Top 250+ Solved History and Philosophy of Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Aristotle had borrowed his idea of cosmogony from………….
a. Plato
b. Ecphantus
c. Eudoxus
d. Leucippus
Q. Aristotle had setup the …………. In opposition to the Academy
a. Lyceum
b. Republic
c. University
d. None of these
Q. Who was the head of the Lyceum from 287 to 269 BC?
a. Aristotle
b. Theophrastus
c. Strato of Lampascus
d. Exodus
Q. Who asserted that earth turned on its own axis?
a. Eudoxus
b. Exogabtus
c. Theophrastus
d. Strato of Lampascus
Q. Which one among the following does not belong to the Cardinal teachings of Epicurus?
a. Heavenly bodies are divine
b. The highest good is the pleasure
c. The gods do not concern themselves at all with men’s affairs
d. The external world resulted from a fortuitous concourse of atoms
Q. Epicurus of Samos wanted to set man free from the ………….
a. Unjust activities of the rulers
b. Social order
c. Various diseases
d. Burden of religion
Q. Who started a ‘Museum’ or ‘Temple of Muses’ in Alexandria?
a. Alexander the Great
b. Zeno
c. Ptolemy
d. Diophantus
Q. Ptolemaic dynasty ended with the death of ………
a. Ptolemy
b. Cleopatra
c. Alexander the Great
d. Ptolemy II
Q. Who instigated the murder of Hypatia in 415?
a. St,Cyril
b. Archbishop Theophilus
c. Ptolemy
d. Alexander