This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Supplementary > The Making Of A Scientist > Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 6 The Making Of A Scientist – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 6 The Making Of A Scientist Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What method did Richard Feynman's father use in order to encourage Richard to become interested in science? A) He had deep discussions. B) They watched the science channel. C) He took him for a walk. D) They read books together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had deep discussions. 2. How many species of butterfly did Richard Ebright find around his hometown A) 23. B) 25. C) 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25. 3. Which butterfly did Richard Ebright find most interesting A) Monarch butterfly. B) Viceroy. C) He didn't like butterflies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarch butterfly. 4. Ebright tried to grow caterpillars in the presence of: A) Duvet. B) Snakes. C) Wasps. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duvet. 5. What did Ebright start collecting in childhood? A) Butterflies. B) Rocks. C) Coins. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. I would love to visit Prague sometime. Unfortunately, I ..... (be/never) there. A) Has never been. B) Will never. C) Was never. D) Have never been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have never been. 7. Choose the option that lists Ebright's qualities as a young scientist1. being undaunted by setbacks 2. the effort to win for the right reason3. having a conceited view of Science A) 1 & 3. B) 1, 2 & 3. C) 2 & 3. D) 1 & 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 & 2. 8. Which of the following hobbies does Richard Ebright like A) Dancing. B) Singing. C) Stargazing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stargazing. 9. What was the main idea of the express wagon story? A) Richard's father liked him to use the wagon as part of his studies. B) Richard's father taught him to notice things. C) Play was very important. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard's father taught him to notice things. 10. Using the laboratory's sophisticated instruments; Ebright was able to identify the hormone's ..... A) Physical structure. B) Chemical structure. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Chemical composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical structure. 11. In which class was Ebright, when he tried to find out the cause of a viral disease that killed nearly all the monarch caterpillars? A) X. B) VIII. C) IX. D) VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VIII. 12. What did Ebright decide to do, as in the chapter 'The making of a Scientist'? A) To give up on his hobbies. B) To raise a flock of butterflies. C) To start his own laboratory. D) To take guidance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To raise a flock of butterflies. 13. WHICH BOOK DID HIS MOTHERE GIVE HIM? A) TRAVELS OF MONARCH Y. B) TRAVELS OF VICEROY Y. C) TRAVELS OF VICEROY X. D) TRAVELS OF MONARCH X. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TRAVELS OF MONARCH X. 14. Ebright first started raising a flock of butterflies because A) He had nothing else to do and liked collecting things. B) He wanted to step into the scientific world with his research. C) He wanted to prove that butterflies can be domesticated. D) He wanted to show that butterflies can be raised in homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had nothing else to do and liked collecting things. 15. Ebright began to lose interest in tagging butterflies as it was tedious and there wasn't much feedback. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Part A:In "The Making of a Scientist, " Feynman's father teaches him four lessons using tiles, dinosaurs, birds, and a wagon. Which one showed an example of different color combinations and patterns? A) Wagon. B) Tiles. C) Birds. D) Dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tiles. 17. NAME RICHARD'S COLLEGE ROOMMATE? A) JOHN. B) JAMES. C) JACK. D) JEFF. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) JOHN. 18. What does DNA control? A) Genes. B) Heredity. C) Alleles. D) Characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heredity. 19. Which grade was Ebright in when he lost at the county science fair? A) 7th. B) 8th. C) Chin. D) 10th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7th. 20. What is open mindedness? A) Willingness to experiment and deject the outcome. B) Willingness to experiment and accept the outcome. C) Willingness to copy others and claiming it as inspiration. D) Willingness to stay involved in a research work for lifetime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Willingness to experiment and accept the outcome. 21. The author compares the 23 year old Ebright's accomplishment to a fifteen year old's entry into the big league and a home run in the first game because A) It was a stupendous achievement at such a young age. B) Ebright loved the game and had gained entry to the big league. C) The young Scientist was a doyen of the game over and above being a scientist. D) He was a master of the game at the tender age of fifteen years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a stupendous achievement at such a young age. 22. By the time Ebright was in the second grade, he had collected ..... species of butterflies. A) Twenty five. B) Forty five. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty five. 23. Why did viceroy butterflies copy monarchs? A) Dont know. B) Cuz it was thought that monarchs didn't taste good to birds. C) Cuz they wanted to save themselves from birds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cuz it was thought that monarchs didn't taste good to birds. 24. "The Making of a Scientist" is about? A) The life and work of Harold Pinter. B) The life and work of D H Lawrence. C) The life and work of Richard Ebright. D) The life and work of Eddie Gerardo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The life and work of Richard Ebright. 25. How many species of butterflies had Ebright collected by the second grade? A) 50. B) 10. C) 25. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25. 26. The dog ran ..... the thief. A) Into. B) After. C) Before. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 27. How many stories did Richard Feynman share about his upbringing with his father? A) 9. B) 5. C) 6. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 28. Imagination is one of the prime needs for being a scientist. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. The purpose of the gold spots on a monarch pupa led to Ebright's theory about A) Cell life. B) Butterfly's full development. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell life. 30. Ebright s mother bought him A) Telescope. B) Mounting Material. C) Microscope. D) All the above. