General Science and Technology
A mixed quiz covering various scientific disciplines including biology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, aviation technology, and computing basics
Questions
Give focus to window's menu bar
- F1
- F10
- Alt
- all the above
- either F10 or Alt
- none
windows key + Ctrl + any arrowkey
- Go to left/right/up/down desktop
- Move tab to left/right/up/down workspace
- Move window to left/right/up/down workspace
- Scroll selected view by one page up/left/down/right
- no shortcut is like this
Bears are not
- Omnivorous
- Soft haired
- Nocturnal
- Mamals
What is a shark's skeleton made of
- Cartilege
- Bones
- Tendons
- Muscles
Noble gases are very:
- Reactive
- Inert
- Rare
- Dense
Which of the following measures the speed and the direction that an object travels
- Speed
- Force
- Velocity
- Momentum
What causes an echo
- Absorption of sound waves
- Reflected sound waves
- Sound waves travelling through water
- Sound waves breaking the sound barrier
Which was the first internet company to figure in annual fortune 500?
- Yahoo!
- Google
- E-Bay
- AOL
In tech parlance what is the term used for out of date computer?
- Typewriter
- Chip Jewellery
- Letter box
- Old man
Airbus A380 is the world's largest aircraft.
- True
- False
A helicopter usually has two rotors generating spins in opposite direction.
- True
- False
The difference in the numbers painted on either sides of a runway is always '18'.
- True
- False
The Reverse Thrust can be applied to (ideally) minimise the effect of which of the following.
- Wake Turbulence
- Poor Visibility
- Hydroplaning
- Crosswinds
Which one of the following is not related to the Runway Safety?
- Runway Condition
- Runway Incursion
- Runway Dimension
- Runway Confusion
NTSB stands for:
- National Travel Safety Board
- National Transportation Safety Board
- National Transport Safety Board
- National Technical Safety Board
For a pendulum, how does frequency vary with length
- The same way
- Inversely
- As a multiple
- Directly
What does each whole unit on the Richter scale represent
- A 30-fold increase in earthquake's magnitude
- A 15-fold increase in earthquake's magnitude
- A 15-fold decrease in earthquake's magnitude
- A 10-fold increase in earthquake's magnitude
The human skeleton is made up of how many bones
- 126
- 402
- 206
- 262
Which planet on this list was the most recently discovered
- Neptune
- Mercury
- Jupiter
- Mars
The pituitary, adrenal and thyroid glands are part of what body system
- lymph
- thalymus
- endophin
- endochrine