CBSE Class 10 English The Making of a Scientist MCQs Set 03

Question. Who is the writer of the lesson “The Making of a Scientist”?
(a) HG Wells
(b) Robert W. Peterson
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Guy De Maupassant
Answer: (b) Robert W. Peterson

Question. Name Richard’s college room mate
(a) John
(b) James
(c) Jack
(d) Jeff
Answer: (a) John

Question. What did Richard’s dad do?
(a) scientist
(b) doctor
(c) he was dead
(d) teacher
Answer: (c) he was dead

Question. Name Ebright’s social science teacher.
(a) Mr Weiherer
(b) Dr Urquhart
(c) James R Wong
(d) Taplow
Answer: (a) Mr Weiherer

Question. How many gold spots were there on a Monarch pupa?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 11
(d) 12
Answer: (d) 12

Question. In which class was Ebright when he lost at the county science fair?
(a) 5
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 4
Answer: (c) 7

Question. What groundbreaking research did Ebright do?
(a) working of body
(b) working of DNA
(c) Working of heart
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) working of DNA

Question. He was an excellent _____
(a) debator
(b) scientist
(c) photographer
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. Who did he write to get an idea for a real science experiment?
(a) his mother
(b) his friend
(c) Dr Frederick A. Urquhart
(d) his father
Answer: (c) Dr Frederick A. Urquhart

Question. Which butterflies were not eaten by birds?
(a) viceroy
(b) monarch
(c) both a and b
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) monarch

Question. He tried to grow _____ in the presence of betties
(a) butterflies
(b) catterpillar
(c) rats
(d) snakes
Answer: (b) catterpillar

Question. What did he collect during his childhood?
(a) coins
(b) rocks
(c) butterflies
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. When did he find the cause of a viral disease common among caterpillars?
(a) in the 7th grade
(b) in the 8th grade
(c) in college
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) in the 8th grade

Question. How many species of butterflies had he collected till second grade?
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 24
(d) 25
Answer: (d) 25

Question. What was he fond of in his childhood?
(a) basketball
(b) collecting things
(c) baseball
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) collecting things

Question. “It was his fascination for _____ that opened the world of science to him.”
(a) cats
(b) dogs
(c) birds
(d) butterflies
Answer: (d) butterflies

Question. Which of the following is a part of the life cycle of butterflies?
(a) egg
(b) caterpillar
(c) pupa
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. At what grade did Richard get a hint of what real science is?
(a) fourth grade
(b) fifth grade
(c) sixth grade
(d) seventh grade
Answer: (d) seventh grade

Question. Which book did Ebright’s mother give him to?
(a) Travels of Monarch X
(b) Travels of Ebright
(c) Travels of Dr Urquhart
(d) Travels of Viceroy X
Answer: (a) Travels of Monarch X

Question. Which of the following is a type of butterflies?
(a) viceroy
(b) monarch
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) both (a) and (b)

Question. Ebright tried to grow caterpillars in the presence of :
(a) betties
(b) snakes
(c) wasps
(d) All of the options
Answer: (a) betties

Question. Who encouraged Ebright in his interest in learning?
(a) his mother
(b) his father
(c) his brother
(d) his teacher
Answer: (a) his mother

Question. Richard H. Ebright was famous :
(a) singer
(b) scientist
(c) doctor
(d) engineer
Answer: (b) scientist

Question. At what age did he invent the theory on how cells work?
(a) twenty
(b) twenty one
(c) twenty two
(d) twenty four
Answer: (c) twenty two

Question. How did his mother help him?
(a) took him on trips
(b) bought him telescopes and microscopes
(c) encouraged him to learn
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. When did he get a hint of real science?
(a) in the 7th grade
(b) when he entered a county science fair
(c) when he lost
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. “_____ is the blueprint for life.”
(a) cells
(b) DNA
(c) both of these
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) DNA

Question. Where did he come from?
(a) Reading
(b) Oxford
(c) London
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Reading

Question. What did he realise was necessary for winning a prize at the fair?
(a) display
(b) experiment
(c) both a and b
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) experiment