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This set of Informatics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Informatics Set 2

Q1 | During …………………period, polished stone tools were made from a variety of hard rocks such as flint, jade, jadeite and greenstone.
Q2 | The polished axes were used for forest clearance and the establishment of crop farming, and were effective as to remain in use when bronze and………………..appeared.
Q3 | The ………………….Revolution involved radical changes in agricultural technology which included development of agriculture, animal domestication, and the adoption of permanent settlements.
Q4 | In many Eurasian cultures, ……………….was the last major step before the development of written language, though again this was notuniversally the case.
Q5 | ……………., situated in a resource-rich area, is notable for its early application of city planning and sanitation technologies.
Q6 | Ancient India was at the forefront of seafaring technology—a panel found at…………….., depicts a sailing craft.
Q7 | …………..construction and architecture, called 'Vaastu Shastra', suggests a thorough understanding of materials engineering, hydrology, and sanitation.
Q8 | The famous ………………mechanism, a kind of analogous computer working with a differential gear, and the astrolabe show greatrefinement in the astronomical science.
Q9 | ……………. engineers were also the first to devise automaton such as vending machines, suspended ink pots, automatic washstands anddoors, primarily as toys, which however featured many new useful mechanisms such as the cam and gimbals.
Q10 | The …………….were the first inventors of hydroponics.
Q11 | Though the ………….. civilization had no metallurgy or wheel technology, they developed complex writing and astrological systems, and created sculptural works in stone and flint.
Q12 | The main contribution of the …………..rule was a system of communications between the conquered cities.
Q13 | …………….technology in the middle Ages may be best described as a symbiosis of traditio et innovatio.
Q14 | Paper making, a 2nd century ……………..technology, was carried to theMiddle East.
Q15 | Paper making technology was spread to Mediterranean by the……………….conquests.
Q16 | A paper mill was established in …………..in the 12th century.
Q17 | ………….credited the spinning wheel with increasing the supply of rags, which led to cheap paper, which was a factor in the development ofprinting.
Q18 | Note books of the ……………….artist-engineers such as Taccola and Leonardo da Vinci give a deep insight into the mechanical technology then known and applied.
Q19 | Architects and engineers were inspired by the structures of Ancient Rome, and men like ……………created the large dome of Florence Cathedral as a result.
Q20 | Military technology developed rapidly with the widespread use of the cross-bow and ever more powerful artillery, as the city-states of………….were usually in conflict with one another.
Q21 | The sailing ship (Nau or Carrack) enabled the Age of Exploration with the European colonization of the Americas, epitomized by………………..New Atlantis.
Q22 | Manufacture of ships' pulley blocks by all-metal machines at the…………… block mills instigated the age of mass production.
Q23 | …………..were eventually completely iron-clad, and played a role in the opening of Japan and China to trade with the West.
Q24 | In the early ……………… century, the main technology being developed is Electronics.
Q25 | ………..is trying to detect gravitational waves underground.