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