Science and Technology

Q. The invention of the wheel is traditionally dated to circa 3500 BCE. What was its primary use in this period?

1. In bicycles
2. In horse-driven wagons
3. As a pottery wheel
4. For sharpening hunting tools

Q. Assertion (A): Knowledge of the history of science and technology helps in understanding the factors that facilitated a scientific discovery and also its chronology.

Reason (R): Scientific discoveries and technological advancement are mutually dependent on each other.

Read the above statements carefully and select the correct option.

1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
3. A is true but R is false.
4. A is false but R is true.
   

Q. Understanding the history of ________ helps one to understand the chronological order of all relevant scientific inventions.

1. philosophy
2. science
3. history
4. sociology

Q.

Which one among the following is a scientific satellite?

1. The Hubble
2. Telstar
3. COSMOS
4. Intelsat

Q. It is necessary to know the history of _____ to understand the development of machines.

1. technology
2. sociology
3. science
4. archaeology

Q. The history of science helps in understanding

1. Inventions and theories
2. Chronological order of scientific discoveries
3. Cause-effect chain of discoveries
4. All of the above

Q. History helps us establish patterns of cause-and-effect, which in turn helps us understand the evolution of humanity.

1. False
2. True