Deck 9: Exploring the History and Controversies of Science

Question 1

……….. holds that science is a dangerous activity.

A)Bacon
B)Paul Feyerabend
C)Chomsky
D)C.P.Snow

Answer 1

Paul Feyerabend

Question 2

……. argues that science is inevitably political.

A)Bill Zimmerman
B)Paul Feyerabend
C)Newton
D)Darwin

Answer 2

Bill Zimmerman

Question 3

The history of Science is a study of the history of ………….

A)Nature
B)Ideas
C)Earth
D)Ages

Answer 3

Ideas

Question 4

Who performed a simple experiment to calculate the circumference of the Earth two thousand years ago?

A)Aristotle
B)Alfred Wegener
C)Abraham Ortelius
D)Eratoshthenes

Question 5

The Chinese were measuring earthquake intensities using ………… almost two thousand years ago.

A)Seismographs
B)Sthethascope
C)Galvanometer
D)None of these

Question 6

Complex surgical procedures were described in details in the …………..

A)Yajur Veda
B)Sushruta Samhita
C)Kanada Sutras
D)Caraka Samhita

Question 7

Who suggested the idea of Continental drift?

A)Aryabhata
B)Alfred Wegner
C)Abraham Ortelius
D)Aristotle

Question 8

When was the idea of continental drift suggested?

A)1505
B)1515
C)1596
D)1586

Question 9

Who resurrected the concept of continental drift?

A)Alfred Wegner
B)Aristotle
C)Abraham Ortelius
D)Aryabhata

Question 10

Palaeolithic Age is also called………….

A)The Bronze Age
B)New Stone Age
C)Copper Age
D)Old Stone Age

Question 11

Pottery was invented during the ………… age.

A)The Neolithic
B)The Bronze
C)The Palaeolithic
D)The Copper

Question 12

The old stone Age humans were……….

A)Hunter-gatherers
B)Technicians
C)Agriculturalists
D)Industrialists

Question 13

Which among the following does not belong to the most momentous inventions in human history?

A)Agriculture
B)Hunting
C)The conquest of fire
D)Harnessing of the natural sources of energy

Question 14

The surplus food was stored in ………….. during the Neolithic Age.

A)Special storage houses
B)Underground buildings
C)Mud pots
D)Stone pots

Question 15

Bronze Age began in about………..

A)4000 BC
B)3500 BC
C)2000 BC
D)4500 BC

Question 16

Copper and then ………… were found to be malleable during the bronze age.

A)Gold
B)Metals
C)Bronze
D)Platinum

Question 17

In the Neolithic period man achieved………..

A)Copper and bronze
B)Harnessing of animal power
C)Cooking technics
D)A new equilibrium with nature

Question 18

………. caused a revolutionary change in craft

A)The discovery of boats driven by sails
B)The invention of Potter's wheel
C)The invention of two and four wheeled vehicles
D)Growth of the new classes of traders

Question 19

Mesopotamia is also called as………….

A)The land of rivers
B)The plain of rivers
C)The land between the rivers
D)The pleateau of rivers

Question 20

Which land is called the Cradle of Civilization

A)Nile Valley
B)Mesopotamia
C)Central Asia
D)India

Question 21

The Sexagesimal system was developed by……….

A)Indians
B)Chinese
C)Greeks
D)Babylonians

Question 22

Anaximenes considered …………. As his Primordial substance and derived the other elements from it.

A)Air
B)Water
C)Fire
D)Soil

Question 23

It was the ……….. which epitomized the achievements of Babylonians in the field of science

A)Crafts
B)Farming
C)Calendar
D)Pottery

Question 24

Who started building pyramids?

A)Egyptians
B)Babylonians
C)Iranians
D)Indians

Question 25

Which pyramid contains approximately 3 million cubic meters of stone and the area of the base about 5 hectares?

A)Pyramid of Egypt
B)Pyramid
C)The Great pyramid
D)Giza