ONLINE BITS 22

1. A simpler model of the Universe was proposed in
(a) 1415 A.D
(b) 140 A.D
(c) 1609 A.D
(d) 1514 A.D
2. The death blow to the Aristotelian-Ptolemic theory came
(a) When Copernicus proposed Helio-centric theory
(b) When Newton developed complicated mathematics
(c) When Galileo invented the telescope
(d) When Kepler supported Copernican theory
3. According to Stephen Hawking what is a good theory?
(a) It must describe a large class of observations based on past theories
(b) It must make definite predictions about the results of future observations
(c) It must describe observations and make definite predictions
(d) It must present good models for further research and study
4. Who helped Kalam to look beyond the limited horizons of his life?
(a) Samsuddin
(b) STR Manikam
(c) Iyadurai Solomon
(d) Jallaluddin
5. The bed time stories that Kalam‘s mother and grandmother told him were from
(a) Life of Rama and the life of Allah
(b) The Ramayana and the life of Prophet Muhammad
(c) The life of Prophet Muhammad
(d) Shri. Sita Rama Kalyanam and the Ramayana
6. India‘s first jet fighter the HF-24 Marut was designed by
(a) Prof. Sponder
(b) Dr. Kurt Tank
(c) KAV Pondalai
(d) Prof. Walter Repenthin
7. Most people would find this picture of our universe rather ridiculous - choose the antonym for the underlined word
(a) foolish
(b) absurd
(c) reasonable
(d) acceptable
8. Accept your and go ahead with your life.
(a) fate
(b) goal
(c) destiny
(d) failure
9. God created the universe the instant the Big Bang
(a) at, of
(b) at, with
(c) in, with
(d) in, of
10. eventual goal of science is to provide single theory that describes whole universe
(a) a, a, the
(b) the, the, the
(c) the, a, a
(d) the, a, the
11. Who is the first person to foresee revolutionary social and ethical consequences of computer technology?
(a) Walter Maner
(b) Norbert Wiener
(c) Joseph Wiezenbaum
(d) Donn Parker
12. Who developed curriculum material on Computer Ethics?
(a) Maner
(b) Wiener
(c) Johnson
(d) Terrell Ward Bynum
13. Who felt that computer revolution will not lead to a revolution in ethics?
(a) Walter Maner
(b) Joseph Weizenbaum
(c) Johnson
(d) James Moor
14. The Indian Aeronautical Development Establishment was born in
(a) Delhi
(b) Kanpur
(c) Bangalore
(d) Mumbai
15. India first rocket launch took place on
(a) 21st Oct1965
(b) 21st Nov 1965
(c) 21st Nov 1963
(d) 21st Oct 1963
16. Rohini -75 rocket was launched on
(a) 22nd Nov 1965
(b) 22nd Nov 1967
(c) 20th Nov 1967
(d) 20th Nov 1965
17. Write the synonym of the word ‘Isolated‘
(a) invigorated
(b) separated
(c) interested
(d) accomplished
18. The antonym for the word ‘Artificial‘
(a) superficial
(b) liberal
(c) peripheral
(d) natural
19. Compute ethics as a field study was founded Norbert Weiner
(a) for, by
(b) of, with
(c) of, by
(d) with, by
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘fortunately‘
(a) un
(b) im
(c) in
(d) mis
ANSWERS : D C C D B B C C A D B D C C C C B D C A