Charles Darwin Quiz Questions

1) Where was Charles Darwin sent to study medicine?
a) University of Edinburgh
b) London University
c) Grant Medical College
d) St. John’s Medical College

2) On which ship did Charles Darwin sail around the world?
a) Beagle
b) Lusitania
c) Titanic
d) Dufferin

3) Which theory was propounded by Charles Darwin?
a) Theory of Evolution
b) Theory of Gravity
c) Theory of Planetary Motion
d) Theory of Atoms

4) When was “Origin of Species” first published?
a) 1815
b) 1836
c) 1842
d) 1859

5) Where was the Theory of Evolution debated on 30 June 1960?
a) Buckingham Palace
b) Oxford University
c) Louvre Museum
d) Versailles Palace

6) Who coined the phrase “Survival of the fittest”?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Herbert Spencer
c) Thomas Huxley
d) Joseph Hooker

7) Which club was formed by naturalists in 1864?
a) Country Club
b) City Club
c) X Club
d) Z Club

8) Who argued against natural selection in his book “On the Genesis of Species”?
a) Adam Sedgwick
b) George Mivart
c) George Busk
d) William Baldwin

9) Who claimed that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
a) Elizabeth Hope
b) Margaret Noble
c) Bertrand Russell
d) Oliver Cromwell

10) Who refuted the claim that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
a) William Darwin
b) Henrietta Darwin
c) Ann Darwin
d) Francis Darwin

Charles Darwin Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Where was Charles Darwin sent to study medicine?
a) University of Edinburgh

2) On which ship did Charles Darwin sail around the world?
a) Beagle

3) Which theory was propounded by Charles Darwin?
a) Theory of Evolution

4) When was “Origin of Species” first published?
d) 1859

5) Where was the Theory of Evolution debated on 30 June 1960?
b) Oxford University

6) Who coined the phrase “Survival of the fittest”?
b) Herbert Spencer

7) Which club was formed by naturalists in 1864?
c) X Club

8) Who argued against natural selection in his book “On the Genesis of Species”?
b) George Mivart

9) Who claimed that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
a) Elizabeth Hope

10) Who refuted the claim that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
b) Henrietta Darwin

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1) Which whiskers of tiger are longest?
a) Supercilary
b) Genal
c) Mystacial
d) Mythical

2) Which sense of tiger is most highly developed?
a) Taste
b) Hearing
c) Smell
d) Sight

3) What is the shape of tiger’s pupils?
a) Square
b) Rectangular
c) Triangle
d) Circular

4) How many teeth are in tiger’s jaw?
a) 14
b) 20
c) 30
d) 40

5) How many claws do tiger’s forefeet have?
a) Three
b) Five
c) Six
d) Eight

6) Which part of its is body is used by tiger for cleaning?
a) Tail
b) Nose
c) Tongue
d) Toes

7) What is the normal gestation period for tiger?
a) 80 days
b) 100 days
c) 120 days
d) 140 days

8) Which is the family of tiger?
a) Chicldae
b) Canidae
c) Felidae
d) Mustelidae

9) Which is the genus of tiger?
a) Acinonyx
b) Panthera
c) Canis
d) Neofelis

10) Which is the largest tiger?
a) Bengal
b) Indochinese
c) Siberian
d) Sumatran

Tiger Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Which whiskers of tiger are longest?
c) Mystacial

2) Which sense of tiger is most highly developed?
b) Hearing

3) What is the shape of tiger’s pupils?
d) Circular

4) How many teeth are in tiger’s jaw?
c) 30

5) How many claws do tiger’s forefeet have?
b) Five

6) Which part of its body is used by tiger for cleaning?
c) Tongue

7) What is the normal gestation period for tiger?
b) 100 days

8) Which is the family of tiger?
c) Felidae

9) Which is the genus of tiger?
b) Panthera

10) Which is the largest tiger?
c) Siberian

Mercury Quiz Questions

1) Who is Mercury in mythology?
a) God of justice
b) God of war
c) God of wind
d) God of commerce

