ONLINE BITS 19

1. The eclipses of the moon were caused by
(a) the moon coming between the earth and the sun
(b) the sun coming between the earth and the moon
(c) the earth coming between the sun and the moon
(d) the shadow of the moon falling on the earth
2. How do the stars remain in equilibrium according to Newton?
(a) because of infinite distribution of stars in the universe
(b) the gravitational force is repulsive at very large distances
(c) because the universe had existed for ever in an unchanging state
(d) attractive forces between nearby stars balanced by the repulsive forces from those that were farther away
3. When does the theory survive?
(a) When the old observations and the predictions agree
(b) When the observations and predictions are an extension of the old theory
(c) When new observations are observed to disagree with the predictions
(d) When new experiments are observed to agree with the predictions
4. What are the things that Kalam‘s father used to explain to him in simple Tamil to make him understand?
(a) Differences in the modes of worship
(b) The meaning of real prayers.
(c) Complex spiritual situations
(d) Complex spiritual concepts
5. The creativity that Abdul Kalam displayed was due to the inspiration of
(a) STR Manickam and Samsuddin
(b) Jallaluddin and Samsuddin
(c) Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma
(d) Jallaluddin and Ramanadha Sastry
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 hovercraft
(b) Let us make our own missile
(c) Let us make our own aircraft
(d) Let us fight for our country
7. Choose the antonym of the word ‘uniformly‘
(a) consistently
(b) unevenly
(c) orderly
(d) regularly
8. The word that means ‘A state of balance‘is
(a) Equilateral
(b) Equator
(c) Equilibrium
(d) Equivalent
9. Our goal is nothing less than a complete description the universe we live
(a) for, in
(b) of, in
(c) for, with
(d) of, with
10. In infinite universe every point can be regarded as centre
(a) a, the
(b) the, a
(c) an, the
(d) an, a
11. Cybernetics is
(a) Science of information processing
(b) Psychotherapy
(c) Science of applied chemistry
(d) Science of information feedback systems
12. How many times was the ACM code revised?
(a) Four times
(b) Twice
(c) Once
(d) Thrice
13. Which year is considered to be a watershed year for Computer Ethics?
(a) 1981
(b) 1985
(c) 1992
(d) 1983
14. How many years were given to Kalam and his team to launch the engineering model, GEM?
(a) 4 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 3 years
15. The real journey of the Indian Space Programme began with
(a) The Agni
(b) The Menaka
(c) The Rohini
(d) The GEM
16. The rebirth of roketry in India was due to the technological vision of
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) V.K. Krishna Menon
(d) Prof. Sarabhai
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Watershed‘
(a) coarse
(b) odd
(c) significant
(d) slippery
18. Choose the antonym for the word ‘Illusion‘
(a) disillusion
(b) nonillusion
(c) unillusion
(d) misillusion
19. A close look the Johnson hypothesis reveals that it is very different Gornaik‘s
(a) of, from
(b) at, from
(c) of, of
(d) on, from
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘Explored‘
(a) un
(b) im
(c) in
(d) mis
ANSWERS : C D D D B C B C B C D B B D C B C A B A