ONLINE BITS 14

1. The major defect in the cosmological model of Ptolemy was
(a) the static sun stood at the centre
(b) the earth revolves along with eight spheres
(c) the static earth stood at the centre
(d) the moon and planets, stars moved in circular orbits
2. What was the landmark observation made by Hubble?
(a) the universe had existed unaltered
(b) the universe is unchanging
(c) the universe is expanding
(d) the universe is contracting
3. The question of the initial state of the universe is the concern of
(a) Metaphysics or Religion
(b) Art and Literature
(c) Science and Technology
(d) Science and Astronomy
4. Abdul Kalam was born in the year
(a) 1939
(b) 1913
(c) 1931
(d) 1941
5. When World War II started Abdul Kalam was
(a) nine years old
(b) ten years old
(c) seven years old
(d) eight years old
6. At MIT, technical aerodynamics was taught by
(a) KAV Pandalai
(b) Iyadurai Solomon
(c) Prof. Narasingha Rao
(d) Prof. Sponder
7. Most people would find this picture of our universe rather ridiculous - choose the antonym for the underlined word
(a) absurd
(b) foolish
(c) acceptable
(d) reasonable
8. The discovery of a unified theory may not our lifestyle
(a) effects
(b) affects
(c) effect
(d) affect
9. I was born a middle-class Tamil family, the island town of Rameswaram
(a) with, in
(b) in, on
(c) into, in
(d) into, on
10. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘consistent‘
(a) im
(b) un
(c) in
(d) non
11. In Weiner‘s opinion computer technology would remake
(a) Space Technology
(b) Second industrial revolution
(c) Information Technology
(d) Agri revolution
12. ELIZA is a programme intended to
(a) detect AIDS
(b) engage in automated psychotherapy
(c) curb AIDS
(d) cure AIDS
13. Who said “Computers do not know borders“?
(a) Terrell Ward Bynum
(b) John Snapper
(c) Nobert Wiener
(d) Krystyna Gornaik
14. The Nandi project was abandoned because
(a) of the change of the Director of ADE
(b) it was not in perfect condition
(c) of the failure of the project
(d) of the change of the Central Government
15. NASA is the centre for
(a) research and development in air craft technology
(b) research and development in advanced missile technology
(c) research and development in aerospace technology
(d) research and development in advanced aerospace technology
16. The initial funding amount given for RATO motor was
(a) 75 lakhs
(b) 1.25 lakhs
(c) 65 lakhs
(d) 70 lakhs
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Diversity‘
(a) variety
(b) amity
(c) integrity
(d) enemity
18. The antonym for the word ‘Moral‘
(a) scrupulous
(b) ethical
(c) amoral
(d) principled
19. Compute ethics as a field study was founded Norbert Weiner
(a) of, by
(b) with, by
(c) for, by
(d) of, with
20. It brought to mind incident my mother had told me from Bible.
(a) the, the
(b) a, the
(c) the, a
(d) an, the
ANSWERS : C C A C D D D D C C B B D D D A A C A D