HPAS 2011 Science Topic-Wise Solutions
Question 90
Which of the following is not a natural polymer?
- (a) Wool
- (b) Silk
- (c) Cotton
- (d) Teflon
Correct Answer: (d) Teflon
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Question 91
A polymer which is used for making ropes and carpet fibers is:
- (a) Polyacetylene
- (b) Polypropylene
- (c) Polyacrylonitrile
- (d) PVC
Correct Answer: (b) Polypropylene
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Question 92
The urine sample of a diabetic patients contains:
- (a) Sucrose
- (b) Fructose
- (c) Glucose
- (d) All of the above
Correct Answer: (c) Glucose
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Question 93
The quality of diesel oil for use in diesel engines is determined by:
- (a) The composition of the oil
- (b) The octane number
- (c) The cetane number
- (d) The amount of additive added
Correct Answer: (c) The cetane number
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Question 94
Rusting of iron is:
- (a) An electrochemical process
- (b) A photochemical process
- (c) An electro analytical process
- (d) All of the above
Correct Answer: (a) An electrochemical process
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Question 95
When mild steel is heated to a high temperature and suddenly cooled in water, it becomes hard and brittle. The process is called:
- (a) Hardening
- (b) Annealing
- (c) Quenching
- (d) Tempering
Correct Answer: (c) Quenching
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Question 96
Which of the following is used as moderators in nuclear reactors?
- (a) Graphite
- (b) Paraffin
- (c) Heavy water
- (d) All of the above
Correct Answer: (d) All of the above
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Question 97
Silicon carbide (SiC) is known as:
- (a) Quartz
- (b) Tridynite
- (c) Corundum
- (d) Carborundum
Correct Answer: (d) Carborundum
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Question 98
A pale blue gas with a fish-like odour restores the color of a blackened lead painting. The gas is also used as rocket fuel. It is:
- (a) Oxygen
- (b) Ammonia
- (c) Sulphur dioxide
- (d) None of these
Correct Answer: (d) None of these
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Question 99
The bleaching action of chlorine occurs in the presence of:
- (a) Moisture
- (b) Sunlight
- (c) Pure oxygen
- (d) Pure sulphur dioxide
Correct Answer: (a) Moisture
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Question 100
Haem is the important biologically in the myoglobin which is used to store:
- (a) Nitrogen in muscles
- (b) Chlorine in muscles
- (c) Oxygen in muscles
- (d) Carbon dioxide in muscles
Correct Answer: (c) Oxygen in muscles
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