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This section includes 2265 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1401. |
True goal of scientific research is |
| A. | Experimentation |
| B. | Theorization |
| C. | Contribute to knowledge |
| D. | Material prosperity. |
| Answer» D. Material prosperity. | |
| 1402. |
………is a conversation or speech characterized by witty comments or replies. |
| A. | Alliteration |
| B. | Repartee |
| C. | Wit |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Wit | |
| 1403. |
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» C. Sushil Kanar Mukherjee | |
| 1404. |
Who was the first of the Great Alexandrian mathematicians? |
| A. | Epicurus |
| B. | Euclid |
| C. | Zeno |
| D. | Alexander the Great |
| Answer» C. Zeno | |
| 1405. |
Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for |
| A. | Peace |
| B. | Literature |
| C. | Physics |
| D. | Chemistry |
| Answer» C. Physics | |
| 1406. |
Who is called ‘The Father of Arabic Alchemy’? |
| A. | Abu Ali Hasan |
| B. | Jabir Ibn Hayyan |
| C. | Al-Fazari |
| D. | Caliph Al-Mamun |
| Answer» C. Al-Fazari | |
| 1407. |
The clay which showed the properties of nitroglycerine is called……………. |
| A. | Safety powder or dynamite |
| B. | dynamo |
| C. | Gun powder |
| D. | Hydrogen |
| Answer» B. dynamo | |
| 1408. |
Who asserted that earth turned on its own axis? |
| A. | Eudoxus |
| B. | Exogabtus |
| C. | Theophrastus |
| D. | Strato of Lampascus |
| Answer» C. Theophrastus | |
| 1409. |
Systema naturae is a work by ……….. |
| A. | George Cuvier |
| B. | Carolus Linnaeus |
| C. | Gregor Mendel |
| D. | Darwin |
| Answer» C. Gregor Mendel | |
| 1410. |
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» C. Hypothesis that light travels through space at a finite speed. | |
| 1411. |
Public knowledge is an essay by |
| A. | J.M Zinan |
| B. | Isaac Newton |
| C. | Bertrand Russell |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» B. Isaac Newton | |
| 1412. |
……………….french mathematician and historian of mathematics. |
| A. | Paul Tannery |
| B. | M.Berthelot |
| C. | Michel Chasles |
| D. | Laplace |
| Answer» C. Michel Chasles | |
| 1413. |
The proposition that everything is determined by God is known as …….. |
| A. | Determinism |
| B. | Theological determinism |
| C. | Casual determinism |
| D. | Scientific determinism |
| Answer» C. Casual determinism | |
| 1414. |
Abacus was invented in China sometime between ……….. |
| A. | 350-1000 BC |
| B. | 1000-200 BC |
| C. | 1000-500 BC |
| D. | 750-1000 AD |
| Answer» D. 750-1000 AD | |
| 1415. |
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» C. Chinese Medical practices | |
| 1416. |
Exposition du system du monde is a work of |
| A. | Paul Tannery |
| B. | Berthelot |
| C. | Laplace |
| D. | Michel Chasles |
| Answer» D. Michel Chasles | |
| 1417. |
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» E. | |
| 1418. |
……..wrote on the origins of alchemy? |
| A. | Berthelot |
| B. | Paul Tannery |
| C. | Michel Chasles |
| D. | Laplace |
| Answer» B. Paul Tannery | |
| 1419. |
………. of science deals with the development of ideas. |
| A. | History |
| B. | Philosophy |
| C. | Knowledge |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Philosophy | |
| 1420. |
…….. claims that science is getting closer and closer to a single, correct account of the world. |
| A. | Anti realism |
| B. | Idealism |
| C. | Progressivism |
| D. | Phenomenalism |
| Answer» D. Phenomenalism | |
| 1421. |
……. argues that science is inevitably political. |
| A. | Bill Zimmerman |
| B. | Paul Feyerabend |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Darwin |
| Answer» B. Paul Feyerabend | |
| 1422. |
Asimov coined the term “Robotics” in his story |
| A. | Rob land |
| B. | Hunger |
| C. | Liar |
| D. | The Sea |
| Answer» D. The Sea | |
| 1423. |
_____________is a discovery of Alexander Fleming. |
| A. | Pencillin |
| B. | Radio |
| C. | Television |
