Science and Nature Quiz for 19 May 2010
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1
A billion in short scale is 1 followed by 9 zeroes. What is it in long scale?
A
1 followed by 12 zeroes
B
1 followed by 10 zeroes
C
1 followed by 18 zeroes
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2
What is the term given to the tilt of an aeroplane about its longitudinal axis?
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3
If the length of two sides of a right angled triangle measured in inches are prime numbers, and it has two adjacent sides of 12 and 13 inches long, how long must the third side be?
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4
The sun is hot because of the nuclear transformation of hydrogen to which other gas?
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5
Which of these is a short haired odd-toed vegetarian mammal native to Central and South America and Southeast Asia?
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6
What is the triangular part of a horse's hoof?
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7
Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are the moons of which planet?
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