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