ONLINE BITS 6

1. The major defect in the cosmological model of Ptolemy was
(a) the static sun stood at the centre
(b) the moon and planets, stars moved in circular orbits
(c) the static earth stood at the centre
(d) the earth revolves along with eight spheres
2. Hubble‘s Big Bang theory suggests that the universe was once
(a) very small and very dense
(b) very big and very dense
(c) created by God
(d) static
3. The two basic partial theories are
(a) Aristotelian theory and Copernican theory
(b) The general theory of relativity and mechanics
(c) The Newtons theory of gravity and the general theory of relativity
(d) The general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics
4. Abdul Kalam was born in the year
(a) 1939
(b) 1913
(c) 1941
(d) 1931
5. When World War II started Abdul Kalam was
(a) eight years old
(b) nine years old
(c) ten years old
(d) seven years old
6. Who considered Kalam as his best student?
(a) Iyadurai Solomon
(b) Prof. Narasingha Rao
(c) KAV Pandalai
(d) Prof. Sponder
7. Most people would find this picture of our universe rather ridiculous - choose the antonym for the underlined word
(a) foolish
(b) acceptable
(c) reasonable
(d) absurd
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) Predict
(c) Pertain
(d) Persuade
9. The Greeks knew their travels that the North star appeared lower the sky.
(a) in, of
(b) from, of
(c) from, in
(d) of, in
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. Who created the code of ethics for the members of the Association for computing machinery in 1973
(a) Walter Maner
(b) Donn Parker
(c) Wiener
(d) Joseph Wiezenbaum
12. Big-brother Government means
(a) US Government
(b) Minority Government
(c) A government in authority that has complete power and tries to control peoples behavior and thoughts and
limit their freedom.
(d) Dictatorship
13. Who said “Computers do not know borders“?
(a) Krystyna Gornaik
(b) Nobert Wiener
(c) Terrell Ward Bynum
(d) John Snapper
14. The Nandi project was abandoned because
(a) of the change of the Central Government
(b) it was not in perfect condition
(c) of the change of the Director of ADE
(d) of the failure of the project
15. NASA is the centre for
(a) research and development in aerospace technology
(b) research and development in advanced aerospace technology
(c) research and development in air craft technology
(d) research and development in advanced missile technology
16. Rohini -75 rocket was launched on
(a) 22nd Nov 1967
(b) 20th Nov 1967
(c) 22nd Nov 1965
(d) 20th Nov 1965
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Diversity‘
(a) integrity
(b) enemity
(c) variety
(d) amity
18. The antonym for the word ‘Ethical‘
(a) unprecedented
(b) unethical
(c) unsophisticated
(d) untidy
19. Prof. Sarabhai believed open and free exchange views
(a) of, in, an
(b) of, an, in
(c) in, an, of
(d) on, in, of
20. It brought to mind incident my mother had told me from Bible.
(a) the, a
(b) the, the
(c) a, the
(d) an, the
ANSWERS: C A D D A D C B C A B C A A B B C B C D