2) What is the minimum surface temperature of Mercury?
a) 72?C
b) 0?C
c) -10?C
d) -173?C

3) What is the maximum surface temperature of Mercury?
a) 122?C
b) 427?C
c) 285?C
d) 576?C

4) What is the tilt of axis (degrees) of Mercury?
a) One
b) Two
c) Zero
d) Three

5) Which spacecraft first visited Mercury?
a) Pioneer 4
b) Mariner 8
c) Ulysses
d) Mariner 10

6) Which theory correctly predicted the motions of Mercury?
a) Gravitational Theory
b) General Theory of Relativity
c) Theory of Evolution
d) Heliocentric Theory

7) Who determined that Mercury must be tidally locked to the Sun? (This was proved wrong later on.)
a) John Dyce
b) Albert Goldstein
c) Giovanni Schiaparelli
d) James Pettengill

8) Who of the following believed that Mercury orbited the Sun?
a) Aristotle
b) Heraclitus
c) Plato
d) Socrates

9) What is Mercury’ rotation period around axis?
a) 31.25 days
b) 44.75 days
c) 58.65 days
d) 71.29 days

10) What is the length of a year of Mercury?
a) 92.245 days
b) 87.969 days
c) 47.701 days
d) 164.321 days

Mercury Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Who is Mercury in mythology?
d) God of commerce

2) What is the minimum surface temperature of Mercury?
d) -173?C

3) What is the maximum surface temperature of Mercury?
b) 427?C

4) What is the tilt of axis (degrees) of Mercury?
c) Zero

5) Which spacecraft first visited Mercury?
d) Mariner 10

6) Which theory correctly predicted the motions of Mercury?
b) General Theory of Relativity

7) Who determined that Mercury must be tidally locked to the Sun? (This was proved wrong later on.)
c) Giovanni Schiaparelli

8) Who of the following believed that Mercury orbited the Sun?
b) Heraclitus

9) What is Mercury’ rotation period around axis?
c) 58.65 days

10) What is the length of a year of Mercury?
b) 87.969 days

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Dog Quiz Questions

1) Which is the kingdom of dog?
a) Animalia
b) Protesta
c) Fungi
d) Monera

2) Which is the phylum of dog?
a) Porifera
b) Anthropoda
c) Chordata
d) Ciliophora

3) Which is the class of dog?
a) Amphibia
b) Mammalia
c) Gastropoda
d) Vertebra

4) Which is the order of dog?
a) Eudocimus
b) Anseriformes
c) Carnivora
d) Galliformes

5) Which is the family of dog?
a) Chicldae
b) Canidae
c) Felidae
d) Mustelidae

6) Which is the genus of dog?
a) Acinonyx
b) Panthera
c) Canis
d) Neofelis

7) Which is the species of dog?
a) Orcinus orca
b) Felis catus
c) Ursus arctos
d) Canis familiaris

8) Which sense of dog is most highly developed?
a) Taste
b) Touch
c) Smell
d) Sight

9) Which dogs are used for hunting?
a) Terriers
b) Toys
c) Hounds
d) Collies

10) What is the gestation period for dogs?
a) Four weeks
b) Six weeks
c) Nine weeks
d) Twelve weeks

Dog Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Which is the kingdom of dog?
a) Animalia

2) Which is the phylum of dog?
c) Chordata

3) Which is the class of dog?
b) Mammalia

4) Which is the order of dog?
c) Carnivora

5) Which is the family of dog?
b) Canidae

6) Which is the genus of dog?
c) Canis

7) Which is the species of dog?
d) Canis familiaris

8) Which sense of dog is most highly developed?
c) Smell

9) Which dogs are used for hunting?
c) Hounds

10) What is the gestation period for dogs?
c) Nine weeks

1. When was Sigmund Freud born?
a) 3 February 1864
b) 6 May 1856
c) 14 August 1867
d) 30 December 1865

2. Where was Sigmund Freud born?
a) Freiberg
b) Hamburg
c) Budapest
d) Prague

3. What did Sigmund Freud found?
a) Botany
b) Geometry
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Archaeology

4. When was Sigmund Freud appointed lecturer in neuropathology?
a) 1873
b) 1879
c) 1882
d) 1885

5. Under whose guidance did Sigmund Freud work at the Salpetriere clinic in Paris?
a) Ernst von Brucke
b) Jean Martin Charcot
c) Hermann von Helmholtz
d) Theodor Meynert

