INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The nearest and the farthest points up to which a normal human eye can see objects clearly are between: 

Consider the following statements: 

1. Cold-blooded animals do not have the capacity to regulate their body temperature. 

2. Amphibians are cold-blooded animals and reptiles are warm-blooded animals.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the uses of ‘concave mirrors’, read the following statements carefully:

1. They are commonly used in vehicles headlights to get powerful parallel beams of light. 

2. They are often used as shaving mirrors to see a larger image of the face. 

3. They are fitted on the sides of the vehicle to have a wider field of view.

4. Large concave mirrors are used to concentrate sunlight to produce heat in solar furnaces.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 In context of General Science, consider the following statements:

1. All fluids exert pressure on the base and walls of the container in which they are enclosed.

2. All objects experience a downward force of buoyancy when they are immersed in a fluid.

3. The magnitude of buoyancy force is independent of the density of the fluid in which the object is immersed.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Which of the following diseases and their causative agents is NOT correctly matched? 

Select the correct answer using codes given below:

Consider the following statements:

1. Tendons are type of connecting tissue that connect muscles to bones.

2. Nerve impulses are transmitted with the help of tendons throughout our body.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 Which of the following are the properties of the image formed by a plane mirror?

1. The image is always real and erect. 

2. The size of the image is equal to that of the object. 

3. The image formed is as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it. 

4. The image is laterally inverted.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements: 

1. The motion of the moon around the earth is due to the centrifugal force. 

2. The moon rotates around its axis due to the gravitational pull of the earth. 

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are NOT correct?

 Which of the following statement(s) about Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is/are correct?

1. AIDS is a congenital disease caused by a retrovirus known as Human Immuno deficiency Virus (HIV).

2. AIDS is characterised by a progressive decrease in the number of T-lymphocytes in the body of the infected person. 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements about ‘Biochemical Oxygen Demand’ (BOD):

1. It is the amount of oxygen required by bacteria to break down the organic matter present in a certain volume of a sample of water.

2. Highly polluted water have BOD value of less than 5 ppm. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?