Deck 4: Literature, Science, and General Knowledge

Question 1

Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for

A)Peace
B)Literature
C)Physics
D)Chemistry

Answer 1

Literature

Question 2

Mortals and Others is an essay collection by

A)Aldus Huxley
B)Robert Benchley
C)Bertrand Russell
D)None of these

Answer 2

Bertrand Russell

Question 3

The priests were succeeded by…………………………..

A)Physician
B)Medicine man
C)Men of science
D)None of these

Answer 3

Physician

Question 4

Average weight of man's brain is ………………………….than woman's.

A)Greater
B)Lesser
C)Equal to
D)None of the above

Question 5

………………. is a problem of the entire West

A)Poverty
B)Illiteracy
C)The gulf between arts and science
D)Language

Question 6

……………………invited C.P. Snow to Cambridge University

A)W.L. Bragg
B)Ruther ford
C)G.H. Hardy
D)Adrian Dirac

Question 7

Which are the 2 cultures mentioned by C.P.Snow?

A)Science and religion
B)Arts and sport
C)Arts and science
D)Philosophy and history

Question 8

……………….. is the beginning of all scientific activities of England

A)Elizabethan period
B)Victorian age
C)Modern period
D)Jacobean period

Question 9

Origin of species is a work by

A)Mathew Arnold
B)Charles Darwin
C)Albert Einstein
D)Sigmund Freud

Question 10

………………………… conflicted with faith in the Victorian period

A)Science
B)Philosophy
C)Mathematics
D)None of these

Question 11

The poem 'The Pylons' is about

A)Evening
B)A brook
C)Loss of rural life in England
D)Cities

Question 12

England is compared to

A)Sapphire
B)Ruby
C)Emerald
D)Diamond

Question 13

Asimov coined the term "Robotics" in his story

A)Rob land
B)Hunger
C)Liar
D)The Sea

Question 14

What are the qualities of the mother?

A)Stylish and talkative
B)Affection and practical knowledge
C)Love and care
D)None of these

Question 15

What is the name of the General of the story 'My Son, The Physicist'?

A)Reiner
B)Gerard
C)Michel
D)Cremona

Question 16

Largest satellite of Jupiter?

A)Ganymede
B)Tollymede
C)Straus
D)None of the above

Question 17

French Mathematician who worked in tobacco industry is ……..

A)Paul Tannery
B)Jules Tannery
C)Michel Chasles
D)Laplace

Question 18

Byzantine Civilisation was studied by

A)Laplace
B)M.Berthelot
C)Paul Tannery
D)Jules Tannery

Question 19

The first unfavourable condition for the underdevelopment of science and its history is………

A)Few knows the entirety of science
B)Few are capable of investigating by himself all scientific questions
C)Both (a) and (b)
D)None of these

Question 20

M.Berthelot disproved theory of ………

A)Evolution
B)Natural selection
C)Vitalism
D)Origin of the universe

Question 21

Vienna is a collection of Poems by ………..

A)Stephen Spender
B)MacNeice
C)Cecil Day Lewis
D)None of these

Question 22

Alan Charles Bullock wrote a biography of

A)Charlie Chaplin
B)Isaac Newton
C)Charles Darwin
D)Adolf Hitler

Question 23

………is a religion founded primarily on revelations of God to human kind.

A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Revealed Religion
D)Unrevealed Religion

Question 24

………is a conversation or speech characterized by witty comments or replies.

A)Alliteration
B)Repartee
C)Wit
D)None of these