6. When was Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams actually published?
a) 1896
b) 1904
c) 1899
d) 1901

7. Where did Vienna Psychoanalytic Society hold its first international congress?
a) Copenhagen
b) Ottawa
c) Salzburg
d) Rome

8. Which historical novel was written by Sigmund Freud?
a) Moses and Monotheism
b) Ben Hur
c) Waverley
d) The Gladiators

9. When did Sigmund Freud die?
a) 31 January 1933
b) 10 June 1938
c) 23 September 1939
d) 12 November 1935

10. Where did Sigmund Freud die?
a) Berlin
b) Vienna
c) London
d) New York

Sigmund Freud Quiz Answers

1. When was Sigmund Freud born?
b) 6 May 1856

2. Where was Sigmund Freud born?
a) Freiberg

3. What did Sigmund Freud found?
c) Psychoanalysis

4. When was Sigmund Freud appointed lecturer in neuropathology?
d) 1885

5. Under whose guidance did Sigmund Freud work at the Salpetriere clinic in Paris?
b) Jean Martin Charcot

6. When was Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams actually published?
c) 1899

7. Where did Vienna Psychoanalytic Society hold its first international congress?
c) Salzburg

8. Which historical novel was written by Sigmund Freud?
a) Moses and Monotheism

9. When did Sigmund Freud die?
c) 23 September 1939

10. Where did Sigmund Freud die?
c) London

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1) Who is Venus in mythology?
a) God of justice
b) Goddess of love
c) God of wind
d) God of storm

2) How is Venus sometimes referred to? (This is one of the two common references.)
a) Morning Star
b) Yellow Star
c) Noon Star
d) Blue Star

3) What is the number of Venus’ satellites?
a) One
b) Two
c) Zero
d) Three

4) Which spacecraft first visited Venus?
a) Pioneer 3
b) Mariner 2
c) Ulysses
d) Mariner 4

5) Which is the first spacecraft to land on Venus?
a) Pioneer 4
b) Mariner 3
c) Venera 5
d) Venera 7

6) Which spacecraft returned the first photographs of the surface of Venus?
a) Viking 1
b) Mariner 1
c) Venera 9
d) Venera 7

7) Which of the following is not a depression of Venus?
a) Atlanta Planitia
b) Guinevere Planitia
c) Lavinia Planitia
d) Ishtar Terra

8) When is the last time Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun?
a) 1 January 2008
b) 8 June 2004
c) 31 December 2000
d) 19 July 1969

9) How does Venus rotate?
a) From east to west
b) From north to south
c) From west to east
d) From south to north

10) What is the length of a year of Venus?
a) 365.2425 days
b) 243.1087 days
c) 224.701 days
d) 164.321 days

Venus Quiz Answers

1) Who is Venus in mythology?
b) Goddess of love

2) How is Venus sometimes referred to? (This is one of the two common references.)
a) Morning Star

3) What is the number of Venus’ satellites?
c) Zero

4) Which spacecraft first visited Venus?
b) Mariner 2

5) Which is the first spacecraft to land on Venus?
d) Venera 7

6) Which spacecraft returned the first photographs of the surface of Venus?
c) Venera 9

7) Which of the following is not a depression of Venus?
d) Ishtar Terra

8) When is the last time Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun?
b) 8 June 2004

9) How does Venus rotate?
a) From east to west

10) What is the length of a year of Venus?
c) 224.701 days

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1) Who discovered Uranus?
a) Gerard Kuiper
b) Pervical Lowell
c) William Herschel
d) James Watt

