Inventions, Discoveries and Scientists in Science

Quiz covering scientific inventions, discoveries, and famous scientists in various fields of science

46 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who invented the cyclotron?

  1. James Chadwick
  2. James Clerk Maxwell
  3. Michael Faraday
  4. Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which year was declared as International Year of Physics. ?

  1. $2002$
  2. $2003$
  3. $2005$
  4. $2007$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year did Hahn and Meitner discover the phenomenon of neutron-induced fission of uranium. ?

  1. $1938$
  2. $1950$
  3. $1945$
  4. $1928$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lightning was discovered by the

  1. Ohm
  2. Thomson
  3. Franklin
  4. Faraday
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sir C.V.Raman got Nobel Prize in physics for the

  1. refraction of light
  2. reflection of light
  3. scattering of light
  4. dispersion of light
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pick out the correct statement about the strong nuclear force from the following.
$S1$ : It is charge independent.
$S2$ : It is the strongest force in nature.
$S3$ : Its range is very large.
$S4$ : It is responsible for the stability of nuclei.

  1. $S1 and S3$
  2. $S1, S2 and S3$
  3. $S1, S2 and S4$
  4. $S2 and S3$
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is incorrect. ?

  1. Bohr gave theory of hydrogen atom and Yukawa, the theory of nuclear forces.
  2. Law of gravitation was discovered by Newton and principle of inertia by Galileo
  3. Laws of photoelectric effect were discovered by Einstein and laws of electromagnetic induction by Faraday.
  4. Neutron was discovered by J.J.Thomson and electron was discovered by James Chadwick.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists is known for his achievements in Mathematics?

  1. Jagadish Chandra Bose
  2. Srinivasa Ramanujan
  3. Vikram Sarabhai
  4. Salim Ali
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

NASA telescopes have spotted which cosmic bodies making massive planets on 3 distant solar systems?

  1. Dwarf stars
  2. Moons
  3. Comets
  4. Asteroids
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist is popularly known as missile man of India? 

  1. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. Dr. C .V. Raman
  3. Dr. Har Gobind Khorana
  4. None of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian scientist won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for demonstrating how the nucleotides in nucleic acids control the synthesis of proteins?

  1. Satyendra Nath Bose
  2. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  3. S.S. Abhyankar
  4. Har Gobind Khorana
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Marie Curie is credited to the development of which of the following element ?

  1. Thorium
  2. Cesium
  3. Radium
  4. Carbon
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which planet was discovered by NASA's MAVEN to have a twisted magnetic tail? 

  1. Venus
  2. Mars
  3. Saturn
  4. Neptune
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which subatomic particle is named after the Indian scientist  Dr. Bose?

  1. Boson
  2. Boron
  3. Positron
  4. B meson
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Law of electromagnetic induction was given by _____________.

  1. Hans Christian Oersted
  2. Michael Faraday
  3. Joseph Henry
  4. J.J. Thomson
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Scientists have discovered an artificial _____ which can help premature babies. Fill in the blank.

  1. Heart
  2. Lungs
  3. Pancreas
  4. None of the above
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists published papers that helped other scientists to simplify the complex mathematics problems?

  1. Meghnad Saha
  2. Vikram Sarabhai
  3. Srinivasa Ramanujan
  4. Salim Ali
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following books is not written by Werner Heisenberg?

  1. Breakthrough
  2. The Physical Principles of the quantum theory
  3. Physics and Philosophy
  4. Physics and Beyond
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Antoine Henri Becquerel was awarded the Nobel Prize in $1903$ for.

  1. Discovering spontaneous radioactivity
  2. Diffraction of X-rays
  3. Demonstrating the influence of earth's magnetic field on its atmosphere
  4. Investigating the absorption of light by crystals
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

He was a professor of mathematics at St. Petersburg University, Prof. of anatomy and physics at the University of Groningen, and prof. of physics, anatomy and botany at the University of Basle. But he is most famous for what is known as 'Bernouilli's theorem'. Name the outstanding mathematician- of a well-known Swiss family.

  1. Johann Bernouilli
  2. Jacob Bernouilli
  3. Danial Bernouilli
  4. None of these
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Challenger is the name of a

  1. Space-lab
  2. Space shuttle
  3. Satellite
  4. Rocket
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following instruments is used to check whether electricity is flowing through a substance or not?

