Top 250+ Solved History and Philosophy of Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Pythagoreans gave much attention to ………….
a. Equilateral triangle
b. Solar system
c. Chemicals
d. Regular solids
Q. Who conceived the idea that the Universe began as a chaotic mixture of the four elements?
a. Hippasos of Metaportion
b. Empedocles of Agrigentum
c. Pythagoras
d. Hippocrates of Cos
Q. According to Empedocles, the heavens were formed from air and the sun from………….
a. Fire
b. Other elements
c. Air
d. Light
Q. Among the choices given below, which one is the most valuable contribution of Empedocles?
a. The discovery of the property possessed by right-angled triangles
b. The thought that the universe began as a chaotic mixture of the four elements.
c. Hypothesis that light travels through space at a finite speed.
d. None of these
Q. What was the Pythagorean concept of the earth?
a. The earth was spherical in shape
b. The earth was a planet
c. The earth revolves round the sun.
d. Our earth is the only living planet
Q. Which writings are the earliest collections of Greek medical works?
a. Pythagorean
b. Hippocratic
c. Leucippus
d. Thales
Q. The Ionian school regarded medicine as ……….
a. An art
b. A science
c. A theoxetical science
d. A practice
Q. Who first suggested that the moon shone by reflected light?
a. Aristotle
b. Leucippus
c. Democritus
d. Anaxagoras
Q. Whose intervention saved Anaxagoras from death?
a. Anaximenes
b. Hippocrates
c. Pythagoras
d. Pericles
Q. Which was the first institution devoted to the pursuit of knowledge in the Western world and which lasted for a thousand years?
a. Academy
b. Ionian school
c. Pythagorean school
d. Republic
Q. Aristotle interpreted all motion as………. of natural inclinations
a. Complementary
b. Parallel
c. Opposite
d. Gratification