| Quiz Mountain - Science |
1. What is the White of an egg called? Ans : Albumen 2. What are baking soda and yeast used for? Ans : As raising agents 3. Which is India's first atomic reactor? Ans : Apsara 4. Which scientist was known as Darwin's Bulldog/ Ans : T.H. Huxley 5. In 1992, what did the Vatican accept? Ans : Galileo's ideas 6. What is the plane of the orbit of the Earth about the Sun called? Ans : The Ecliptic 7. What is an Ishihara test used for? Ans : To test colour blindness 8. Which computer operating system has a penguin as its logo? Ans : Linux 9. Which Chemical element gets its name from a Greek word meaning 'stranger'? Ans : Xenon 10. What is asbestosis? Ans : A disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos dust 11. Which harmful gas is produced due to the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons? Ans : Carbon monoxide 12. What vitamin is essential for blood clotting? Ans : Vitamin K 13. What causes the yellow discolouration of the eyes in the case of jaundice? Ans : The presence of bilirubin in the blood 14. What name if given to the lowest temperature theoretically possible? Ans : Absolute Zero 15. Which disease was known among Londoners as 'the speckled monster'? Ans : Small pox |