Science Quiz Based on NCERT

1. Which device is used to protect building from lightning conductor?

A.Seismograph

B.Lightning Conductor

C.Barometer

D.Thermal Conductor

2. Name the scientist who showed that lightning and the spark from your clothes are essentially the same phenomena?

A.Thomas Alva Edison

B.Benjamin Franklin

C.Franklin D. Roosevelt

D.Isaac Newton

3. Two objects with like charges will...

A.attract each other

B.repel each other

C.either attract or repel

D.neither attract nor repel

4. Two objects with unlike charges will...

A.attract each other

B.repel each other

C.either attract or repel

D.neither attract nor repel

5. The charge acquired by a glass rod when it is rubbed with silk is considered as...

A.neutral

B.either positive or negative

C.positive

D.negative

6. When charges move, they constitute a...

A.electric current

B.magnetic effect

C.heating effect

D.all of the above

7. Device can which be used to test whether an object is carrying charge or not is known as...

A.Electroscope

B.Microscope

C.Periscope

D.Telescope

8. In thunderstorm, the charges accumulate near the upper edges of clouds are....

A.negatively charged

B.positively charged

C.neutral

D.none of these

9. Which scale is used to measure the magnitude of earth quake?

A.Celsius

B.Kelvin

C.Richter

D.Pascal

10. During lightning which of the following is a NOT a safe place?

A.Open field

B.Inside a house

C.Bus Stop

D.Elevated Ridge

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