HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE GST201

1. …………………… is considered as the bedrock of scientific profession

(a) Knowledge (b) Science and Technology
(c) Reality (d) Experience
2. The more the universe seems comprehensive, the more it seems pointless”. This statement was made by
(a) Steven Weinberg (b) Jacques motiol
(b) David Novel (d) Stephen Hawking
3. Scientific curiosity led to the believe that
(a) All things can be known
(b) Some things can be known by some people
(c) Things take long to be known
(d) Things cannot be known except discovered
4. The prime activity in scientific discovery is
(a) Understanding physical law
(b) Understanding the behavior and availability of an element
(c) Understanding the universe
(d) Understanding man and his environment
5. The contention “that the universe is in a sense creative is attributed to
(a) Karl Popper (b) Galileo Galilee
(c) Stephen Hawking (d) Bertnand Rusell
6. The tempo and level of commitment of scholars to increase knowledge and know everything started in:
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(a) 20 century (b) 19 century
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(b) 18 century (d) 21th century
7. The civilization that devoted resources, energy and time to the glorification of death can be found in all except
(a) Greek (b) Assyria
(c) China (d) Egypt
8. Which civilization proclaimed that man is the most wonderful creation on earth
(a) Greek civilization (b) Egypt civilization
(d) China civilization (d) Assyria civilization
9. In the past, questions concerning individuals or group of people where referred to the
(a) Elite class (b) Priest
(b) Rulers (d) military
10. The people that dramatically changed the thinking pattern of societies to liberate them from the shackles of the old
order are known as
(a) Philosophers (b) Scientist
(c) Priests (d) Rulers
11. The first fundamental question was raised by the Greek philosopher on genesis of the universe in the
(a) Fifth BC (b) sixth BC
(d) Seventh BC (d) 1000 BC ago
12. ………………………………. Asked the question that boarders on what the world was made of
(a) Aristotle (b) Thales
(b) Isaac Newton (d) Plato
13. ………………………asserted that the world is made up matter that was shapeless and motionless
(a) Anaximander (b) Anaximene
(c) Heraclitus (d) Aristotle
14. One thing that is more pronounced in science is
(a) Technology (b) Change
(d) Capacity (d) knowledge
15. ……………… and ………………… attributed the origin of the universe to number and form
(a) Pythagoras and Aristotle
(b) Pythagoras and Plato
 (c) Pythagoras and Heraclitus
(d) Plato and Aristotle
16. …………………… posited that every scientific theory must as a matter of fact posses “logical resources”
(a) Thomas Kuhu (b) Erman McMullin
(b) Aristotle (d) Plato
17. In which century was the issue of the universe settled
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(a) 20 Century (b) Still ongoing
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(b) 21th century (d) 19 century
18. “the logical import was that if the galaxies were expanding that the universe was indeed in motion”
(a) Not scientific (b) Agree
(b) Disagree (d) not sure
19. Big Bang Theory was propounded by
(a) Robert olive (b) Robert Penrose
(b) Robert Pephim (d) Galileo Galilee
20. The limitation of Big Bang theory was its inability to explain the origin of the galaxies
(a) Disagree (b) agree
(b) Not sure (d) none of the above
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21. The great edifice of physics was built up in the 17 century through the work of
(a) Plato (b) Robert Penrose
(b) Pythagoras Galileo Galilee
22. The theory that based its antecedent on “TIME” was
(a) Big Bang (b) Aristotle theory
(b) Theory of earth (d) Quantum
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25. The theory of evolution holds that human body is the product of organic evolution
(a) Disagree (b) agree
(b) Not sure (d) none of the above
26. The statement “you cannot make things move by prayer but by understanding the physical law” was made by:
(a) Disagree (b) agree
(b) Not sure none of the above
27. A major feature of Newton’s findings was the demonstration that the laws of motion correctly described the shapes
and periods of the planetary orbits.
(a) Disagree (b) agree
(b) Not sure (d) none of the above
28. “we live in a world of change and nowhere is that more pronounced than in science” can be credited to
(a) Mary Hesse (b) Isaac Newton
(b) Galileo Galilee (d) none of the above
29. Which of the following associated the purpose of creation to the sun?
(a) Congo People (b) Akan people
(b) Changa people (d) Sudan people
30. “It is said that the earliest man like ancestors may have risen from a population of primates existing about………….
(a) 25million years ago (b) 35million years ago
(b) 45million years ago (d) 15million years ago