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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 101. |
Who founded the ‘Royal Society for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge’ in 1662? |
| A. | Charles II |
| B. | Charles I |
| C. | James I |
| D. | James II |
| Answer» A. Charles II | |
| 102. |
The Academe des Sciences was founded by …….. |
| A. | Louis X |
| B. | James I |
| C. | Louis XIV |
| D. | Charles I |
| Answer» C. Louis XIV | |
| 103. |
The Berlin Academy was founded by …….. |
| A. | Louis XI |
| B. | Frederick of Prussia |
| C. | James II |
| D. | Charles I |
| Answer» B. Frederick of Prussia | |
| 104. |
Principia is a work by ……… |
| A. | Robert Boyle |
| B. | Hooke |
| C. | Isaac Newton |
| D. | James I |
| Answer» C. Isaac Newton | |
| 105. |
Who among the following was not a contemporary of Newton? |
| A. | Robert Hooke |
| B. | Leibniz |
| C. | Huygens |
| D. | Galileo |
| Answer» D. Galileo | |
| 106. |
……….. built the first state observatory of modern times in Paris? |
| A. | Leibniz |
| B. | Newton |
| C. | Claude Perrault |
| D. | Boyle |
| Answer» C. Claude Perrault | |
| 107. |
Horologium Oscillatorium is a work by …………. |
| A. | Newton |
| B. | Chritian Huygens |
| C. | Boyle |
| D. | Hooke |
| Answer» B. Chritian Huygens | |
| 108. |
………. was the first to show that light has a finite velocity. |
| A. | Ole Christian Romer |
| B. | Huygens |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Boyle |
| Answer» A. Ole Christian Romer | |
| 109. |
When Newton published the Principia, he was forced to acknowledge that one of the results obtained by this person. Who was this person? |
| A. | Kepler |
| B. | Leibniz |
| C. | Hooke |
| D. | Wren |
| Answer» B. Leibniz | |
| 110. |
The controversy between Newton and Huygens was related to ……. |
| A. | Whether light consisted of waves or particles |
| B. | The authorship of the discovery of laws of diffraction |
| C. | Which of them had invented calculus |
| D. | Mere personal rivalry |
| Answer» A. Whether light consisted of waves or particles | |
| 111. |
Flamsteed was asked to set up an observatory in Greenwich because …… |
| A. | England wanted to build the best observatory in the world. |
| B. | Flamsteed was the most celebrated astronomer in Europe. |
| C. | A very accurate star chart was needed to be preparewd for navigation. |
| D. | There was a great deal of popular interest. |
| Answer» C. A very accurate star chart was needed to be preparewd for navigation. | |
| 112. |
Who described light as the ‘sensation of a stimulation of the retina’? |
| A. | G.D. Cassini |
| B. | Kepler |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Hooke |
| Answer» B. Kepler | |
| 113. |
Micrographia is a work by ………. |
| A. | Kepler |
| B. | Newton |
| C. | Robert Hooke |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» C. Robert Hooke | |
| 114. |
The Skeptical Chemist was written by ………. |
| A. | Robert Boyle |
| B. | Hooke |
| C. | Kepler |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» A. Robert Boyle | |
| 115. |
Who has been hailed as the French Newton? |
| A. | Laplace |
| B. | Hooke |
| C. | Kepler |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» A. Laplace | |
| 116. |
Who introduced the concept of ‘phlogiston’? |
| A. | Newton |
| B. | George Ernst Stahl |
| C. | Hooke |
| D. | Huygens |
| Answer» B. George Ernst Stahl | |
| 117. |
Who discovered hydrogen? |
| A. | Henry Cavendish |
| B. | Kepler |
| C. | Priestly |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» A. Henry Cavendish | |
| 118. |
Who discovered oxygen? |
| A. | Kepler |
| B. | Joseph Priestly |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Cavendish |
| Answer» B. Joseph Priestly | |
| 119. |
The important feature of Industrial Revolution was ……… |
| A. | The switch from cottage mode of production to factory mode of production. |
| B. | Division of labour and mechanization |
| C. | The use of steam power |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 120. |
Who wrote On The Origin of Species ? |
| A. | Charles Darwin |
| B. | Georges Buffon |
| C. | Alfred Russel |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» A. Charles Darwin | |
| 121. |
The proposition that everything is determined by God is known as …….. |
| A. | Determinism |
| B. | Theological determinism |
| C. | Casual determinism |
| D. | Scientific determinism |
| Answer» B. Theological determinism | |
| 122. |
…….. think that free will is an illusion. |
| A. | Incompatibilists |
| B. | Combatibilists |
| C. | Soft determinists |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Incompatibilists | |
| 123. |
……….. holds that all propositions, either about the past, present or future, are either true or false. |
| A. | Environmental determinism |
| B. | Biological determinism |
| C. | Logical determinism |
| D. | Casual determinism |
| Answer» C. Logical determinism | |
| 124. |
…………. says that physical environment,rather than social conditions, determines culture. |
| A. | Casual determinism |
| B. | Logical determinism |
| C. | Environmental determinism |
| D. | Biological determinism |
| Answer» B. Logical determinism | |
| 125. |
………… is the theory that all behaviour, belief and desire are governed by our genetic make up. |
| A. | Environmental determinism |
| B. | Biological determinism |
| C. | Casual determinism |
| D. | Logical determinism |
| Answer» B. Biological determinism | |
| 126. |
