biology quiz

1. Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
ans: Charles Darwin

2.How many teeth does an average human adult have?
ans: 32

3. What is the pulse rate of an average healthy human being?
ans: 72 beats per minute

4.  What is the name given to the green pigment in plants?
ans:  Chlorophyll

5.  How is the age of a tree determined?
ans:  By counting the annual rings in a cut trunk

6. Who observed living cell first?
ans: Anton Von Leeuwenhoek

7. The study of fruit is called
ans:  pomology

 8. The most abundant substance in protoplasm is
ans: Water


9. Science dealing with study of fishes is known as
ans: Icthyology


10. Scientific culture of silkworm is
ans: Sericulture


11. Paleontology is the study of:
ans: Fossils


12. Who discovered the relation between mosquito and malaria?
ans: Ronald Ross


13. Farmers can keep their soil fertile by:
ans: crop rotation

14.  Which food stuff turns blue-black when brought in contact with iodine?
ans: Starch

15.  Coal is formed due to the process of...?
ans: Carbonization

16. Larva of butterfly and moth is called as
ans: Caterpillar

17. Helix is the name of
ans: Garden snail

18. The cavity in the body of  "hydra" is called
ans: Coelenteron

19. Highest unit of classification is
ans: Kingdom

20. How many chambered are there in heart of frog?
ans: 3-chambered

21. The larva of mosquito is called
ans: Wriggler

22. The mode of nutrition in fungi is mostly
ans: Saprophytic

23. Which gland produce growth hormone?
ans: pituitary gland

24.The drugs taken by us are metabolized in
ans: liver

25. Which is the largest of human body?
ans: skin

26.  Plant of biology dealing with distribution of plants on earths surface is called
ans: phytogeography

27. Study of soil and soil content is called
ans: Edaphology

28. Study of flower is called
ans: anthology

29. Physical basis of life is
ans: Protoplasm

30. Infolding of mitochondria is called
ans: Cristae

general knowledge quiz questions and answers

All round general knowledge.

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1.  Which is the world longest river? 

ans: Nile

2. Which is the world longest highway?

 ans: Trans (CANADA)

3. length of world longest highway?

ans: 8000m 

4.  Which is the world highest mountain?

ans: Mount Everest ( 8848m)


5. Where is the world highest mountain located?
ans: Nepal


6. The biggest desert in the world?
ans: Sahara (Africa)


7. Which is the largest coffee growing country in the world? 
ans: Brazil


8. Which country is also known as the "country of copper" ?
ans: Zambia


9. Which is the coldest place in the earth?
ans: Verkoyansk (Myanmar)


10. The biggest Delta in the world?
ans: Ganges Delta 


11. Which is the world's oldest known city?
ans:  Damascus


12. Which is city is known as the " City of canal"?
ans: Venice


13. Which is the country where river Wangchu flows?
ans: Myanmar


14.Which is the biggest island in the world?
ans:Greenland


15. The city which is the biggest center for manufacture of automobiles in the world.
ans: Detroit, USA


16. The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea.
ans: Amazon river


17. Which country is called "the Land of Rising Sun"?
ans: Japan


18. Mount Everest was named after 
ans: Sir George Everest


19. Which country is the largest producer of rubber in the world?
ans: Malaysia


20. Where is volcano Vesuvius located?
ans: Italy