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Jack Kilby Science Quiz Sample Questions

Filed Under (DPS Vasant Kunj, Quiz) by Ankur on 30 October, 2007

There’s a whole quiz archive on the Jack Kilby Science Quiz, thanks to Prateek Vijayavargia; unfortunately I haven’t edited it yet. So for all those people going tomorrow for this year’s edition, here are some sample questions which might help you. These are from the organisers’ themselves (I think).

  1. Although we associate Vatican with religion, it also owns a couple of fine observatories. There is one observatory in the papal summer residence. It was built to aid the development of what? The Gregorian Calendar
  2. Before calculating machines became popular, in large engineering activities, women were employed to manually do the calculations. What were these ladies called? Computers
  3. Mho is the unit of measurement of reciprocal of what? Ohm (resistance or impedance)
  4. The word describes the whorl of petals in a flower. It comes from the Latin word for crown and is now well known because of a very popular model of car. What word? Corolla
  5. This is the thin, transparent tissue that covers the outer surface of the eye. More known because of the itching ailment that affects it. What is the tissue called? Conjunctiva

Archive coming soon!

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26 Responses to “Jack Kilby Science Quiz Sample Questions”

  1. kabir chugh on 31 Oct 2007 at 16:30 #

    hey gq..
    can u please arrange the questions for the jk science quiz.this 2007 one.the quiz was the best ever..amazing q’s better than nie or ht..!!

  2. GQ on 31 Oct 2007 at 16:35 #

    @Kabir: Sure. Will work on it.

  3. Uma on 31 Oct 2007 at 16:43 #

    Really neat questions…and even a hardly-a-quizzer person like me can see that.I feel sorry that I never took GK quizzing seriously when I had a chance.Found it too boring when I was younger.Guess they didn’t know how to make interesting questions like these back then.

  4. deepak on 7 Jul 2008 at 6:13 #

    Where is the archive of Jack Kilby Quiz? Will appreciate it if you can put it together.

  5. Ankur on 7 Jul 2008 at 12:43 #

    @Deepak: I’m leaving for a vacation right now, I’ll be able to put it up later I guess, after I come back.

  6. deepak on 8 Jul 2008 at 7:18 #

    Hi Ankur:
    Will appreciate that very much.

  7. deepak on 20 Jul 2008 at 16:44 #

    Ankur:
    Looks like you are back from your vacation. Hope you can put the Jack Kilby Archive now….I am keen to see the questions.
    Thanks
    Deepak

  8. Sarthak Batra on 7 Oct 2008 at 14:14 #

    Hi Ankur
    I am a class X student of Springdales School Dhaula Kuan. I am a regular visitor of your amazing blog. I am going for Jack Kilby quiz (18.10.08) and would want some tips from you or the 2007 archive if you can compile it.
    I had missed last years quiz but i have the 2006 archive and sample questions.Also if you could tell me the qualifying score in prelims in 2006

  9. Ankur on 8 Oct 2008 at 15:54 #

    @Sarthak: Thanks for the feedback! :) Uh, unfortunately I don’t have the archive for the 2007 edition of the quiz. I’m not sure of the qualifying score, but given the paper, it would be pretty high. Since the prelims were so easy, the margin of difference between the score of teams who qualify would be low. Say in this 30 question quiz, I would expect the cutoff to be 23-24 or higher.

  10. ankit on 15 Oct 2008 at 15:28 #

    if u know more ques . . .tell them 2 me. . . .contact me at:ankit.ank@hotmail.com

  11. Agrim on 17 Oct 2008 at 20:43 #

    i remember missing out last year by 1 solitary mark. ochintya told me i had 23. the qualifying was 24. the guy with 24 WON the quiz in delhi although my friends from chennai, aaslesh n jayadev won the national final. last try 2mrrw then…

  12. Ankur on 17 Oct 2008 at 22:25 #

    @Agrim: Lady Luck plays a BIG role in quizzes. Wish you all the best for tomorrow.

