ONLINE BITS 24

1. The major questions that were unanswered before Aristotle were related to
(a) the nature of time
(b) the nature of time and origin of the universe
(c) the origin of universe and the expansion of the universe
(d) the expansion of the universe
2. The death blow to the Aristotelian-Ptolemic theory came
(a) When Kepler supported Copernican theory
(b) When Copernicus proposed Helio-centric theory
(c) When Galileo invented the telescope
(d) When Newton developed complicated mathematics
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. Abdul Kalam‘s love for reading was encouraged by
(a) Iyadurai Solomon
(b) Jallaluddin
(c) STR Manickam
(d) Jainulabdeen
5. Who said the following - “You must develop your skills so that you can compete with the highly educated people
in big cities“
(a) Jainulabdeen
(b) Prof. Sponder
(c) Jallaluddin
(d) Siva Subramania Iyer
6. Who said-“With faith you can change your destiny”?
(a) Prof. Sponder
(b) Siva Subramania Iyer
(c) Jallaluddin
(d) Iyadurai Solomon
7. The universe is not arbitrary - choose the synonym for the underlined word
(a) accountable
(b) dependable
(c) reasonable
(d) unreasonable
8. Kalam was also benefited from his interaction with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin, whose wisdom was based on
rather than instruction
(a) intuition
(b) innovation
(c) invasion
(d) intention
9. Jainulabdeen was highly educated very rich
(a) either, or
(b) neither, nor
(c) neither, or
(d) not only, but also
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. Cybernetics is
(a) Science of information feedback systems
(b) Science of information processing
(c) Science of applied chemistry
(d) Psychotherapy
12. Who developed curriculum material on Computer Ethics?
(a) Maner
(b) Wiener
(c) Terrell Ward Bynum
(d) Johnson
13. Who felt that computer revolution will not lead to a revolution in ethics?
(a) James Moor
(b) Joseph Weizenbaum
(c) Johnson
(d) Walter Maner
14. The Indian Aeronautical Development Establishment was born in
(a) Bangalore
(b) Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Kanpur
15. The effective V-2 short range ballistic missiles were produced in
(a) Germany
(b) Japan
(c) India
(d) America
16. Rohini -75 rocket was launched on
(a) 20th Nov 1967
(b) 22nd Nov 1967
(c) 22nd Nov 1965
(d) 20th Nov 1965
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Hypothesis‘
(a) illusion
(b) myth
(c) belief
(d) theory
18. The antonym for the word ‘Wide‘
(a) huge
(b) vulnerable
(c) narrow
(d) crooked
19. Prof. Sarabhai believed open and free exchange views
(a) in, an, of
(b) on, in, of
(c) of, in, an
(d) of, an, in
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘fortunately‘
(a) in
(b) im
(c) mis
(d) un
ANSWEWRS : B C D C D D D A B A A C C A A A D C A D