ONLINE BITS 23

1. What was the basis for Aristotle to believe that the earth was spherical
(a) the earth‘s shadow on the moon was always square
(b) the earth‘s shadow on the moon was always flat
(c) the earth‘s shadow on the moon was always spherical
(d) the earth‘s shadow on the moon was always round
2. Who supported the Copernican theory?
(a) Kepler and Ptolemy
(b) Kepler and Newton
(c) Galileo and Kepler
(d) Galileo and Newton
3. The two basic partial theories are
(a) The Newtons theory of gravity and the general theory of relativity
(b) The general theory of relativity and mechanics
(c) Aristotelian theory and Copernican theory
(d) The general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics
4. As a child Kalam would go to the place of worship where prayers were being chanted in
(a) Islam
(b) Arabic
(c) Hindi
(d) Aramic
5. The bed time stories that Kalam‘s mother and grandmother told him were from
(a) The Ramayana and the life of Prophet Muhammad
(b) Shri. Sita Rama Kalyanam and the Ramayana
(c) Life of Rama and the life of Allah
(d) The life of Prophet Muhammad
6. At MIT, technical aerodynamics was taught by
(a) Prof. Narasingha Rao
(b) KAV Pandalai
(c) Iyadurai Solomon
(d) Prof. Sponder
7. Choose the word that is close in meaning to the expression ‘a feeling of strong dislike‘
(a) aversion
(b) adoration
(c) avarice
(d) aviation
8. Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the expression - To say that an event or action will happen in
the future.
(a) Pertain
(b) Convince
(c) Persuade
(d) Predict
9. Jainulabdeen was highly educated very rich
(a) not only, but also
(b) neither, nor
(c) either, or
(d) neither, or
10. I shall take simple-minded view that theory is just model of the universe
(a) the, a, the
(b) a, a, the
(c) an, a, the
(d) the, a, a
11. Which book laid foundation for comprehensive Computer Ethics?
(a) The Human Use of Human Beings
(b) Computer Power and Human Reason
(c) Metaphilosophy
(d) A Starter Kit for Teaching Computer Ethics
12. Big-brother Government means
(a) US Government
(b) Dictatorship
(c) Minority Government
(d) A government in authority that has complete power and tries to control peoples behavior and thoughts and
limit their freedom.
13. Whose views about Computer Ethics gave new twist to issues like ownership, power, privacy and responsibility?
(a) John Snapper
(b) Krystna Gorniak
(c) Terrell Ward Bynum
(d) Deborah Johnson
14. Who was the deputy secretary of the Atomic Energy Commission?
(a) Prof. Menon
(b) Mr. Saraf
(c) Prof. Vikram Sarabhai
(d) Prof. MGK Menon
15. The effective V-2 short range ballistic missiles were produced in
(a) Germany
(b) Japan
(c) America
(d) India
16. India - Pakistan war took place in
(a) 1963
(b) 1962
(c) 1965
(d) 1964
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Hypothesis‘
(a) theory
(b) myth
(c) belief
(d) illusion
18. The antonym for the word ‘Known‘
(a) proximity
(b) vivid
(c) familiar
(d) strange
19. Compute ethics as a field study was founded Norbert Weiner
(a) of, with
(b) for, by
(c) of, by
(d) with, by
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘Capable‘
(a) im
(b) un
(c) mis
(d) in
ANSWERS : D C D B A D A D B D A D D B A C A D C D