ONLINE BITS 25

1. The book in which Aristotle put forward his arguments for the belief that the earth is a round sphere rather than
a flat plate, is
(a) A Brief History of Time
(b) On The Skies
(c) On The Heavens
(d) Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
2. The polish priest who proposed a simpler model of the solar system was
(a) Sir Isaac Newton
(b) Cladius Ptolemy
(c) Galileo Galilee
(d) Nicholas Copernicus
3. In order to talk about the nature of the universe and to discuss questions such as whether it has a beginning or an
end we must be clear about
(a) What is the origin of the universe?
(b) All the laws of science
(c) What a scientific theory is
(d) What about the beginning in time of the origin of the universe?
4. Abdul Kalam was born in the year
(a) 1939
(b) 1913
(c) 1941
(d) 1931
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 life of Prophet Muhammad
(c) The Ramayana and the life of Prophet Muhammad
(d) Shri. Sita Rama Kalyanam and the Ramayana
6. Who said-“With faith you can change your destiny”?
(a) Prof. Sponder
(b) Siva Subramania Iyer
(c) Iyadurai Solomon
(d) Jallaluddin
7. The antonym for the word ‘frugally‘ is
(a) stingy
(b) extravagant
(c) inexpensive
(d) economical
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) Convince
(b) Pertain
(c) Persuade
(d) Predict
9. God created the universe the instant the Big Bang
(a) in, of
(b) at, of
(c) in, with
(d) at, with
10. I shall take simple-minded view that theory is just model of the universe
(a) an, a, the
(b) the, a, the
(c) a, a, the
(d) the, a, a
11. Which book laid foundation for comprehensive Computer Ethics?
(a) Metaphilosophy
(b) Computer Power and Human Reason
(c) A Starter Kit for Teaching Computer Ethics
(d) The Human Use of Human Beings
12. Big-brother Government means
(a) Dictatorship
(b) A government in authority that has complete power and tries to control peoples behavior and thoughts and
limit their freedom.
(c) Minority Government
(d) US Government
13. Who said “Computers do not know borders“?
(a) Terrell Ward Bynum
(b) Nobert Wiener
(c) Krystyna Gornaik
(d) John Snapper
14. The Nandi project was abandoned because
(a) of the change of the Central Government
(b) of the failure of the project
(c) of the change of the Director of ADE
(d) it was not in perfect condition
15. India‘s first rocket launched from Thumba was
(a) Mike Apache
(b) Menaka
(c) Rohini
(d) Nike Apache
16. A ten-year profile for space research in India was prepared by
(a) Prof. V.S. Narayanan
(b) Prof. Oda
(c) Prof. Sarabhai
(d) Wernher Von Braun
17. Write the synonym of the word ‘Initial‘
(a) crucial
(b) final
(c) mid term
(d) preliminary
18. The antonym for the word ‘Wide‘
(a) huge
(b) vulnerable
(c) crooked
(d) narrow
19. Compute ethics as a field study was founded Norbert Weiner
(a) of, with
(b) with, by
(c) for, by
(d) of, by
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘fortunately‘
(a) mis
(b) in
(c) un
(d) im
ANSWERS : C D C D C C B D B D D B C A D C D D D C