AIC JS 3 Basic Science Revision Test
  • 1. ______is a dark complex mixture of solid liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon
A) crude oil
B) petrochemical
C) petroleum
D) hydrogen compound
  • 2. ______is used in road making, pipe coating
A) ethanol
B) bitumen
C) methylphenidate
D) lubricating oil
  • 3. The process of transforming metals powder compact into coherent solid at temperature below their melting point is ______
A) welding
B) casting
C) melting
D) sintering
  • 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) 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) casting
B) sintering
C) welding
D) smelting
  • 7. ______ is are intermediate raw materials derived from petroleum
A) hydrocarbon
B) petrochemical
C) carbon
D) hydrogen
  • 8. ______ are used in some pharmaceutical preparation
A) bitumen
B) kerosene
C) Vaseline and paraffin
D) lubricating oils
  • 9. ______ is the removal of impurities from iron ore and adding of substance to convert it to a metal
A) smelting
B) sintering
C) hammering
D) casting
  • 10. The process of pressing iron into shape of a die is called ______
A) moulding
B) sintering
C) casting
D) hammering
  • 11. W.H.O mean
A) world’s health organizer
B) world health organization
C) world healthy organizer
D) word health organization
  • 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) yam
B) soya bean
C) vegetables
D) rubber
  • 14. ______is the indiscrimination harvesting of timbers and clearing of forest trees
A) bush clearing
B) forest clearing
C) deforestation
D) afforestation
  • 15. The following are natural causes of desertification except
A) mechanical weathering
B) overgrazing
C) chemical weathering
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) overgrazing
B) deforestation
C) water
D) bush burning
  • 18. ______and ______are the classification of diseases
A) zoonotic and non-zoonotic
B) reversed zoonosis
C) none of the above
D) communicable and non-communicable diseases
  • 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) measles
B) pneumonia
C) common cold
D) malaria
  • 21. ______ is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract
A) cholera
B) measles
C) malaria
D) common cold
  • 22. ______ refers to any motion that moves along a straight line in one direction
A) static motion
B) linear motion
C) rotary motion
D) oscillatory motion
  • 23. ______ is composed of a stationary linear base and a moving carriage
A) ball-bearing slides
B) plain bearing
C) dovetail 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) one way rotary motion
C) reversible rotary motion
D) non return rotary motion
  • 25. The strength of rotary motion is known as ______
A) crest
B) trough
C) torque
D) rolling point
  • 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) crankshaft
B) hand break
C) piston
D) ratchet
  • 28. Rotary motion means
A) motion in different directions
B) motion in straight line
C) motion in one direction
D) motion in circle
  • 29. Planets moving around the sun is an example of ______
A) linear motion
B) straight motion
C) horizontal motion
D) rotary motion
  • 30. Sound waves moves faster in ______
A) water
B) solids
C) liquid
D) vacuum
  • 31. The formula used to calculate potential energy is ______
A) P.E=mgh
B) P.E=mvh
C) P.E=1/2mv
D) P.E=mv
  • 32. All moving bodies possess ______ energy
A) kinetic
B) static
C) joule
D) potential
  • 33. Which of the following is a manufactured source of energy
A) battery
B) coal
C) wood
D) sun
  • 34. Work depends on ______ and ______
A) mass and distance
B) force and distance
C) force and mass
D) force and energy
  • 35. Plastics are used for producing electrical sockets because they are ______
A) good insulator
B) cheap
C) good conductor
D) light in weight
  • 36. The following are mechanical plant used for site preparation
A) bulldozer
B) grader
C) matchet
D) chainsaw
  • 37. The method used for the separation of crude oil into its fractions in the refineries is called ______
A) fractional distillation
B) sieving
C) crystallization
D) evaporation
  • 38. The ______ plastics are prepared under heat and pressure and once set retain the shape permanently
A) natural
B) solidification
C) molten
D) thermoplastic
  • 39. The mixing of two metals together results in what is known as ______
A) compound
B) materials
C) matter
D) alloy
  • 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) 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) insect
C) reptiles
D) amphibians
  • 43. Traits that are seen in every generation is known as ______
A) recessive trait
B) dominant trait
C) progeny trait
D) albinism
  • 44. All these are importance of skill acquisition except
A) reduce social vices
B) improve knowledge
C) to make people suffer
D) go reduce joblessness
  • 45. An adolescent is a young person who is developing from ______ to adulthood
A) girlhood
B) boyhood
C) manhood
D) childhood
  • 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) symbiosis
B) parasitism
C) commensalism
D) mutualism
  • 48. Practices that influence bush burning are ______
A) cutting and planting
B) grazing and land
C) sweeping and harvesting
D) farming and construction
  • 49. The following are the causes of desertification except ______
A) availability of good soil
B) bush burning
C) process of deforestation
D) clearing
  • 50. Animals that have adaptation for climbing trees are called ______ animals
A) arboreal
B) terrestrial
C) herbivorous
D) aquatic
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