Multiple Choice Questions on Scientific Discoveries
- Who discovered the planet Uranus?
(A) Copernicus
(B) Newton
(C) Herschel
(D) Galileo
- Who discovered radioactivity?
(A) Bohr
(B) Rutherford
(C) Becquerel
(D) Marie Curie
- X-rays were discovered by
(A) Niels Bohr
(B) Ernst Rutherford
(C) Wilhelm Rontgen
(D) Marie Curie
- The law of gravity was discovered by
(A) Galileo Galilei
(B) Albert Einstein
(C) Johannes Kepler
(D) Isaac Newton
- Who discovered insulin?
(A) Edward Jenner
(B) Luis Pasteur
(C) Banting and Best
(D) Alexander Fleming
- The electron was discovered by
(A) Faraday
(B) Bohr
(C) JJ Thomson
(D) Rutherford
- Which of the following discovered radio waves?
(A) Tesla
(B) Marconi
(C) James Clerk Maxwell
(D) Heinrich Hertz
- The first vaccine for smallpox was developed by
(A) Joseph Lister
(B) Edward Jenner
(C) Robert Koch
(D) Louis Pasteur
- The nucleus of the atom was discovered by
(A) Thomson
(B) Rutherford
(C) Chadwick
(D) Bohr
- The laws of motion were formulated by
(A) Archimedes
(B) Galileo
(C) Newton
(D) Einstein
- The vaccine for rabies was discovered by
(A) Alexander Fleming
(B) Robert Koch
(C) Louis Pasteur
(D) Edward Jenner
- The neutron was discovered by
(A) Niels Bohr
(B) James Chadwick
(C) Rutherford
(D) JJ Thomson
- The law of buoyancy was discovered by
(A) Galileo
(B) Archimedes
(C) Pascal
(D) Newton
- Who created the periodic table?
(A) Newlands
(B) Mendeleev
(C) Dalton
(D) Dobereiner
- The proton was discovered by
(A) John Dalton
(B) James Chadwick
(C) Ernst Rutherford
(D) JJ Thomson
- The electromagnetic induction was discovered by
(A) Ampere
(B) Tesla
(C) Maxwell
(D) Faraday
Answers:
1-(C), 2-(C), 3-(C), 4-(D), 5-(C), 6-(C), 7-(D), 8-(B), 9-(B), 10-(C), 11-(C), 12-(B), 13-(B), 14-(D), 15-(C), 16-(D)