CBSE Class 10 English The Making of a Scientist MCQs Set 04

Question. Where did he graduate from?
(a) Oxford
(b) Yale
(c) Harvard
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) Harvard

Question. Where did Richard grew up?
(a) Pennsylvania
(b) Chicago
(c) New York
(d) London
Answer: (a) Pennsylvania

Question. Which butterflies copied monarchs to prevent being eaten by birds?
(a) vice president
(b) viceroy
(c) vice principal
(d) vices
Answer: (b) viceroy

Question. What was the purpose of the gold spots on the monarch pupa?
(a) ornamental
(b) secreted hormones
(c) they were the breathing points
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) secreted hormones

Question. What qualities did Richard possess?
(a) inquisitive
(b) intelligent
(c) will to win
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. Which theory is discovered by Ebright?
(a) how mutation works
(b) how motion works
(c) how cells work
(d) All of the options
Answer: (c) how cells work

Question. What did Ebright start searching in the 2nd year of high school?
(a) An unknown hormone in the gold spots of butterflies
(b) An unknown hormone in the green spots of leaves
(c) An unknown hormone in the different species of butterflies
(d) An unknown hormone in the gold spots of monarch butterflies
Answer: (a) An unknown hormone in the gold spots of butterflies

Question. What did the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ give Ebright a thorough knowledge about?
(a) Knowledge about the monarch rocks
(b) Knowledge about the monarch fossils
(c) Knowledge about the monarch butterflies
(d) Knowledge about the monarch coins
Answer: (c) Knowledge about the monarch butterflies

Question. Richard H Ebright is a leading scientist who has contributed significantly to which branches of science?
(a) Biochemistry
(b) Molecular Biology
(c) Biology
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer: (d) Both (a) and (b)

Question. What did Ebright realise?
(a) that this wasn’t his foray
(b) that chasing the butterflies one by one won’t enable him to catch many
(c) that it was a difficult task
(d) All of the options
Answer: (b) that chasing the butterflies one by one won’t enable him to catch many

Question. What did the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ describe?
(a) how monarch butterflies migrate to Southern America
(b) how monarch butterflies migrate to Northern America
(c) how monarch butterflies migrate to Central America
(d) how monarch butterflies migrate to Western America
Answer: (c) how monarch butterflies migrate to Central America

Question. What did Ebright start tagging?
(a) insects
(b) monarch butterflies
(c) vibrant butterflies
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) monarch butterflies

Question. The cell theory got published in the proceeding of the
(a) World Academy of technology
(b) National Academy of science
(c) National science and technology
(d) World innovative science
Answer: (b) National Academy of science

Question. Richard’s interests on experiments started with a small things i.e.
(a) Rat
(b) Money Plant
(c) Bed bug
(d) Butterfly
Answer: (d) Butterfly

Question. Ebright started collecting butterflies from the stage of
(a) Kinder garden
(b) Class V
(c) Nursery
(d) Class II
Answer: (a) Kinder garden

Question. Ebright wanted to become
(a) A scientist
(b) A Journalist
(c) An astronomer
(d) A writer
Answer: (c) An astronomer

Question. _____ was Ebright’s only friend until he went to school.
(a) Mother
(b) Brother
(c) Father
(d) Grandfather
Answer: (a) Mother

Question. Ebright’s father died when he was in _____ grade.
(a) Third
(b) Second
(c) Fourth
(d) First
Answer: (a) Third

Question. The book, which encouraged Ebright and turned his life towards science was
(a) The travels of Monarch (X)
(b) 100 Shade o butterflies
(c) The 50 collection of butterflies
(d) The travels of Monarch (XI)
Answer: (a) The travels of Monarch (X)

Question. At the end of the children’s book the readers were invited to tag butterflies to Dr. Frederick A. Urquhart of the university of
(a) Zurich
(b) London
(c) Toronto
(d) Oxford
Answer: (c) Toronto

Question. After doing experiment on the theory that viceroy butterflies copy monarchs, Ebright won the _____ division in the zoology department and _____ position in the overall science fair.
(a) 2nd and 3rd
(b) 1st and 3rd
(c) 2nd and 1st
(d) 1st and 2nd
Answer: (b) 1st and 3rd

Question. The _____ tiny gold spots on monarch pupa produced a necessary hormone for the full development of butterfly from a pupa.
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 13
(d) 12
Answer: (d) 12

Question. The research on growing cells from a _____ helped him to won the first prize at the international fair.
(a) Monarch’s wing
(b) Frog’s body
(c) Monarch’s body
(d) Pupa
Answer: (a) Monarch’s wing

Question. Ebright also identified the chemical structure of
(a) Chlorine
(b) Calcium
(c) Hormone
(d) Clorofluro Carbon
Answer: (c) Hormone

Question. The most important discovery of Ebright was
(a) Cell life
(b) Atomic structure
(c) Chemical structure of Hormone
(d) Viceroy butterfly copies Monarch butterfly
Answer: (a) Cell life

Question. _____, the room-mate of Ebright helped him to draw pictures and to construct the plastic models of molecules.
(a) J.K Upright
(b) James K long
(c) Thomas Wilson
(d) James R. Wong
Answer: (d) James R. Wong

Question. Ebright used to admire his _____ teacher.
(a) SST
(b) Science
(c) Mathematics
(d) Language teaches
Answer: (a) SST

Question. Apart from scientist research Ebright had a keen interest in
(a) SST
(b) Drawing
(c) Debate
(d) Travelling
Answer: (c) Debate

Question. Ebright took part in county _____ fair.
(a) handicraft
(b) science
(c) cattle
(d) insects
Answer: (b) science