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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.
| 1501. |
Which writings are the earliest collections of Greek medical works? |
| A. | Pythagorean |
| B. | Hippocratic |
| C. | Leucippus |
| D. | Thales |
| Answer» C. Leucippus | |
| 1502. |
__________________is the youngest brother of Alfred. |
| A. | Emil |
| B. | John |
| C. | Tom |
| D. | Immanuel |
| Answer» B. John | |
| 1503. |
………. is the study of values. |
| A. | Axiology |
| B. | Metaphysics |
| C. | Ontology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Metaphysics | |
| 1504. |
The old stone Age humans were………. |
| A. | Hunter-gatherers |
| B. | Technicians |
| C. | Agriculturalists |
| D. | Industrialists |
| Answer» B. Technicians | |
| 1505. |
C.V Raman won Nobel Prize for |
| A. | Literature |
| B. | Chemistry |
| C. | Physics |
| D. | Peace |
| Answer» D. Peace | |
| 1506. |
The term nanotechnology was first coined by ……… |
| A. | Norio Taniguchi |
| B. | John von Neumann |
| C. | Ada Lovelace |
| D. | Pascal |
| Answer» B. John von Neumann | |
| 1507. |
Which land is called the Cradle of Civilization |
| A. | Nile Valley |
| B. | Mesopotamia |
| C. | Central Asia |
| D. | India |
| Answer» C. Central Asia | |
| 1508. |
Who uttered the immortal saying ‘cogito ergo sum’ (I think, therefore, I am) |
| A. | Alexander the Great |
| B. | Descartes |
| C. | Francis Bacon |
| D. | Christian Huygens |
| Answer» C. Francis Bacon | |
| 1509. |
The first binary, stored programme computer was ……. |
| A. | UNIVAC |
| B. | ENIAC |
| C. | EDVAC |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1510. |
Which is the earliest systematic astronomic text of this period? |
| A. | Jothisha Vedanga |
| B. | Sulva Sutra |
| C. | Atharva Veda |
| D. | Kanada Sutra |
| Answer» B. Sulva Sutra | |
| 1511. |
According to Empedocles, the heavens were formed from air and the sun from…………. |
| A. | Fire |
| B. | Other elements |
| C. | Air |
| D. | Light |
| Answer» B. Other elements | |
| 1512. |
Among the fundamental particles, the first to be discovered was ……. |
| A. | Proton |
| B. | Electron |
| C. | Neutron |
| D. | Positron |
| Answer» B. Electron | |
| 1513. |
_______________ famous mathematician who helped Ramanujan. |
| A. | Ruther ford |
| B. | W.L Bragg |
| C. | G.H Hardy |
| D. | Eddington |
| Answer» D. Eddington | |
| 1514. |
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» E. | |
| 1515. |
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» E. | |
| 1516. |
Which quality of the mother gave the scientist’s mother a serene look? |
| A. | Sweet |
| B. | Coloured hair |
| C. | calm look |
| D. | handsome face |
| Answer» D. handsome face | |
| 1517. |
The authoritative text on Yoga called ‘Yagasutra’ was written by……… |
| A. | Patanjali |
| B. | Aryabhata |
| C. | Nagarjuna |
| D. | Caraka |
| Answer» B. Aryabhata | |
| 1518. |
Ayurveda emerged during _____________________period |
| A. | Post-Vedic period |
| B. | Vedic period |
| C. | Indus valley |
| D. | Modern |
| Answer» B. Vedic period | |
| 1519. |
Who among the following was not a contemporary of Newton? |
| A. | Robert Hooke |
| B. | Leibniz |
| C. | Huygens |
| D. | Galileo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1520. |
________________was C V Raman’s teacher of Chemistry. |
| A. | Dr. W.H Wilson |
| B. | Elliot |
| C. | Rangacharya |
| D. | R.L.T Jones |
| Answer» B. Elliot | |
| 1521. |
When Huan Tsang visited Nalanda, there were over ………. Students |
| A. | 8000 |
| B. | 2500 |
| C. | 8500 |
| D. | 7000 |
| Answer» D. 7000 | |
| 1522. |
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» D. King Frederic II | |
| 1523. |
Which is the best known work of Claudius Ptolemy? |
| A. | Almagest |
| B. | Republic |
| C. | Elements of Geometry |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Republic | |
| 1524. |
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» B. The earth was a planet | |
| 1525. |
The priests were succeeded by………………………….. |
| A. | Physician |
| B. | Medicine man |
| C. | Men of science |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Medicine man | |
| 1526. |
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 |
| Answer» B. Robert Green | |
| 1527. |
