AIC JS 3 Basic Science Revision Test
  • 1. ______is a dark complex mixture of solid liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon
A) hydrogen compound
B) petrochemical
C) petroleum
D) crude oil
  • 2. ______is used in road making, pipe coating
A) lubricating oil
B) methylphenidate
C) ethanol
D) bitumen
  • 3. The process of transforming metals powder compact into coherent solid at temperature below their melting point is ______
A) welding
B) casting
C) sintering
D) melting
  • 4. The following are metals processing methods except
A) digging
B) casting
C) smelting
D) hammering
  • 5. ______ are organic compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon only
A) petroleum
B) crude oil
C) hydrocarbons
D) petrochemical
  • 6. ______is the process of moulding metals into different shapes when it’s in liquid state
A) welding
B) smelting
C) casting
D) sintering
  • 7. ______ is are intermediate raw materials derived from petroleum
A) hydrogen
B) petrochemical
C) hydrocarbon
D) carbon
  • 8. ______ are used in some pharmaceutical preparation
A) Vaseline and paraffin
B) lubricating oils
C) kerosene
D) bitumen
  • 9. ______ is the removal of impurities from iron ore and adding of substance to convert it to a metal
A) sintering
B) smelting
C) hammering
D) casting
  • 10. The process of pressing iron into shape of a die is called ______
A) casting
B) hammering
C) moulding
D) sintering
  • 11. W.H.O mean
A) world healthy organizer
B) world health organization
C) world’s health organizer
D) word health organization
  • 12. ______, ______ and ______are used for transportation of goods
A) rabbits donkeys and horses
B) donkeys elephants and horses
C) pigs hens and goats
D) cattle sheep and goats
  • 13. The following are examples of food crops except
A) vegetables
B) soya bean
C) rubber
D) yam
  • 14. ______is the indiscrimination harvesting of timbers and clearing of forest trees
A) forest clearing
B) deforestation
C) bush clearing
D) afforestation
  • 15. The following are natural causes of desertification except
A) chemical weathering
B) overgrazing
C) mechanical weathering
D) water
  • 16. ______ is the process by which fertile land become desert
A) afforestation
B) deforestation
C) desertification
D) bush burning
  • 17. The following are human activities that causes desertification except
A) bush burning
B) overgrazing
C) deforestation
D) water
  • 18. ______and ______are the classification of diseases
A) none of the above
B) reversed zoonosis
C) communicable and non-communicable diseases
D) zoonotic and non-zoonotic
  • 19. CFC means
A) chlorine and fluoride
B) carbon fluorine and chlorophyll
C) chlorofluorocarbon
D) chloride flouride and carbon
  • 20. ______is a parasitic disease that is passed from one person to another by the bite of anopheles mosquito
A) common cold
B) pneumonia
C) measles
D) malaria
  • 21. ______ is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract
A) common cold
B) cholera
C) malaria
D) measles
  • 22. ______ refers to any motion that moves along a straight line in one direction
A) rotary motion
B) linear motion
C) static motion
D) oscillatory motion
  • 23. ______ is composed of a stationary linear base and a moving carriage
A) plain bearing
B) roller slides
C) ball-bearing slides
D) dovetail slides
  • 24. ______ is a mechanism or component that can rotate in a clockwise direction or in an anti clockwise direction
A) one way rotary motion
B) non return rotary motion
C) one way rotary motion
D) reversible rotary motion
  • 25. The strength of rotary motion is known as ______
A) rolling point
B) torque
C) crest
D) trough
  • 26. The following are examples of one way rotary motion except
A) crankshaft of a running engine
B) seconds indicator of an analog clock
C) armature winding of an electric generator
D) electric fan
  • 27. ______ is a mechanical device that allows continuous rotation in only one direction while preventing motion in only one direction
A) piston
B) hand break
C) crankshaft
D) ratchet
  • 28. Rotary motion means
A) motion in circle
B) motion in one direction
C) motion in straight line
D) motion in different directions
  • 29. Planets moving around the sun is an example of ______
A) linear motion
B) horizontal motion
C) straight motion
D) rotary motion
  • 30. Sound waves moves faster in ______
A) solids
B) water
C) liquid
D) vacuum
  • 31. The formula used to calculate potential energy is ______
A) P.E=mvh
B) P.E=mv
C) P.E=mgh
D) P.E=1/2mv
  • 32. All moving bodies possess ______ energy
A) joule
B) potential
C) static
D) kinetic
  • 33. Which of the following is a manufactured source of energy
A) coal
B) wood
C) sun
D) battery
  • 34. Work depends on ______ and ______
A) mass and distance
B) force and mass
C) force and distance
D) force and energy
  • 35. Plastics are used for producing electrical sockets because they are ______
A) cheap
B) good conductor
C) light in weight
D) good insulator
  • 36. The following are mechanical plant used for site preparation
A) bulldozer
B) chainsaw
C) grader
D) matchet
  • 37. The method used for the separation of crude oil into its fractions in the refineries is called ______
A) crystallization
B) sieving
C) evaporation
D) fractional distillation
  • 38. The ______ plastics are prepared under heat and pressure and once set retain the shape permanently
A) solidification
B) natural
C) thermoplastic
D) molten
  • 39. The mixing of two metals together results in what is known as ______
A) alloy
B) compound
C) materials
D) matter
  • 40. ______ is the irreversible increase in size and weight of an organism
A) excretion
B) reproduction
C) change
D) growth
  • 41. Which of these is not an effect of air pollution
A) depletion ozone layer
B) leads to respiratory tract diseases
C) lead to very clear weather
D) causes acid rain
  • 42. Man belongs to the group of vertebrates known as
A) amphibians
B) mammals
C) insect
D) reptiles
  • 43. Traits that are seen in every generation is known as ______
A) dominant trait
B) albinism
C) recessive trait
D) progeny trait
  • 44. All these are importance of skill acquisition except
A) improve knowledge
B) go reduce joblessness
C) to make people suffer
D) reduce social vices
  • 45. An adolescent is a young person who is developing from ______ to adulthood
A) childhood
B) manhood
C) boyhood
D) girlhood
  • 46. The environment is made up of ______ and ______
A) non-living things and buildings
B) living and animals
C) temperature and pressure
D) living things and non-living things
  • 47. The relationship thats exists between a mosquito and man is known as ______
A) commensalism
B) symbiosis
C) parasitism
D) mutualism
  • 48. Practices that influence bush burning are ______
A) sweeping and harvesting
B) grazing and land
C) farming and construction
D) cutting and planting
  • 49. The following are the causes of desertification except ______
A) clearing
B) process of deforestation
C) bush burning
D) availability of good soil
  • 50. Animals that have adaptation for climbing trees are called ______ animals
A) herbivorous
B) arboreal
C) terrestrial
D) aquatic
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