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Sci-Tech Quiz Competition

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

India Celebrates February 28 every year as 'National Science Day' because on this day:

a)

First Indian Space craft was launched

b)

Nehru laid the foundation of Science labs all over India

c)

In 1928 C.V Raman discovered what was later called the 'Raman Effect'

d)

Vikram Sarabhai was born

2.

What does SSL stand for?

a)

Security System Law

b)

Security System Layer

c)

Secure Socket Layer

d)

None of the above

3.

Two stones of different masses are dropped simultaneously from the top of a building

a)

Smaller stone reaches the ground earlier

b)

Larger stone reaches the ground earlier

c)

Both the stones reach the ground at the same time

d)

Depends on the composition of the stone

4.

What is the functionality of MAC (Media Access Control) ?

a)

It an address unique to every piece of network hardware

b)

It’s an address unique to every piece of computer

c)

It is an hidden folder used for the recovery purpose

d)

None of the above

5.

Certain desert lizards excrete their wastes in dry form. This serves as a means of:

a)

Protective mechanism against predators

b)

Limiting factor of the organisms

c)

Adaptation of the organisms to the environment

d)

Countering the problem of Food Scarcity

6.

In which year Deep Purple a super computer beat chess wizard Garry Kasparov?

a)

1996

b)

1998

c)

1995

d)

1997

7.

Pottasium Permanganate is used for purifiying drinking water, beacause:

a)

It is a sterilising agent

b)

It dissolves the impurities of water

c)

It is a reducing agent

d)

It is an oxidising agent

8.

The speed of a CPU is measured in what?

a)

Hertz

b)

Megahertz

c)

Gigyabtyes

d)

Byte

9.

Whwn is world Science day celebrated ?

a)

November 18

b)

December 1

c)

November 10

d)

November 9

10.

Which of the following is a command prompt command for Microsoft Windows?

a)

Meg

b)

Power

c)

Ping

d)

Petabyte

11.

Why is world science day celebrated?

a)

To draw attenton to the challenges faced by science

b)

Stengthen public awarness on the role of science

c)

Promote National and International solidarity for shared science between countries

d)

Improve the science and Technology Worldwide

12.

Which type of memory that is held even after the computer is turned off?

a)

State Memory

b)

Flash memory

c)

Random Memory

d)

Secure Memory

13.

Sir C.V Raman was awared Nobel Prize on ____ ?

a)

1935

b)

1937

c)

1940

d)

1930

14.

Which gas is safe and an effective extinguisher for all confined fires?

a)

Nitrogen dioxide

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Sulphur dioxide

d)

Nitrous Oxide

15.

Which variety of coal contains the highest percentage of carbon ?

a)

Anthracite

b)

Peat

c)

Bituminous

d)

Lignite

16.

Which one of the following statements is incorrect about laser?

a)

It is a technique for producing intense beams of light, ultraviolet or infrared radiation of different wavelength.

b)

Even in diamond laser beam can drill a hole.

c)

A variety of lasers have been made from solids like the ruby crystal and semi conducting materials, liquids and gases.

d)

All waves in laser, travel in phase.

17.

What is the Deepest part of the ocean ?

a)

Bermuda Triangle

b)

Raaysay Point

c)

Sea of Tranquility

d)

Marianas Trench

18.

Which one of the following elements the drum of a Photostat machine is made up of:

a)

Aluminium

b)

Selenium

c)

Barium

d)

Caesium

19.

Why do variable stars pulsate in brightness ?

a)

Gain in mass

b)

Expansion of contraction of the outer layers

c)

Constant contraction

d)

Movement at a fixed rate

20.

Honey is sweeter than cane sugar or corn syrup. Which one of the following carbon sugars is responsible for this?

a)

Dextrose

b)

Levulose

c)

Sucrose

d)

Fructose

21.

In the human body what is the hallux?

a)

Elbow

b)

Thumb

c)

Tip of nose

d)

Big toe

22.

Who among the following Scientist is associated with the invention of the barometer?

a)

H. Devi

b)

Torricelli

c)

William Gas Cogin

d)

L.D Forest

23.

Who among the following Scientist invented the gramophone?

a)

Anerko Fermi

b)

George Stefans

c)

Edison

d)

Walter Hunt

24.

Name an instrument used to measure the sound waves inside the water?

a)

Comograph

b)

Dictaphone

c)

Crescograph

d)

Hydrophone

25.

Due to which phenomena the stick if immersed in water appears to be bent?

a)

Reflection

b)

Dispersion

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering