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HISTS/III/FC/03 Student’s Copy
2 0 1 8 ( CBCS ) ( 3rd Semester )
SCIENCE
THIRD PAPER
( History of Science ) Full Marks : 75 Time : 3 hours
( PART : A—OBJECTIVE ) ( Marks : 25 ) The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A ( Marks : 10 ) Tick (3) the correct answer in the brackets provided : 1×10=10
1. A systematic classification known as Scala Naturae or hierarchy of nature was developed by (a) Aristotle ( ) (b) Ptolemy ( ) (c) Copernicus ( ) (d) Leucippus ( )
2. Francis Bacon was the creator of philosophical methodology called (a) hypothetico-deductivism ( ) (b) empiricism ( ) (c) Baconian inductivism ( ) (d) None of the above ( )
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3. The origin of species was originally described by (a) Charles Darwin ( ) (b) Gregor Mendel ( ) (c) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ( ) (d) Robert Hooke ( ) 4. Cell theory was proposed by (a) Robert Hooke ( ) (b) Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann ( ) (c) Antoni Leeuwenhoek ( ) (d) None of them ( ) 5. Cyclotron was invented by (a) Linus Pauling ( ) (b) Ernest Orlando Lawrence ( ) (c) Rosalind Franklin ( ) (d) Max Delbrück ( ) 6. The scientists involved in the discovery of Streptomycin are (a) Albert Schatz and Nirenberg ( ) (b) Albert Schatz and Selman Waksman ( ) (c) Selman Waksman and Max Delbrück ( ) (d) Selman and Nirenberg ( ) 7. The ‘father of periodic table’ is (a) Friedrich August Kekule ( ) (b) Friedrich Wöhler ( ) (c) Dmitri Mendeleev ( ) (d) Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( ) 8. The scientist who was most noted for the discovery of the role of oxygen in combustion was (a) Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( ) (b) Robert Boyle ( ) (c) John Dalton ( ) (d) Amedeo Avogadro ( )
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9. The scientist who became the first person to receive the two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics was (a) Erwin Schrödinger ( ) (b) Niels Bohr ( ) (c) J. J. Thompson ( ) (d) Marie Curie ( )
10. The word ‘physics’ has been derived from the Greek word ‘physis’ means (a) universe ( ) (b) nature ( ) (c) life ( ) (d) earth ( )
SECTION—B ( Marks : 15 ) Write short notes on the following : 3×5=15 1. Empirical evidence OR Origin of scientific ideas
2. Germ theory of diseases OR Mendel’s laws
3. Contributions of J. Robert Oppenheimer OR Development of genetic code
4. Concept of Philosopher’s stone OR Contributions of Dmitri Mendeleev
5. Contributions of Marie Curie OR Achievements of Niels Bohr
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( PART : B—DESCRIPTIVE )
( Marks : 50 ) The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. What do you mean by philosophy of science? Write down Greek’s ideas of atom. 10 OR Write down the contributions of Aristotle in biology.
2. Write notes on the following : 5+5=10 (a) Contributions of Robert Hooke and Leeuwenhoek in the discovery of cell (b) Works of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch in germ theory OR Describe Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. 10
3. Write a note on the discovery of Prontosil. 10 OR Write down the contributions of the following scientists : 5+5=10 (a) Ernest Orlando Lawrence (b) Har Gobind Khorana
4. Write an essay on Phlogiston theory. 10 OR Write notes on the following : 5+5=10 (a) Robert Boyle (b) Friedrich August Kekule
5. Describe the development of Newton’s law of gravity. 10 OR Describe the work and contributions of C. V. Raman.
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