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- A natural object such as a moon which rotates around a planet is also known as a Satellite - True or False
- In computer terminology ADSL stands for "All Direct Storage Line" - True or False
- The Watt is the SI derived unit of Power and Radiant Flux - True or False
- The Hypotenuse is the 90 degree angle in a right angle triangle - True or False
- Can atmospheric gases such as nitrogen and oxygen dissolve in water - Yes or No
- A Meteorologist is a scientist who studies astrological bodies in space - True or False
- Sulphuric Acid has the the molecular formula H2SO4 - True or False
- A simple device with a wide mouth and a narrow stem which is typically used to transfer liquid or fine-grained substances into apertures of a smaller area is called a Fennel - True or False
- A Trebuchet is a type of dagger which was commonly used by French noblemen for personal protection- True or False
- Tata Motors Limited is a multinational automotive company whose products include passenger cars, trucks, vans, coaches, buses, construction equipment and military vehicles. Tata is headquartered in which country - a) Thailand b) India c) Pakistan d) Indonesia
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- What name is given to the branch of Mechanical Engineering which studies interacting surfaces in relative motion including the study and application of the principles of friction , lubrication and wear - a) Trobox b) Tribology c) Trobriand d) Trebuchet
- What is the name of the hydrocarbon liquid that is used as a reference standard to describe the tendency of gasoline, petrol, or benzin fuels to self ignite during compression prior to the desired position of the piston in the cylinder as appropriate for valve and ignition timing - a) Octane b) Heptane c) Nonane d) Methane
- What is the internal angle of each vertex of a regular octagon
- What name is given to a thermally insulated chamber or oven in which a controlled temperature is produced. Typically it is used for hardening, burning or drying materials. - a) Hearth b) Flue c) Mantle d) Kiln
- Self adjusting brakes in automobiles where pioneered by Studebaker - True or False
- In process control engineering - HMI stands for Home of Machine Interface - True or False
- The Mariana Trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands is the deepest known point on earth - True or False
- In computer terminology - "the Access Point" - is the on/off switch of a computer terminal - True or False
- Typically found on firearms such as rifles, "Telescopic Sights" are based on an optical refracting telescope - True or False
- The Siemens is the SI derived unit of Capacitance - True or False
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- From what company's plant did toxic gas escape in Bhopal, with devastating results
- What very useful device was added to PCs for the first time in a new version of the Apple, launched in 1983
- Thomas Edison averaged one patent for every a) three b) six or c) nine - weeks of his life
- What Italian astronomer invented the thermometer in 1592
- What color does litmus turn when dipped into acid
- What does LED stand for in electronics
- The first man made space satellite, Sputnik was launched in which year - 1955, 1956, or 1957
- A Belleville washer is a type of Helical Spring - True or False
- 1 meter = 3.28 ft = 39.27 in - True or False
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The Indian Motorcycle was manufactured in which country
Some say the cup is half empty, while others say it is half full.
However, in my opinion both are wrong.
The real problem is the cup is too big.
From the book "Foundation design", by Coduto, Donald P.
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- What does the Mohs scale, which goes from 1 to 9, measure
- Where in the home would you find a magnetron
- What is an Eolic Power Station powered by
- In mathematics, the ratio of circumference to diameter of any circle is defined by which symbol
- Who invented the Ferris Wheel
- Sportster, Dyna and Softail are models of which motorcycle
- The name Helvetia survives as an official name of which European country
- What do you call an angle of more than 90º
- A monkey wrench is so called because it can be (colloquially) used by any "monkey" true or false
- What is the chemical symbol for lead
quotation of the week :-
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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- In the SI system, the Pascal is a unit of Pressure/Stress - True or False
- Salt is the common name for the naturally occurring form of calcium carbonate - True or False
- The lower case Greek letter Omega is used to represent wavelength - True or False
- What does the H stand for in pH, the chemical measure of acidity
- Which Scandinavian king might you have in your mobile phone
- Which metal is obtained from the ore bauxite
- What does ROM stand for in computer terminology
- Is the state of the Earth’s "Outer Core" solid or molten
- Hertz are used to measure what
- Olfaction is another name for which if the five senses
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- Hiroshima was the first city to be levelled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb - True or False
- What is the artificial sweetener Saccharin derived from - a) Seaweed b) Corn c) Coal Tar d) Palm Oil
- What is the only metal that's not a solid at room temperature
- Art Fry invented the 3M “Post It” notes after the scraps of paper he used to mark tunes in his hymnbook kept falling out - True or False
- The Cotton Candy (also called fairy floss, candy floss) machine was invented by confectioner John C.Wharton and William James Morrison. What was the profession of William James Morrison - a) Dentist b) Surgeon c) Pediatrist d) Undertaker
- What gas is released into the bloodstream when a diver suffers from the bends - a) Oxygen b) Nitrogen c) Hydrogen d) Carbon Dioxide
- The name KODAK was made up by George Eastman in 1888 because it was easy to memorize, pronounce, and spell - True or False
- Alexander Cummings was issued the first patent for a flush toilet in which century - a) 17th b) 18th c) 19th d) 20th
- The output of a system which depends not only its current input, but also its history of past inputs is called - a) Hysterectomy b) Hysteria c) Hysterical d) Hysteresis
- The worlds first successful heart transplant was performed in which country - a) USA b) Russia c) France d) South Africa
