Science Quiz #21
Science and Nature Quiz for 10 June 2009
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Q1.
Piles is a familiar word for what medical condition?
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2
Q2.
What tree and its fruit is also known as the butter pear and alligator pear?
B
Chinese Gooseberry (or Kiwi)
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3
A
A medical condition affecting the heart
B
An event that occurs every 12 months
C
A drug used to relieve pain
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Q4.
What infectious disease, commonest in childhood, caused by a virus, is characterised by swelling of the salivary glands, slight fever and malaise?
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5
Q5.
On which dates in the Gregorian calendar do places on earth currently have approximately 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night?
Note: This question was updated in May 2016
B
21 December and 22 June
C
20 March and 21 September
D
25 March and 29 December
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6
Q6.
What carries the blood flow of the human body from the periphery to the right side of the heart?
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Q7.
What small green fish with blue reflections (due to a silver longitudinal stripe that runs from the base of the caudal fin) is found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans?
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