Top 250+ Solved History and Philosophy of Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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
Q. Who wrote On The Origin of Species ?
a. Charles Darwin
b. Georges Buffon
c. Alfred Russel
d. Newton
Q. The proposition that everything is determined by God is known as ……..
a. Determinism
b. Theological determinism
c. Casual determinism
d. Scientific determinism
Q. …….. think that free will is an illusion.
a. Incompatibilists
b. Combatibilists
c. Soft determinists
d. None of these
Q. ……….. 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
Q. …………. says that physical environment,rather than social conditions, determines culture.
a. Casual determinism
b. Logical determinism
c. Environmental determinism
d. Biological determinism
Q. ………… is the theory that all behaviour, belief and desire are governed by our genetic make up.
a. Environmental determinism
b. Biological determinism
c. Casual determinism
d. Logical determinism
Q. It has been said that the French Revolution was inspired by philosophers. Who among the following philosophers does not belong to this group?
a. Rousseau
b. Voltaire
c. Helvetius
d. Descartes
Q. 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.
Q. John Hunter, Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister had much in common:
a. All of them were reputed surgeons.
b. All of them tried to introduce the principles of ‘asepsis’ into surgical practices.
c. All of them faced stiff opposition from their colleagues.
d. And one of them was so persecuted that he died in a mental hospital.
Q. Who is called the father of Microbiology?
a. Joseph Lister
b. Leeuwenhock
c. Robert Hooke
d. John Hunter
Q. Homeopathy had been founded by ……….
a. Samuel Hahnemann
b. Ronald Ross
c. Robert Koch
d. Louis Pasteur
Q. Systema naturae is a work by ………..
a. George Cuvier
b. Carolus Linnaeus
c. Gregor Mendel
d. Darwin
Q. Who discovered that sudden mutations might appear in plants and could get transmitted to future generations?
a. Hugo de Vries
b. Gregor Mendel
c. Darwin
d. Linnaeus