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- On Jan.26, 2015 - asteroid 2004 BL86 will fly “relatively” close to Earth (745,000 miles) - The prefix 2004 in the name signifies that the asteroid was was first discovered in the year 2004 - True or False
- The Spruce Goose was - a) a Dirigible b) a Glider c) a Sea Plane d) a Helicopter
- The numeral system used extensively in computing which has 16 digits : 0-9, A-F is called Hexadecimal - True or False
- The first practical portable electric vacuum cleaner was invented by The Hoover Company - True or False
- What is the common mineral whose chemical formula is NaC1
- The Watt is the unit of electrical power equal to one joule per second - True or False
- Construction Workers Hard Hats where first used on the Hoover Dam project in in 1933 - True or False
- In fluid mechanics , the Reynolds number is used to help predict similar flow patterns in different fluid flow situations. The Reynolds number is measured in cubic meters per second - True or False
- 1 cubic foot of fresh water weighs 6.24 lb - True or False
- An Astrolabe is an instrument used to determine the altitude of objects in the sky such as the sun or stars - True or False
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- Alexandra Graham Bell invented the electric battery in 1800 - True or False
- Which of the 3 phases - solid, liquid or gas - is glass
- Emetophobia or emitophobia is the fear of vomiting - True or False
- Fools Gold is the popular name for Iron Pyrite - True or False
- Inventor Benjamin Franklin often slept in his clothes because he thought that changing them would cause insomnia - True or False
- Scottish inventor James Watt coined the term "Horse Power" - True or False
- Where would you find a Plimsoll line - a) on an aeroplane b) on a horse buggy c) on a ship d) on a hot air balloon
- Clapper, suspension, swing and trestle are types of bridges - True or False
- What is the only metal that's not a solid at room temperature
- Which will yield the most BTUs of energy—a) a gallon of oil, b) a pound of coal c) a gallon of gasoline
Legendary ice hockey player Wayne Gretsky was once asked if there was a secret to his success as a hockey player. He simply said:
``I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where its been.''
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- The Fischer–Tropsch process is a collection of chemical reactions that convert a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons - True or False
- The Periodic Table of elements which is used by chemical engineers was first created in 1865 by Sir Isaac Newton - True or False
- NASA’s “New Horizons” spacecraft is currently within striking distance of the planet Pluto. New Horizons has travelled approximately 3 billion miles and was launched in which year - a) 2003 b) 2004 c) 2005 d) 2006
- The majority of wooden baseball bats manufactured today are made from Hickory - True or False
- Caster, Camber and Toe are all automotive terms associated with setting up valve timing in an engine - True or False
- Mount McKinley is the highest mountain in the United States - True or False
- A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor capable of generating less fissile material than it consumes - True or False
- What is the transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu - a) Hydrogen b) Zirconium c) Strontium d) Plutonium
- Sand, Shell, Plaster, Investment, Die, Centrifugal are all types of what metal forming process - a) Casting b) Welding c) Machining d) Stamping
- The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, known unofficially as the Big Dig was a civil engineering project in which US city - a) Boston b) New York c) Chicago d) San Francisco
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- Rare-earth magnets are the strongest type of permanent magnets made - True or False
- The term 'refractory metal' is used to describe a group of metal elements that have exceptionally high melting points - True or False
- V/STOL is a type ofcombat aircraft which can take off and land on very short runways or aircraft carriers - V/STOL stands for Very/Small Track Of Land - True or False
- Which chemical element has the symbol Au - a) Gold b) Silver c) Platinum d) Aluminium
- Gottlieb Daimler is credited with designing the first Volkswagen Beetle automobile - True or False
- The SI derived unit of force is the Joule - True or False
- Large automated manufacturing sites and warehouses often use AGV’s. AGV stands for Automatic Guided Vehicle - True or False
- The "E Type" automobile was manufactured by which company - a) Ferrari b) Jaguar c) Lamborghini d) Mercedes
- The Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool en Olie oil and gas producer is more commonly known as SASOL - True or False
- The Golden Gate Bridge spans the Golden Gate strait, the channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The bridge was first opened in which year - a) 1934 b) 1935 c) 1936 d) 1937
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- What name is given to a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage, typically used to transfer rotary motion into linear motion and often with the aid of a follower - a) Trunnion b) Cam c) Lever d) Pin
- The rate of change of velocity with time is called - a) Acceleration b) Centrifugal Force c) Gravitational Force d) Moment of Inertia
- Dobon units are used to measure the Ozone Concentration = True or False
- The technical difficulties are too great and no Helicopter has ever been manufactured with an ejector seat - True or false
- A triangle in which all sides have different lengths and the 3 internal angles have different values is called a Scalene Triangle - True or False
- What is the largest power generating facility ever built in the world - a) Grand Coulee (USA) b) Itaipu (Brazil/Paraguay) c) Guri (Venezuela) d) Three Gorges Dam (China)
- Decompression Sickness is a condition which can be experienced by underwater divers who ascend too rapidly . Decompression Sickness is more commonly known as the Cramps - True or False
- Tata Motors Limited is a multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in which country - a) Pakistan b) China c) Indonesia d) India
- A process or manufacturing plant may be operated by DCS. DCS stands for Direct Central System - True or False
- Maglev is a method of transportation which supports a vehicle above a guide rail and provides propulsion for the vehicle. Maglev stands for Magnetic Lever - True or False
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