AIC JS 3 Basic Science Revision Test
  • 1. ______is a dark complex mixture of solid liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon
A) petroleum
B) crude oil
C) petrochemical
D) hydrogen compound
  • 2. ______is used in road making, pipe coating
A) bitumen
B) lubricating oil
C) ethanol
D) methylphenidate
  • 3. The process of transforming metals powder compact into coherent solid at temperature below their melting point is ______
A) sintering
B) casting
C) melting
D) welding
  • 4. The following are metals processing methods except
A) smelting
B) hammering
C) digging
D) casting
  • 5. ______ are organic compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon only
A) hydrocarbons
B) petrochemical
C) crude oil
D) petroleum
  • 6. ______is the process of moulding metals into different shapes when it’s in liquid state
A) welding
B) sintering
C) smelting
D) casting
  • 7. ______ is are intermediate raw materials derived from petroleum
A) hydrogen
B) hydrocarbon
C) carbon
D) petrochemical
  • 8. ______ are used in some pharmaceutical preparation
A) bitumen
B) Vaseline and paraffin
C) lubricating oils
D) kerosene
  • 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) word health organization
B) world’s health organizer
C) world healthy organizer
D) world health organization
  • 12. ______, ______ and ______are used for transportation of goods
A) pigs hens and goats
B) donkeys elephants and horses
C) rabbits donkeys and horses
D) cattle sheep and goats
  • 13. The following are examples of food crops except
A) yam
B) soya bean
C) rubber
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) overgrazing
B) water
C) mechanical weathering
D) chemical weathering
  • 16. ______ is the process by which fertile land become desert
A) afforestation
B) deforestation
C) desertification
D) bush burning
  • 17. The following are human activities that causes desertification except
A) deforestation
B) water
C) overgrazing
D) bush burning
  • 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) chloride flouride and carbon
B) chlorine and fluoride
C) chlorofluorocarbon
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) common cold
C) measles
D) pneumonia
  • 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) rotary motion
B) static motion
C) linear motion
D) oscillatory motion
  • 23. ______ is composed of a stationary linear base and a moving carriage
A) plain bearing
B) ball-bearing slides
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) non return rotary motion
C) reversible rotary motion
D) one way rotary motion
  • 25. The strength of rotary motion is known as ______
A) torque
B) trough
C) rolling point
D) crest
  • 26. The following are examples of one way rotary motion except
A) crankshaft of a running engine
B) armature winding of an electric generator
C) electric fan
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 different directions
C) motion in straight line
D) motion in circle
  • 29. Planets moving around the sun is an example of ______
A) linear motion
B) horizontal motion
C) rotary motion
D) straight motion
  • 30. Sound waves moves faster in ______
A) vacuum
B) solids
C) liquid
D) water
  • 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) joule
C) static
D) potential
  • 33. Which of the following is a manufactured source of energy
A) sun
B) wood
C) battery
D) coal
  • 34. Work depends on ______ and ______
A) force and energy
B) force and distance
C) force and mass
D) mass and distance
  • 35. Plastics are used for producing electrical sockets because they are ______
A) good conductor
B) good insulator
C) light in weight
D) cheap
  • 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) fractional distillation
B) evaporation
C) crystallization
D) sieving
  • 38. The ______ plastics are prepared under heat and pressure and once set retain the shape permanently
A) thermoplastic
B) molten
C) solidification
D) natural
  • 39. The mixing of two metals together results in what is known as ______
A) materials
B) compound
C) alloy
D) matter
  • 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) depletion ozone layer
B) leads to respiratory tract diseases
C) causes acid rain
D) lead to very clear weather
  • 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) recessive trait
B) dominant trait
C) albinism
D) progeny trait
  • 44. All these are importance of skill acquisition except
A) reduce social vices
B) go reduce joblessness
C) to make people suffer
D) improve knowledge
  • 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) 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) sweeping and harvesting
C) grazing and land
D) farming and construction
  • 49. The following are the causes of desertification except ______
A) clearing
B) bush burning
C) availability of good soil
D) process of deforestation
  • 50. Animals that have adaptation for climbing trees are called ______ animals
A) herbivorous
B) aquatic
C) terrestrial
D) arboreal
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