Prominent Scientists MCQs with Answers

Who is called the father of modern astronomy?

• A.Nicolaus Copernicus
• B.Galileo Galilei
• C.Both A & B
• D.Isaac Newton

Which woman made a breakthrough in Fiber Optics?

• A.Shirley Ann Jackson
• B.Marie Curie
• C.Rosalind Franklin
• D.Dorothy Hodgkin

Who gave The Uncertainty Principle?

• A.Niels Bohr
• B.Max Planck
• C.Werner Heisenberg
• D.Erwin Schrödinger

TV (Television) was invented by _?

• A.Alexander Graham Bell
• B.John Logie Baird
• C.Thomas Edison
• D.Guglielmo Marconi

For what achievement did James Chadwick receive the Nobel Prize in 1935?

• A.Discovery of the electron
• B.Discovery of the proton
• C.Discovery of the neutron
• D.Discovery of the positron

Who has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024?

• A.Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun
• B.Katalin Karikó & Drew Weissman
• C.Svante Pääbo
• D.David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian

Who invented the Air-Conditioner?

• A.James Watt
• B.Willis Carrier
• C.Thomas Edison
• D.Nikola Tesla

Who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine of 2021?

• A.David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
• B.Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice
• C.James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo
• D.William G. Kaelin and Gregg L. Semenza

Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine for _?

• A.Sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal
• B.Discovering the structure of DNA
• C.Developing CRISPR gene-editing technology
• D.Mapping the human genome for the first time

Radioactivity was discovered by _?

• A.Rutherford
• B.Marie Curie
• C.Pierre Curie
• D.Becquerel