  1. Ammeter
  2. Voltmeter
  3. Tester
  4. None of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre, hexagon-shaped feature in the clouds of Saturn near the planet's north pole. The feature was first seen in images sent by the

  1. Voyager spacecraft
  2. Casis spacecraft
  3. Messenger spacecraft
  4. Pathfinder spacecraft
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sudden fall of a barometer reading indicates

  1. Storm
  2. Dry weather
  3. Fine weather
  4. Cold weather
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a microwave oven the device used for generating microwaves is

  1. Stirrer fan
  2. Metal wall
  3. Magnetron
  4. Cyclotron
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are the source/s of ultraviolet radiations?

  1. The sun
  2. Electric arcs of mercury
  3. Discharges in hydrogen
  4. All of these
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The output of a given windmill

  1. Increases with an increase in wind velocity
  2. Decreases with an increase in wind velocity
  3. Is independent of wind velocity
  4. Cannot be determined
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Example of Invention in field of communication is _____________.

  1. Telephone
  2. Fax
  3. Internet
  4. All of these
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

CD, DVD , Television are invention of science related to which field ?

  1. Banking
  2. Defence
  3. Entertainment
  4. Agriculture
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is used in field of medical ?

  1. CT Scan
  2. X ray
  3. ECG
  4. All of above
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The invention which has eased our life related to field of agriculture is ?

  1. Thresher
  2. Power plant
  3. CT Scan
  4. E learning
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Oersted and Faraday unified which of the following achievements?

  1. Electric and magnetic phenomena
  2. Electromagnetism and optics
  3. Electro-weak forces
  4. Terrestrial and celestial
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist's achievement is related to scattering of light?

  1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. C. V. Raman
  3. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  4. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists was also one of the Presidents of India?

  1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  3. Jagadish Chandra Bose
  4. Har Gobind Khorana
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Raman Effect' is named after which of the following Indian scientists? 

  1. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. C. V. Raman
  3. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  4. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian scientists is known as the father of the Indian Space program?

  1. Vikram Sarabhai
  2. Srinivasa Ramanujan
  3. Har Gobind Khorana
  4. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Laws of planetary motion were given by _____________.

  1. Issac Newton
  2. Archimedes
  3. James Maxwell
  4. Johannes Kepler
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist is most famous for his work on the quantum physics along side with Albert Einstein?

  1. Meghnad Saha
  2. S.S. Abhyankar
  3. Satyendra Nath Bose
  4. Vikram Sarabhai
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the Stephen Hawking project which detected 15 short radio bursts from space.

  1. Breakthrough Mission
  2. Breakthrough Listen
  3. Breakthrough Communication
  4. Breakthrough Action
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

India has declared 2010-2020 as the decade of _________. Fill in the blank. 

  1. Modernisation
  2. Innovation
  3. Invention
  4. Inspiration
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Scientists have turned oxygen in the air into which chemical fuel? 

  1. Methane
  2. $CH _4$
  3. $CH _3$
  4. All of the above
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Scientists have found a way to develop camouflaging skin inspired by which species? 

  1. Octopus
  2. Cuttlefish
  3. Chameleon
  4. Only A and B
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Scientists have developed the first plant based vaccine to combat which virus?

  1. Swine flu
  2. Avian flu
  3. HIV-AIDS
  4. Zika
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$2$ December $1942$ is known for.

  1. The formation of the Big Bang theory
  2. The activation of the first operational nuclear reactor
  3. The creation of the first controlled chain reaction
  4. The development of the first thermonuclear device
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who enunciated the principle of equipartition of energy?

  1. Ludwig Bolizmann
  2. Joseph Stefan
  3. Sir James Hopwood Jeans
  4. James Prescott Joule
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

He introduced a triatomic theory of colour vision, was the first to observe ocular astigmatism, he proved that the accommodation of eye was affected by change of curvature of the crystalline lens, but most famour for his discovery of interference of light and for developing the wave theory of light. Who was this physician-cum-physicist?

  1. Augustin Jean F. Fresnel
  2. Humphrey Lloyd
  3. Christiaan Huygens
  4. Thomas Young