | Who invented the miner's safety lamp? | William Sedgewick | Humphrey Davy | Michael Faraday | Willam Murdock | James Dewer | Humphrey Davy |
| 12 | What is the medical term for a pain killing drug? | anaesthetic | antibiotic | analgesic | antidiuretic | antihistamine | analgesic |
| 13 | In which part of the body are rods and cones? | ear | eye | brain | liver | pancreas | eye |
| 14 | Which tube connects the ear and the throat? | trachea | carotid | vena cava | urethra | eustachian tube | eustachian tube |
| 15 | What is the chemical formula for chalk? | calcium carbonate | magnesium carbonate | calcium sulphate | magnesium sulphate | calcium chloride | calcium carbonate |
| 16 | Who devised the first logarithms? | Sir Isaac Newton | John Napier | Pythagoras | Robert Boyle | Albert Einstein | John Napier |
| 17 | Who discovered the circulation of the blood? | Edward Jenner | Louis Pasteur | William Harvey | Hippocrates | Leonardo Da Vinci | William Harvey |
| 18 | Who invented the flying shuttle to speed up weaving? | Jethro Tull | Richard Arkwright | James Crompton | John Kay | Richard Trevethick | John Kay |
| 19 | Which scientist discovered oxygen? | Antoine Lavoisier | William Sedgewick | Marie Curie | Louis Pasteur | Joseph Priestley | Joseph Priestley |
| 20 | Who developed the electric generator? | Michael Faraday | Heinrich Hertz | James Maxwell | Luigi Galvani | Thomas Eddyson | Michael Faraday |
| 21 | Who discovered how to vulcanise rubber? | John Dunlop | Charles Goodyear | Charles Mackintosh | Robert Vulcan | Charles Rubbra | Charles Goodyear |
| 22 | Who introduced antiseptic surgery? | Louis Pasteur | Edward Jenner | Joseph Lister | C.W. Long | J.Y. Simpson | Joseph Lister |
| 23 | Who discovered X-Rays? | Marie Curie | Pierre Curie | James Chadwick | Wilhelm Rontgen | Ernest Rutherford | Wilhelm Rontgen |
| 24 | Which was the last planet to be discovered? | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | Pluto |
| 25 | Which element has the symbol Hg? | mercury | hydrogen | silver | gold | helium | mercury |
| 26 | Which metal is haematite an ore of? | tin | iron | mercury | zinc | aluminium | iron |
| 27 | Which metal is galena an ore of? | copper | silver | lead | gold | mercury | lead |
| 28 | What is the specific gravity of water? | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 29 | Which gas is known as laughing gas? | carbon dioxide | sulphur dioxide | carbon monoxide | ether | nitrous oxide | nitrous oxide |
| 30 | Which part of the body secretes insulin? | pancreas | liver | bladder | gall bladder | spleen | pancreas |
| 31 | What does DNA stand for? | double nitric acid | deoxyribonucleic acid | decarbonated nucleic acid | deoxygenated nitric acid | denatured acid | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| 32 | What chemical gives plants their green colour? | chloroform | chlorine | chlorophyl | calcium | flourine | chlorophyl |
| 33 | What instrument measures air pressure? | anemometer | manometer | barometer | hydrometer | hygrometer | barometer |
| 34 | What instrument measures wind speed? | barometer | manometer | hydrometer | hygrometer | anemometer | anemometer |
| 35 | Which element has the symbol Na? | sodium | potassium | magnesium | iodine | chlorine | sodium |
| 36 | Which element has the symbol Pb? | iron | lead | zinc | mercury | silver | lead |
| 37 | What is the chemical name of epsom salts? | sodium chloride | silver nitrate | magnesium sulphate | ferrous oxide | calcium carbonate | magnesium sulphate |
| 38 | What did C.S. Cockerell invent? | monorail | rotary engine | helecopter | hovercraft | electric locomotive | hovercraft |
| 39 | What device transforms AC electric current into DC? | transistor | semi conductor | potentiometer | transformer | rectifier | rectifier |
| 40 | Which gas is produced when fermenting alcoholic drinks? | carbon dioxide | carbon monoxide | hydrogen | methane | sulphur dioxide | carbon dioxide |
| 41 | What is the chemical name for plaster of paris? | calcium carbonate | calcium sulphate | calcium bicarbonate | calcium chloride | calcium hyporchlorite | calcium sulphate |
| 42 | What explosive did Alfred Nobel invent? | TNT | gelignite | dynamite | gunpowder | nitroglycerine | dynamite |
| 43 | What cloud is associated with thunder storms? | cumulus | stratus | cirrus | cumulonimbus | statocumulus | cumulonimbus |
