General Science for Competitive Exams MCQs : 19 May 2014

1. Where did Paleontologists discover fossils of the largest dinosaur?
[A]South Africa
[B]Argentina
[C]Australia
[D]Kenya


2. In 1934, which two scientists suggested the simple method of turning light into matter; was by smashing only two particles of light to create an electron and a positron?
[A]G.Breit and John Wheeler
[B]James Maxwell and Galileo
[C]Evangelista Torricelli and Ferdinand Verbiest
[D]Konrad Zuse and Edwin Herbert Land


3. Which is the largest organ of the human body?
[A]Stomach
[B]Lungs
[C]Skin
[D]Pancreas


4. Alfred Nobel invented _________________ in 1866.
[A]Dynamite
[B]Thermometer
[C]Binoculars
[D]Single wire telegraph system


5. The molecular structure of DNA was first determined by Watson and Crick in ________.
[A]1939
[B]1945
[C]1950
[D]1953