PCRA Quiz Questions with Answers

  

1) India has the largest deposits of __?__ in the world.

Ans: Mica

2) The gases used in different types of welding would include —

Ans: Oxygen and Acetylene

3) Fathometer is used to measure —

Ans: oceans depth 

4) India's integrated missile development programme was started in —

Ans: 1983

5) Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's largest —

Ans: railway station

6) International tiger day celebration in —

Ans: July 29

7) World forestry day is celebrated at —

Ans: 21st march

8) Durand cup is associated with —

Ans: Football 

9) Which of the following metals form an amalgam with other metals?

Ans: Mercury 

10) Who was Guru Govinda Singh?

Ans: 10th Sikh guru and the founder of Khalsa the inner council of Sikhs in 1699 

11) Fuel used in thermal powerplants is —

Ans: Fossil fuels

12) The powerplant which converts pose potential energy of falling water into electricity is —

Ans: Hydroelectric powerplants 

13) Which are two main alcohols used in the engine as a fuel —

Ans: Methanol and Ethanol 

14) How much of the known universe mass is made up of hydrogen —

Ans: 75%

15) Which of the following is a non-renewable source of energy?

Ans: Fossil fuels 

16) Biogas is formed in the —

Ans: Presence of water and absence of air only

17) Which of the given produces energy because of temperature differences at various levels in the ocean?

Ans: Ocean thermal energy 

18) Which of the given is the odd one out?

A) Petroleum   B) Hydroelectricity    C) Coal   D) CNG

Ans: B

19) LNG consists of more than 98% of which gas?

Ans: Methane 

20) Which state produces the largest amount of wind energy in India?

Ans: Tamil Nadu

21) The measurement of electrical energy is?

Ans: Watt or Kilowatt 

22) Which one represents regulative function of forests?

Ans: Conservation of soil and water 

23) Swamps differ from marshes in having?

Ans: Trees and shrubs 

24) Maximum percentage of Methane present in biogas is-

Ans: 75%

25) Example of spontaneous radioactive decay includes-

Ans: Nuclear fission 

26) Which country has maximum per capital greenhouse gas emission?

Ans: Australia (1st), USA (2nd), Canada (3rd)

27) Electricity is the movement of -

Ans: Electrons

28) What is the simplest molecule and a potential source of energy?

Ans: Hydrogen