Top 250+ Solved History and Philosophy of Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Yangshao culture is well known for its……..
a. Dance
b. Painted pottery
c. Weaving
d. None of these
Q. The documented history of China extends continuously to nearly ……..… BC.
a. 1600
b. 1200
c. 2500
d. 1500
Q. Shadow clocks, the forerunners of the sundial, first appeared in China about …… years ago.
a. 2500
b. 2000
c. 3500
d. 4000
Q. Abacus was invented in China sometime between ………..
a. 350-1000 BC
b. 1000-200 BC
c. 1000-500 BC
d. 750-1000 AD
Q. The most ancient verifiable eclipse in the history of any people was recorded by the Chinese in………..
a. 1241 BC
b. 1311 AD
c. 1361 BC
d. 1221 BC
Q. Which is the earliest written text of the Chinese medical practices?
a. A compendium of medical practices
b. Yellow Emperor’s classic of Internal Medicine
c. Chinese Medical practices
d. None of these
Q. Accurate records of celestial events were associated with……. Civilization
a. Chinese
b. Egyptians
c. Mesopotamian
d. The Indus Valley
Q. Who was the first and the foremost of the Greek natural philosophers?
a. Anaximander
b. Thales
c. Empedocles
d. Anaxagoras
Q. 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
Q. Thales founded the ………
a. Ionian school of philosophy
b. Julian Calendar
c. Pythagorean school
d. None of these
Q. Which one of following propositions does not belong to Thales credit?
a. Any diameter of the circle divides it into equal parts
b. The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal
c. When two straight lines cross, the opposite angles are equal.
d. Algebraic methods to solve equations of the first and second degree
Q. Name the fourth element which Anaximander added to the existing three elements?
a. Solids
b. Gases
c. Fire
d. Liquids
Q. ………. is the continuous medium which filled all space.
a. Ether
b. Sodium
c. Methane
d. None of these
Q. Who said that “Living creatures rose from the moist element, as it was evaporated by the Sun”?
a. Pythagoras
b. Anaximander
c. Aristotle
d. None of these
Q. In practical affairs, the Pythagoreans aimed at a ………. Of society
a. Scientific Upliftment
b. Technological development
c. Moral reformation
d. All the above