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