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300+ History and Philosophy of Science Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .

1.

_________________is American author and professor of Biochemistry.

A. J.F Nash
B. Issac Newton
C. Charles Darwin
D. Issac Asimov
Answer» D. Issac Asimov
2.

Arthur Clarke, Issac Asimov and ______________ are called the “Big Three” science fiction writers of their period.

A. Robert Heinlein
B. Robert Green
C. Green Graves
D. Gerald Michel
Answer» A. Robert Heinlein
3.

Which quality of the mother gave the scientist’s mother a serene look?

A. Sweet
B. Coloured hair
C. calm look
D. handsome face
Answer» C. calm look
4.

_________________ is the biggest satellite of solar system

A. Ganymede
B. Tollymede
C. Satranus
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Ganymede
5.

What does the mother offer the general to eat?

A. Apple
B. Grapes
C. Oranges
D. Peeches
Answer» C. Oranges
6.

What is the maximum speed possible for any wave in the solar system?

A. Every wave can have its own speed
B. Speed of light
C. Speed of electron
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Speed of light
7.

W.H Auden, Cecil day Lewis, Louis Mac Neice Stephen Spendor are together termed as

A. Lake poet
B. Classical poets
C. Mac Spaunday poets
D. Beat writers
Answer» C. Mac Spaunday poets
8.

The Pylons is a poem by

A. W.H Anden
B. Stephen Spender
C. Cecil day Lewis
D. Louis Mac Niece
Answer» B. Stephen Spender
9.

Mac Spaunday poets are otherwise called

A. Movement poet
B. Lake poets
C. The Pylons
D. None of the above
Answer» C. The Pylons
10.

Dover Beach is

A. An elegy
B. satire
C. comedy
D. tragedy
Answer» A. An elegy
11.

______________is the listener in Dover Beach.

A. Mathew Arnold
B. The sea
C. Frances Lucy
D. Amelia
Answer» C. Frances Lucy
12.

Strangers and Brothers is a novel by

A. T.S Eliot
B. G.H Hardy
C. Charles Dickens
D. C.P Snow
Answer» D. C.P Snow
13.

‘The Two Cultures’ is the title of an influential Rede lecture of

A. 1959
B. 1960
C. 1957
D. 1958
Answer» A. 1959
14.

________________is a student of student.

A. Oxfordian
B. Oxonian
C. Oxwardian
D. Oxforadion
Answer» B. Oxonian
15.

________________ discovered law of X-ray diffraction.

A. W.L Bragg
B. Rutherford
C. Eddington
D. Dirac
Answer» A. W.L Bragg
16.

_______________ famous mathematician who helped Ramanujan.

A. Ruther ford
B. W.L Bragg
C. G.H Hardy
D. Eddington
Answer» C. G.H Hardy
17.

_______________ is the father of nuclear Physics.

A. Faraday
B. W.L Bragg
C. Chadwick
D. Rutherford
Answer» D. Rutherford
18.

________________ authored the wasteland.

A. T.S Eliot
B. Shakespeare
C. Graham Greene
D. Thomas Kyd
Answer» A. T.S Eliot
19.

_______________ authored the Spanish Tragedy.

A. T.S Eliot
B. Shakespeare
C. Graham Greene
D. Thomas Kyd
Answer» D. Thomas Kyd
20.

What is the problem of English school education that is the pointed out by Snow?

A. It is vocational
B. It is specialized
C. Only few are educated
D. Its moral education
Answer» B. It is specialized
21.

Is the author of Lucky Jim?

A. Kingsley Ami
B. John Osborne
C. C.P Snow
D. T.S Eliot
Answer» A. Kingsley Ami
22.

___________________ is the first Prime Minister of Britain of twentieth century.

A. John Harold Plumb
B. Robert Arthur Gascoyne
C. Fitzgerald
D. Alan Louis Bullock
Answer» B. Robert Arthur Gascoyne
23.

Mendel worked on ____________ plant.