| 44 | How many chromosomes are there in a normal human body cell? | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 46 |
| 45 | Which gas do plants give off? | oxygen | sulphur dioxide | chloroform | nitrous oxide | carbon monoxide | oxygen |
| 46 | What is the unit of electical power? | ampere | watt | ohm | volt | farad | watt |
| 47 | What unit measures electric current? | watt | volt | ampere | farad | ohm | ampere |
| 48 | What is an average human heart beat? | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 70 |
| 49 | What percentage of the human body is water? | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 50 | What is the instrument called which measures blood pressure? | sphygmomanometer | manometer | anemometer | barometer | hygromter | sphygmomanometer |
| 51 | What device permits current flow in one direction only? | transistor | diode | silicon chip | capacitor | resistor | diode |
| 52 | Who discovered radioactivity? | Marie Curie | Antoine Lavoisier | Henri Bequerel | Ernest Rutherford | Wilhelm Rontgen | Henri Bequerel |
| 53 | Rhombic and monoclinic are forms of which element? | carbon | iron | magnesium | sulphur | oxygen | sulphur |
| 54 | What is the chemical formula for caustic soda? | NaH | CO | CH | COOH | NaOH | NaOH |
| 55 | What is the rotating coil called in an electric motor? | armature | brush | commutator | magnet | rectifier | armature |
| 56 | Of what is the Newton a unit? | heat | force | work | energy | electricity | force |
| 57 | Whose law relates to electrical resistance? | Boyle's law | Charles' law | Ohm's law | Hooke's law | Newton's law | Ohm's law |
| 58 | What does FM stand for? | fast modulator | feedback mechanism | frequency modulation | fulcrum manipulation | free modules | frequency modulation |
| 59 | What is the unit of inductance? | Ohm | Joule | Farad | Hertz | Henry | Henry |
| 60 | How many degrees celsius is 32 degrees Farenheit? | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 0 |
| 61 | What computer term is derived from binary digit? | bite | bit | bin | bint | bigit | bit |
| 62 | In computing what does RAM stand for? | repeat action method | rotary action multiplier | random access memory | read access memory | random activated multichip | random access memory |
| 63 | What colour does acid turn litmus paper? | blue | purple | green | red | yellow | red |
| 64 | What acid does hydrogen chloride make when disolved in water? | sulphuric acid | sulphurous acid | nitric acid | citric acid | hydrochloric acid | hydrochloric acid |
| 65 | What is quicklime combined with to make slaked lime? | water | hydrochloric acid | carbonic acid | calcium carbonate | sodium hydroxide | water |
| 66 | What is measured in Curies? | pressure | radioactivity | gamma radiation | light | wavelength | radioactivity |
| 67 | What is galvanised iron coated with? | tin | steel | zinc | ferrous oxide | aluminium | zinc |
| 68 | How many colours are there in a spectrum? | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 69 | What part of the body is the patella? | elbow | shoulder | ankle | heel | kneecap | kneecap |
| 70 | What is the waxy substance found on sheep's wool? | lanolin | parafin | stearin | glycerin | karotin | lanolin |
| 71 | Where in the body are red blood cells made? | liver | bone marrow | pancreas | kidney | spleen | bone marrow |
| 72 | what is the pH of water? | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| 73 | Which form of alcohol is the basis of alcoholic drinks? | methyl alcohol | denatured alcohol | isopropyl alcohol | ethyl alcohol | butyl alcohol | ethyl alcohol |
| 74 | What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere? | oxygen | carbon dioxide | hydrogen | helium | nitrogen | nitrogen |
| 75 | Cinnabar is an ore of which metal? | mercury | iron | copper | zinc | tin | mercury |
| 76 | Diamonds are a pure form of which element? | copper | carbon | platinum | flourine | stontium | carbon |
| 77 | What is lignite a form of? | iron ore | wood | coal | plastic | match head | coal |
| 78 | What branch of science is concerned with very low temperatures? | thermodynamics | thermionics | thermochemistry | cryogenics | morphology | cryogenics |
| 79 | Which is the most abundant metal in the Earth's surface? | iron | copper | lead | tin | aluminium | aluminium |
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