Science Quiz 59: Computer Science Quiz Information Technology Quiz

Science Quiz 59: Computer Science Quiz Information Technology Quiz

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1. Who developed Java Programming Language?

Guido van Rossum
James Gosling
Yukhiro Matsumoto
Chris Lattner

Environment 84 - Green Olympiad Sample Questions

Environment 78

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1. What is the term used to refer to goods that are cast overboard and are tied too a floating buoy so as to recover them?

Jetsam
Derelict
Lagan
Flotsam

Science Quiz 58: Computer Science/Information Technology Quiz

Computer Science/Information Technology Quiz 

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1. Who invented DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory)?

Robert Dennard
Freddie Williams
Wen Tsing Chow
Fujio Masuoka

Environment Quiz 83

Environment Quiz 77

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1. How many Indian states are situated on the Tropic of Cancer?

6
5
8
9

Kerala Quiz 6

Kerala Quiz 6

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1. Arippa Bird Sanctuary is known for the presence of rare species of birds. Where is it located?

Thrissur
Kollam
Ernakulam
Thiruvananthapuram

Environment Quiz 82: Wildlife Quiz

Environment Quiz 76: Wildlife Quiz

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1. "Hippophobia" is the fear of which one of the following animals?

Hippopotamus
Hedgehog
Horse
Giant Panda

Earth Science Olympiad - Previous Questions 9

Earth Science Olympiad - Previous Questions 9

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1. The partial pressure of water vapour is 10 mbar and the temperature is 20C (saturated vapour pressure of water is 25 mbar), what is the relative humidity?

100%
50%
40%
20%

2. If the observed temperature cools 15K between the ground and 3 km above the ground, the environmental lapse rate will be

less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate
higher than dry adiabatic lapse rate
same as the dry adiabatic lapse rate
negative of the dry adiabatic lapse rate

3. The energy contained in the violet spectrum is …….. the energy contained in the green spectrum.

smaller than
larger than
equal to
100 times more

4. Temperature in the stratosphere is higher

air at stratospheric altitudes is more dense
because of ozone absorption
because of water vapour absorption
because of more solar radiation

5. The energy for sun comes from

Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
chemical reactions
Burning

6. Age of the solar system is about

4.5 million years
4.5 billion years
450 million years
450 thousand years

7. Stars have different colours because

They have different temperature
They are at different distances
The interstellar medium changes their colour
They belong to different regions of the galaxy

8. Our galaxy is called

Andromeda Galaxy
M31 Galaxy
W25 Galaxy
Milky Way galaxy

9. How many times bigger than the Earth is the Sun?

100,000 times
10,000 times
300,000 times
500,000 times

10. The nearest star to earth is

Series
Polaris
Proxima Centauri
Orion