Description : What common flavoring comes from the long slender fruit of a climbing orchid?
Last Answer : ANSWER: VANILLA
Description : In the United States, coal is the energy source that produces the highest percentage of our electricity. Second is: w) hydropower x) oil y) nuclear energy z) solar energy
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- NUCLEAR ENERGY
Description : The most suitable motor oil for use in a car in cold weather is: w) a high viscosity oil x) a low viscosity oil y) a medium viscosity oil
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- A LOW VISCOSITY OIL
Description : This black engineer was granted a patent in 1872 for the first automatic oil lubricator. The lubricating cup regulated the flow of oil onto moving parts of machines, revolutionizing the machine industry. ... well-known inventor: w) Elijah McCoy x) Lewis Latimer y) Leonard McFall z) Branville Woods
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- ELIJAH McCOY
Description : Which of the following is considered a renewable resource? w) Coal fired power plant x) Hydroelectric dam y) Combustion turbine facility z) Nuclear fission power plant
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- HYDROELECTRIC DAM
Description : What is the major visible constituent of the exhaust plume from a natural gas-fired power plant? w) carbon dioxide x) carbon monoxide y) smoke z) water
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- WATER
Description : An important safety feature required at U.S. nuclear power plants that was not present at the Chernobyl Power Plant in the Soviet Union was the: w) reactor x) cooling water y) control rods z) containment building
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- CONTAINMENT BUILDING
Description : Spent fuel from a nuclear power plant cools down and loses most of its radioactivity through decay. In the first year, spent fuel loses about what percentage of its radioactivity? w) 10 percent x) 50 percent y) 80 percent z) 100 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 80 PERCENT
Description : With many thousands of species, this is one of the largest families in the plant kingdom. Identify this plant family which includes among its members the: Brome, Love, Foxtail, Sudan, Buffalo, Saint Augustine, Burmuda and Blue.
Last Answer : ANSWER: GRASS or GRAMINACEAE
Description : In a typical power plant used to generate electricity in the U.S., the percentage of energy in the fuel that is converted to electricity is about: w) 99 percent x) 50 percent y) 35 percent z) 10 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 35 PERCENT
Description : The majority of the U.S. electricity generating plant use what thermodynamic cycle?
Last Answer : ANSWER: RANKINE
Description : Yeast, used in making bread is a: w) plant x) fungus y) bacteria z) seed
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- FUNGUS
Description : What is the subdivision in the Plant Kingdom comprising over 20,000 species of Mosses and Liverworts?
Last Answer : ANSWER: BRYOPHYTES (pron: brI-eh-fites)
Description : Linen is made from what plant?
Last Answer : ANSWER: FLAX
Description : What is the role of purified linseed oil in oil painting?
Last Answer : It makes the paint flow better. It’s the equivalent of using water with watercolors or acrylics.
Description : The edible oil commonly used in India for preparation of toilet soap is (a) Linseed oil (b) Mustard oil (c) Soyabean oil (d) Coconut oil
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : ’Drying oil’, oxidized spontaneously by atmospheric oxygen at ordinary temperature and forms a hard water proof material is (A) Coconut oil (B) Peanut oil (C) Rape seed oil (D) Linseed oil
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The linolinic acid present in linseed oil
Last Answer : Ans.50-60%
Description : The oil percentage in linseed is
Last Answer : Ans.40-42%oil
Description : Which one of the following vegetable oils is used in the manufacture of paints? (1) Palm oil (2) Sunflower oil (3) Linseed oil (4) Cottonseed oil
Last Answer : (4) Cottonseed oil Explanation: Linseed oil and castor oils are used mainly as drying agents in paints and varnishes. Linseed oil is generally used in the manufacture of oil paints, drying oil finish ... , as a pigment binder in oil paints, as a plasticizer and in the manufacture of linoleum.
