AIC JS 3 Basic Science Revision Test
  • 1. ______is a dark complex mixture of solid liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon
A) petroleum
B) petrochemical
C) crude oil
D) hydrogen compound
  • 2. ______is used in road making, pipe coating
A) methylphenidate
B) ethanol
C) bitumen
D) lubricating oil
  • 3. The process of transforming metals powder compact into coherent solid at temperature below their melting point is ______
A) casting
B) welding
C) melting
D) sintering
  • 4. The following are metals processing methods except
A) casting
B) digging
C) smelting
D) hammering
  • 5. ______ are organic compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon only
A) petrochemical
B) petroleum
C) hydrocarbons
D) crude oil
  • 6. ______is the process of moulding metals into different shapes when it’s in liquid state
A) welding
B) sintering
C) casting
D) smelting
  • 7. ______ is are intermediate raw materials derived from petroleum
A) hydrogen
B) carbon
C) petrochemical
D) hydrocarbon
  • 8. ______ are used in some pharmaceutical preparation
A) lubricating oils
B) bitumen
C) kerosene
D) Vaseline and paraffin
  • 9. ______ is the removal of impurities from iron ore and adding of substance to convert it to a metal
A) hammering
B) casting
C) smelting
D) sintering
  • 10. The process of pressing iron into shape of a die is called ______
A) sintering
B) moulding
C) hammering
D) casting
  • 11. W.H.O mean
A) world healthy organizer
B) world health organization
C) word health organization
D) world’s health organizer
  • 12. ______, ______ and ______are used for transportation of goods
A) rabbits donkeys and horses
B) pigs hens and goats
C) cattle sheep and goats
D) donkeys elephants and horses
  • 13. The following are examples of food crops except
A) yam
B) soya bean
C) rubber
D) vegetables
  • 14. ______is the indiscrimination harvesting of timbers and clearing of forest trees
A) forest clearing
B) bush clearing
C) afforestation
D) deforestation
  • 15. The following are natural causes of desertification except
A) overgrazing
B) mechanical weathering
C) chemical 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) deforestation
B) water
C) bush burning
D) overgrazing
  • 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) chlorine and fluoride
D) carbon fluorine and chlorophyll
  • 20. ______is a parasitic disease that is passed from one person to another by the bite of anopheles mosquito
A) malaria
B) measles
C) pneumonia
D) common cold
  • 21. ______ is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract
A) measles
B) malaria
C) cholera
D) common cold
  • 22. ______ refers to any motion that moves along a straight line in one direction
A) oscillatory motion
B) linear motion
C) rotary motion
D) static motion
  • 23. ______ is composed of a stationary linear base and a moving carriage
A) plain bearing
B) dovetail slides
C) ball-bearing slides
D) roller 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) torque
B) rolling point
C) trough
D) crest
  • 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) electric fan
D) armature winding of an electric generator
  • 27. ______ is a mechanical device that allows continuous rotation in only one direction while preventing motion in only one direction
A) piston
B) ratchet
C) crankshaft
D) hand break
  • 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) straight motion
B) linear motion
C) rotary motion
D) horizontal motion
  • 30. Sound waves moves faster in ______
A) liquid
B) vacuum
C) water
D) solids
  • 31. The formula used to calculate potential energy is ______
A) P.E=mv
B) P.E=mgh
C) P.E=1/2mv
D) P.E=mvh
  • 32. All moving bodies possess ______ energy
A) kinetic
B) potential
C) static
D) joule
  • 33. Which of the following is a manufactured source of energy
A) wood
B) battery
C) coal
D) sun
  • 34. Work depends on ______ and ______
A) force and energy
B) force and mass
C) force and distance
D) mass and distance
  • 35. Plastics are used for producing electrical sockets because they are ______
A) light in weight
B) good conductor
C) good insulator
D) cheap
  • 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) sieving
B) fractional distillation
C) evaporation
D) crystallization
  • 38. The ______ plastics are prepared under heat and pressure and once set retain the shape permanently
A) natural
B) molten
C) thermoplastic
D) solidification
  • 39. The mixing of two metals together results in what is known as ______
A) compound
B) alloy
C) materials
D) matter
  • 40. ______ is the irreversible increase in size and weight of an organism
A) excretion
B) change
C) growth
D) reproduction
  • 41. Which of these is not an effect of air pollution
A) causes acid rain
B) leads to respiratory tract diseases
C) lead to very clear weather
D) depletion ozone layer
  • 42. Man belongs to the group of vertebrates known as
A) mammals
B) reptiles
C) insect
D) amphibians
  • 43. Traits that are seen in every generation is known as ______
A) progeny trait
B) dominant trait
C) albinism
D) recessive trait
  • 44. All these are importance of skill acquisition except
A) improve knowledge
B) to make people suffer
C) reduce social vices
D) go reduce joblessness
  • 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) temperature and pressure
B) living things and non-living things
C) non-living things and buildings
D) living and animals
  • 47. The relationship thats exists between a mosquito and man is known as ______
A) parasitism
B) symbiosis
C) mutualism
D) commensalism
  • 48. Practices that influence bush burning are ______
A) grazing and land
B) cutting and planting
C) farming and construction
D) sweeping and harvesting
  • 49. The following are the causes of desertification except ______
A) availability of good soil
B) clearing
C) process of deforestation
D) bush burning
  • 50. Animals that have adaptation for climbing trees are called ______ animals
A) aquatic
B) arboreal
C) terrestrial
D) herbivorous
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