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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) .
| 251. |
Greeks called Determinism…………. |
| A. | Necessity |
| B. | Compulsion |
| C. | Decomposition |
| D. | Utilitarianism |
| Answer» B. Compulsion | |
| 252. |
Who was the Greek God of medicine? |
| A. | Appolo |
| B. | Zeus |
| C. | Aesculapius |
| D. | Hercules |
| Answer» C. Aesculapius | |
| 253. |
Which writings are the earliest collections of Greek medical works? |
| A. | Pythagorean |
| B. | Hippocratic |
| C. | Leucippus |
| D. | Thales |
| Answer» B. Hippocratic | |
| 254. |
The Ionian school regarded medicine as ………. |
| A. | An art |
| B. | A science |
| C. | A theoxetical science |
| D. | A practice |
| Answer» A. An art | |
| 255. |
Who first suggested that the moon shone by reflected light? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Leucippus |
| C. | Democritus |
| D. | Anaxagoras |
| Answer» D. Anaxagoras | |
| 256. |
Whose intervention saved Anaxagoras from death? |
| A. | Anaximenes |
| B. | Hippocrates |
| C. | Pythagoras |
| D. | Pericles |
| Answer» D. Pericles | |
| 257. |
Plato was the disciple of…………… |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Ecphantus |
| C. | Socrates |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Socrates | |
| 258. |
Which was the first institution devoted to the pursuit of knowledge in the Western world and which lasted for a thousand years? |
| A. | Academy |
| B. | Ionian school |
| C. | Pythagorean school |
| D. | Republic |
| Answer» A. Academy | |
| 259. |
Aristotle was the disciple of ………… |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Socrates |
| C. | Theophrastus |
| D. | Eudoxus |
| Answer» A. Plato | |
| 260. |
Aristotle interpreted all motion as………. of natural inclinations |
| A. | Complementary |
| B. | Parallel |
| C. | Opposite |
| D. | Gratification |
| Answer» D. Gratification | |
| 261. |
Aristotle had borrowed his idea of cosmogony from…………. |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Ecphantus |
| C. | Eudoxus |
| D. | Leucippus |
| Answer» C. Eudoxus | |
| 262. |
Aristotle had setup the …………. In opposition to the Academy |
| A. | Lyceum |
| B. | Republic |
| C. | University |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Lyceum | |
| 263. |
Who succeeded Aristotle in the Lyceyum? |
| A. | Eratosthenes |
| B. | Theophrastus |
| C. | Euclid |
| D. | Menaechmus |
| Answer» B. Theophrastus | |
| 264. |
Who was the head of the Lyceum from 287 to 269 BC? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Theophrastus |
| C. | Strato of Lampascus |
| D. | Exodus |
| Answer» C. Strato of Lampascus | |
| 265. |
Who asserted that earth turned on its own axis? |
| A. | Eudoxus |
| B. | Exogabtus |
| C. | Theophrastus |
| D. | Strato of Lampascus |
| Answer» B. Exogabtus | |
| 266. |
Who founded Epicureanism? |
| A. | Zeno |
| B. | Euclid |
| C. | Apollonius |
| D. | Epicurus of Samos |
| Answer» D. Epicurus of Samos | |
| 267. |
Which one among the following does not belong to the Cardinal teachings of Epicurus? |
| A. | Heavenly bodies are divine |
| B. | The highest good is the pleasure |
| C. | The gods do not concern themselves at all with men’s affairs |
| D. | The external world resulted from a fortuitous concourse of atoms |
| Answer» A. Heavenly bodies are divine | |
| 268. |
Epicurus of Samos wanted to set man free from the …………. |
| A. | Unjust activities of the rulers |
| B. | Social order |
| C. | Various diseases |
| D. | Burden of religion |
| Answer» D. Burden of religion | |
| 269. |
Stoicism was founded by………. |
| A. | Zeno |
| B. | Epicurus of Samos |
| C. | Euclid |
| D. | Socrates |
| Answer» A. Zeno | |
| 270. |
Who started a ‘Museum’ or ‘Temple of Muses’ in Alexandria? |
| A. | Alexander the Great |
| B. | Zeno |
| C. | Ptolemy |
| D. | Diophantus |
| Answer» C. Ptolemy | |
| 271. |
Ptolemy II started the …………. |
| A. | Museum |
| B. | University |
| C. | Scientific school |
| D. | Royal Library |
| Answer» D. Royal Library | |
| 272. |
Ptolemaic dynasty ended with the death of ……… |
| A. | Ptolemy |
| B. | Cleopatra |
| C. | Alexander the Great |
| D. | Ptolemy II |
| Answer» B. Cleopatra | |
| 273. |
Who instigated the murder of Hypatia in 415? |
| A. | St,Cyril |
| B. | Archbishop Theophilus |
| C. | Ptolemy |
| D. | Alexander |
| Answer» A. St,Cyril | |
| 274. |
Some of the Alexandrians migrated to ……….. |
| A. | Rome |
| B. | England |
| C. | Athens |
| D. | France |
| Answer» C. Athens | |
| 275. |
Byzantium was later known as …………. |
| A. | Rome |
| B. | Venice |
| C. | Alexandria |
| D. | Constantinople |
| Answer» D. Constantinople | |
| 276. |
Who was the first of the Great Alexandrian mathematicians? |
| A. | Epicurus |
| B. | Euclid |
| C. | Zeno |
| D. | Alexander the Great |
