ONLINE BITS 13

1. What are the five planets revolving round the earth according to Ptolemy
(a) Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Pluto
(b) Saturn, Venus, Mars, Neptune and Pluto
(c) Mercury, Venus, Saturn, moon and Neptune
(d) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
2. What was the landmark observation made by Hubble?
(a) the universe is expanding
(b) the universe is contracting
(c) the universe had existed unaltered
(d) the universe is unchanging
3. The question of the initial state of the universe is the concern of
(a) Art and Literature
(b) Science and Technology
(c) Metaphysics or Religion
(d) Science and Astronomy
4. Who was the only person on the island, who could write in English?
(a) Samsuddin
(b) Jallaluddin
(c) Pakshi Lakshman Sastry
(d) Jainulabdeen
5. Kalam‘s parents fulfilled his
(a) unaffordable needs
(b) greedy needs
(c) emotional and material needs
(d) ambitious desires
6. What is the title of the article which won a prize for Kalam in an essay writing competition?
(a) Let us make our own missile
(b) Let us fight for our country
(c) Let us make our own aircraft
(d) Let us make our own hovercraft
7. The synonym for the word ‘omnipotent‘ is
(a) all- rounder
(b) all-along
(c) all- powerful
(d) all together
8. Choose the word that best expresses - ‘not moving or changing‘
(a) Stately
(b) Stationery
(c) Static
(d) Startle
9. The earth stood the centre, surrounded eight spheres.
(a) in, by
(b) at, with
(c) at, by
(d) by, at
10. In infinite universe every point can be regarded as centre
(a) the, a
(b) an, the
(c) a, the
(d) an, a
11. Cybernetics is
(a) Science of applied chemistry
(b) Science of information processing
(c) Psychotherapy
(d) Science of information feedback systems
12. Which of the following book is considered to be a classic in Computer Ethics?
(a) The Human Use of Human Beings
(b) Computer Power and Human Reason
(c) A Starter Kit for Teaching Computer Ethics
(d) Cybernetics: or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
13. Who predicted that Computer Ethics eventually will evolve into a system of global ethics?
(a) John Snapper
(b) Gorniak
(c) Wiener
(d) Terrell Ward Bynum
14. When Kalam was posted at DTD & P, who was the Director?
(a) V. K. Krishna Menon
(b) Dr. Neelakantan
(c) Dr. R. Varadharajan
(d) Dr. OP. Mediratta
15. The developments of Indian rockets in the 20th century can be seen as a revival of the 18th century vision of
(a) Mohammad Sultan
(b) Nizamuddin
(c) Tipu Sultan
(d) Shajahan
16. What are normally used to probe the near - earth environment?
(a) Missiles
(b) Ground Equipment Machines
(c) Sounding rockets
(d) Satellite launch vehicles
17. Write the meaning of the word ‘Appalling‘
(a) intriguing
(b) irritating
(c) pleasing
(d) shocking
18. Choose the antonym for the word ‘Elegant‘
(a) neat
(b) graceful
(c) stylish
(d) graceless
19. I was advised stay back a couple days
(a) to, for, of
(b) to, in, of
(c) for, to, of
(d) of, for, to
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘information‘
(a) mis
(b) im
(c) in
(d) un
ANSWERS : D A C B C C C C C B D B B B C C D D A A