AIC JS 3 Basic Science Revision Test
  • 1. ______is a dark complex mixture of solid liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon
A) petroleum
B) petrochemical
C) hydrogen compound
D) crude oil
  • 2. ______is used in road making, pipe coating
A) methylphenidate
B) lubricating oil
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) casting
C) melting
D) sintering
  • 4. The following are metals processing methods except
A) smelting
B) digging
C) casting
D) hammering
  • 5. ______ are organic compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon only
A) crude oil
B) hydrocarbons
C) petrochemical
D) petroleum
  • 6. ______is the process of moulding metals into different shapes when it’s in liquid state
A) sintering
B) welding
C) casting
D) smelting
  • 7. ______ is are intermediate raw materials derived from petroleum
A) carbon
B) hydrocarbon
C) hydrogen
D) petrochemical
  • 8. ______ are used in some pharmaceutical preparation
A) kerosene
B) bitumen
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) hammering
C) casting
D) sintering
  • 10. The process of pressing iron into shape of a die is called ______
A) moulding
B) casting
C) sintering
D) hammering
  • 11. W.H.O mean
A) world healthy organizer
B) world health organization
C) world’s health organizer
D) word health organization
  • 12. ______, ______ and ______are used for transportation of goods
A) donkeys elephants and horses
B) rabbits donkeys and horses
C) cattle sheep and goats
D) pigs hens and goats
  • 13. The following are examples of food crops except
A) yam
B) rubber
C) vegetables
D) soya bean
  • 14. ______is the indiscrimination harvesting of timbers and clearing of forest trees
A) bush clearing
B) deforestation
C) forest clearing
D) afforestation
  • 15. The following are natural causes of desertification except
A) chemical weathering
B) overgrazing
C) mechanical weathering
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) bush burning
B) deforestation
C) overgrazing
D) water
  • 18. ______and ______are the classification of diseases
A) none of the above
B) reversed zoonosis
C) communicable and non-communicable diseases
D) zoonotic and non-zoonotic
  • 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) pneumonia
C) measles
D) common cold
  • 21. ______ is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract
A) common cold
B) measles
C) cholera
D) malaria
  • 22. ______ refers to any motion that moves along a straight line in one direction
A) rotary motion
B) static motion
C) linear motion
D) oscillatory motion
  • 23. ______ is composed of a stationary linear base and a moving carriage
A) dovetail slides
B) plain bearing
C) roller slides
D) ball-bearing 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) reversible rotary motion
D) one way rotary motion
  • 25. The strength of rotary motion is known as ______
A) rolling point
B) torque
C) crest
D) trough
  • 26. The following are examples of one way rotary motion except
A) armature winding of an electric generator
B) electric fan
C) crankshaft of a running engine
D) seconds indicator of an analog clock
  • 27. ______ is a mechanical device that allows continuous rotation in only one direction while preventing motion in only one direction
A) piston
B) crankshaft
C) ratchet
D) hand break
  • 28. Rotary motion means
A) motion in one direction
B) motion in circle
C) motion in different directions
D) motion in straight line
  • 29. Planets moving around the sun is an example of ______
A) rotary motion
B) horizontal motion
C) straight motion
D) linear motion
  • 30. Sound waves moves faster in ______
A) vacuum
B) water
C) liquid
D) solids
  • 31. The formula used to calculate potential energy is ______
A) P.E=mv
B) P.E=1/2mv
C) P.E=mgh
D) P.E=mvh
  • 32. All moving bodies possess ______ energy
A) kinetic
B) static
C) potential
D) joule
  • 33. Which of the following is a manufactured source of energy
A) sun
B) battery
C) wood
D) coal
  • 34. Work depends on ______ and ______
A) force and mass
B) force and energy
C) force and distance
D) mass and distance
  • 35. Plastics are used for producing electrical sockets because they are ______
A) good conductor
B) light in weight
C) cheap
D) good insulator
  • 36. The following are mechanical plant used for site preparation
A) grader
B) matchet
C) bulldozer
D) chainsaw
  • 37. The method used for the separation of crude oil into its fractions in the refineries is called ______
A) sieving
B) crystallization
C) evaporation
D) fractional distillation
  • 38. The ______ plastics are prepared under heat and pressure and once set retain the shape permanently
A) molten
B) solidification
C) natural
D) thermoplastic
  • 39. The mixing of two metals together results in what is known as ______
A) alloy
B) compound
C) matter
D) materials
  • 40. ______ is the irreversible increase in size and weight of an organism
A) reproduction
B) growth
C) change
D) excretion
  • 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) albinism
C) dominant trait
D) recessive trait
  • 44. All these are importance of skill acquisition except
A) reduce social vices
B) to make people suffer
C) improve knowledge
D) go reduce joblessness
  • 45. An adolescent is a young person who is developing from ______ to adulthood
A) manhood
B) boyhood
C) childhood
D) girlhood
  • 46. The environment is made up of ______ and ______
A) living and animals
B) living things and non-living things
C) temperature and pressure
D) non-living things and buildings
  • 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) farming and construction
B) cutting and planting
C) sweeping and harvesting
D) grazing and land
  • 49. The following are the causes of desertification except ______
A) availability of good soil
B) process of deforestation
C) bush burning
D) clearing
  • 50. Animals that have adaptation for climbing trees are called ______ animals
A) arboreal
B) terrestrial
C) aquatic
D) herbivorous
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