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