The Making of a Scientist | Class 10 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 6

All important MCQs are provided for the chapter The Making of a Scientist for class 10. Students are requested to practice all MCQ which will be helpful in their exam preparation. MCQs provided are as per the latest pattern announced by CBSE.

Q1.Where did he come from?

(1) Reading
(2) Oxford
(3) London
(4) none of the above

Answer

Answer: Reading


Q2.He tried to grow in the presence of betties

(1) butterflies
(2) catterpillar
(3) rats
(4) snakes

Answer

Answer: catterpillar


Q3.When did he find the cause of a viral disease common among caterpillars?

(1) in the 7th grade
(2) in the 8th grade
(3) in college
(4) none of the above

Answer

Answer: in the 8th grade


Q4.What did he realise was necessary for winning a prize at the fair?

(1) display
(2) experiment
(3) all of the above
(4) none of the above

Answer

Answer: experiment


Q5.Who did he write to get an idea for a real science experiment?

(1) his mother
(2) his friend
(3) Dr Frederick A. Urquhart
(4) none of the above

Answer

Answer: Dr Frederick A. Urquhart


Q6.What groundbreaking research did Ebright do?

(1) working of body
(2) working of DNA
(3) Working of heart
(4) none of the above

Answer

Answer: working of DNA


Q7.How many species of butterflies had he collected till second grade?

(1)20
(2)21
(3)24
(4)25

Answer

Answer: 25


Q8.How many gold spots were there on a Monarch pupa?

(1)10
(2)15
(3)11
(4)12

Answer

Answer: 12


Q9.What was he fond of in his childhood?

(1) basketball
(2) collecting things
(3) baseball
(4) none of the above

Answer

Answer: collecting things


Q10.Where did Richard grew up?

(1) Pennsylvania
(2) Chicago
(3) New York
(4) London

Answer

Answer: Pennsylvania


Q11.What did Richards dad do?

(1) scientist
(2) doctor
(3) he was dead
(4) teacher

Answer

Answer: he was dead


Q12.It was his fascination for that opened the world of science to him.

(1) cats
(2) dogs
(3) birds
(4) butterflies

Answer

Answer: butterflies


Q13.Which butterfiles copied monarchs to prevent being eaten by birds?

(1) vice president
(2) viceroy
(3) viceprincipal
(4) vices

Answer

Answer: viceroy


Q14.Name Richards college room mate

(1) John
(2) James
(3) Jack
(4) Jeff

Answer

Answer: John


Q15.Who is the writer of the story The Making of a Scientist?

(1) HG Wells
(2) Robert W. Peterson
(3) Ruskin Bond
(4) Guy De Maupassant

Answer

Answer: Robert W. Peterson


Q16.Where did Ebright study?

(1) Oxford
(2) Cambridge
(3) Harvard
(4) Stanford

Answer

Answer: Harvard


Q17.Name Ebrights social science teacher.

(1) Mr Weiherer
(2) Dr Urquhart
(3) James R Wong
(4) Taplow

Answer

Answer: Mr Weiherer


Q18.Ebright took part in countyfair.

(1) handicraft
(2) science
(3) cattle
(4) insects

Answer

Answer: science


Q19.Which book did Ebrights mother give him to?

(1) Travels of Monarch X
(2) Travels of Ebright
(3) Travels of Dr Urquhart
(4) Travels of Viceroy X

Answer

Answer: Travels of Monarch X


Q20.Which of the following is a part of the life cycle of butterflies?

(1) egg
(2) caterpillar
(3) pupa
(4) all of the above

Answer

Answer: all of the above


Q21.At the age of —— Richard H Ebright surprised the world by explaining the theory on how cells work.

(1)22
(2)15
(3)32
(4)20

Answer

Answer: 22.


Q22.Richard H Ebright explained the theory of –

(1) Movement of plant
(2) On how atom work
(3) On how cells work
(4) Rotation

Answer

Answer: On how cells work.


Q23.The cell theory got published in the proceeding of the –

(1) World Academy of technology
(2) National Academy of science
(3) National science and technology
(4) World innovative science

Answer

Answer: National Academy of Science.