2) John Flamsteed saw Uranus in 1690 and he thought it to be a star. What did he call it?
a) Alpha Centauri
b) Proxima Centauri
c) 34 Tauri
d) 24 Gauri

3) What did William Herschel name Uranus?
a) Albertum Sidus
b) Georgium Sidus
c) Henrium Sidus
d) Edwardum Sidus

4) Who is Uranus in mythology?
a) God of Heaven
b) Goddess of Earth
c) God of Trees
d) God of Flowers

5) Which is the brightest ring of Uranus?
a) Alpha
b) Epsilon
c) Sigma
d) Omega

6) What is the number of rings of Uranus?
a) Seven
b) Three
c) Six
d) Eleven

7) How many satellites of Uranus were discovered in 1986?
a) 10
b) 14
c) 12
d) 16

8) Who discovered Belinda?
a) Sheppard
b) Voyager 2
c) Challenger
d) Gladman

9) After whom the satellites of Uranus are named?
a) Kings of England
b) Presidents of USA
c) Characters from the writings of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope
d) Characters from the writings of George Bernard Shaw

10) Which is the largest satellite of Uranus?
a) Ariel
b) Juliet
c) Oberon
d) Titania

Uranus Quiz Answers

1) Who discovered Uranus?
c) William Herschel

2) John Flamsteed saw Uranus in 1690 and he thought it to be a star. What did he call it?
c) 34 Tauri

3) What did William Herschel name Uranus?
b) Georgium Sidus

4) Who is Uranus in mythology?
a) God of Heaven

5) Which is the brightest ring of Uranus?
b) Epsilon

6) What is the number of rings of Uranus?
d) Eleven

7) How many satellites of Uranus were discovered in 1986?
a) 10

8) Who discovered Belinda?
b) Voyager 2

9) After whom the satellites of Uranus are named?
c) Characters from the writings of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope

10) Which is the largest satellite of Uranus?
d) Titania

1) What did Galileo Galilei discover in 1610?
a) Two satellites of Uranus
b) Four satellites of Jupiter
c) Pluto
d) Neptune

2) To whom did Galileo Galilei dedicate his book ”Sidereus Nunicius”?
a) Nicholas Copernicus
b) Isaac Newton
c) Alexander VI
d) Cosmio II

3) Who published “Against the Earth’s motions” against Galileo Galilei’s discoveries?
a) Thomas Harriot
b) Lodovico delle Colombe
c) Francesco Sizzi
d) Christopher Clavius

4) Which cardinal supported Galileo Galilei at a debate during a state dinner in October 1611?
a) Thomas Wolsey
b) Maffeo Barberini
c) Eugenio Pachelli
d) Agnelo Carafa

5) In December 1614 who preached a sermon against Galileo Galilei in Florence?
a) Tommaso Caccini
b) John Calvin
c) Boston Globe
d) Atlantic Times

6) Who filed a written complaint against Galileo Galilei with the Inquisition in February 1615?
a) Alessandro Orsini
b) Niccolo Lorini
c) Alberto Medici
d) Alfredo Ottaviani

7) Who warned Galileo Galilei in February 1616 under orders from Paul VI not to hold or defend the Copernican theory?
a) Robert Bellarmine
b) Charles Borromeo
c) Johannes Alfrink
d) John Henry Newman

8) Which Congregation in March 1616 suspended “On the Revolutions” of Nicholas Copernicus?
a) Congregation of Divine Worship
b) Congregation of the Index
c) Congregation of Bishops
d) Congregation of Oriental Churches

9) To whom did Galileo Galilei dedicate “The Assayer”?
a) Paul V
b) Gregory XVI
c) Urban VIII
d) Martin V

10) Where in June 1633 did Galileo Galilei abjure his errors?
a) St. Peter’s Basilica
b) St. Mark’s Cathedral
c) Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
d) Church of San Giovanni of Rotondo

Galileo Galilei Quiz Answers

1) What did Galileo Galilei discover in 1610?
b) Four satellites of Jupiter

2) To whom did Galileo Galilei dedicate his book ”Sidereus Nunicius”?
d) Cosmio II

