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History and Philosophy of Science | Set 1
1. _________________is American author and professor of Biochemistry.
A. J.F Nash
B. Issac Newton
C. Charles Darwin
D. Issac Asimov
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : C. calm look
4. _________________ is the biggest satellite of solar system
A. Ganymede
B. Tollymede
C. Satranus
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Ganymede
5. What does the mother offer the general to eat?
A. Apple
B. Grapes
C. Oranges
D. Peeches
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : B. Stephen Spender
9. Mac Spaunday poets are otherwise called
A. Movement poet
B. Lake poets
C. The Pylons
D. None of the above
Correct : C. The Pylons
10. Dover Beach is
A. An elegy
B. satire
C. comedy
D. tragedy
Correct : A. An elegy
11. ______________is the listener in Dover Beach.
A. Mathew Arnold
B. The sea
C. Frances Lucy
D. Amelia
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : A. 1959
14. ________________is a student of student.
A. Oxfordian
B. Oxonian
C. Oxwardian
D. Oxforadion
Correct : B. Oxonian
15. ________________ discovered law of X-ray diffraction.
A. W.L Bragg
B. Rutherford
C. Eddington
D. Dirac
Correct : A. W.L Bragg
16. _______________ famous mathematician who helped Ramanujan.
A. Ruther ford
B. W.L Bragg
C. G.H Hardy
D. Eddington
Correct : C. G.H Hardy
17. _______________ is the father of nuclear Physics.
A. Faraday
B. W.L Bragg
C. Chadwick
D. Rutherford
Correct : D. Rutherford
18. ________________ authored the wasteland.
A. T.S Eliot
B. Shakespeare
C. Graham Greene
D. Thomas Kyd
Correct : A. T.S Eliot
19. _______________ authored the Spanish Tragedy.
A. T.S Eliot
B. Shakespeare
C. Graham Greene
D. Thomas Kyd
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : B. Robert Arthur Gascoyne
23. Mendel worked on ____________ plant.
A. Ground nut
B. Cashew nut
C. Pea plant
D. Tea-plant
Correct : C. Pea plant
24. __________________ is a tribe of Eastern U.S.
A. Mexican
B. Puritans
C. Chikus
D. Alleghenies
Correct : 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
Correct : B. Raman effect
26. Study of earth’s atmosphere is called ____________________
A. Physiology
B. Astronomy
C. Hydrology
D. Meteorology
Correct : 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
Correct : D. Elliot
28. ____________________ is a character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
A. Caliban
B. Miranda
C. Ariel
D. Options (a) (b) and (c)
Correct : 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
Correct : B. Mount Etna
30. Public knowledge is an essay by
A. J.M Zinan
B. Isaac Newton
C. Bertrand Russell
D. Francis Bacon
Correct : A. J.M Zinan
31. Cosmology is a study of
A. Religion
B. Universe
C. Skin
D. None of the above
Correct : B. Universe
32. ______________________ is a statement that we assume is true
A. Logic
B. Hypothesis
C. Inference
D. Axiom
Correct : D. Axiom
33. _______________________ introduced scientific method
A. Isaac Newton
B. Francis Bacon
C. Albert Einstein
D. Charles Darwin
Correct : B. Francis Bacon
34. Knowledge from experience or experiments is called _____________ Knowledge.
A. Hypothesi
B. Inference
C. Theorem
D. Empirical
Correct : D. Empirical
35. E=mc2 is an equation to prove
A. Photo electric effect
B. Radio activity
C. Brownian motion
D. Theory of relativity
Correct : D. Theory of relativity
36. Inexorable means
A. Unchanging
B. Changing
C. Relative
D. Destructive
Correct : A. Unchanging
37. Primitive observer defined natural phenomenon as activity of
A. Super natural force
B. Humans
C. Machines
D. None of the above.
Correct : A. Super natural force
38. Feudalism was replaced by…………………….
A. Humanitie
B. Scientific revolution
C. Religion
D. Ideology
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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)
Correct : D. Both (a) and (b)
42. Arthur Schopenhauer is a ………..philosopher
A. German
B. British
C. American
D. French
Correct : A. German
43. …………….is a coin of Norway.
