ONLINE BITS 8

1. The major defect in the cosmological model of Ptolemy was
(a) the static earth stood at the centre
(b) the static sun stood at the centre
(c) the moon and planets, stars moved in circular orbits
(d) the earth revolves along with eight spheres
2. Hubble‘s Big Bang theory suggests that the universe was once
(a) created by God
(b) static
(c) very big and very dense
(d) very small and very dense
3. According to Stephen Hawking the ultimate goal of Science is
(a) To know the initial state of the universe
(b) To provide a unified theory of the whole universe
(c) To provide partial theories to explain the whole universe
(d) To know the nature and time of the universe
4. Who helped Kalam to look beyond the limited horizons of his life?
(a) Samsuddin
(b) Jallaluddin
(c) STR Manikam
(d) Iyadurai Solomon
5. Who said, “Going away is a part of growing up“
(a) Jainulabdeen
(b) Samsuddin
(c) Jallaluddin
(d) Ashiamma
6. Who considered Kalam as his best student?
(a) Iyadurai Solomon
(b) Prof. Sponder
(c) KAV Pandalai
(d) Prof. Narasingha Rao
7. The antonym for the word ‘frugally‘ is
(a) economical
(b) stingy
(c) inexpensive
(d) extravagant
8. Kalam was also benefited from his interaction with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin, whose wisdom was based on
rather than instruction
(a) intention
(b) innovation
(c) intuition
(d) invasion
9. I was born a middle-class Tamil family, the island town of Rameswaram
(a) with, in
(b) into, on
(c) into, in
(d) in, on
10. eventual goal of science is to provide single theory that describes whole universe
(a) a, a, the
(b) the, a, a
(c) the, a, the
(d) the, the, the
11. Who is the first person to foresee revolutionary social and ethical consequences of computer technology?
(a) Norbert Wiener
(b) Walter Maner
(c) Joseph Wiezenbaum
(d) Donn Parker
12. Big-brother Government means
(a) Minority Government
(b) US 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) Terrell Ward Bynum
(b) Nobert Wiener
(c) Krystyna Gornaik
(d) John Snapper
14. Who used to say “seek the truth and the truth shall set you free“?
(a) Swami Sivananda
(b) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry
(c) Prof. Sponder
(d) Khalil Gibran
15. The effective V-2 short range ballistic missiles were produced in
(a) India
(b) Japan
(c) Germany
(d) America
16. The person who made the statement, “Bread baked without love is a bitter bread, that feeds but half a man‘s
hunger“ was
(a) Prof. Sarabhai
(b) Khalil Gibran
(c) Swami Sivananda
(d) Prof. Sponder
17. Write the synonym of the word ‘Isolated‘
(a) interested
(b) accomplished
(c) separated
(d) invigorated
18. The antonym for the word ‘Artificial‘
(a) natural
(b) liberal
(c) peripheral
(d) superficial
19. The development Indian rockets in the twentieth century can be seen as a revival the eighteenth century
vision Tipu Sultan.
(a) on, of, of,
(b) on, on, on
(c) of, of, of
(d) of, of, on
20. Choose the correct negative prefix for the word ‘Capable‘
(a) in
(b) mis
(c) un
(d) im

ANSWERS : A D B B A B D C C C A C C B C B C A C A