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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) MCQs on Common Scientific instrument

(August-2023)

MCQs on Common Scientific instrument

1.the machine that measures a person’s physiological responses when they respond to questions?
a) Crescograph
b) Phonograph
c) Periscope
d) Polygraph

2.Which of these instruments is used to measure blood pressure?
a) Sphygmomanometer
b) Viscometer
c) Thermometer
d) Ammeter

3.To view distant objects, which of thees instruments is used?
a) Periscope
b) Microscope
c) Telescope
d) Radar

4.Which instrument is used for measuring the electric potential difference?
a) Voltmeter
b) Ammeter
c) Electrometer
d) Photometer

5.Which instrument measures the intensity of sound?
a) Audiometer
b) Anemometer
c) Ammeter
d) Altimeter

6.Which of these instruments is used to measure the speed of airplanes and motorboats?
a) Compass
b) Odometer
c) Radiometer
d) Tachometer

7.To view rapidly moving objects, which of the given instruments is used?
a) Spherometer
b) Phonograph
c) Sextant
d) Stroboscope

8.Which instrument measures the intensity of an earthquake?
a) Thermostat
b) Seismograph
c) Richter Scale
d) Rain Gauge

9.To hear the heart and lung sounds and to analyse the condition, which of the given instruments is used?
a) Microscope
b) Telescope
c) Stethoscope
d) Phonograph

10.Which of the following instruments is used for measuring the depth of the ocean?
a) Electrometer
b) Fathometer
c) Electroscope
d) Eudiometer

11.To watch 2-dimensional pictures, which of the given instruments is used?
a) Ammeter
b) Stereoscope
c) Stethoscope
d) Voltmeter

12.For determining the salinity of the solution, which instrument is used?
a) Voltmeter
b) Speedometer
c) Salinometer
d) Ammeter

13.Which of the following instruments is used for continuous recording of atmospheric pressure?
a) Barograph
b) Barometer
c) Binocular
d) Bolometer

14.Which instrument measures the amount of sugar in the solution?
a) Saccharimeter
b) Tachometer
c) Theodolite
d) Stroboscope

15.Which of the given instruments is used to measure very high temperature?
a) Refractometer
b) Microphone
c) Radiometer
d) Pyrometer

16.Which instrument measures very low temperature?
a) Cryometer
b) Tachometer
c) Radiometer
d) Pyrometer

17.Which of the given instruments is used to measure the distance covered by a vehicle?
a) Odometer
b) Speedometer
c) Pyrometer
d) Saccharimeter

18.Which instrument is used for comparing the electromotive force of cells?
a) Ammeter
b) Potentiometer
c) Voltmeter
d) Conductor

19.Which of the following instrument is used to measure the growth of plants?
a) Calorimeter
b) Cyclotron
c) Crescograph
d) Carburettor

20.Which of the following instruments is used for measuring humidity in the air?
a) Aerometer
b) Hydrometer
c) Hygrometer
d) Anemometer

21.Which instrument measures the pressure of gases?
a) Manometer
b) Kymograph
c) Hygrometer
d) Gasometer

22.hich of the following instruments records the electrical activity of the heart?
a) Vectorcardiograph
b) Phonocardiograph
c) Electrocardiograph
d) Electroencephalograph

23. Which of the following instruments is used for recording the electrical activity of the muscles?
a) Electrocardiograph
b) Electromyograph
c) Phonocardiograph
d) Electroencephalogram