| D. | Small-pox vaccine |
| Answer» B. Radio | |
| 1424. |
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» B. The highest good is the pleasure | |
| 1425. |
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» E. | |
| 1426. |
……….. built the first state observatory of modern times in Paris? |
| A. | Leibniz |
| B. | Newton |
| C. | Claude Perrault |
| D. | Boyle |
| Answer» D. Boyle | |
| 1427. |
Techne deals with ….. |
| A. | Technology |
| B. | Pure science |
| C. | Applied science |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Pure science | |
| 1428. |
The Greek word sophia means …… |
| A. | Wisdom |
| B. | Intelligence |
| C. | Memory |
| D. | Purity |
| Answer» B. Intelligence | |
| 1429. |
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» C. The conquest of fire | |
| 1430. |
…………….is a coin of Norway. |
| A. | Pound |
| B. | dollar |
| C. | Peso |
| D. | Kroner |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1431. |
Horologium Oscillatorium is a work by …………. |
| A. | Newton |
| B. | Chritian Huygens |
| C. | Boyle |
| D. | Hooke |
| Answer» C. Boyle | |
| 1432. |
Cosmology is a study of |
| A. | Religion |
| B. | Universe |
| C. | Skin |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Skin | |
| 1433. |
……….. 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» D. Casual determinism | |
| 1434. |
Carl Hempel gave scientific explanation a theoretical structure and he called it the ……… |
| A. | Covering Law Model |
| B. | Explanandum |
| C. | Explanas |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Explanandum | |
| 1435. |
Feudalism was replaced by……………………. |
| A. | Humanitie |
| B. | Scientific revolution |
| C. | Religion |
| D. | Ideology |
| Answer» C. Religion | |
| 1436. |
Who introduced the concept of ‘phlogiston’? |
| A. | Newton |
| B. | George Ernst Stahl |
| C. | Hooke |
| D. | Huygens |
| Answer» C. Hooke | |
| 1437. |
Strangers and Brothers is a novel by |
| A. | T.S Eliot |
| B. | G.H Hardy |
| C. | Charles Dickens |
| D. | C.P Snow |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1438. |
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» C. Pythagoras | |
| 1439. |
Reducing everything to fundamentals is called ……… |
| A. | Deduction |
| B. | Reductionism |
| C. | Inference |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Inference | |
| 1440. |
Origin of species is a work by |
| A. | Mathew Arnold |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Albert Einstein |
| D. | Sigmund Freud |
| Answer» C. Albert Einstein | |
| 1441. |
……. is a systematic study of Nature, or the world around us. |
| A. | History |
| B. | Philosophy |
| C. | Science |
| D. | Maths |
| Answer» D. Maths | |
| 1442. |
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» E. | |
| 1443. |
Vienna is a collection of Poems by ……….. |
| A. | Stephen Spender |
| B. | MacNeice |
| C. | Cecil Day Lewis |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. MacNeice | |
| 1444. |
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» B. Medical treatises | |
| 1445. |
The Berlin Academy was founded by …….. |
| A. | Louis XI |
| B. | Frederick of Prussia |
| C. | James II |
| D. | Charles I |
| Answer» C. James II | |
| 1446. |
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» D. 1221 BC | |
| 1447. |
………………………… conflicted with faith in the Victorian period |
| A. | Science |
| B. | Philosophy |
| C. | Mathematics |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Philosophy | |
| 1448. |
______________________ is a statement that we assume is true |
| A. | Logic |
| B. | Hypothesis |
| C. | Inference |
| D. | Axiom |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1449. |
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 |
| Answer» D. Philosophy and history | |
| 1450. |
Raman effect was discovered by ………. |
| A. | Chandrasekhara Vankata Raman |
| B. | Neils Bohr |
| C. | J.J.Thomson |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» B. Neils Bohr | |