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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.
| 1551. |
_______________ made science possible. |
| A. | Feudalism |
| B. | Capitalism |
| C. | Poverty |
| D. | Political reasons |
| Answer» C. Poverty | |
| 1552. |
Ptolemaic dynasty ended with the death of ……… |
| A. | Ptolemy |
| B. | Cleopatra |
| C. | Alexander the Great |
| D. | Ptolemy II |
| Answer» C. Alexander the Great | |
| 1553. |
……….. argue that evolution should have nothing to do with taxonomy and we should proceed purely by traditional considerations of appearances and similarities. |
| A. | Taxonomists |
| B. | Pheneticists |
| C. | Cladists |
| D. | None of These |
| Answer» C. Cladists | |
| 1554. |
_______________________ introduced scientific method |
| A. | Isaac Newton |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Albert Einstein |
| D. | Charles Darwin |
| Answer» C. Albert Einstein | |
| 1555. |
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» D. Theophrastus | |
| 1556. |
Who first suggested that the moon shone by reflected light? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Leucippus |
| C. | Democritus |
| D. | Anaxagoras |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1557. |
Who defines technological infrastruture as a historically determined set of mutually supporting artifacts and structures that enable human activity, and provide the means for its development. |
| A. | Joseph Pitt |
| B. | Thomas Kuhn |
| C. | Karl Popper |
| D. | Laudan |
| Answer» B. Thomas Kuhn | |
| 1558. |
Palaeolithic Age is also called…………. |
| A. | The Bronze Age |
| B. | New Stone Age |
| C. | Copper Age |
| D. | Old Stone Age |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1559. |
Abolition of slavery is a practical consequence of |
| A. | Law |
| B. | Science |
| C. | Humanism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Humanism | |
| 1560. |
The large cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro belong to the ……….. civilization. |
| A. | Indus Valley |
| B. | Egyptian |
| C. | Babylonian |
| D. | Mesopotamian |
| Answer» B. Egyptian | |
| 1561. |
Apercu historique sur 1’ origine et le development, des methods en geometrie is afamous book by |
| A. | Michel Chasle |
| B. | Bachelard |
| C. | Laplace |
| D. | Paul Tannery |
| Answer» B. Bachelard | |
| 1562. |
___________won Nobel Peace Prize in 1910. |
| A. | Alfred Nobel |
| B. | Bertha von Suthner |
| C. | Oscar II |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Oscar II | |
| 1563. |
Shadow clocks, the forerunners of the sundial, first appeared in China about …… years ago. |
| A. | 2500 |
| B. | 2000 |
| C. | 3500 |
| D. | 4000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1564. |
Chromosomes were discovered by …….. |
| A. | William Bateson |
| B. | Darwin |
| C. | Wather Flemming |
| D. | Pasteur |
| Answer» D. Pasteur | |
| 1565. |
Telephone was invented by ……… |
| A. | Pascal |
| B. | Lovelace |
| C. | Alexander Graham Bell |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1566. |
__________________ is volcanic mountain on the east coast of Sicily |
| A. | Mount Abu |
| B. | Mount Etna |
| C. | Himalayas |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Himalayas | |
| 1567. |
…….. contended that observed universe is illusory and only mental experiences are real. |
| A. | Idealism |
| B. | Naturalism |
| C. | Realism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Naturalism | |
| 1568. |
……………………invited C.P. Snow to Cambridge University |
| A. | W.L. Bragg |
| B. | Ruther ford |
| C. | G.H. Hardy |
| D. | Adrian Dirac |
| Answer» B. Ruther ford | |
| 1569. |
_____________________ is the English teacher of C.V Raman. |
| A. | R.L.T Jone |
| B. | Dr. W.H Wilson |
| C. | Rangacharya |
| D. | Elliot |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1570. |
Who described light as the ‘sensation of a stimulation of the retina’? |
| A. | G.D. Cassini |
| B. | Kepler |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Hooke |
| Answer» C. Newton | |
| 1571. |
Study of earth’s atmosphere is called ____________________ |
| A. | Physiology |
| B. | Astronomy |
| C. | Hydrology |
| D. | Meteorology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1572. |
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» D. The pleateau of rivers | |
| 1573. |
……………….. is the beginning of all scientific activities of England |
| A. | Elizabethan period |
| B. | Victorian age |
| C. | Modern period |
| D. | Jacobean period |
| Answer» C. Modern period | |
| 1574. |
_________________ is the founder president of the West Bengal Academy of Scienceand Technology. |
| A. | Prof. N.R Dhar |
| B. | J.C Ghosh |
| C. | J.N Mukherjee |
| D. | Sushil Kumar Mukharjee |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1575. |