Description : The principle oil seed crop of India is (a) Sesame (b) Mustard (c) Linseed (d) Groundnu
Last Answer : (d) Groundnut
Description : The commonly used drying oil for oil paints, is (A) Olive oil (B) Linseed oil (C) Kerosene oil (D) Acetate of lead
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : Linseed oil is used in paints as (A) Thinner (B) Vehicle (C) Base (D) Drier
Description : Priming consists of (A) One part of white lead, 8 parts of chalk and four parts of twice boiled linseed oil (B) 8 parts of white lead, one part of chalk and four parts of twice boiled linseed oil (C) One part of white lead, 8 parts of chalk and one part of linseed oil (D) None to these
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : The vehicle used in case of enamel paints is usually (A) Linseed oil (B) Water (C) Varnish (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Putty is (A) Made with finely powdered chalk and linseed oil (B) Used for fixing glass panes (C) Softened by a solution of pearl ash and quick-lime soaked in water (D) All the above
Description : Putty is made up of a) White lead and turpentine b) Powdered chalk and raw linseed oil* c) Red lead and linseed oil d) Zinc oxide and boiled linseed oil
Last Answer : b) Powdered chalk and raw linseed oil*
Description : Linseed oil is used in Paints as a a) Vehicle b) Base c) Drier* d) Thinner
Last Answer : c) Drier*
Last Answer : Linseed oil
Description : he system of ............... generally ran one job at a time. These were called single stream batch processing. A) 40's B) 50's C) 60's D) 70's
Last Answer : B) 50's
Description : Distemper is used to coat a) External concrete services b) Internal surfaces not exposed to weather* c) Woodwork d) Compound walls
Last Answer : b) Internal surfaces not exposed to weather*
Description : 10. Catalytic converters are fitted into automobiles to reduce emission of harmful gases. Catalytic converters change un burnt hydrocarbons into (a) carbon dioxide and water (b) carbon mono oxide (c) methane (d) carbon dioxide and methane.
Last Answer : (a) carbon dioxide and water
Description : Evaporation from water surfaces exposed to air is not dependent of the: w) velocity of the wind x) humidity y) temperature z) depth of the water
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- DEPTH OF THE WATER
Description : For a DC motor, what major component in addition to the field winding and the armature winding is necessary? w) a commutator x) a stator y) a battery z) a rotor
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- A COMMUTATOR
Description : Dante is the name of an eight-legged robot designed to repel into the crater of Erebus. This volcano is located in w) Italy x) the Hawaiian chain y) Antarctica z) Japan
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- ANTARCTICA
Description : Who is known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb? w) Albert Einstein x) J. Robert Oppenheimer y) General Leslie Groves z) Edward Teller
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
Description : In 1991, the frozen body of a late stone age man was found amazingly intact in the Alps near the Italian-Austrian border. Its age was determined to be about: w) 2,200 years x) 5,300 years y) 12,800 years z) 30,000 years
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 5,300 YEARS
Description : Movement exhibited by plants toward the "center of the Earth" is called?
Last Answer : ANSWER: GEOTROPISM
Description : What is the phase relationship between the voltage and current in a capacitor?
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- CURRENT LEADS BY 90 DEGREES
Description : The sun makes up approximately what percent of matter in our solar system? w) 17% x) 50% y) 85% z) 99%
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 99%
Description : Name a component of gasoline that has been classified by the U.S. EPA as a "known human carcinogen".
Last Answer : ANSWER: XENZENE
Description : Deforestation is not a major environmental problem in w) the Amazon x) Borneo y) Oregon z) West Germany
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- WEST GERMANY
Description : Who was the first scientist credited with pointing out that certain gases could cause a greenhouse effect? w) John Tyndall x) Charles Darwin y) Roger Tory Peterson z) Stephen Jay Gould
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- JOHN TYNDALL
Description : What range of frequencies are usually referred to as the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Band? w) 3 to 30 Mega Hertz x) 30 to 300 Mega Hertz y) 300 to 3,000 Mega Hertz z) 30,000 to 300,000 Mega Hertz
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 300 to 3,000 MEGA HERTZ
Description : If a quiet whisper is 10 decibels, then what is the average pain threshold in decibels for humans?
Last Answer : ANSWER: 120 DECIBELS (ACCEPT 110 TO 130)
Description : In the human body, what tendon attaches the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus bone?
Last Answer : ANSWER: ACHILLES TENDON
Description : What is the name for the metric unit of pressure defined as 1 Newton per meter squared?
Last Answer : ANSWER: PASCAL
Description : The U.S. EPA recently concluded that environmental tobacco smoke should be considered (quote) w) "a possible human teratogen" x) "a priority air pollutant" y) "a known human carcinogen" z) "a possible human carcinogen"
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- A KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN
Description : TCDD (2,3,6,7-tetrachlorodibenzo(p)dioxin) is a toxic synthetic chemical. The most consistent adverse effect observed in exposed humans is: w) liver cancer x) birth defects y) disfiguring skin eruption z) an exaggerated sense of well-being
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- DISFIGURING SKIN ERUPTION (CHLORACNE)
Description : Compared to terrestrial environments, aquatic environments are more stable in: w) temperature range x) producer consumer distribution y) sunlight absorbed z) number species
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- TEMPERATURE RANGE