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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) .
| 201. |
……….. holds that science is a dangerous activity. |
| A. | Bacon |
| B. | Paul Feyerabend |
| C. | Chomsky |
| D. | C.P.Snow |
| Answer» B. Paul Feyerabend | |
| 202. |
……. argues that science is inevitably political. |
| A. | Bill Zimmerman |
| B. | Paul Feyerabend |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Darwin |
| Answer» A. Bill Zimmerman | |
| 203. |
The history of Science is a study of the history of …………. |
| A. | Nature |
| B. | Ideas |
| C. | Earth |
| D. | Ages |
| Answer» B. Ideas | |
| 204. |
Who performed a simple experiment to calculate the circumference of the Earth two thousand years ago? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Alfred Wegener |
| C. | Abraham Ortelius |
| D. | Eratoshthenes |
| Answer» D. Eratoshthenes | |
| 205. |
The Chinese were measuring earthquake intensities using ………… almost two thousand years ago. |
| A. | Seismographs |
| B. | Sthethascope |
| C. | Galvanometer |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Seismographs | |
| 206. |
Complex surgical procedures were described in details in the ………….. |
| A. | Yajur Veda |
| B. | Sushruta Samhita |
| C. | Kanada Sutras |
| D. | Caraka Samhita |
| Answer» B. Sushruta Samhita | |
| 207. |
Who suggested the idea of Continental drift? |
| A. | Aryabhata |
| B. | Alfred Wegner |
| C. | Abraham Ortelius |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» C. Abraham Ortelius | |
| 208. |
When was the idea of continental drift suggested? |
| A. | 1505 |
| B. | 1515 |
| C. | 1596 |
| D. | 1586 |
| Answer» C. 1596 | |
| 209. |
Who resurrected the concept of continental drift? |
| A. | Alfred Wegner |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Abraham Ortelius |
| D. | Aryabhata |
| Answer» A. Alfred Wegner | |
| 210. |
Palaeolithic Age is also called…………. |
| A. | The Bronze Age |
| B. | New Stone Age |
| C. | Copper Age |
| D. | Old Stone Age |
| Answer» D. Old Stone Age | |
| 211. |
Pottery was invented during the ………… age. |
| A. | The Neolithic |
| B. | The Bronze |
| C. | The Palaeolithic |
| D. | The Copper |
| Answer» C. The Palaeolithic | |
| 212. |
The old stone Age humans were………. |
| A. | Hunter-gatherers |
| B. | Technicians |
| C. | Agriculturalists |
| D. | Industrialists |
| Answer» A. Hunter-gatherers | |
| 213. |
Which among the following does not belong to the most momentous inventions in human history? |
| A. | Agriculture |
| B. | Hunting |
| C. | The conquest of fire |
| D. | Harnessing of the natural sources of energy |
| Answer» B. Hunting | |
| 214. |
The surplus food was stored in ………….. during the Neolithic Age. |
| A. | Special storage houses |
| B. | Underground buildings |
| C. | Mud pots |
| D. | Stone pots |
| Answer» A. Special storage houses | |
| 215. |
Bronze Age began in about……….. |
| A. | 4000 BC |
| B. | 3500 BC |
| C. | 2000 BC |
| D. | 4500 BC |
| Answer» A. 4000 BC | |
| 216. |
Copper and then ………… were found to be malleable during the bronze age. |
| A. | Gold |
| B. | Metals |
| C. | Bronze |
| D. | Platinum |
| Answer» C. Bronze | |
| 217. |
In the Neolithic period man achieved……….. |
| A. | Copper and bronze |
| B. | Harnessing of animal power |
| C. | Cooking technics |
| D. | A new equilibrium with nature |
| Answer» D. A new equilibrium with nature | |
| 218. |
………. caused a revolutionary change in craft |
| A. | The discovery of boats driven by sails |
| B. | The invention of Potter’s wheel |
| C. | The invention of two and four wheeled vehicles |
| D. | Growth of the new classes of traders |
| Answer» B. The invention of Potter’s wheel | |
| 219. |
Mesopotamia is also called as…………. |
| A. | The land of rivers |
| B. | The plain of rivers |
| C. | The land between the rivers |
| D. | The pleateau of rivers |
| Answer» C. The land between the rivers | |
| 220. |
Which land is called the Cradle of Civilization |
| A. | Nile Valley |
| B. | Mesopotamia |
| C. | Central Asia |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. Mesopotamia | |
| 221. |
The Sexagesimal system was developed by………. |
| A. | Indians |
| B. | Chinese |
| C. | Greeks |
| D. | Babylonians |
| Answer» B. Chinese | |
| 222. |
Anaximenes considered …………. As his Primordial substance and derived the other elements from it. |
| A. | Air |
| B. | Water |
| C. | Fire |
| D. | Soil |
| Answer» A. Air | |
| 223. |
It was the ……….. which epitomized the achievements of Babylonians in the field of science |
| A. | Crafts |
| B. | Farming |
| C. | Calendar |
| D. | Pottery |
| Answer» C. Calendar | |
| 224. |
Who started building pyramids? |
| A. | Egyptians |
| B. | Babylonians |
| C. | Iranians |
| D. | Indians |
| Answer» A. Egyptians | |
| 225. |
Which pyramid contains approximately 3 million cubic meters of stone and the area of the base about 5 hectares? |
| A. | Pyramid of Egypt |
| B. | Pyramid |
| C. | The Great pyramid |
| D. | Giza |
| Answer» C. The Great pyramid | |
| 226. |
How many blocks were there in the Great Pyramid at Giza? |
| A. | 2, 30,000 |
| B. | 23,00,000 |
| C. | 32, 00,000 |
| D. | 3,20,000 |
| Answer» B. 23,00,000 | |
| 227. |
The finest scientific achievement of the Egyptians lay in ……….. |
| A. | Agriculture |
| B. | Dam construction |
| C. | Voyage |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» D. Medicine | |
