Top 250+ Solved History and Philosophy of Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. Theoretical knowledge deals with …..
a. Applied science
b. Technology
c. Pure science
d. None of these
Q. ……. looks for opportunities for using or applying science.
a. Pure science
b. Applied science
c. Technology
d. None of these
Q. ……….. 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
Q. …….. is the requirement that all members of a group should share the same ancestor.
a. Monophyly
b. Taxonomy
c. Evolution
d. None of these
Q. Philosophy of …… closely monitors the current work in cognitive neurosciences, evolutionary psychology, and artificial intelligence.
a. Science
b. Biology
c. Physics
d. Psychology
Q. The one who spoke about ‘Scientific temper’ was ……..
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Newton
c. Bacon
d. None of these