3) Who published “Against the Earth’s motions” against Galileo Galilei’s discoveries?
b) Lodovico delle Colombe

4) Which cardinal supported Galileo Galilei at a debate during a state dinner in October 1611?
b) Maffeo Barberini

5) In December 1614 who preached a sermon against Galileo Galilei in Florence?
a) Tommaso Caccini

6) Who filed a written complaint against Galileo Galilei with the Inquisition in February 1615?
b) Niccolo Lorini

7) Who warned Galileo Galilei in February 1616 under orders from Paul VI not to hold or defend the Copernican theory?
a) Robert Bellarmine

8) Which Congregation in March 1616 suspended “On the Revolutions” of Nicholas Copernicus?
b) Congregation of the Index

9) To whom did Galileo Galilei dedicate “The Assayer”?
c) Urban VIII

10) Where in June 1633 did Galileo Galilei abjure his errors?
c) Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva

1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
a) 5 October 1957
b) 6 June 1959
c) 4 November 1960
d) 12 April 1961

2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth?
a) Luna 7
b) Luna 8
c) Vostok 1
d) Vostok 2

3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off?
a) Moscow
b) Leningrad
c) Vladivostok
d) Baikanour

4) What did Yuri Gagarin say when the flight began?
a) Glasnost
b) Poyekhalil
c) Chau chau
d) Au revoir

5) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s flight last?
a) 60 minutes
b) 108 minutes
c) 120 minutes
d) 148 minutes

6) When did Yuri Gagarin join the Air Force?
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1955

7) Whose death resulted in Yuri Gagarin being banned from space flights as he was considered national treasure?
a) Laika
b) Valentina Tereshkova
c) Vladimir Komarov
d) Vladimir Seryogin

8) When did Yuri Gagarin die?
a) 14 April 1982
b) 27 March 1968
c) 19 July 1969
d) 25 November 1985

9) What caused Yuri Gagarin’s death?
a) Pneumonia
b) Typhoid
c) Plane crash
d) Car crash

10) What is Yuri Gagarin called?
a) Inventor of satellite
b) The Columbus of the Cosmos
c) Father of USSR
d) Peter the Great of 20th century

Yuri Gagarin Quiz Answers

1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
d) 12 April 1961

2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth?
c) Vostok 1

3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off?
d) Baikanour

4) What did Yuri Gagarin say when the flight began?
b) Poyekhalil

5) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s flight last?
b) 108 minutes

6) When did Yuri Gagarin join the Air Force?
d) 1955

7) Whose death resulted in Yuri Gagarin being banned from space flights as he was considered national treasure?
c) Vladimir Komarov

8) When did Yuri Gagarin die?
b) 27 March 1968

9) What caused Yuri Gagarin’s death?
c) Plane crash

10) What is Yuri Gagarin called?
b) The Columbus of the Cosmos

1. When did Arthur Holly Compton win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1923
b) 1925
c) 1924
d) 1927

2. When was Arthur Holly Compton born?
a) 7 November 1887
b) 7 June 1882
c) 10 September 1892
d) 21 January 1894

3. Where was Arthur Holly Compton born?
a) Newark
b) Wooster
c) Atlanta
d) Sacramento

4. From which university did Arthur Holly Compton get doctorate?
a) Harvard
b) Ohio State
c) Princeton
d) Boston

5. When did Arthur Holly Compton become the head of the department of physics at Washington University?
a) 1916
b) 1920
c) 1912
d) 1914

6. What did Arthur Holly Compton call the particles of X-rays?
a) Positrons
b) Photons
c) Neutrons
d) Electrons

7. For what did Arthur Holly Compton win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Discovery of cadmium
b) Research on cathode rays
c) Discovery and explanation of change in the wavelength of X-Rays when they collide with
electrons in metals
d) Research on gravity