| 228. |
The large cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro belong to the ……….. civilization. |
| A. | Indus Valley |
| B. | Egyptian |
| C. | Babylonian |
| D. | Mesopotamian |
| Answer» A. Indus Valley | |
| 229. |
……… was home to the earliest inhabitation in China |
| A. | Nile Valley |
| B. | Indus Valley |
| C. | Yellow River valley |
| D. | Tigris-Euphrates valley |
| Answer» C. Yellow River valley | |
| 230. |
The Yellow River Valley culture is named after……… |
| A. | YangTse |
| B. | Yangshao |
| C. | Yangshi |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Yangshao | |
| 231. |
The Yangshao culture is well known for its…….. |
| A. | Dance |
| B. | Painted pottery |
| C. | Weaving |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Painted pottery | |
| 232. |
The documented history of China extends continuously to nearly ……..… BC. |
| A. | 1600 |
| B. | 1200 |
| C. | 2500 |
| D. | 1500 |
| Answer» A. 1600 | |
| 233. |
Shadow clocks, the forerunners of the sundial, first appeared in China about …… years ago. |
| A. | 2500 |
| B. | 2000 |
| C. | 3500 |
| D. | 4000 |
| Answer» D. 4000 | |
| 234. |
Abacus was invented in China sometime between ……….. |
| A. | 350-1000 BC |
| B. | 1000-200 BC |
| C. | 1000-500 BC |
| D. | 750-1000 AD |
| Answer» C. 1000-500 BC | |
| 235. |
The most ancient verifiable eclipse in the history of any people was recorded by the Chinese in……….. |
| A. | 1241 BC |
| B. | 1311 AD |
| C. | 1361 BC |
| D. | 1221 BC |
| Answer» C. 1361 BC | |
| 236. |
Which is the earliest written text of the Chinese medical practices? |
| A. | A compendium of medical practices |
| B. | Yellow Emperor’s classic of Internal Medicine |
| C. | Chinese Medical practices |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Yellow Emperor’s classic of Internal Medicine | |
| 237. |
Accurate records of celestial events were associated with……. Civilization |
| A. | Chinese |
| B. | Egyptians |
| C. | Mesopotamian |
| D. | The Indus Valley |
| Answer» A. Chinese | |
| 238. |
Who was the first and the foremost of the Greek natural philosophers? |
| A. | Anaximander |
| B. | Thales |
| C. | Empedocles |
| D. | Anaxagoras |
| Answer» B. Thales | |
| 239. |
Who identified Thales as the first person to investigate the basic principles of nature and considered him to be founder of natural philosophy. |
| A. | Aryabhata |
| B. | Empedocles |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Theophrastus |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 240. |
Thales founded the ……… |
| A. | Ionian school of philosophy |
| B. | Julian Calendar |
| C. | Pythagorean school |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Ionian school of philosophy | |
| 241. |
Which one of following propositions does not belong to Thales credit? |
| A. | Any diameter of the circle divides it into equal parts |
| B. | The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal |
| C. | When two straight lines cross, the opposite angles are equal. |
| D. | Algebraic methods to solve equations of the first and second degree |
| Answer» D. Algebraic methods to solve equations of the first and second degree | |
| 242. |
Name the fourth element which Anaximander added to the existing three elements? |
| A. | Solids |
| B. | Gases |
| C. | Fire |
| D. | Liquids |
| Answer» C. Fire | |
| 243. |
………. is the continuous medium which filled all space. |
| A. | Ether |
| B. | Sodium |
| C. | Methane |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Ether | |
| 244. |
Who said that “Living creatures rose from the moist element, as it was evaporated by the Sun”? |
| A. | Pythagoras |
| B. | Anaximander |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Anaximander | |
| 245. |
In practical affairs, the Pythagoreans aimed at a ………. Of society |
| A. | Scientific Upliftment |
| B. | Technological development |
| C. | Moral reformation |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Moral reformation | |
| 246. |
The Pythagoreans gave much attention to …………. |
| A. | Equilateral triangle |
| B. | Solar system |
| C. | Chemicals |
| D. | Regular solids |
| Answer» D. Regular solids | |
| 247. |
Who conceived the idea that the Universe began as a chaotic mixture of the four elements? |
| A. | Hippasos of Metaportion |
| B. | Empedocles of Agrigentum |
| C. | Pythagoras |
| D. | Hippocrates of Cos |
| Answer» B. Empedocles of Agrigentum | |
| 248. |
According to Empedocles, the heavens were formed from air and the sun from…………. |
| A. | Fire |
| B. | Other elements |
| C. | Air |
| D. | Light |
| Answer» A. Fire | |
| 249. |
Among the choices given below, which one is the most valuable contribution of Empedocles? |
| A. | The discovery of the property possessed by right-angled triangles |
| B. | The thought that the universe began as a chaotic mixture of the four elements. |
| C. | Hypothesis that light travels through space at a finite speed. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The thought that the universe began as a chaotic mixture of the four elements. | |
| 250. |
What was the Pythagorean concept of the earth? |
| A. | The earth was spherical in shape |
| B. | The earth was a planet |
| C. | The earth revolves round the sun. |
| D. | Our earth is the only living planet |
| Answer» A. The earth was spherical in shape | |
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