Top 250+ Solved History and Philosophy of Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which was the philosophical school founded by Lao Tsu in the 6th century BC?
a. Taoism
b. Protestantism
c. Zen-Buddhism
d. None of these
Q. The historic flight of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina took place in ……… AD
a. 602
b. 538
c. 520
d. 622
Q. Who is called ‘The Father of Arabic Alchemy’?
a. Abu Ali Hasan
b. Jabir Ibn Hayyan
c. Al-Fazari
d. Caliph Al-Mamun
Q. Who founded an astronomical observatory at Baghdad?
a. Caliph al-Mansur
b. Caliph al-Mamun
c. Al-Fazare
d. Alhazen
Q. Roger Bacon’s work ‘Opus Majus’ is a general compendium of ………….
a. Scientific ideas and knowledge of the period
b. Medical treatises
c. Political treatises
d. Monastic orders
Q. Leonardo da Vinci’s ………. Anatomical drawings put him in the front rank of the anatomists of the world.
a. 100
b. 260
c. 1000
d. 750
Q. Copernicus considered …….. at the centre with all other planets revolving around it.
a. Earth
b. Sun
c. Stars
d. Moon
Q. Who prepared the Rudolphian Tables which appeared in 1627?
a. Johannes Kepler
b. Michael Martlin
c. Tycho Brahe
d. Rheticus
Q. Who said that there was no centre for the universe, since it is infinite?
a. Galileo Galelei
b. Bishop Oresme
c. Giordano Bruno
d. Cardinal Nicholas
Q. Who was the first person to use telescope to view the sky?
a. Giordano Bruno
b. Johannas Kepler
c. Galileo Galelei
d. King Frederic II
Q. Who uttered the immortal saying ‘cogito ergo sum’ (I think, therefore, I am)
a. Alexander the Great
b. Descartes
c. Francis Bacon
d. Christian Huygens
Q. Study of earth’s atmosphere is called ____________________
a. Physiology
b. Astronomy
c. Hydrology
d. Meteorology
Q. _____________________ is the English teacher of C.V Raman.
a. R.L.T Jone
b. Dr. W.H Wilson
c. Rangacharya
d. Elliot
Q. ____________________ is a character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
a. Caliban
b. Miranda
c. Ariel
d. Options (a) (b) and (c)