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1. The major questions that were unanswered before Aristotle were related to
(a) the nature of time
(b) the expansion of the universe
(c) the origin of universe and the expansion of the universe
(d) the nature of time and origin of the universe
2. The moon moves in an elliptical orbit around the earth on account of
(a) universal gravitation
(b) rotation of the orbits
(c) attraction between the earth and the sun
(d) magnetic forces
3. If everything in the universe depends on everything else in a fundamental way it might be impossible to get a solution by
(a) Investigating parts of the problem in isolation
(b) Investigating the problem as a whole
(c) Breaking the problem into bits
(d) Considering all the aspects associated with each problem
4. What are the things that Kalam‘s father used to explain to him in simple Tamil to make him understand?
(a) The meaning of real prayers.
(b) Complex spiritual concepts
(c) Complex spiritual situations
(d) Differences in the modes of worship
5. In moulding an individual, important roles are played by
(a) heredity and environment
(b) family and environment
(c) family and background
(d) parents and siblings
6. Who designed the German Focke Wulf FW 190, fighter plane?
(a) Prof. Walter Repenthin
(b) KAV Pandalai
(c) Prof. Sponder
(d) Dr. Kurt Tank
7. The universe is not arbitrary - choose the synonym for the underlined word
(a) accountable
(b) dependable
(c) unreasonable
(d) reasonable
8. Kalam was also benefited from his interaction with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin, whose wisdom was based on rather than instruction
(a) invasion
(b) intuition
c) innovation
(d) intention
9. Jainulabdeen was highly educated very rich
(a) either, or
(b) neither, nor
(c) neither, or
(d) not only, but also
10. This idea was elaborated by Ptolemy in second century A.D. into complete cosmological model
(a) the, the
(b) the, a
(c) a, the
(d) a, a
11. The pioneer of computer ethics as a field of study is
(a) Walter Maner
(b) James Moor
(c) Norbert Wiener
(d) Joseph Wiezenbaum
12. Weizenbaum‘s book ‘Computer Power and Human Reason‘ was published in
(a) 1976
(b) 1982
(c) 1981
(d) 1992
13. Whose views on computer ethics are contrary to the views held by Gornaik?
(a) Wiener
(b) Kant
(c) Bynum
(d) Johnson
14. In ADE, Bangalore, the first assignment given to Kalam was to design
(a) sounding rocket
(b) supersonic target aircraft
(c) ground equipment machine
(d) RATO project
15. The real journey of the Indian Space Programme began with
(a) The Agni
(b) The GEM
(c) The Menaka
(d) The Rohini
16. The initial funding amount given for RATO motor was
(a) 65 lakhs
(b) 75 lakhs
(c) 1.25 lakhs
(d) 70 lakhs
17. The word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Hypothesis‘
(a) illusion
(b) myth
(c) theory
(d) belief
18. The antonym for the word ‘Moral‘
(a) principled
(b) scrupulous
(c) amoral
(d) ethical
19. The development Indian rockets in the twentieth century can be seen as a revival the eighteenth century vision Tipu Sultan.
(a) of, of, of
(b) of, of, on
(c) on, of, of,
(d) on, on, on
20. Choose the word with correct spelling
(a) Aggravate
(b) Aggrawate
(c) Aggravete
(d) Aggrevate
ANSWERS :D A A B A D C B B B C A D C D B C C A A