AIC JS 3 Basic Science Revision Test
  • 1. ______is a dark complex mixture of solid liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon
A) petroleum
B) hydrogen compound
C) petrochemical
D) crude oil
  • 2. ______is used in road making, pipe coating
A) bitumen
B) methylphenidate
C) ethanol
D) lubricating oil
  • 3. The process of transforming metals powder compact into coherent solid at temperature below their melting point is ______
A) casting
B) melting
C) sintering
D) welding
  • 4. The following are metals processing methods except
A) casting
B) hammering
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) smelting
B) casting
C) sintering
D) welding
  • 7. ______ is are intermediate raw materials derived from petroleum
A) hydrocarbon
B) carbon
C) hydrogen
D) petrochemical
  • 8. ______ are used in some pharmaceutical preparation
A) Vaseline and paraffin
B) bitumen
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) hammering
B) sintering
C) casting
D) smelting
  • 10. The process of pressing iron into shape of a die is called ______
A) sintering
B) casting
C) moulding
D) hammering
  • 11. W.H.O mean
A) world’s health organizer
B) word health organization
C) world healthy organizer
D) world health organization
  • 12. ______, ______ and ______are used for transportation of goods
A) donkeys elephants and horses
B) pigs hens and goats
C) cattle sheep and goats
D) rabbits donkeys and horses
  • 13. The following are examples of food crops except
A) rubber
B) yam
C) soya bean
D) vegetables
  • 14. ______is the indiscrimination harvesting of timbers and clearing of forest trees
A) forest clearing
B) deforestation
C) afforestation
D) bush clearing
  • 15. The following are natural causes of desertification except
A) chemical weathering
B) mechanical weathering
C) overgrazing
D) water
  • 16. ______ is the process by which fertile land become desert
A) deforestation
B) afforestation
C) bush burning
D) desertification
  • 17. The following are human activities that causes desertification except
A) bush burning
B) water
C) overgrazing
D) deforestation
  • 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) 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) pneumonia
B) malaria
C) common cold
D) measles
  • 21. ______ is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract
A) common cold
B) malaria
C) cholera
D) measles
  • 22. ______ refers to any motion that moves along a straight line in one direction
A) oscillatory motion
B) linear motion
C) static motion
D) rotary 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) reversible rotary motion
D) one way rotary motion
  • 25. The strength of rotary motion is known as ______
A) crest
B) torque
C) rolling point
D) trough
  • 26. The following are examples of one way rotary motion except
A) electric fan
B) armature winding of an electric generator
C) seconds indicator of an analog clock
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) crankshaft
B) piston
C) hand break
D) ratchet
  • 28. Rotary motion means
A) motion in different directions
B) motion in circle
C) motion in straight line
D) motion in one direction
  • 29. Planets moving around the sun is an example of ______
A) horizontal motion
B) linear motion
C) straight motion
D) rotary 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=mvh
C) P.E=mv
D) P.E=1/2mv
  • 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) coal
B) sun
C) battery
D) wood
  • 34. Work depends on ______ and ______
A) force and energy
B) force and distance
C) mass and distance
D) force and mass
  • 35. Plastics are used for producing electrical sockets because they are ______
A) good conductor
B) good insulator
C) cheap
D) light in weight
  • 36. The following are mechanical plant used for site preparation
A) grader
B) bulldozer
C) matchet
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) fractional distillation
D) crystallization
  • 38. The ______ plastics are prepared under heat and pressure and once set retain the shape permanently
A) solidification
B) natural
C) thermoplastic
D) molten
  • 39. The mixing of two metals together results in what is known as ______
A) matter
B) alloy
C) compound
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) leads to respiratory tract diseases
B) lead to very clear weather
C) causes acid rain
D) depletion ozone layer
  • 42. Man belongs to the group of vertebrates known as
A) reptiles
B) mammals
C) insect
D) amphibians
  • 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) improve knowledge
B) reduce social vices
C) go reduce joblessness
D) to make people suffer
  • 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) 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) symbiosis
C) mutualism
D) commensalism
  • 48. Practices that influence bush burning are ______
A) grazing and land
B) cutting and planting
C) sweeping and harvesting
D) farming and construction
  • 49. The following are the causes of desertification except ______
A) availability of good soil
B) clearing
C) process of deforestation
D) bush burning
  • 50. Animals that have adaptation for climbing trees are called ______ animals
A) arboreal
B) aquatic
C) herbivorous
D) terrestrial
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