| Answer» B. Euclid | |
| 277. |
The famous work of Euclid on Geometry is ………. |
| A. | Elements of Geometry |
| B. | Geometrical elements |
| C. | Theories on Geometry |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Elements of Geometry | |
| 278. |
Archimedes is best known for his …………. |
| A. | Theory that the sun was far more distant than the moon |
| B. | Discovery of the bright star called spica |
| C. | Method of measuring the specific gravities of substances |
| D. | New algebraic methods |
| Answer» C. Method of measuring the specific gravities of substances | |
| 279. |
Name the person who does not belong to the following Mathematicians of Alexandria |
| A. | Apollonius |
| B. | Diophantus |
| C. | Galen |
| D. | Archimedes |
| Answer» C. Galen | |
| 280. |
Who is called as ‘The Father of Algebra’? |
| A. | Euclid |
| B. | Diophantus |
| C. | Archimedes |
| D. | Apollonius |
| Answer» B. Diophantus | |
| 281. |
Which is the best known work of Claudius Ptolemy? |
| A. | Almagest |
| B. | Republic |
| C. | Elements of Geometry |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Almagest | |
| 282. |
Who introduced a drastic reform in the making of calendar? |
| A. | Galen |
| B. | Claudius Ptolemy |
| C. | Julius Caesar |
| D. | Cicero |
| Answer» C. Julius Caesar | |
| 283. |
Which is the oldest of the Vedas? |
| A. | Sama Veda |
| B. | Rig Veda |
| C. | Yajur Veda |
| D. | Atharva Veda |
| Answer» B. Rig Veda | |
| 284. |
Who is the Vedic Sage who has enumerated various multiples of 10 in a systematic way? |
| A. | Caraka |
| B. | Susruta |
| C. | Patanjali |
| D. | Medhatithi |
| Answer» D. Medhatithi | |
| 285. |
Which is the earliest systematic astronomic text of this period? |
| A. | Jothisha Vedanga |
| B. | Sulva Sutra |
| C. | Atharva Veda |
| D. | Kanada Sutra |
| Answer» A. Jothisha Vedanga | |
| 286. |
When Huan Tsang visited Nalanda, there were over ………. Students |
| A. | 8000 |
| B. | 2500 |
| C. | 8500 |
| D. | 7000 |
| Answer» C. 8500 | |
| 287. |
Classical Indian medical knowledge is called………… |
| A. | Carakasamhita |
| B. | Susruta samhita |
| C. | Ayurveda |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Ayurveda | |
| 288. |
The authoritative text on Yoga called ‘Yagasutra’ was written by……… |
| A. | Patanjali |
| B. | Aryabhata |
| C. | Nagarjuna |
| D. | Caraka |
| Answer» A. Patanjali | |
| 289. |
Who was the first Emperor of Chin dynasty? |
| A. | Liu Pang |
| B. | Lao Tsu |
| C. | Confucius |
| D. | Shih Huang Ti |
| Answer» D. Shih Huang Ti | |
| 290. |
Who prepared a star chart of about 800 stars? |
| A. | Shih Huang Ti |
| B. | Lao Tsu |
| C. | Shih Shen |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Shih Shen | |
| 291. |
Which was the philosophical school founded by Lao Tsu in the 6th century BC? |
| A. | Taoism |
| B. | Protestantism |
| C. | Zen-Buddhism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Taoism | |
| 292. |
The historic flight of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina took place in ……… AD |
| A. | 602 |
| B. | 538 |
| C. | 520 |
| D. | 622 |
| Answer» D. 622 | |
| 293. |
Who is called ‘The Father of Arabic Alchemy’? |
| A. | Abu Ali Hasan |
| B. | Jabir Ibn Hayyan |
| C. | Al-Fazari |
| D. | Caliph Al-Mamun |
| Answer» B. Jabir Ibn Hayyan | |
| 294. |
Who founded an astronomical observatory at Baghdad? |
| A. | Caliph al-Mansur |
| B. | Caliph al-Mamun |
| C. | Al-Fazare |
| D. | Alhazen |
| Answer» B. Caliph al-Mamun | |
| 295. |
Roger Bacon’s work ‘Opus Majus’ is a general compendium of …………. |
| A. | Scientific ideas and knowledge of the period |
| B. | Medical treatises |
| C. | Political treatises |
| D. | Monastic orders |
| Answer» A. Scientific ideas and knowledge of the period | |
| 296. |
Leonardo da Vinci’s ………. Anatomical drawings put him in the front rank of the anatomists of the world. |
| A. | 100 |
| B. | 260 |
| C. | 1000 |
| D. | 750 |
| Answer» D. 750 | |
| 297. |
Copernicus considered …….. at the centre with all other planets revolving around it. |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | Stars |
| D. | Moon |
| Answer» B. Sun | |
| 298. |
Who prepared the Rudolphian Tables which appeared in 1627? |
| A. | Johannes Kepler |
| B. | Michael Martlin |
| C. | Tycho Brahe |
| D. | Rheticus |
| Answer» A. Johannes Kepler | |
| 299. |
Who said that there was no centre for the universe, since it is infinite? |
| A. | Galileo Galelei |
| B. | Bishop Oresme |
| C. | Giordano Bruno |
| D. | Cardinal Nicholas |
| Answer» C. Giordano Bruno | |
| 300. |
Who was the first person to use telescope to view the sky? |
| A. | Giordano Bruno |
| B. | Johannas Kepler |
| C. | Galileo Galelei |
| D. | King Frederic II |
| Answer» C. Galileo Galelei | |
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