ONLINE BITS 20

1. The major questions that were unanswered before Aristotle were related to
(a) the nature of time and origin of the universe
(b) the origin of universe and the expansion of the universe
(c) the expansion of the universe
(d) the nature of time
2. Why do the stars not fall together at some point? What is Newton‘s observation?
(a) there are infinite number of stars distributed over infinite space
(b) there are only a finite number of stars distributed over a finite region of space
(c) universal gravitation
(d) there is no attraction between the stars
3. According to Stephen Hawking what is a good theory?
(a) It must make definite predictions about the results of future observations
(b) It must describe a large class of observations based on past theories
(c) It must present good models for further research and study
(d) It must describe observations and make definite predictions
4. Who helped Kalam to look beyond the limited horizons of his life?
(a) Samsuddin
(b) Jallaluddin
(c) STR Manikam
(d) Iyadurai Solomon
5. The creativity that Abdul Kalam displayed was due to the inspiration of
(a) STR Manickam and Samsuddin
(b) Jallaluddin and Ramanadha Sastry
(c) Jallaluddin and Samsuddin
(d) Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma
6. Who considered Kalam as his best student?
(a) Prof. Sponder
(b) Prof. Narasingha Rao
(c) KAV Pandalai
(d) Iyadurai Solomon
7. To be ‘avid‘ is to be
(a) Kind
(b) Uninterested
(c) Gentle.
(d) Enthusiastic
8. Accept your and go ahead with your life.
(a) goal
(b) fate
(c) destiny
(d) failure
9. God created the universe the instant the Big Bang
(a) in, of
(b) at, of
(c) in, with
(d) at, with
10. eventual goal of science is to provide single theory that describes whole universe
(a) the, a, the
(b) the, the, the
(c) the, a, a
(d) a, a, the
11. The book‘ Cybernetics: or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine‘ is authored by
(a) Donn Parker
(b) Norbert Wiener
(c) Gornaik
(d) Terrell Wyard Bynum
12. How many times was the ACM code revised?
(a) Once
(b) Twice
(c) Thrice
(d) Four times
13. Whose views on computer ethics are contrary to the views held by Gornaik?
(a) Johnson
(b) Kant
(c) Bynum
(d) Wiener
14. In ADE, Bangalore, the first assignment given to Kalam was to design
(a) RATO project
(b) supersonic target aircraft
(c) sounding rocket
(d) ground equipment machine
15. The effective V-2 short range ballistic missiles were produced in
(a) Germany
(b) India
(c) America
(d) Japan
16. The initial funding amount given for RATO motor was
(a) 65 lakhs
(b) 75 lakhs
(c) 70 lakhs
(d) 1.25 lakhs
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Presuppose‘
(a) denounce
(b) substantiate
(c) support
(d) assume
18. The antonym for the word ‘Artificial‘
(a) natural
(b) peripheral
(c) superficial
(d) liberal
19. Prof. Sarabhai believed open and free exchange views
(a) of, in, an
(b) on, in, of
(c) of, an, in
(d) in, an, of
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘fortunately‘
(a) in
(b) mis
(c) im
(d) un
ANSWERS : A A D B C A D C B A B B A D A B D A D D