Micrographia is a work by ………. |
| A. | Kepler |
| B. | Newton |
| C. | Robert Hooke |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» D. Descartes | |
| 1576. |
______________is the listener in Dover Beach. |
| A. | Mathew Arnold |
| B. | The sea |
| C. | Frances Lucy |
| D. | Amelia |
| Answer» D. Amelia | |
| 1577. |
Largest satellite of Jupiter? |
| A. | Ganymede |
| B. | Tollymede |
| C. | Straus |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Tollymede | |
| 1578. |
The unity of phenomena is called ….. |
| A. | Epistemological unity |
| B. | Ontological unity |
| C. | Axiological unity |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Axiological unity | |
| 1579. |
_______________ authored the Spanish Tragedy. |
| A. | T.S Eliot |
| B. | Shakespeare |
| C. | Graham Greene |
| D. | Thomas Kyd |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1580. |
Who succeeded Aristotle in the Lyceyum? |
| A. | Eratosthenes |
| B. | Theophrastus |
| C. | Euclid |
| D. | Menaechmus |
| Answer» C. Euclid | |
| 1581. |
E=mc2 is an equation to prove |
| A. | Photo electric effect |
| B. | Radio activity |
| C. | Brownian motion |
| D. | Theory of relativity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1582. |
Praxis is concerned with …….. |
| A. | Manufacturing |
| B. | Doing |
| C. | Knowing |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Knowing | |
| 1583. |
……. is the study of reality. |
| A. | Axiology |
| B. | Epistemology |
| C. | Metaphysics |
| D. | Ontology |
| Answer» D. Ontology | |
| 1584. |
Who invented the Pascalina? |
| A. | Leibniz |
| B. | Blaise Pascal |
| C. | Ada Lovelace |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Ada Lovelace | |
| 1585. |
…….. think that free will is an illusion. |
| A. | Incompatibilists |
| B. | Combatibilists |
| C. | Soft determinists |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Combatibilists | |
| 1586. |
The Pythagoreans gave much attention to …………. |
| A. | Equilateral triangle |
| B. | Solar system |
| C. | Chemicals |
| D. | Regular solids |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1587. |
……………is Swedish tragedy written by Alfred Nobel |
| A. | Dynanite |
| B. | Nitroglycerine |
| C. | Merchant of death |
| D. | Nemesis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1588. |
……………..is classical age of Indian science. |
| A. | 300-600 AD |
| B. | 700-1200 AD |
| C. | 400-900 A.D |
| D. | 900-1200AD |
| Answer» D. 900-1200AD | |
| 1589. |
Praxis deals with ….. |
| A. | Pure science |
| B. | Applied science |
| C. | Technology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Technology | |
| 1590. |
Who resurrected the concept of continental drift? |
| A. | Alfred Wegner |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Abraham Ortelius |
| D. | Aryabhata |
| Answer» B. Aristotle | |
| 1591. |
Techne is concerned with …… |
| A. | Making or manufacturing |
| B. | Doing |
| C. | Knowing |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Doing | |
| 1592. |
Copernicus considered …….. at the centre with all other planets revolving around it. |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | Stars |
| D. | Moon |
| Answer» C. Stars | |
| 1593. |
Gamma‐radiation was discovered by ……….. |
| A. | J.J. Thomson |
| B. | Rontgen |
| C. | Paul Villard |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» D. Newton | |
| 1594. |
________________ authored the wasteland. |
| A. | T.S Eliot |
| B. | Shakespeare |
| C. | Graham Greene |
| D. | Thomas Kyd |
| Answer» B. Shakespeare | |
| 1595. |
After observation and measurement, ,……. is the hallmark of most sciences. |
| A. | Inference |
| B. | Hhypothesis |
| C. | Experimentation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1596. |
Newtrons were discovered by ……….. |
| A. | Neils Bohr |
| B. | J.J.Thomson |
| C. | James Chadwick |
| D. | Otto Hahn |
| Answer» D. Otto Hahn | |
| 1597. |
The surplus food was stored in ………….. during the Neolithic Age. |
| A. | Special storage houses |
| B. | Underground buildings |
| C. | Mud pots |
| D. | Stone pots |
| Answer» B. Underground buildings | |
| 1598. |
The new approach introduced by Lakatos to resolve the contradiction between Kuhn’s and Popper’s approaches is known as …,.,.. |
| A. | Methodology of Research Programme |
| B. | Methodology of Research Tradition |
| C. | Methodology of Research Progress |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Methodology of Research Tradition | |
| 1599. |
Who wrote The Modularity of the Mind? |
| A. | Jerry Fodor |
| B. | John Gray |
| C. | Chomsky |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» B. John Gray | |
| 1600. |
Inductivism was introduced by ……… |
| A. | Newton |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Wegener |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Wegener | |