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 31. Whose suggestions & ideas gave encouragement & victories to Ebright, as in the chapter 'The making of a Scientist'? A) Dr Robert. B) Dr Urquhart. C) Dr Ebright. D) Dr Peterson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr Urquhart. 32. Jack ..... (live) in Boston for the past 15 years. A) Lived. B) Has lived. C) Lives. D) Have lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has lived. 33. Scholars acknowledge ..... as the first scientist. A) Einstein. B) Newton. C) Aristotle. D) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 34. Apart from being a scientist, what other qualities did Ebright possess, as in the chapter 'The making of a Scientist'? A) A champion debater. B) A good canoeist. C) An expert photographer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 35. Who did Ebright write to in order to get an idea for a real science experiment? A) His mother. B) His friend. C) Dr, Frederick A.Urquhart. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr, Frederick A.Urquhart. 36. Apart from collecting butterflies Ebright also collected ..... A) Rocks, fossils and coins. B) Rocks, fossils and meteorite. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rocks, fossils and coins. 37. When Jack was at school, he ..... (learn) to play the saxophone. He ..... (play) it ever since. A) Has learned-has played. B) Learned-played. C) Have learned-have learned. D) Learned-has played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learned-has played. 38. Do you think Ebright was a bright student in his younger years, as in the chapter, 'The making of a Scientist'? A) May be. B) No, he was average. C) Maybe not. D) Yes, he was a top grader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, he was a top grader. 39. Which book did Ebright's mother gift him, as in the chapter 'The making of a Scientist'? A) The Travels of Monarch X. B) Travel against time. C) Travel in Science. D) Gulliver's travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Travels of Monarch X. 40. What did he do for his 7th grade science fair? A) He did some real experiments. B) His entry was a still model of the life cycle of butterflies. C) He made a video presentation on the life cycle of butterflies. D) His entry was slides of frog tissues, which he showed under a real microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His entry was slides of frog tissues, which he showed under a real microscope. 41. A single cell organism that lacks a nucleus A) Friction. B) Bacteria. C) Pecking. D) Relative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 42. Dr. Frederick A. Urquhart, requested the readers to ..... butterflies for research. A) Study movement of. B) Tag. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tag. 43. What is the meaning of scientific inquiry? A) Another word for the scientific method. B) The steps you follow to solve an equation. C) The process through which scientists try to understand the world by searching for information. D) Developing a hypothesis to answer a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process through which scientists try to understand the world by searching for information. 44. At what age did Ebright surprise the world by explaining the theory on how cells work? A) 15. B) 32. C) 20. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22. 45. They ..... already. A) Has arrived. B) Could arrived. C) Arrived. D) 've arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 've arrived. 46. Do you think Ebright's mother supported his hobbies & interests, as in the chapter 'The making of a Scientist'? A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe not. D) May be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 47. A truth, rule, law A) Bacteria. B) Relative. C) Pecking. D) Principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Principle. 48. Robert W. Peterson is a ..... by profession. A) Vlogger. B) Professor. C) Newspaper writer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Newspaper writer. 49. Viceroy butterflies copied Monarch butterflies to A) To prevent being bird's prey. B) To increase their population. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prevent being bird's prey. 50. Ebright began to lose interest in tagging butterflies (as in the chapter 'The making of a Scientist') because ..... A) Butterflies didn't catch his interest. B) There was no feedback. C) Butterflies did not grow. D) He got bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There was no feedback. 51. In paragraph 21, what does the word "louse" mean in that context? A) Bird. B) Source of food. C) Flake of protein. D) Singular version of lice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singular version of lice. 52. What does a scientist look like? A) Man with crazy hair. B) A man wearing glasses. C) Man wearing a lab coat. D) A scientist can look like you or me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A scientist can look like you or me. 53. Ebright observed that Monarch butterflies copy Viceroy butterflies. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. I ..... a teacher since 2002. A) Was. B) Have be. C) Have been. D) Had be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been. 55. What did Ebright decide to do after the science fair, as in the chapter, 'The making of a Scientist'? A) Further research in his favourite field. B) Change his field. C) Give up on science. D) Contact a scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Further research in his favourite field. 56. Which step of the process of scientific inquiry is shown in the following quote? "I ran back to the little wagon and set the ball up again" A) Asking questions. B) Developing an explanation based on those conclusions. C) Engaging in a process to answer those questions. D) Conducting experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conducting experiments. 57. Ebright's mother got him the book ..... A) The Travels of Monarch X. B) The Travels of Viceroy X. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Travels of Monarch X. 58. Ebright took part in county ..... fair. A) Handicraft. B) Science. C) Cattle. D) Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Science. 59. Since when did Ebright start collecting butterflies? A) 1st grade. B) 2nd grade. C) 3rd grade. D) Kindergarten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kindergarten. 60. What was Ebright fascinated with, as in the chapter 'The making of a Scientist'? A) Butterflies. B) Fossils. C) Rocks. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Butterflies. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSupplementary QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Supplementary Chapter 6 The Making Of A Scientist Quiz 1Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 6 The Making Of A Scientist Quiz 2Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 6 The Making Of A Scientist Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books