ONLINE BITS 15

1. What are the five planets revolving round the earth according to Ptolemy
(a) Mercury, Venus, Saturn, moon and Neptune
(b) Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Pluto
(c) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
(d) Saturn, Venus, Mars, Neptune and Pluto
2. What was the landmark observation made by Hubble?
(a) the universe is unchanging
(b) the universe is contracting
(c) the universe had existed unaltered
(d) the universe is expanding
3. In order to talk about the nature of the universe and to discuss questions such as whether it has a beginning or an
end we must be clear about
(a) What a scientific theory is
(b) What is the origin of the universe?
(c) What about the beginning in time of the origin of the universe?
(d) All the laws of science
4. Kalam was greatly influenced by his fathers
(a) Simplicity
(b) prayer
(c) Philosophy
(d) Spiritual life
5. Kalam‘s parents fulfilled his
(a) unaffordable needs
(b) emotional and material needs
(c) greedy needs
(d) ambitious desires
6. Kalam‘s fascinating subject is
(a) Philosophy
(b) Aeronautics
(c) Mathematics
(d) Engineering
7. Choose the antonym for the word ‘attractive‘
(a) submissive
(b) repulsive
(c) passive
(d) impulsive
8. It was observed that the universe was set in motion at some finite time in such a manner as to look as
it had existed for ever
(a) thorough
(b) thought
(c) though
(d) through
9. A simpler model was proposed Nicholas Copernicus 1514.
(a) by, after
(b) by, in
(c) by, around
(d) with, in
10. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word partial
(a) im
(b) in
(c) mis
(d) un
11. Cybernetics is
(a) Science of information feedback systems
(b) Psychotherapy
(c) Science of applied chemistry
(d) Science of information processing
12. Which of the following book is considered to be a classic in Computer Ethics?
(a) Computer Power and Human Reason
(b) The Human Use of Human Beings
(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) Gorniak
(b) Terrell Ward Bynum
(c) Wiener
(d) John Snapper
14. “This machine has been constructed by engineers of ability Don‘t form your opinion based on its looks“ What is
the machine?
(a) Menaka
(b) Rohini
(c) Agni
(d) Nandi
15. The full form of GEM is
(a) Ground Equipment Machinery
(b) Ground Engineering Model
(c) Ground Engineering Machine
(d) Ground Equipment Machine
16. What are normally used to probe the near - earth environment?
(a) Missiles
(b) Ground Equipment Machines
(c) Satellite launch vehicles
(d) Sounding rockets
17. Write the meaning of the word ‘Appalling‘
(a) shocking
(b) intriguing
(c) pleasing
(d) irritating
18. Choose the antonym for the word ‘Robust‘
(a) sturdy
(b) hefty
(c) weak
(d) agile
19. the mid 1960‘s, computer enabled invasions privacy ‘big brother‘ government agencies became a
public worry.
(a) In, of, by
(b) On, by, of
(c) In, of, of
(d) In, by, of
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘Explored‘
(a) im
(b) mis
(c) un
(d) in
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