Everyday Science — All MCQs

Correct Answer: B

Montgolfier invented the Hot Air Balloon. Historical scientific accounts credit this person, place, or event with the development described.

Correct Answer: C

Walter Hunt invented the safety pin. Historical scientific accounts credit this person, place, or event with the development described.

Correct Answer: C

Theophrastus Considered as Father of Botany. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: A

Sigmund Frend considered the father of psychoanalysis. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: A

Aristotle considered the founder of meteorology. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: A

Sir Francis Galton’s the father of fingerprints. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: A

Gregor Mendel the Father of Genetics. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: A

Copernicus the founder of solar system. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: C

Carolus Linnaeus the known as the father of taxonomy. The term is defined by the subject, process, or characteristic described in the question.

Correct Answer: D

Owls keeps blind snakes as their pets. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: A

Albert Einstein proposed this concept All motion is relative”. The stated result follows from the relevant physical relationship between force, matter, motion, or energy.

Correct Answer: B

Einstein said that light is made of corpuscles/particles. The result follows from how light is reflected, refracted, focused, or distributed across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Correct Answer: B

Joseph Lister the surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865. This is based on the organism’s established anatomy, behavior, or biological classification.

Correct Answer: C

Why are soft drink made with chilled water rather than water at room temperature: Chilled water attracts more carbon dioxide. The stated result follows from the relevant physical relationship between force, matter, motion, or energy.

Correct Answer: B

Why normal rain is slightly acidic: carbon dioxide and water in clouds react to form carbonic acid. Its composition and chemical or physical behavior give it the stated classification or property.

Correct Answer: A

The ocean appears blue mainly because water absorbs longer red wavelengths more strongly while blue light is scattered and returned to our eyes. Reflection of the sky can also influence its visible colour.

Correct Answer: C

Why the needle of iron swims on water surface when it is kept gently: due to surface tension. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: B

Wind always blows from area of High pressure to low pressure. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.

Correct Answer: C

Wind energy is the Kinetic energy. The stated result follows from the relevant physical relationship between force, matter, motion, or energy.

Correct Answer: A

Winter Solstice means longest night. This description follows from the defining characteristics and established facts associated with the subject.