MCQ on Scientist and Invention | Science & Technology MCQ

Q. Telescope was invented by______.
(A) Galileo
(B) Gutenberg
(C) Edison
(D) Graham Bell

Q. Who among the following is the inventor of ‘X’ rays?
(A) Rutherford
(B) Roentgen
(C) Maxwell
(D) Torricelli

Q. Who was the inventor of Radar?
(A) Robert Watson
(B) Fleming
(C) Bush Wall
(D) Austin

Q. Scientist Albert Einstein is famous for______.
(A) The interpretation of atomic structure of hydrogen
(B) The photoelectric effect
(C) Planting first Nuclear Reactor
(D) The prediction of the existence of neutrons

Q. In Einstein’s equation E = mc2 , c denotes ______.
(A) Velocity of sound
(B) Speed of light
(C) Wavelength
(D) A constant

Q. Sir C.V. Raman received Nobel Prize for Physics in the year______.
(A) 1928
(B) 1930
(C) 1932
(D) 1950

Q. The ‘National Science Day’ is observed on______.
(A) 28 January
(B) 28 February
(C) 28 March
(D) 28 April

Q. The National Science Day is observed on February 28 every year to commemorate______.
(A) Raman-effect day
(B) The launch of the first artificial satellite Aryabhatta
(C) The successful launch of ASLV
(D) Homi J. Bhabha’s birthday

Q. Who is associated with the development of India’s Atomic Bomb?
(A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Homi Bhabha
(C) Raja Ramanna
(D) Kastoorirangan

Q. Alexander Fleming discovered______.
(A) Penicillin
(B) X-ray
(C) Streptomycin
(D) Telephone

Q. The microscope is used for the study of ______.
(A) Distant objects
(B) Nearby objects
(C) Small objects
(D) Micro and nearby objects

Q. The machine-Gun was invented by______.
(A) J.L. Beared
(B) G. Brousa
(C) Karl Benz
(D) James Puckle

Q. Who invented thermoscope, an early form of thermometer?
(A) Sir Christopher Wren
(B) Charles F. Richter
(C) Galileo
(D) Beno Gutenberg

Q. Which is the biggest telescope of the world?
(A) Galileo
(B) Ice Cube
(C) Discovery
(D) Challenger

Q. Wilhelm Roentgen invented______.
(A) Radio
(B) X-Ray Machine
(C) Electric Bulb
(D) Electric Motor

Q. Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son?
(A) Max Plank
(B) Albert Einstein
(C) William Henry Bragg
(D) Enrico Fermi

Q. Who invented Steam Engine?
(A) Robert Watson
(B) James Watt
(C) William Harvey
(D) None of the above

Q. ‘Telephone’ was invented by______.
(A) Graham Bell
(B) Hoffman
(C) Wilson
(D) George Stephenson

Q. Who discovered electric bulb?
(A) Thomas Edison
(B) Alexander Graham Bell
(C) William Cooke
(D) Terry Addison

Q. Gas engine was invented by______.
(A) Diesel
(B) Davy
(C) Daimler
(D) Charles

Q. Who was the inventor of the fountain pen?
(A) Waterman
(B) Parker
(C) Chelpark
(D) Shaeffers

Q. Alfred Nobel invented______.
(A) Microphone
(B) Typewriter
(C) Dynamite
(D) Gramophone

Q. Who discovered Television?
(A) Edison
(B) Galileo
(C) Baird
(D) Franklin

Q. With what invention is the name of J.L. Baird associated with?
(A) Barometer
(B) Helicopter
(C) Television
(D) Telephone

Q. Who among the following invented Lasers?
(A) Theodore Maiman
(B) Denis Papin
(C) William Morton
(D) Francis Crick

Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) James Watt – Steam Engine
(B) A.G. Bell – Telephone
(C) J.L. Baird – Television
(D) J. Perkins – Penicillin

Q. Who is the discoverer of Penicillin?
(A) Alexander Graham Bell
(B) Alexander Fleming
(C) Christopher Macdonald
(D) Albert Einstein

Q. Telescope was invented by______.
(A) Galileo
(B) Gutenberg
(C) Edison
(D) Graham Bell

Q. Who among the following gave the term ‘Nanotechnology’ and when?
(A) Richard Feynman – 1959
(B) Norio Taniguchi – 1974
(C) Eric Drexler – 1986
(D) Sumiolijima – 1991

