Where does sound travel faster; in air or water? In water (4.

5 times faster)
Who is considered as the most famous play writer in English after William
Shakespeare? George Bernard Shaw
What is the name of the substance lost by the body during dehydration? Sodium
chloride
What are male and female rabbits called?
Buck and Doe
Which is the only snake that builds a nest?
King cobra
Who discovers Africas Victoria Falls?
David Livingstone
Why cant horses sit?
Because they have no knees on their hind leg
To escape from gravitational force at what speed should an air craft fly?
53,200 KM/hour
Astronomical distance of a Light Year?
9.46 trillion KM
What are the three kinds of rays produced radioactive substances?
Alpha, Beta, Gamma rays
When 2 objects are rubbed together, which particle is most likely to be dislodged?
Electron
Which gas is common to all acids?
Hydrogen
How many Amino acids discovered so far?
22
How does radar detect objects?- By radio waves
If the earth shrinks to half of its present radius, what will be the
(g) )acceleration due to gravity?
4g
What is the source of the suns energy?
Nuclear fusion
What is the principle chemical that can be made by wulff process?
Acetylene

What does your heart pump?

Blood
Which is the nearest star?
The sun
Which is heavier, gold or silver?
Gold
How many sides does a triangle have?
Three
What is H2 0?
Water
How many legs does a butterfly have?
Six
Triton is a moon of which planet?
Neptune
For what process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water? Photosynthesis
Which physicist wrote a book called 'A Brief History of Time'? Stephen Hawking
Which chemical element is represented by the symbol Zn? Zinc
In which organ of the body is the cerebrum found?
the brain
What do we call the study of birds?
Ornithology
Who discovered the electron?
Sir J J Thomson
Which is the longest bone in the human body?
Thigh born
At which temperature do both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit
(-) 40c equals (-)40 F
show the same reading?
Who invented the bifocal lens?
Benjamin Franklin
Nails are not connected with
Why we do not feel pains to cut our nails?
blood vessels.

Who invented the jet engine?

Who discovered insulin?
In which organ of the body is insulin produced?
What is the speed of sound at sea level called?
What is the scientific name for Fish Farming ?
What in medicine is Pathology?
What is the largest type of shark?
Which disease is characterized by spasmodic contraction of
muscles is also called Lockjaw?
How many bits are there in a byte?
The sternum is the medical name for what?
In which organ of the body is the pineal gland?
What type of clock was first introduced by the US National
Bureau of Standards in 1949?
Which organ is inflamed when one is suffering from
Nephritis?
What type of creature is a Basilisk?
What is the common name for the Araucaria tree is the
symbol for which chemical element?
Which planet has an orbital period of 687 days?
Who was the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound?
Which element has the highest boiling point?
Which is the most common of all the metals in the earth's
crust?
Why does an iron ball sink and not an iron ship?
What is herpetology?
From which plant is morphine obtained?
Who discovered the cause of malaria?

Sir Frank Whittle, England.

Sir G.B.Frederick and JJR
Macleod
Pancreas
MACH 1
Aquaculture
The Study of Diseases
Whale shark
Tetanus
Eight
Breastbone
Brain
Atomic Clock (Mollecular)
Kidney
Lizard
Tungsten
Mars
Charles Yeager
Tantalum, about 6000C
Aluminum.
The weight of the iron ball is
more than the water it displaces;
in case of the ship it is opposite.
Study of reptiles.
Opium poppy.
Ronald Rose