A. Pound
B. dollar
C. Peso
D. Kroner
Correct : D. Kroner
44. ……………is Swedish tragedy written by Alfred Nobel
A. Dynanite
B. Nitroglycerine
C. Merchant of death
D. Nemesis
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : A. Safety powder or dynamite
48. ……………..is a book by Bertha Suttner
A. Nemesi
B. Dynamite
C. Lay Dawn Arms
D. Peace
Correct : C. Lay Dawn Arms
49. Exposition du system du monde is a work of
A. Paul Tannery
B. Berthelot
C. Laplace
D. Michel Chasles
Correct : 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
Correct : A. Michel Chasle
51. What is an original work
A. That which uses elements from different texts
B. Complied from various sources
C. Uses elements taken from original or ancient sources
D. That which has a new idea
Correct : C. Uses elements taken from original or ancient sources
52. Notions Mathematiques is a text on maths by
A. Paul Tannery
B. Jules Tannery
C. Michel Charles
D. None of these
Correct : B. Jules Tannery
53. Memoires Scientifiques is a book on
A. Greek culture
B. Egyptian culture
C. Harappa culture
D. Byzantine civilization
Correct : D. Byzantine civilization
54. The New Scientific Mind is a work by …………….
A. Gaston Bachelard
B. Isaac Newton
C. Einstein
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Gaston Bachelard
55. The Formation of Scientific Mind is a work by………………
A. Gaston Bachelard
B. Isaac Newton
C. Albert Einstein
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Gaston Bachelard
56. ……..wrote on the origins of alchemy?
A. Berthelot
B. Paul Tannery
C. Michel Chasles
D. Laplace
Correct : A. Berthelot
57. ……………….french mathematician and historian of mathematics.
A. Paul Tannery
B. M.Berthelot
C. Michel Chasles
D. Laplace
Correct : B. M.Berthelot
58. Barishal is a place in
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Bangladesh
D. None of these
Correct : C. Bangladesh
59. _________________ is the founder president of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology.
A. Prof. N.R Dhar
B. J.C Ghosh
C. J.N Mukherjee
D. Sushil Kumar Mukharjee
Correct : D. Sushil Kumar Mukharjee
60. _______________ made science possible.
A. Feudalism
B. Capitalism
C. Poverty
D. Political reasons
Correct : B. Capitalism
61. Ayurveda emerged during _____________________period
A. Post-Vedic period
B. Vedic period
C. Indus valley
D. Modern
Correct : A. Post-Vedic period
62. Samurais are war lords of _________________________.
A. China
B. Japan
C. Korea
D. India
Correct : B. Japan
63. Einstein received Nobel Prize for Physics in
A. 1919
B. 1920
C. 1921
D. 1922
Correct : C. 1921
64. Class distinctions is based on
A. Money
B. Force
C. Power
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Money
65. __________________is the youngest brother of Alfred.
A. Emil
B. John
C. Tom
D. Immanuel
Correct : A. Emil
66. The explosion in _____________ resulted in the cancellation of the license of Alfreds to make explosive
A. 1861
B. 1862
C. 1863
D. 1864
Correct : D. 1864
67. ___________won Nobel Peace Prize in 1910.
A. Alfred Nobel
B. Bertha von Suthner
C. Oscar II
D. None of the above
Correct : B. Bertha von Suthner
68. C.V Raman won Nobel Prize for
A. Literature
B. Chemistry
C. Physics
D. Peace
Correct : C. Physics
69. Raman is sharing his experiences of
A. Cambridge
B. Presidency College
C. St. Xavier’s
D. None of the above
Correct : B. Presidency College
70. ________________was C V Raman’s teacher of Chemistry.
A. Dr. W.H Wilson
B. Elliot
C. Rangacharya
D. R.L.T Jones
Correct : A. Dr. W.H Wilson
71. Abolition of slavery is a practical consequence of
A. Law
B. Science
C. Humanism
D. None of these
Correct : B. Science
72. The immediate consequences of mechanical means of production is
A. Weakening of purchasing power
B. Devaluation of labours
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these.
Correct : C. Both (a) and (b)
73. True goal of scientific research is
A. Experimentation
B. Theorization
C. Contribute to knowledge
D. Material prosperity.
Correct : C. Contribute to knowledge
74. _____________is a discovery of Alexander Fleming.