8. At which university did Arthur Holly Compton teach in 1923-1945?
a) Chicago
b) Yale
c) Notre Dame
d) Regent

9. When did Arthur Holly Compton die?
a) 4 July 1958
b) 20 May 1957
c) 15 March 1962
d) 29 December 1960

10. Where did Arthur Holly Compton die?
a) St. Louis
b) Berkeley
c) New Orleans
d) Austin

Arthur Holly Compton Quiz Answers

1. When did Arthur Holly Compton win Nobel Prize for Physics?
d) 1927

2. When was Arthur Holly Compton born?
c) 10 September 1892

3. Where was Arthur Holly Compton born?
b) Wooster

4. From which university did Arthur Holly Compton get doctorate?
c) Princeton

5. When did Arthur Holly Compton become the head of the department of physics at Washington University?
b) 1920

6. What did Arthur Holly Compton call the particles of X-rays?
b) Photons

7. For what did Arthur Holly Compton win Nobel Prize for Physics?
c) Discovery and explanation of change in the wavelength of X-Rays when they collide with electrons in metals

8. At which university did Arthur Holly Compton teach in 1923-1945?
a) Chicago

9. When did Arthur Holly Compton die?
c) 15 March 1962

10. Where did Arthur Holly Compton die?
b) Berkeley

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Har Gobind Khorana was an biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that helped to show how the nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell’s synthesis of proteins. Khorana and Nirenberg were also awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in the same year.

Har Gobind Khorana Quiz Questions

1. When did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1973
b) 1968
c) 1964
d) 1976

2. When was Har Gobind Khorana born?
a) 9 January 1922
b) 15 April 1917
c) 4 September 1919
d) 30 December 1925

3. In which country is Har Gobind Khorana’s birthplace Raipur?
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) Nepal
d) Pakistan

4. From which university did Har Gobind Khorana receive doctorate in 1948?
a) Delhi
b) Liverpool
c) Punjab
d) Calcutta

5. At which university did Har Gobind Khorana begin research on nucleic acids?
a) Cambridge
b) Harvard
c) Madras
d) Osmania

6. When did Har Gobind Khorana become an American citizen?
a) 1942
b) 1968
c) 1954
d) 1966

7. For what did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) Acquired immunity to tissue transplants
b) Deciphering the genetic code
c) Work on biological combustion
d) Discoveries in animal behaviour patterns

8. When did Har Gobind Khorana join the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
a) 1960
b) 1975
c) 1971
d) 1980

9. When did Har Gobind Khorana die?
a) 4 March 1996
b) 26 June 2008
c) 4 July 1998
d) 9 November 2011

10. Where did Har Gobind Khorana die?
a) Ambala
b) Concord
c) Ludhiana
d) Gurdaspur

Har Gobind Khorana Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel Prize for Medicine?
b) 1968

2. When was Har Gobind Khorana born?
a) 9 January 1922

3. In which country is Har Gobind Khorana’s birthplace Raipur?
d) Pakistan

4. From which university did Har Gobind Khorana receive doctorate in 1948?
b) Liverpool

5. At which university did Har Gobind Khorana begin research on nucleic acids?
a) Cambridge

6. When did Har Gobind Khorana become an American citizen?
d) 1966

7. For what did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel Prize for Medicine?
b) Deciphering the genetic code

8. When did Har Gobind Khorana join the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
c) 1971

9. When did Har Gobind Khorana die?
d) 9 November 2011

10. Where did Har Gobind Khorana die?
b) Concord

Black Hole Quiz Questions

1) What is a black hole?
a) Comet that has turned black
b) Top of a galaxy
c) Bottom of a galaxy
d) Evolutionary end point of a massive star

2) What is the density of a black hole?
a) Density of oil
b) Density of water
c) Density of Uranium
d) Infinite

3) What can escape from a black hole?
a) Air
b) Water
c) Nothing
d) Light

4) How much is the escape speed in Schwarzschild radius?
a) Speed of sound
b) Speed of light
c) Speed of aeroplane
d) Speed of rocket

5) What is an imploded core of a massive star produced by a supernova explosion?
a) Electron Star
b) Photon Star
c) Neutron Star
d) Positron Star