  13. Akshay on 18 Oct 2008 at 15:52 #

    Can you please try ur best and put up the qustions that came in 2007?????if not just help me………tell me how do i prepare for the jack kilby quiz???????

  14. Agrim on 18 Oct 2008 at 16:41 #

    bad luck…finished 4th today in the regionals. the difference between me and the winners( dps rkp…urgh!) was just 5 marks. its like this
    1. DPS RKP: 85
    2. SPV: 82
    3. DPS Rohini: 81
    4. Amity Saket (A): 80 [my team]
    5. Amity Saket (B): 70
    6. Sprindales Pusa: 56

    this was one cloooose quiz…..feel dejected ’cause i missed the iPod, the telescopes and the nxt robotics kit….aah well then….maybe another quiz in the future :|

  15. Akshay on 18 Oct 2008 at 18:26 #

    Can u post the questions that came for u today????
    i am presently in 9th and preparing or the next yr……….so plz can u post the questions or u can mail them to me at akshay.mehtani@gmail.com

  16. Ankur on 19 Oct 2008 at 0:26 #

    @Agrim: Ooh, that’s a really close quiz. Must hurt real bad to miss out on all those goodies by a whisker. Never mind, well done on a good performance, and sure hope the experience you gained helps you in the future.

    BTW, what was the scoring system like? 1-2 mark questions seem weird…

  17. Sarthak on 20 Oct 2008 at 9:02 #

    well i must say that we lagged behind a lot. finished 6th.
    the buzzer let us down as it did AMITY (both teams) too
    also that’s springdales dhaula kuan

    Anyways,thanks Ankur for ur support

  18. Sarthak on 20 Oct 2008 at 9:06 #

    Agrim, this is Sarthak from Springdales

    well played but don’t u think with questions like HUBBLE and DALTON it was quite easy for dps rk and spv.
    Others had to work hard for their points

  19. Tejas on 20 Oct 2008 at 13:14 #

    Hey dude, cud u plz get an archive of the questions asked in the national finals of this quiz as i need to prepare myself fr it. BTW i’mm the winer of the pune regionals 2008.

  20. Tejas on 20 Oct 2008 at 13:20 #

    and yeah i forgot to thank you coz i used the archives from ur amazing blog, so that i cud prepare fr the regionals. TY a lot and wud really appreciate if u cud provide me with the questions asked in any of the national finals. preferably 2007.

  21. Ankur on 20 Oct 2008 at 16:15 #

    @Tejas: The 2006 archive is there at http://www.ankurb.info/2008/07/26/download-jack-kilby-science-quiz-archives/ - but sorry, don’t have the 2007 one. Glad that you found my blog useful! :)
    @Sarthak: Luck always plays a pretty large role in quizzes, unfortunately.

  22. Tejas on 20 Oct 2008 at 18:52 #

    TY….also if you could provide me the archives of the national finals.

  23. Prateek Vijayavargia on 22 Oct 2008 at 18:49 #

    @ Everyone - There are so many participants from the Quiz on this forum - Agrim, Sarthak and Vishesh, Tejas and many more….So its upto these students now to chip in and make more archives, esp. the 2008 one of the Jack Kilby Quiz! I suggest everyone can post a few qns each.

  24. Ankur on 22 Oct 2008 at 21:05 #

    @Prateek: Nice idea! (PS - I’ll be putting up the Jack Kilby 2007 Delhi archives soon)

  25. Aaslesh on 30 Oct 2008 at 19:03 #

    Sad Agrim i had oped u woud qualify =(
    our round is tomorrow will be goin to watch it
    i wish they extended it so could win again like last year =(
    i dont mind another mac =(
    what was the cut off thid year?

  26. Aaslesh on 30 Oct 2008 at 19:05 #

    *this hope the guys i coached qualify x_x
    cant belive my ex schol qualiied i hate dps rkp -___-

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