A. Pencillin
B. Radio
C. Television
D. Small-pox vaccine
Correct : A. Pencillin
75. Science is __________________ activity.
A. Individual
B. Social
C. Mandatory
D. None of the above
Correct : B. Social
76. Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for
A. Peace
B. Literature
C. Physics
D. Chemistry
Correct : B. Literature
77. Mortals and Others is an essay collection by
A. Aldus Huxley
B. Robert Benchley
C. Bertrand Russell
D. None of these
Correct : C. Bertrand Russell
78. The priests were succeeded by…………………………..
A. Physician
B. Medicine man
C. Men of science
D. None of these
Correct : A. Physician
79. Average weight of man’s brain is ………………………….than woman’s.
A. Greater
B. Lesser
C. Equal to
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Greater
80. ………………….. is the father of genetics.
A. Charles Darwin
B. Gustavo Kernel
C. Gregor Mendel
D. Isaac Asimov
Correct : C. Gregor Mendel
81. ………………. is a problem of the entire West
A. Poverty
B. Illiteracy
C. The gulf between arts and science
D. Language
Correct : C. The gulf between arts and science
82. ……………………invited C.P. Snow to Cambridge University
A. W.L. Bragg
B. Ruther ford
C. G.H. Hardy
D. Adrian Dirac
Correct : A. W.L. Bragg
83. Which are the 2 cultures mentioned by C.P.Snow?
A. Science and religion
B. Arts and sport
C. Arts and science
D. Philosophy and history
Correct : C. Arts and science
84. ……………….. is the beginning of all scientific activities of England
A. Elizabethan period
B. Victorian age
C. Modern period
D. Jacobean period
Correct : B. Victorian age
85. Origin of species is a work by
A. Mathew Arnold
B. Charles Darwin
C. Albert Einstein
D. Sigmund Freud
Correct : B. Charles Darwin
86. ………………………… conflicted with faith in the Victorian period
A. Science
B. Philosophy
C. Mathematics
D. None of these
Correct : A. Science
87. The poem ‘The Pylons’ is about
A. Evening
B. A brook
C. Loss of rural life in England
D. Cities
Correct : C. Loss of rural life in England
88. England is compared to
A. Sapphire
B. Ruby
C. Emerald
D. Diamond
Correct : C. Emerald
89. Asimov coined the term “Robotics” in his story
A. Rob land
B. Hunger
C. Liar
D. The Sea
Correct : C. Liar
90. What are the qualities of the mother?
A. Stylish and talkative
B. Affection and practical knowledge
C. Love and care
D. None of these
Correct : B. Affection and practical knowledge
91. What is the name of the General of the story ‘My Son, The Physicist’?
A. Reiner
B. Gerard
C. Michel
D. Cremona
Correct : A. Reiner
92. Largest satellite of Jupiter?
A. Ganymede
B. Tollymede
C. Straus
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Ganymede
93. French Mathematician who worked in tobacco industry is ……..
A. Paul Tannery
B. Jules Tannery
C. Michel Chasles
D. Laplace
Correct : A. Paul Tannery
94. Byzantine Civilisation was studied by
A. Laplace
B. M.Berthelot
C. Paul Tannery
D. Jules Tannery
Correct : C. Paul Tannery
95. The first unfavourable condition for the underdevelopment of science and its history is………
A. Few knows the entirety of science
B. Few are capable of investigating by himself all scientific questions
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Correct : C. Both (a) and (b)
96. M.Berthelot disproved theory of ………
A. Evolution
B. Natural selection
C. Vitalism
D. Origin of the universe
Correct : C. Vitalism
97. Vienna is a collection of Poems by ………..
A. Stephen Spender
B. MacNeice
C. Cecil Day Lewis
D. None of these
Correct : A. Stephen Spender
98. Alan Charles Bullock wrote a biography of
A. Charlie Chaplin
B. Isaac Newton
C. Charles Darwin
D. Adolf Hitler
Correct : D. Adolf Hitler
99. ………is a religion founded primarily on revelations of God to human kind.
A. Buddhism
B. Jainism
C. Revealed Religion
D. Unrevealed Religion
Correct : C. Revealed Religion
100. ………is a conversation or speech characterized by witty comments or replies.
A. Alliteration
B. Repartee
C. Wit
D. None of these
Correct : B. Repartee