ONLINE BITS 10

1. The eclipses of the moon were caused by
(a) the shadow of the moon falling on the earth
(b) the moon coming between the earth and the sun
(c) the sun coming between the earth and the moon
(d) the earth coming between the sun and the moon
2. The death blow to the Aristotelian-Ptolemic theory came
(a) When Copernicus proposed Helio-centric theory
(b) When Newton developed complicated mathematics
(c) When Kepler supported Copernican theory
(d) When Galileo invented the telescope
3. According to Stephen Hawking what is a good theory?
(a) It must present good models for further research and study
(b) It must make definite predictions about the results of future observations
(c) It must describe a large class of observations based on past theories
(d) It must describe observations and make definite predictions
4. Abdul Kalam‘s love for reading was encouraged by
(a) Jainulabdeen
(b) STR Manickam
(c) Jallaluddin
(d) Iyadurai Solomon
5. Who said the following - “You must develop your skills so that you can compete with the highly educated people
in big cities“
(a) Jallaluddin
(b) Jainulabdeen
(c) Siva Subramania Iyer
(d) Prof. Sponder
6. At MIT, technical aerodynamics was taught by
(a) KAV Pandalai
(b) Prof. Sponder
(c) Prof. Narasingha Rao
(d) Iyadurai Solomon
7. To be ‘avid‘ is to be
(a) Kind
(b) Gentle.
(c) Enthusiastic
(d) Uninterested
8. Kalam was also benefited from his interaction with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin, whose wisdom was based on
rather than instruction
(a) intuition
(b) innovation
(c) invasion
(d) intention
9. Jainulabdeen was highly educated very rich
(a) neither, or
(b) neither, nor
(c) not only, but also
(d) either, or
10. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘consistent‘
(a) un
(b) non
(c) im
(d) in
11. Cybernetics is
(a) Science of applied chemistry
(b) Science of information feedback systems
(c) Psychotherapy
(d) Science of information processing
12. How many times was the ACM code revised?
(a) Once
(b) Four times
(c) Twice
(d) Thrice
13. Who opined that computer revolution will eventually lead to a new ethical system?
(a) Wiener
(b) Bynum
(c) Johnson
(d) Gorniak
14. The Indian Aeronautical Development Establishment was born in
(a) Kanpur
(b) Bangalore
(c) Delhi
(d) Mumbai
15. Where is NASA‘s research centre located?
(a) New Jersey
(b) Virginia
(c) Maryland
(d) Los Angles
16. Rohini -75 rocket was launched on
(a) 22nd Nov 1967
(b) 22nd Nov 1965
(c) 20th Nov 1965
(d) 20th Nov 1967
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Diversity‘
(a) enemity
(b) variety
(c) amity
(d) integrity
18. The antonym for the word ‘Moral‘
(a) ethical
(b) amoral
(c) scrupulous
(d) principled
19. the death of Tipu, Indian rocketry came a stand still be revived 150 years later in an independent
India.
(a) To, on, to
(b) With, to, to,
(c) On, to, with
(d) On, to, to
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘fortunately‘
(a) im
(b) un
(c) mis
(d) in
ANSWERS : D D D B C B C A B D B C D B B D B B B B