General Science and Technology

A mixed quiz covering various scientific disciplines including biology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, aviation technology, and computing basics

20 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Give focus to window's menu bar

  1. F1
  2. F10
  3. Alt
  4. all the above
  5. either F10 or Alt
  6. none
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

windows key + Ctrl + any arrowkey

  1. Go to left/right/up/down desktop
  2. Move tab to left/right/up/down workspace
  3. Move window to left/right/up/down workspace
  4. Scroll selected view by one page up/left/down/right
  5. no shortcut is like this
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Bears are not

  1. Omnivorous
  2. Soft haired
  3. Nocturnal
  4. Mamals
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a shark's skeleton made of

  1. Cartilege
  2. Bones
  3. Tendons
  4. Muscles
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Noble gases are very:

  1. Reactive
  2. Inert
  3. Rare
  4. Dense
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following measures the speed and the direction that an object travels

  1. Speed
  2. Force
  3. Velocity
  4. Momentum
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What causes an echo

  1. Absorption of sound waves
  2. Reflected sound waves
  3. Sound waves travelling through water
  4. Sound waves breaking the sound barrier
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which was the first internet company to figure in annual fortune 500?

  1. Yahoo!
  2. Google
  3. E-Bay
  4. AOL
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In tech parlance what is the term used for out of date computer?

  1. Typewriter
  2. Chip Jewellery
  3. Letter box
  4. Old man
Question 10 True/False

Airbus A380 is the world's largest aircraft.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 11 True/False

A helicopter usually has two rotors generating spins in opposite direction.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 12 True/False

The difference in the numbers painted on either sides of a runway is always '18'.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Reverse Thrust can be applied to (ideally) minimise the effect of which of the following.

  1. Wake Turbulence
  2. Poor Visibility
  3. Hydroplaning
  4. Crosswinds
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not related to the Runway Safety?

  1. Runway Condition
  2. Runway Incursion
  3. Runway Dimension
  4. Runway Confusion
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

NTSB stands for:

  1. National Travel Safety Board
  2. National Transportation Safety Board
  3. National Transport Safety Board
  4. National Technical Safety Board
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a pendulum, how does frequency vary with length

  1. The same way
  2. Inversely
  3. As a multiple
  4. Directly
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does each whole unit on the Richter scale represent

  1. A 30-fold increase in earthquake's magnitude
  2. A 15-fold increase in earthquake's magnitude
  3. A 15-fold decrease in earthquake's magnitude
  4. A 10-fold increase in earthquake's magnitude
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The human skeleton is made up of how many bones

  1. 126
  2. 402
  3. 206
  4. 262
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which planet on this list was the most recently discovered

  1. Neptune
  2. Mercury
  3. Jupiter
  4. Mars
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The pituitary, adrenal and thyroid glands are part of what body system

  1. lymph
  2. thalymus
  3. endophin
  4. endochrine