“The Making of a Scientist” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 10 English Footprints without Feet Book Chapter 6
The Making of Scientist MCQs – Here is a compilation of Class 10 English MCQs of Chapter 6 The Making of a Scientist by Robert W Peterson have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 6- The Making of a Scientist from the NCERT Footprints without Feet book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of The Making of a Scientist. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.
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Q1. What did Ebright learn when he lost at the county science fair?
A. it was important to do real projects
B. science was not just about neat display
C. conducting experiment was imperative
D. all of the above
Q2. How many tiny gold spots does a monarch pupa have?
A. 12
B. 10
C. 14
D. 8
Q3. Why does Richard call Mr. Weiherer ‘the perfect person’?
A. Richard admired him
B. He opened Richard’s mind to new ideas.
C. He supported Richard
D. He loved Richard.
Q4. At the age of twenty-two, a former ‘scout of the year’ excited the scientific world with a new theory on how cells work. Who is this scientist?
A. Richard H. Ebright
B. Dr. Frederick A Urquhart
C. Mr. Robert
D. Peterson
Q5. ‘I was his only companion until he started school’. Who is this companion?
A. Ebright’s brother
B. his room-mate at college
C. Ebright’s mother
D. Mr. Weiherer
Q6. By the time he was in second grade, how many species of butterflies Ebright had collected?
A. twelve
B. twenty five
C. sixteen
D. twenty four
Q7. How long does the butterfly collecting season last?
A. twelve weeks
B. four weeks
C. six weeks
D. eight weeks
Q8. Ebright found that a __________ would not eat ordinary bird food. It would eat all the ______ it could get. Fill in the blanks with the right set of words.
A. Viceroy, monarchs
B. starling, monarchs
C. starling, viceroy
D. monarchs, viceroy
Q9. Start with a first-rate mind, add _________, and mix in the will to win for the right reasons. Fill in the missing word from the given choices as per the text book:
A. hard work
B. intelligence
C. curiosity
D. perseverance
Q10. Ebright’s mother gave him a book named _________
A. ‘The Travel of Monarch X’
B. ‘The Travel of Monarch IX’
C. ‘The Travel of Monarch XI’
D. ‘The Travel of Monarch XII’
Q11. During _______ grade, Ebright selected the assignment of finding the cause of viral sickness that killed almost all the monarch caterpillars every year.
A. tenth
B. twelfth
C. eighth
D. fifth
Q12. In Ebright’s second year of high school, Richard Ebright’s research led to his discovery of an unknown insect hormone which led to his new theory on the _________ .
A. Lifespan of insects
B. Lives of cells
C. DNA
D. Cell Classification
Q13. Ebright tried to find the purpose of tiny ______ spots on the back of monarch pupa.
A. purple
B. golden
C. magenta
D. black
Q14. Ebright won first place in a country science fair and a chance to work in ___________.
A. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
B. Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. National Centre for Scientific Research
D. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Q15. Ebright and his roommate constructed the plastic model of a molecule to illustrate the working of _____.
A. Cell Organelles
B. DNA
C. Subatomic Particles
D. Organ Systems
Q16. Ebright graduated from ________ with the highest honours.
A. Harvard
B. Cambridge
C. Columbia
D. Oxford
Q17. Which of the following is not true about Ebright ?
A. Ebright is comfortable in public speaking.
B. Ebright participates in debates
C. Ebright is a canoeist
D. Ebright likes staying indoors.
Q18. The story teaches us-
A. Perseverance
B. Hard work
C. Dedication
D. All of the above
Q19. Which of the following best describes the theme of the lesson?
A. Cheats also expect honesty in their profession
B. With perseverance, dedication, and hard work, one can achieve any dream.
C. The caution against misusing science and its tremendous discoveries
D. The impact of family on children
Q20. Choose the synonym for the word “Eureka”.
A. Epiphany
B. Astonishment
C. Amazement
D. All of the above
Q21. How did Richard’s mother help him?
A. took him on trips
B. bought him telescopes and microscopes
C. encouraged him to learn
D. all of the above
Q22. “_____is the blueprint for life”
A. cells
B. DNA
C. both of these
D. none of the above
Q23. Whom did he write to, 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
Q24. Ebright was an excellent _____
A. debator
B. scientist
C. photographer
D. all of the above
Q25. Which butterfiles copied monarchs to prevent being eaten by birds?
A. vice president
B. viceroy
C. viceprincipal
D. vices
Q26. Where did Richard grow up?
A. Pennsylvania
B. Chicago
C. New York
D. London
Q27. Name Ebright’s Social Science teacher.
A. Mr Weiherer
B. Dr Urquhart
C. James R Wong
D. Taplow
Q28. What was the purpose of the gold spots on the monarch pupa?
A. ornamental
B. secreted hormones
C. they were the breathing points
D. none of these
Q29. Where did Richard Ebright graduate from?
A. Oxford
B. Yale
C. Harvard
D. none of the above
Q30. What did Richard’s dad do?
A. scientist
B. doctor
C. he was dead
D. teacher
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | D | 16 | A |
| 2 | A | 17 | D |
| 3 | B | 18 | D |
| 4 | A | 19 | B |
| 5 | C | 20 | D |
| 6 | B | 21 | D |
| 7 | C | 22 | B |
| 8 | B | 23 | C |
| 9 | C | 24 | D |
| 10 | A | 25 | B |
| 11 | C | 26 | A |
| 12 | B | 27 | A |
| 13 | B | 28 | B |
| 14 | A | 29 | C |
| 15 | B | 30 | C |
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