Copper and then ………… were found to be malleable during the bronze age. |
| A. | Gold |
| B. | Metals |
| C. | Bronze |
| D. | Platinum |
| Answer» D. Platinum | |
| 1528. |
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 |
| Answer» D. That which has a new idea | |
| 1529. |
The Greek word philo means …… |
| A. | To respect |
| B. | To love |
| C. | Top hate |
| D. | To know |
| Answer» C. Top hate | |
| 1530. |
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» B. Science gives us the determination to decide our future. | |
| 1531. |
The famous work of Euclid on Geometry is ………. |
| A. | Elements of Geometry |
| B. | Geometrical elements |
| C. | Theories on Geometry |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Geometrical elements | |
| 1532. |
The phenomenon of light to change its wavelength when it transverses atransparent material is called |
| A. | Photo electric effect |
| B. | Raman effect |
| C. | Dispersion |
| D. | Theory of relativity |
| Answer» C. Dispersion | |
| 1533. |
Who started a ‘Museum’ or ‘Temple of Muses’ in Alexandria? |
| A. | Alexander the Great |
| B. | Zeno |
| C. | Ptolemy |
| D. | Diophantus |
| Answer» D. Diophantus | |
| 1534. |
The finest scientific achievement of the Egyptians lay in ……….. |
| A. | Agriculture |
| B. | Dam construction |
| C. | Voyage |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1535. |
Barishal is a place in |
| A. | India |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Bangladesh |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1536. |
Who is called as ‘The Father of Algebra’? |
| A. | Euclid |
| B. | Diophantus |
| C. | Archimedes |
| D. | Apollonius |
| Answer» C. Archimedes | |
| 1537. |
Kepler’s theory or laws can be derived from …….. equations. |
| A. | Einstein’s |
| B. | Newton’s |
| C. | Darwin’s |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Darwin’s | |
| 1538. |
It was the ……….. which epitomized the achievements of Babylonians in the field of science |
| A. | Crafts |
| B. | Farming |
| C. | Calendar |
| D. | Pottery |
| Answer» D. Pottery | |
| 1539. |
Who founded an astronomical observatory at Baghdad? |
| A. | Caliph al-Mansur |
| B. | Caliph al-Mamun |
| C. | Al-Fazare |
| D. | Alhazen |
| Answer» C. Al-Fazare | |
| 1540. |
The notion that science is gradually moving towards a better understanding of the ‘reality out there’ is the predominant feature of ……. |
| A. | Realism |
| B. | Determinism |
| C. | Scientific realism |
| D. | Idealism |
| Answer» D. Idealism | |
| 1541. |
………. of science deals with the logic of ideas. |
| A. | Knowledge |
| B. | History |
| C. | Philosophy |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1542. |
Alan Charles Bullock wrote a biography of |
| A. | Charlie Chaplin |
| B. | Isaac Newton |
| C. | Charles Darwin |
| D. | Adolf Hitler |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1543. |
Notions Mathematiques is a text on maths by |
| A. | Paul Tannery |
| B. | Jules Tannery |
| C. | Michel Charles |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Michel Charles | |
| 1544. |
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» D. New algebraic methods | |
| 1545. |
Who challenged the very idea that scientific progress was a steady, linear, cumulative, and rational process. |
| A. | Karl Popper |
| B. | Newton |
| C. | Thomas Kuhn |
| D. | John Gray |
| Answer» D. John Gray | |
| 1546. |
The smallest and strangest of the fundamental particles are …… |
| A. | Positrons |
| B. | Neutrons |
| C. | Neutrions |
| D. | Atoms |
| Answer» D. Atoms | |
| 1547. |
On the Book of Heavens and the World of Aristotle is a work by …… |
| A. | Einstein |
| B. | Bishop Oresme |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Huygens |
| Answer» C. Newton | |
| 1548. |
Who founded Epicureanism? |
| A. | Zeno |
| B. | Euclid |
| C. | Apollonius |
| D. | Epicurus of Samos |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1549. |
Covering Law Model is also known as ………… |
| A. | Inductive‐Nomological model |
| B. | Deductive‐Nomological model |
| C. | New Scientific model |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. New Scientific model | |
| 1550. |
Dover Beach is |
| A. | An elegy |
| B. | satire |
| C. | comedy |
| D. | tragedy |
| Answer» B. satire | |