It has been said that the French Revolution was inspired by philosophers. Who among the following philosophers does not belong to this group? |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Voltaire |
| C. | Helvetius |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» D. Descartes | |
| 127. |
Those who believe in ‘scientific determinism’ argue that ……….. |
| A. | Everything is predetermined by fate. |
| B. | Science gives us the determination to decide our future. |
| C. | Everything has a cause, so whatever now is determined by earlier events, and we have no choice in the matter. |
| D. | When science has progressed enough, we will be able to predict the future. |
| Answer» A. Everything is predetermined by fate. | |
| 128. |
John Hunter, Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister had much in common: |
| A. | All of them were reputed surgeons. |
| B. | All of them tried to introduce the principles of ‘asepsis’ into surgical practices. |
| C. | All of them faced stiff opposition from their colleagues. |
| D. | And one of them was so persecuted that he died in a mental hospital. |
| Answer» D. And one of them was so persecuted that he died in a mental hospital. | |
| 129. |
The credit for discovering the Microscope is usually shared by the Hansens, Leewenhock, and Robert Hooke. But only one of them managed to see any micro‐ organisms through his magnifying glass, and to produce reasonable sketches. This was done by …….. |
| A. | Robert Hooke |
| B. | Hans Jansen |
| C. | Sakharias Jansen |
| D. | Leeuwenhock |
| Answer» D. Leeuwenhock | |
| 130. |
Who is called the father of Microbiology? |
| A. | Joseph Lister |
| B. | Leeuwenhock |
| C. | Robert Hooke |
| D. | John Hunter |
| Answer» B. Leeuwenhock | |
| 131. |
Louis Pasteur, Edward Jenner, Robert Koch and Ronald Ross were associated in the establishment of the Germ Theory. Which one of them was born in India? |
| A. | Pasteur |
| B. | Jenner |
| C. | Koch |
| D. | Ross |
| Answer» D. Ross | |
| 132. |
Homeopathy had been founded by ………. |
| A. | Samuel Hahnemann |
| B. | Ronald Ross |
| C. | Robert Koch |
| D. | Louis Pasteur |
| Answer» A. Samuel Hahnemann | |
| 133. |
Systema naturae is a work by ……….. |
| A. | George Cuvier |
| B. | Carolus Linnaeus |
| C. | Gregor Mendel |
| D. | Darwin |
| Answer» B. Carolus Linnaeus | |
| 134. |
Who discovered that sudden mutations might appear in plants and could get transmitted to future generations? |
| A. | Hugo de Vries |
| B. | Gregor Mendel |
| C. | Darwin |
| D. | Linnaeus |
| Answer» A. Hugo de Vries | |
| 135. |
Chromosomes were discovered by …….. |
| A. | William Bateson |
| B. | Darwin |
| C. | Wather Flemming |
| D. | Pasteur |
| Answer» C. Wather Flemming | |
| 136. |
The number of genes in the human body is ……… |
| A. | Between 20 and 250000 |
| B. | About 1 million |
| C. | Close to 5 million |
| D. | Above 1 billion |
| Answer» A. Between 20 and 250000 | |
| 137. |
Among the fundamental particles, the first to be discovered was ……. |
| A. | Proton |
| B. | Electron |
| C. | Neutron |
| D. | Positron |
| Answer» A. Proton | |
| 138. |
Who discovered X‐ray? |
| A. | Rutherford |
| B. | Konrad Von Rontgen |
| C. | J.J. Thomson |
| D. | Einstein |
| Answer» B. Konrad Von Rontgen | |
| 139. |
Gamma‐radiation was discovered by ……….. |
| A. | J.J. Thomson |
| B. | Rontgen |
| C. | Paul Villard |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» C. Paul Villard | |
| 140. |
Raman effect was discovered by ………. |
| A. | Chandrasekhara Vankata Raman |
| B. | Neils Bohr |
| C. | J.J.Thomson |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» A. Chandrasekhara Vankata Raman | |
| 141. |
Newtrons were discovered by ……….. |
| A. | Neils Bohr |
| B. | J.J.Thomson |
| C. | James Chadwick |
| D. | Otto Hahn |
| Answer» C. James Chadwick | |
| 142. |
Positron was discovered by ………. |
| A. | James Chadwick |
| B. | Otto Hahn |
| C. | Carl D. Anderson |
| D. | Darwin |
| Answer» C. Carl D. Anderson | |
| 143. |
The term ‘Nanotechnology’ refers to ..,…….. |
| A. | Extreme miniaturization. |
| B. | Operations involving particles of one nanometer or less. |
| C. | Operations in the scale 100 nanometer or less. |
| D. | Anything which is done at molecular level. |
| Answer» D. Anything which is done at molecular level. | |
| 144. |
Who invented the Pascalina? |
| A. | Leibniz |
| B. | Blaise Pascal |
| C. | Ada Lovelace |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Blaise Pascal | |
| 145. |
Telephone was invented by ……… |
| A. | Pascal |
| B. | Lovelace |
| C. | Alexander Graham Bell |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Alexander Graham Bell | |
| 146. |
Radio was invented by …….. |
| A. | Lovelace |
| B. | Marconi |
| C. | Graham Bell |
| D. | Pascal |
| Answer» B. Marconi | |
| 147. |
The first High Speed, General‐Purpose Electronic Computer using vacuum tubes, was ….. |
| A. | ENIAC |
| B. | UNIVAC |
| C. | EDVAC |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. ENIAC | |
| 148. |
The first binary, stored programme computer was ……. |
| A. | UNIVAC |
| B. | ENIAC |
| C. | EDVAC |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. EDVAC | |
| 149. |
The world’s first commercial computer was …….. |
| A. | UNIVAC |
| B. | ENIAC |
| C. | EDVAC |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. UNIVAC | |
| 150. |
The term nanotechnology was first coined by ……… |
| A. | Norio Taniguchi |
| B. | John von Neumann |
| C. | Ada Lovelace |
| D. | Pascal |
| Answer» A. Norio Taniguchi | |
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