INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Read the following statements carefully and select the correct answer from codes given below:

1. Working of electric motors involves the electric effect of electric current.

2. Working of electric generators involves the magnetic effect of moving magnets. 

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

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?

 Water vapour present in the atmosphere is formed due to which of the following factors?

1. Heating of water bodies.

2. Activities of living organisms.

3. Weathering of rocks.

4. Photosynthesis.

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

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 Consider the following statements with reference to the ‘magnetic field’ of a bar magnet:

1. Magnetic field is a quantity that has both direction and magnitude. 

2. Inside the magnet, the direction of field lines is from its south pole to north pole.

3. Magnetic field-lines of two different magnets can intersect each other.

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

In the Animal Kingdom, which of the following groups of organisms shows the highest level of cellular organisation?

1. Annelids 

2. Sponges

3. Coelenterates

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Consider the following statements: 

1. Small intestine is the longest part of the human alimentary canal.

2. Carnivores have a longer small intestine than herbivores.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

When light enter the human eye, it passes through the different parts of the eye. In this context arrange the following in the correct sequence:

 Fodder crops are raised as food for the livestock. Which among the following is/are fodder crops?

1. Sudan Grass

2. Oats

3. Wheat

4. Berseem

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1. Which of the following statement(s) in the context of ‘Human Eye’ is/are NOT correct?

1. Most of the refraction of the light rays entering the eye occurs at the outer surface of the crystalline lens.

2. Iris is a dark muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil. 

3. Pupil regulates and controls the amount of light entering the eye. 

4. Retina is a delicate membrane having enormous number of light-sensitive cells.

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