NCERT English Class 10 | Chapter 6 | The Making of a Scientist | MCQs |

1. Enright came ____ in his class on 1,510.

A. First

B. Second

C. Third

D. Last

... Answer: "B"


2. Ebright also became a _______.

A. debater

B. public speaker

C. canoeist

D. All of the above

... Answer: "D"


3. Richard was a __________ individual.

A. selfish

B. naive

C. competitive

D. cunning

... Answer: "C"


4. ‘Eureka’ is a __________.

A. cry of triumph

B. cry of pain

C. cry of sadness

D. cry of anger

... Answer: "A"


5. Who did not believe that the spots were ornamental?

A. Dr Urquhart

B. Mr Weiherer

C. Ebright’s classmates

D. Ebright’s teachers

... Answer: "A"


6. What changed Enright’s life?

A. A song

B. A  movie

C. A book

D. A story

... Answer: "C"


7. Ebright got a  hint of what real science is in the ______ grade.

A. Fourth

B. Fifth

C. Sixth

D. Seventh

... Answer: "D"


8. What was Ebright’s first entry in the country science fair?

A. Slides of frog tissues

B. Cause of a viral disease

C. Monarch butterflies

D. None of the above

... Answer: "A"


9. Ebright’s project was to see whether birds would eat ___________.

A. flies

B. Monarch butterflies

C. ants

D. mosquitoes

... Answer: "B"


10. What was the question that Ebright tried to answer while beginning the research that led him to an unknown insect hormone?

A. What leads to the birth of butterflies?

B. Can birds eat monarch butterflies?

C. What is the purpose of the twelve tiny gold spots on a monarch pupa?

D. What does a monarch pupa do?

... Answer: "C"


11. Everyone assumed that the spots on monarch pupa were _____.

A. not really spots

B. ornamental

C. gratuitous

D. intriguing

... Answer: "B"


12. DNA is a substance in the ___________ of a cell.

A. body

B. surface

C. nucleus

D. none of the above

... Answer: "C"


13. What led Edright to the theory of cell life?

A. his research on the purpose of spots on monarch pupa

B. slides of frogs

C. his knowledge of cell structure

D. All of the above

... Answer: "A"


14. ‘Starling’ is a _______.

A. frog

B. butterfly

C. bird

D. Star

... Answer: "C"


15. What pleased Mr Weiherer about Richard?

A. He was kind

B. He worked hard

C. He managed to do his research on both butterflies and debating

D. All of the above

... Answer: "C"


16. Ebright spent the summer after graduation at the _____________.

A. U.S. Department of Agriculture

B. U. S. Department of Chemistry

C. U. S. Department of Biology

D. U. S. Department of Physics

... Answer: "A"


17. The laboratory’s instruments were ______.

A. old

B. modern

C. sharp

D. sophisticated

... Answer: "D"


18. What do you understand by the term ‘curiosity’?

A. An eagerness to narrate stories

B. An eagerness to debate

C. An eagerness to learn

D. An eagerness to prove others wrong 

... Answer: "C"

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