6) Who proposed that black holes can evaporate?
a) John Oppenheimer
b) Karl Schwarzschild
c) Stephen Hawking
d) Julian Huxley

7) What divides space time into “inside” and “outside”?
a) Event horizon
b) Singularity
c) Gravity
d) Meteor

8) Who coined the term “black hole”?
a) John Mitchell
b) Pierre Simon Laplace
c) John Wheeler
d) Isaac Newton

9) Who rejected the existence of black holes?
a) Albert Einstein
b) C. V. Raman
c) Enrico Phermi
d) John Dalton

10) What is a black hole running back in time?
a) White hole
b) Worm hole
c) Green hole
d) Insect hole

Black Hole Quiz Questions with Answers

1) What is a black hole?
d) Evolutionary end point of a massive star

2) What is the density of a black hole?
d) Infinite

3) What can escape from a black hole?
c) Nothing

4) How much is the escape speed in Schwarzschild radius?
b) Speed of light

5) What is an imploded core of a massive star produced by a supernova explosion?
c) Neutron Star

6) Who proposed that black holes can evaporate?
c) Stephen Hawking

7) What divides space time into “inside” and “outside”?
a) Event horizon

8) Who coined the term “black hole”?
c) John Wheeler

9) Who rejected the existence of black holes?
a) Albert Einstein

10) What is a black hole running back in time?
a) White hole

1) What are eagles?
a) Talking birds
b) Large birds of prey
c) Singing birds
d) Birds of carrying messages

2) To which order eagle belongs?
a) Tinamiformes
b) Craciformes
c) Falconinformes
d) Galliformes

3) Which eagle preys on sloths and monkeys?
a) Harpy eagle
b) Sea eagle
c) Caucasian eagle
d) Serpent eagle

4) What is on the back of head of golden eagle?
a) Gold
b) Dark yellow feathers
c) Silver
d) Red feathers

5) Which bird is the national emblem of USA?
a) Bald eagle
b) Golden eagle
c) Sea eagle
d) Hawk

6) To which family eagle belongs?
a) Laridae
b) Accipitridae
c) Alcidae
d) Gaviidae

7) To which class eagle belongs?
a) Aves
b) Mammals
c) Reptiles
d) Amphibians

8) What is the average height of a black eagle?
a) 100 cm
b) 200 cm
c) 250 cm
d) 150 cm

9) What are babies of eagles called?
a) Cubs
b) Eaglets
c) Chicken
d) Yolk

10) The use of which pesticide was stopped in USA to prevent eagles from dying?
a) Aldrin
b) DDT
c) Chlordane
d) Lindane

Eagles Quiz Answers

1) What are eagles?
b) Large birds of prey

2) To which order eagle belongs?
c) Falconinformes

3) Which eagle preys on sloths and monkeys?
a) Harpy eagle

4) What is on the back of head of golden eagle?
b) Dark yellow feathers

5) Which bird is the national emblem of USA?
a) Bald eagle

6) To which family eagle belongs?
b) Accipitridae

7) To which class eagle belongs?
a) Aves

8) What is the average height of a black eagle?
a) 100 cm

9) What are babies of eagles called?
b) Eaglets

10) The use of which pesticide was stopped in USA to prevent eagles from dying?
b) DDT

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier aka “father of modern chemistry” was a French chemist and economist, prominent in the histories of chemistry and biology. He is most noted for his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion. He was also the first to establish that sulfur was an element rather than a compound. He discovered that, although matter may change its form or shape, its mass always remains the same.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier Quiz Questions

1. When was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier born?
a) 14 January 1736
b) 7 April 1746
c) 26 August 1743
d) 31 December 1748

2. Where was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier born?
a) Nantes
b) Fontainebleau
c) Paris
d) Versailles

3. What did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier study for three years but did not practise?
a) Architecture
b) Medicine
c) Dentistry
d) Law

4. When did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier join the Academy of Sciences?
a) 1764
b) 1768
c) 1758
d) 1770