A. Ground nut
B. Cashew nut
C. Pea plant
D. Tea-plant
Answer» C. Pea plant
24.

__________________ is a tribe of Eastern U.S.

A. Mexican
B. Puritans
C. Chikus
D. Alleghenies
Answer» D. Alleghenies
25.

The phenomenon of light to change its wavelength when it transverses a transparent material is called

A. Photo electric effect
B. Raman effect
C. Dispersion
D. Theory of relativity
Answer» B. Raman effect
26.

Study of earth’s atmosphere is called ____________________

A. Physiology
B. Astronomy
C. Hydrology
D. Meteorology
Answer» D. Meteorology
27.

_____________________ is the English teacher of C.V Raman.

A. R.L.T Jone
B. Dr. W.H Wilson
C. Rangacharya
D. Elliot
Answer» D. Elliot
28.

____________________ is a character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

A. Caliban
B. Miranda
C. Ariel
D. Options (a) (b) and (c)
Answer» D. Options (a) (b) and (c)
29.

__________________ is volcanic mountain on the east coast of Sicily

A. Mount Abu
B. Mount Etna
C. Himalayas
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Mount Etna
30.

Public knowledge is an essay by

A. J.M Zinan
B. Isaac Newton
C. Bertrand Russell
D. Francis Bacon
Answer» A. J.M Zinan
31.

Cosmology is a study of

A. Religion
B. Universe
C. Skin
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Universe
32.

______________________ is a statement that we assume is true

A. Logic
B. Hypothesis
C. Inference
D. Axiom
Answer» D. Axiom
33.

_______________________ introduced scientific method

A. Isaac Newton
B. Francis Bacon
C. Albert Einstein
D. Charles Darwin
Answer» B. Francis Bacon
34.

Knowledge from experience or experiments is called _____________ Knowledge.

A. Hypothesi
B. Inference
C. Theorem
D. Empirical
Answer» D. Empirical
35.

E=mc2 is an equation to prove

A. Photo electric effect
B. Radio activity
C. Brownian motion
D. Theory of relativity
Answer» D. Theory of relativity
36.

Inexorable means

A. Unchanging
B. Changing
C. Relative
D. Destructive
Answer» A. Unchanging
37.

Primitive observer defined natural phenomenon as activity of

A. Super natural force
B. Humans
C. Machines
D. None of the above.
Answer» A. Super natural force
38.

Feudalism was replaced by…………………….

A. Humanitie
B. Scientific revolution
C. Religion
D. Ideology
Answer» B. Scientific revolution
39.

Science and Technology in Ancient India is a work by……….

A. Joseph Needhan
B. D.P Chattopadhyaya
C. Sushil Kanar Mukherjee
D. John Bernal
Answer» B. D.P Chattopadhyaya
40.

……………..is classical age of Indian science.

A. 300-600 AD
B. 700-1200 AD
C. 400-900 A.D
D. 900-1200AD
Answer» C. 400-900 A.D
41.

Greeks are to thank…………………for their scientific tradition

A. Babylonian
B. Egyptians
C. Indians
D. Both (a) and (b)
Answer» D. Both (a) and (b)
42.

Arthur Schopenhauer is a ………..philosopher

A. German
B. British
C. American
D. French
Answer» A. German
43.

…………….is a coin of Norway.

A. Pound
B. dollar
C. Peso
D. Kroner
Answer» D. Kroner
44.

……………is Swedish tragedy written by Alfred Nobel

A. Dynanite
B. Nitroglycerine
C. Merchant of death
D. Nemesis
Answer» D. Nemesis
45.

Nobel Prize for peace is given by

A. Swedish Academy
B. Norwegian parliament
C. Committee of five members appointed by Norwegian parliament
D. Committee appointed by Swedish parliament
Answer» C. Committee of five members appointed by Norwegian parliament
46.

The chief engineer of Stockholm patient office died in an accident in

A. 1896
B. 1897
C. 1898
D. 1899
Answer» B. 1897
47.

The clay which showed the properties of nitroglycerine is called…………….

A. Safety powder or dynamite
B. dynamo
C. Gun powder
D. Hydrogen
Answer» A. Safety powder or dynamite
48.

……………..is a book by Bertha Suttner

A. Nemesi
B. Dynamite
C. Lay Dawn Arms
D. Peace
Answer» C. Lay Dawn Arms
49.

Exposition du system du monde is a work of

A. Paul Tannery
B. Berthelot
C. Laplace
D. Michel Chasles
Answer» C. Laplace
50.

Apercu historique sur 1’ origine et le development, des methods en geometrie is a famous book by

A. Michel Chasle
B. Bachelard
C. Laplace
D. Paul Tannery
Answer» A. Michel Chasle

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