Q. The principle of ‘Black hole’ was enunciated by ______.
(A) C.V. Raman
(B) H.J. Bhabha
(C) S. Chandrashekhar
(D) H. Khurana

Q. Scientist S. Chandrashekhar got Nobel Prize for which field?
(A) Astrophysics
(B) Micro-electronics in Satellites
(C) Super conductivity at low temperatures
(D) Studies of Core of the Sun

Q. Who of the following scientists proved that the stars with mass less than 1.44 times the mass of the Sun end up as White Dwarfs when they die?
(A) Edwin Hubble
(B) S. Chandrashekhar
(C) Stephen Hawking
(D) Steven Weinberg

Q. The photoelectric effect was discovered by ______.
(A) Hertz
(B) Einstein
(C) Plank
(D) Bohr

Q. Albert Einstein was proficient in playing which musical instrument?
(A) Guitar
(B) Flute
(C) Violin
(D) Sitar

Q. The fourth dimension in Physics was introduced by______.
(A) Newton
(B) Einstein
(C) Galileo
(D) Neil Bohr

Q. The Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bee was awarded to______.
(A) H.G. Khurana
(B) K.V. Frisch
(C) Julian Huxley
(D) Dorothy Hodgkins

Q. The principle of Thermal Ionisation is an outstanding contribution of_______.
(A) H.J. Bhabha
(B) M.N. Saha
(C) C.V. Raman
(D) J.C. Bose

Q. Whose birth centenary was celebrated in the year 1988?
(A) Charles Darwin
(B) Einstein’s theory of relativity
(C) Mathematician Ramajunan
(D) C.V. Raman

Q. A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of _______.
(A) S. Ramanujan
(B) S. Chandrashekhar
(C) S.N. Bose
(D) C.V. Raman

Q. Who among the following scientists propounded the New Theory of Relativity?
(A) J.V. Narlikar
(B) M.M. Krishnan
(C) S. Chandrashekhar
(D) B.D. Nag Choudhary

Q. Who is called the Father of Atomic Energy in India?
(A) Prof. Satish Dhawan
(B) Homi J. Bhabha
(C) Dr. K.S. Krishna
(D) None of the above

Q. Homi Bhabha Award is given for special contribution in the field of______.
(A) Theoretical Physics
(B) Nuclear Energy
(C) Laser Physics
(D) Space Research

Q. Stephen Hawking is a______.
(A) Pianist
(B) Guitarist
(C) Scientist
(D) American politician

Q. Which one of the following scientists has carried out researches both in the field of Biology and Physics?
(A) Jagdish Chandra Bose
(B) Har Govind Khurana
(C) C.V. Raman
(D) Homi J. Bhabha

Q. Who is not a Nobel Prize winner among the following scientists?
(A) Har Govind Khurana
(B) C.V. Raman
(C) S. Chandrashekhar
(D) Jagdish Chandra Bose

Q. An eminent Indian physicist Dr. C.V. Raman was given Nobel Prize for his work in the year_______.
(A) 1925
(B) 1930
(C) 1935
(D) None of these

Q. Har Govind Khorana is credited for the discovery of_______.
(A) Synthesis of Protein
(B) Synthesis of Gene
(C) Synthesis of Nitrogenous
(D) None of the above

Q. In laboratory, who did the synthesis of DNA?
(A) Miller
(B) Khorana
(C) D. Weris
(D) Kelvin

Q. Match the following.

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Q. Match the following.
List-I
(a) John Guttenberg
(b) W.K. Roentgen
(c) Michael Faraday
(d) Alexander Graham Bell
List-II

1. Telephone
2. Printing Press
3. X-Ray
4. Dynamo

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Q. Match the following in the correct order.
List-I
(a) Radium
(b) Penicillin
(c) X-Ray
(d) Measles
List-II

1. Alexander Fleming
2. Madam Curie
3. Edward Jenner
4. W.K. Roentgen

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Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Alferd Nobel
(b) Alexander Fleming
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Madam Curie
List-II

1. Theory of Evolution
2. Dynamite
3. Penicillin
4. Isolation of radium

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Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Dr. Raja Ramanna
(b) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(c) Prof. U.R. Rao
(d) Prof. Meghnad Saha
List-II

1. Plant Chemistry
2. Nuclear Physics
3. Thermodynamics and astrophysics
4. Space research
5. Agricultural science

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