5. Which theory did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier propound?
a) Oxygen theory of combustion
b) Theory of Evolution
c) Bronsted-Lowry Theory
d) Transition-State Theory

6. When did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his three colleagues publish a new nomenclature of chemistry?
a) 1776
b) 1768
c) 1787
d) 1789

7. Of which firm was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier a member?
a) Animal Farm
b) General Farm
c) French Bank
d) Societe Generale

8. When was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier a director of the French Gunpowder Administration?
a) 1796-1806
b) 1768-1774
c) 1806-1810
d) 1775-1792

9. When did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier die?
a) 2 February 1808
b) 8 May 1794
c) 4 July 1806
d) 3 October 1802

10. How did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier die?
a) Hanged
b) Shot
c) Drowned
d) Guillotined

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier born?
c) 26 August 1743

2. Where was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier born?
c) Paris

3. What did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier study for three years but did not practise?
d) Law

4. When did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier join the Academy of Sciences?
b) 1768

5. Which theory did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier propound?
a) Oxygen theory of combustion

6. When did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his three colleagues publish a new nomenclature of chemistry?
c) 1787

7. Of which firm was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier a member?
b) General Farm

8. When was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier a director of the French Gunpowder Administration?
d) 1775-1792

9. When did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier die?
b) 8 May 1794

10. How did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier die?
d) Guillotined

1) Who in 1705 predicted that the comet seen in 1531, 1607 and 1682 would return in 1758?
a) Nicholas Copernicus
b) Edmund Halley
c) James Pettengill
d) Clyde Tombaugh

2) What is the average period of orbit of Halley’s Comet?
a) 22 years
b) 18 years
c) 76 years
d) 100 years

3) When was the most famous appearance of Halley’s Comet?
a) 1066 – Battle of Hastings
b) 1815 – Battle of Waterloo
c) 732 – Battle of Tours
d) 800 – Coronation of Charlemagne

4) When was Halley’s Comet last seen?
a) 1914
b) 1939
c) 1945
d) 1986

5) Which spacecraft obtained close-up photos of nucleus of Halley’s Comet?
a) Pioneer 4
b) Mariner 8
c) Giotto
d) Mariner 10

6) When is Halley’s Comet next scheduled to return?
a) 2014
b) 2086
c) 2062
d) 2056

7) Since when Halley’s Comet is regularly observed?
a) 44 B.C.
b) 100 B.C.
c) 160 B.C.
d) 240 B.C.

8) How did the Chinese refer to Halley’s Comet as per their first written reports?
a) Morning Star
b) Evening Star
c) Broom Star
d) Pole Star

9) Edmund Halley did not see Halley’s Comet in 1758. Why?
a) He forgot.
b) Dark clouds blocked Halley’s Comet.
c) He died in 1742.
d) Seeing comet would have damaged eyes.

10) What is the size of the nucleus of Halley’s Comet?
a) 16 x 8 x 8 km
b) 1 x 1 x 1 km
c) 2 x 4 x 8 km
d) 8 x 4 x 4 km

Halley’s Comet Quiz Answers

1) Who in 1705 predicted that the comet seen in 1531, 1607 and 1682 would return in 1758?
b) Edmund Halley

2) What is the average period of orbit of Halley’s Comet?
c) 76 years

3) When was the most famous appearance of Halley’s Comet?
a) 1066 – Battle of Hastings

4) When was Halley’s Comet last seen?
d) 1986

5) Which spacecraft obtained close-up photos of nucleus of Halley’s Comet?
c) Giotto

6) When is Halley’s Comet next scheduled to return?
c) 2062

7) Since when Halley’s Comet is regularly observed?
d) 240 B.C.

8) How did the Chinese refer to Halley’s Comet as per their first written reports?
c) Broom Star

9) Edmund Halley did not see Halley’s Comet in 1758. Why?
c) He died in 1742.

10) What is the size of the nucleus of Halley’s Comet?
a) 16 x 8 x 8 km

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