Everyday Science Oneliner MCQS 4

• A fraction of sunlight is refracted as it enters the earth’s atmosphere.
• Rainbows are produced by the reflection of light through rain drops.
• Light switches in our homes are connected in parallel series.
• Generators convert mechanical energy into electricity.
• Modern incandescent bulbs do not contain filaments made of copper.
• Trout is not a sea fish.
• Epiphytes are a plant that grows upon another plant.
• Hepatitis is the inflammation of liver.
• Meningitis is inflammation of membrane surrounding the brain.
• Equinox is the time when the sun appears vertically overhead at noon at the equator.
• Joseph Aspdin is the inventor of cement.
• Neurology is the science of Nervous system.
• Biometry is the application of statistics in the study of Biology.
• Aviculture is the rearing and breeding of birds.
• Malaria is caused by Plasmodium.
• Goitre is caused due to deficiency of Iodine in diet.
• Typhoid is caused by Salmonella Typhosa.
• Black hole is a hypothetical region of space having a gravitational pull so great that no mater or radiation can escape from it.
• Fungicide is used against moulds and fungi.
• The science which deals with heredity is known as Genetics.
• Insulin is used for the treatment of Diabetes.
• Yuri Gagarin is the first space man. 
• The distance between the earth and the sun is called Astronomical unit.
• The study of chemical processes in living organisms is called Biochemistry.
• The first computer virus invented by two Pakistani brothers is called the brain virus.
• Severe deficiency of vitamin C results in Scurvy.
• Plant cells manufacture their food due to the presence of chlorophyll.
•  Mitosis is a type of cell division where in the number of chromosomes in the daughter cell are the same.
• Blood cells are of three types.
• The ultraviolet rays cause sunburn.
• Xylem and Phloem are conducting tissues.
• Carbohydrates are cheapest and most ready source of energy.
• Enzymes are responsible for chemical digestion of food.
• Plasma is the fluid part of the blood in which the cells are suspended.
• Haemoglobin combines with oxygen and transport to different cells of the body.
• Neutron is the negative charged particle in an atom.
• Hydrogen is the lightest gas.
• Mercury is the smallest planet of the solar system.
• Image of the object is formed on the retina of the eye.
• Barometer is used for measuring the pressure.
• Monomer of proteins is Amino Acids.
• Water transport in plants occurs within Xylem.
• Underground horizontal stems are allied Rhizomes.
• In the eye only Retina contains receptors for light energy.
• Plant Hormones control plant response to environment stimuli.
• Mitochondria are often called the powerhouse of the cell.
• The rate at which a current changes direction is called its Line Frequency/Main frequency.
• Diamond is an allotropic form of the element Carbon.
• Speed of the wind is measured by Anemometer.
• Ligament connects the muscle with the bone.