Q24.Richards interests on experiments started with a small things i.e. –

(1) Rat
(2) Money Plant
(3) Bed bug
(4) Butterfly

Answer

Answer: Butterfly.


Q25.Ebright grew up in the North of –

(1) Pennsylvania
(2) Paris
(3) Zurich
(4) France

Answer

Answer: Pennsylvania.


Q26.Ebright started collecting butterflies from the stage of –

(1) Kinder garden
(2) Class (V)
(3) Nursery
(4) Class (II)

Answer

Answer: Kinder Garden.


Q27.Ebright wanted to become –

(1) A scientist
(2) A Journalist
(3) An astronomer
(4) A writer

Answer

Answer: An astronomer.


Q28.Ebright was always encouraged for studies by his –

(1) Father
(2) Grandmother
(3) Sister
(4) Mother

Answer

Answer: Mother.


Q29.—— was Ebrights only friend until he went to school.

(1) Mother
(2) Brother
(3) Father
(4) Grandfather

Answer

Answer: Mother.


Q30.Ebrights father did when he was in —— grade.

(1) Third
(2) Second
(3) Fourth
(4) First

Answer

Answer: Third.


Q31.In Class (II) Ebright had collected all the —— species of butterflies.

(1)50
(2)25
(3)10
(4)24

Answer

Answer: 25.


Q32.The book, which encouraged Ebright and turned his life towards science was –

(1) The travels of Monarch (X)
(2) 100 Shade o butterflies
(3) The 50 collection of butterflies
(4) The travels of Monarch (XI)

Answer

Answer: The travels Monarch (X).


Q33.At the end of the childrens book the readers were invited to tag butterflies to Dr. Frederick A. Urquhart of the university of –

(1) Zurich
(2) London
(3) Toronto
(4) Oxford

Answer

Answer: Toronto.


Q34.Ebright got a hint of real science in the —— grade.

(1) 7th
(2) 5th
(3) 8th
(4) 4th

Answer

Answer: 7th.


Q35.Ebright was in class —–, when he tried to find out the cause of a viral disease that killed nearly all monarch caterpillars.

(1) (IX)
(2) (VI)
(3) (VIII)
(4) (X)

Answer

Answer: (VIII).


Q36.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.

(1) 2nd and 3rd
(2) 1st and 3rd
(3) 2nd 1st
(4) 1st and 2nd

Answer

Answer: 1st and 2nd.


Q37.The —– tiny gold spots on monarch pupa produced a necessary hormone for the full development of butterfly from a pupa.

(1)10
(2)11
(3)13
(4)12

Answer

Answer: 12.


Q38.The research on growing cells from a —— helped him to won the first prize at the international fair.

(1) Monarch’s wing
(2) Frog’s body
(3) Monarch’s body
(4) Pupa

Answer

Answer: Monarch’s wing.


Q39.Ebright also identified the chemical structure of –

(1) Chlorine
(2) Calcium
(3) Hormone
(4) Clorofluro Carbon

Answer

Answer: Hormone.


Q40.According to Ebright —— is the blue print of life.

(1) DNA
(2) Nucleus
(3) RNA
(4) Cytoplasm

Answer

Answer: DNA.


Q41.The most important discovery of Ebright was –

(1) Cell life
(2) Atomic structure
(3) Chemical structure of Hormone
(4) Viceroy butterfly copies Monarch butterfly

Answer

Answer: Cell life.


Q42.—— the roommate of Ebright helped him to draw pictures and to construct the plastic models of molecules.

(1) J.K Upright
(2) James K long
(3) Thomas Wilson
(4) James R. Wong

Answer

Answer: James R. Wong.


Q43.Ebright used to admire his —— teacher.

(1) SST
(2) Science
(3) Mathematics
(4) Language teaches

Answer

Answer: SST.


Q44.Apart from scientist research Ebright had a keen interest in –

(1) SST
(2) Drawing
(3) Debate
(4) Travelling

Answer

Answer: Debate.


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