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36. Fever causing substance is called

a. pathogen                                                                        b. Pyrogen

c. interrfon                                                                         d. Antigen

37.Insects that can transmit diseases to human are referred to as

a. carriers                                                                            b. Reservoirs

c. vectors                                                                             d. Incubators

38. Which of the following parts of blood carry out the function of body defence?

a. Red blood cells                                                             b. White blood cells

c. platelets                                                                          d. Haemoglobins

39. which of the following is biodegradable?

a. paper                                                                               b. DDT

c. Polythene                                                                       d. Rubber

40.  Green house effect means

a. pollution in house in tropical region

b. trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide

41.  Which among the following are the most important raw materials for manufacturing of soap?

a. Fats and caustic alkali                                                 b. Fats and potash          

c. Fats and acid                                                                  d. Vegetable oil and potash

42. The Indus valley civilization flourished during

a. 5000 BC – 3500 BC                                                       b. 3000 BC – 1500 BC

c. 2500 BC – 1750 BC                                                        d. 1500 BC – 500 BC                        

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28. Which one of the following is a macronutrient?

a. Potassium                                                                      b. Manganese

c. Copper                                                                             d. Boron

29.  A colour-blind person has difficulty in distinguishing between which colours?

a. Black and Blue                                                              b. Green and Violet

c. White and yellow                                                        d. Green and Red

30. The blood pressure is the pressure of blood in

a. Arteries                                                                           b. Veins

c. Hand                                                                                 d. Heart

31. Malaria spreads through the vector

a. Tse-tse mosquito                                                        b. Culex mosquito

c.Aedes mosquito                                                           d. Anopheles mosquito

32.  Ornithology is the study of

a. Mosquito                                                                        b. Birds

c. Insects                                                                             d. Animals

33. Total numer of bone in the human skeletons

a. 208                                                                                    b. 300

c. 206                                                                                     d. 218

34. A band of white fibres which joins muscles to bone

a. Ligament                                                                         b. Tendon

c. Elastin                                                                               d. Actin

35. Rh – factor was first discovered in

a. human male                                                                  b. Human female

c. dog                                                                                    d. Monkey

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21.In which categories did Marie Curie win her two different Nobal prizes?

a. Physics and Chemistry                              b. Chemistry and Medicine

c. Physics and Medicine                                                d. Chemistry  and Peace

22.Wherewood Rowland who died in 2012, was a renowned as –

a. Physicist                                                          b. Chemist

c. Economist                                                       d. Indologist

23. Which one of the following is involved for desalination of sea water?

a. Reverse osmosis                                         b. Simple osmosis

c. Use of sodium aluminium                        d. None of these

24. Who is the author of the latest book “Anna: 13 days that Awakened India”?

a. Jahnavi Barua                                                                b. Padma Desai

c. Ajay Tiwari                                                                      d. Ashutosh

25. The theory of ‘survival of the fittest’ was propounded by-

a. Smith                                                                                b. Mandela

c. Charles Darwin                                                             d. Karl Landsteiner

26. The unit of classification of plants and animals is-

a. class                                                                                  b. Genes

c. order                                                                                                d. Species

27. Which reference to human nutrition consider the following statement?

I. Banana is richer source of carbohydrates than apples.

II. Banana contain some amount of protein also.

III. Spinach has no protein at all.

IV. Potatoes are richer source of protein than peas.

a. I and II                                                                              b. II, III and IV

c. III and IV                                                                          d. All

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Page no. 9 of Territorial Army question paper, exam held on Feb - 2013

13. Who is the author of the latest book “ A life in  Politics”?

a. Mamta Banerjee                                         b. P A Sangma

c. Pranab Mukherjee                                     d. Prakash Karat

14. A coin immersed in water pond appears to be raised when viewed from the top. What is this due to?

a. Heaviness of the coin                                                b. scattering of light

c. Reflection of light                                        d. Refraction of light

15. Galvanized iron is coated with a thin coating of

a. tin                                                                      b. Zinc

c. aluminium                                                      d. Copper

16. Which of the following countries topped the 2012 list of most failed states in the world?

a. Congo                                                              b. Sudan

c. Somalia                                                            d. Chad

17. Which one is not a metal?

a. Sulphur                                                            b. Sugar

c. Nitrogen                                                          d. All of these

18. Which of the following is an element?

a. Plastic                                                               b. Cadmium

c. Alcohol                                                             d. Ice

19. Which of the following countries has won the 21^st Sultan Azlam Shah Hockey Cup in 2012?

a. Argentina                                                       b. Pakistna

c. Australia                                                          d. New Zealand

20. The latest book “ Pakistan on the Brink: The future of America, Pakisntan and Afganistan” is written by:

a. Jack Higgins                                                    b. Khalid Mohamed

c. Jamil Ahmed                                                  d. Ahmed Rashid