- 1. Who is the author of the book 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'?
A) Bill Bryson
B) Richard Dawkins
C) Stephen Hawking
D) Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 2. In which year was the book 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' published?
A) 2003
B) 1999
C) 2005
D) 2010
- 3. What theory of the universe is discussed in the book 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'?
A) Steady State Theory
B) Big Bang Theory
C) Ptolemaic System
D) String Theory
- 4. Which scientist is known for the theory of evolution that is discussed in the book?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
C) Charles Darwin
D) Gregor Mendel
- 5. How old is the Earth estimated to be according to the book 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'?
A) 4.5 billion years
B) 6.5 billion years
C) 2.5 billion years
D) 1 billion years
- 6. What is the name of the mountain range that was formed during the collision of India and Eurasia, as discussed in the book?
A) Himalayas
B) Rockies
C) Andes
D) Alps
- 7. Which physicist is credited with formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation, as mentioned in the book?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Galileo Galilei
C) Albert Einstein
D) Niels Bohr
- 8. What is the term used to refer to the time before written records were kept, which is also briefly discussed in the book?
A) Prehistory
B) Middle Ages
C) Antiquity
D) Renaissance
- 9. Who was responsible for establishing the Periodic Table of Elements, a topic covered in the book?
A) Ernest Rutherford
B) Marie Curie
C) Antoine Lavoisier
D) Dmitri Mendeleev
- 10. Which ocean trench is discussed in the book as one of the deepest parts of the Earth's crust?
A) Java Trench
B) Mariana Trench
C) Kermadec Trench
D) Puerto Rico Trench
- 11. Which scientist is credited with formulating the laws of genetics that are briefly discussed in the book?
A) Francis Crick
B) Rosalind Franklin
C) Gregor Mendel
D) James Watson
- 12. What is the process by which an organism becomes better suited to its environment, as explained in the book?
A) Natural selection
B) Adaptation
C) Genetic mutation
D) Artificial selection
- 13. Which planet in our solar system is known for its rings and is briefly discussed in the book?
A) Jupiter
B) Uranus
C) Saturn
D) Neptune
- 14. What is the name of the process by which carbon dating is used to determine the age of an object, as explained in the book?
A) Radiocarbon dating
B) Potassium-argon dating
C) Uranium-lead dating
D) Dendrochronology
- 15. What term refers to the movement of continents over geologic time, as discussed in the book?
A) Plate tectonics
B) Seafloor spreading
C) Pangaea
D) Subduction
- 16. Which scientist is known for the theory of continental drift and the concept of Pangaea, briefly discussed in the book?
A) Louis Agassiz
B) James Hutton
C) Alexander von Humboldt
D) Alfred Wegener
- 17. What is the name of the constantly expanding shell of gas and dust surrounding an erupting star, as mentioned in the book?
A) Nebula
B) Quasar
C) Supernova
D) Galaxy
- 18. What is the phenomenon in which certain materials emit light when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, as discussed in the book?
A) Incandescence
B) Bioluminescence
C) Fluorescence
D) Phosphorescence
- 19. What is the name of the scientist who introduced the concept of the 'cosmic calendar' to illustrate the timeline of the universe, as discussed in the book?
A) Edwin Hubble
B) Neil deGrasse Tyson
C) Jocelyn Bell Burnell
D) Carl Sagan
- 20. What is the name of the scientist who discovered the theory of general relativity?
A) Stephen Hawking
B) Marie Curie
C) Albert Einstein
D) Isaac Newton
- 21. Which planet in our solar system is the largest?
A) Mars
B) Jupiter
C) Venus
D) Neptune
- 22. Who was the first female scientist to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Rosalind Franklin
B) Barbara McClintock
C) Marie Curie
D) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
- 23. Who is known for the discovery of penicillin?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Alexander Fleming
C) Robert Koch
D) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- 24. What is the study of fossils called?
A) Paleontology
B) Geology
C) Archaeology
D) Anthropology
- 25. What is the smallest unit of matter?
A) DNA
B) Molecule
C) Atom
D) Cell
- 26. What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy called?
A) Chemosynthesis
B) Respiration
C) Fermentation
D) Photosynthesis
- 27. Which particle is responsible for carrying the electromagnetic force?
A) Proton
B) Electron
C) Neutron
D) Photon
- 28. What is the study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere called?
A) Cosmology
B) Physics
C) Astronomy
D) Astrology
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