Top 250+ Solved History and Philosophy of Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which one of the following is a characteristic featrure of a good experimental design?
a. Accuracy
b. Precision
c. Consistency
d. All of these
Q. On the Book of Heavens and the World of Aristotle is a work by ……
a. Einstein
b. Bishop Oresme
c. Newton
d. Huygens
Q. 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
Q. …….. 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
Q. The theory of Evolution was propounded by ……
a. Charles Darwin
b. Newton
c. Einstein
d. None of these
Q. The unity of phenomena is called …..
a. Epistemological unity
b. Ontological unity
c. Axiological unity
d. None of these
Q. The belief that the values of science, like its aims and goals, are unified is known as ……..
a. Axiological unity
b. Ontological unity
c. Epistemological unity
d. None of these
Q. Reducing everything to fundamentals is called ………
a. Deduction
b. Reductionism
c. Inference
d. None of these
Q. The notion that the various concepts, models, theories, etc. that scientists use to explore and explain the phenomena can themselves be reduced to the concepts, models, theories of a more basic science, is known as …..
a. Ontological reduction
b. Epistemological reduction
c. Axiological reduction
d. None of these
Q. Kepler’s theory or laws can be derived from …….. equations.
a. Einstein’s
b. Newton’s
c. Darwin’s
d. None of these
Q. The modern versions of inductivism owe much to ……
a. Francis Bacon
b. Newton
c. John Stuart Mill
d. Darwin
Q. The philosopher of the 20 th century , who objected to the foundation of inductive reasoning is ……
a. John Stuart Mill
b. Newton
c. Karl Popper
d. John Gray
Q. Popper uses the term ……….instead of verification.
a. Falsification
b. Identification
c. Analysis
d. Simplificatiuon