World GK MCQs

World Famous Historical Figures in Science MCQs with Answers

Who is known for formulating the theory of relativity?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Marie Curie
Answer: b) Albert Einstein

Who is credited with discovering penicillin, the first antibiotic?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Robert Koch
d) Edward Jenner
Answer: a) Alexander Fleming

Who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?
a) Galileo Galilei
b) Johannes Kepler
c) Isaac Newton
d) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: d) Nicolaus Copernicus

Who discovered the law of gravity?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Marie Curie
d) Gregor Mendel
Answer: a) Isaac Newton

Who is known for the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA?
a) James Watson
b) Francis Crick
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) Linus Pauling
Answer: b) Francis Crick

Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Alfred Russel Wallace
Answer: a) Charles Darwin

Who is known for the discovery of radioactivity?
a) Marie Curie
b) Max Planck
c) Albert Einstein
d) Werner Heisenberg
Answer: a) Marie Curie

Who developed the theory of general relativity?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Isaac Newton
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Marie Curie
Answer: a) Albert Einstein

Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?
a) Johannes Kepler
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Isaac Newton
d) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: a) Johannes Kepler

Who is known for the discovery of the laws of thermodynamics?
a) James Clerk Maxwell
b) Rudolf Clausius
c) Albert Einstein
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: b) Rudolf Clausius

Who is known for the discovery of the electron?
a) J.J. Thomson
b) Ernest Rutherford
c) Marie Curie
d) Max Planck
Answer: a) J.J. Thomson

Who developed the theory of quantum mechanics?
a) Max Planck
b) Albert Einstein
c) Werner Heisenberg
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: c) Werner Heisenberg

Who discovered the laws of heredity?
a) Gregor Mendel
b) Charles Darwin
c) James Watson
d) Francis Crick
Answer: a) Gregor Mendel

Who is known for the discovery of the laws of electromagnetism?
a) James Clerk Maxwell
b) Michael Faraday
c) Albert Einstein
d) Isaac Newton
Answer: a) James Clerk Maxwell

Who proposed the theory of general relativity?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Isaac Newton
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Marie Curie
Answer: a) Albert Einstein

Who discovered the principles of genetics through experiments with pea plants?
a) Gregor Mendel
b) Charles Darwin
c) James Watson
d) Francis Crick
Answer: a) Gregor Mendel

Who developed the first successful vaccine for polio?
a) Jonas Salk
b) Albert Sabin
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Edward Jenner
Answer: a) Jonas Salk

Who is known for the discovery of X-rays?
a) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
b) Marie Curie
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: a) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Who developed the theory of special relativity?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Isaac Newton
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Marie Curie
Answer: a) Albert Einstein

Who is known for the discovery of the laws of motion?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Marie Curie
d) Nikola Tesla
Answer: a) Isaac Newton

Who discovered the principles of vaccination?
a) Edward Jenner
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Robert Koch
d) Alexander Fleming
Answer: a) Edward Jenner

Who is known for the discovery of the laws of heredity through experiments with pea plants?
a) Gregor Mendel
b) Charles Darwin
c) James Watson
d) Francis Crick
Answer: a) Gregor Mendel

Who developed the first successful vaccine for smallpox?
a) Edward Jenner
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Robert Koch
d) Alexander Fleming
Answer: a) Edward Jenner

Who is known for the discovery of the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Marie Curie
d) Nikola Tesla
Answer: a) Isaac Newton

Who discovered the principles of electromagnetism?
a) Michael Faraday
b) James Clerk Maxwell
c) Albert Einstein
d) Isaac Newton
Answer: a) Michael Faraday

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