MCQs For NCERT Class 10 English Chapter 6 Making of a scientist

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Question. What is the conclusion of the story ‘The Making of a Scientist’?
(a) We should be perseverant
(b) We should be dedicated towards our work
(c) Anyone can become a scientist
(d) Both (a) and (b)   

Question. “I was his only companion until he started school.”
Who said this in the context of ‘The Making of a Scientist’?
(a) Richard E. Bright
(b) Richard’s mother
(c) Dr. Urquhart
(d) James R. Wong   

Question. Which entomology lab did Richard get the opportunity to work at?
(a) Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
(b) Model United Nations Club
(c) Army Laboratory
(d) U.S. Department of Agriculture   

Question. Select the correct option for (i) and (ii).
(i) Richard’s mother motivated him and his scientific curiosity.
(ii) Richardwas a graduate fromHarvardMedical School.
(a) (i) is the result of (ii)
(b) (i) and (ii) are independent of each other
(c) (ii) is the result of (i)
(d) (i) is true (ii) is false   

Question. The book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ told how monarch butterflies migrate to ………… .
(a) Northern America
(b) Canada
(c) Central America
(d) Pennsylvania    

Question. Richard Ebright published his cell theory in …………… .
(a) Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
(b) Proceedings of the National Academe Sciences
(c) Minutes of the National Academy of Science
(d) Minutes of the International Journal of Science   

Question. Mr. Weiherer said, “For the right reasons he wants to be the best.” What did he mean by the given statement?
A. Richard was not interested in winning prizes.
B. Richard did not want to win the first prize for the sake of winning.
C. Richard wanted to do his best job for the welfare of people.
(a) Only A
(b) A and B
(c) B and C
(d) None of these 

Question. Which project won Ebright first prize in the county fair?
(a) Device that showed the golden spots on monarch were producing a hormone necessary for the butterfly’s full development.
(b) How the cell can read the blueprint of its DNA.
(c) Discovery of unknown insect hormone.
(d) All of the above    

Question. Arrange the achievements of Richard Ebright from ‘The Making of a Scientist’.
(i) Tried to discover the disease caused by a virus that nearly killed most of the monarch caterpillars every year.
(ii) Started his scientific research about the discovery of a mysterious insect hormone.
(iii) His brand-new theory on the life of cells took place.
(iv) Tried to find the main purpose of the twelve tiny golden spots on a monarch pupa.
(v) Got an opportunity to work at the entomology lab in Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
(b) (iv), (iii), (v), (ii) and (i)
(b) (v), (ii), (iii), (i) and (iv)
(d) (iv), (v), (ii), (iii) and (i)   

Question. Which experiments did Richard continue as a high school junior?
(a) Experiments on Cells
(b) Experiments on DNA
(c) Experiments on Monarch pupa
(d) Experiments on Viceroy butterflies    

Question. Among the butterflies that Ebright captured in his hometown, which were not a part of the list?
(a) Bog Copper
(b) Red Admiral
(c) Pearl Crescent
(d) Olympia    

Question. Which other qualities than being a scientist did Richard possessed?
(i) Debater
(ii) Photographer
(iii) Public Speaker
(iv) Cannoeist
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(c) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)   

Question. DNA is the substance in the nucleus of a cell that controls ………… .
(a) Blueprint
(b) Information
(c) Heredity
(d) Identity 

Question. Why could Richard not play football or baseball?
(a) Because he didn’t know how to play.
(b) Because he didn’t want to play.
(c) Because his mother didn’t allow him to play.
(d) Because he had nobody to team up with.   

Question. Who was Richard’s Social Studies teacher?
(a) Mr. Weiherer
(b) Dr. Urquhart
(c) James R. Wong
(d) None of these    

Reference to Context

1. From the first he had a driving curiosity along with a bright mind. He also had a mother who encouraged his interest in learning.

Question. Choose the answer that lists the correct statements about Ebright.

(a) option 1
(b) option 2
(c) option 3
(d) option 4

Question. Which of the following qualities did he possess?
(a) lazy mind
(b) bright mind
(c) foolish mind
(d) anxious mind

Question. How did his mother encourage his interest in learning?
(a) by getting scientific instruments
(b) by getting movie tickets
(c) by taking him to parks
(d) by giving him practical tasks

Question. In which of the following was he most interested in?
(a) animals
(b) birds
(c) butterflies
(d) ants

Question. Which of the following is a synonym for the word ‘curiosity’?

(a) option 1
(b) option 2
(c) option 3
(d) option 4

2. Ebright’s project was to see whether, in fact, birds would eat monarchs. He found that a starling would not eat ordinary bird food. It would eat all the monarchs it could get. (Ebright said later research by other people showed that viceroys probably do copy the monarch.) This project was placed first in the zoology division and third overall in the county science fair. In his second year in high school, Richard Ebright began the research that led to his discovery of an unknown insect hormone. lndirectly, it also led to his new theory on the life of cells.

Question. What was the objective of the project?
(a) to test the theory that monarchs copied viceroy butterflies
(b) to test the theory that viceroy butterflies copied monarchs
(c) to know the purpose of twelve gold spots on monarch pupa
(d) None of these

Question. What was Ebright able to prove?
(a) that the spots on monarch pupa helped in the development of the butterfly
(b) that starlings avoided monarchs and went after viceroy butterflies
(c) that starlings found monarchs edible and only ate monarchs as opposed to the theory
(d) None of these

Question. In which class did he conduct this experiment?
(a) In class 6
(b) In class 7
(c) In class 8
(d) In class 9

Question. Which butterflies were not eaten by birds?
(a) Viceroy
(b) Monarch
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Question. Ebright was an excellent _______.
(a) debater
(b) scientist
(c) photographer
(d) All of these

Question. Ebright’s project was to see whether, in fact, birds would eat monarchs. He found that a starling would not eat ordinary bird food. It would eat all the monarchs it could get.
(a) What was the end objective of the project?
(b) What was he able to prove?
Ans. (a) The end objective of this project was to test the established theory that viceroy butterflies copied monarch butterflies to save themselves from predatory birds.
(b) He was able to prove his hypothesis that starlings found monarchs exclusively edible and only ate monarch butterflies as opposed to the theory.

Question. “Eventually I began to lose interest in tagging butterflies. It’s tedious and there’s not much feedback,” Ebright said. “In all the time I did it,” he laughed, “only two butterflies I had tagged were recaptured — and they were not more than seventyfive miles from where I lived.”
(a) What made him interested in butterflies?
(b) Explain how he was able to tag these butterflies?
Ans. (a) Ebright grew up north of Reading, Pennsylvania where he did not have much to do except to collect things. And he collected whatever he found interesting. Butterflies too became a part of his collections. Then his mother presented him with a book—The Travels of Monarch X and his fascination for butterflies grew into an obsession. (b) He could not catch all the butterflies and tag them. So he caught a female monarch butterfly and bred more butterflies from her. He then tagged all these butterflies and let them out.

Question. She and her son spent almost every evening at the dining room table. “If he didn’t have things to do, I found work for him — not physical work, but learning things,” his mother said. “He liked it. He wanted to learn.”
(a) How did the mother help with her son’s eagerness to learn?
(b) What did the son go on to discover?
Ans. (a) Richard used to be an extremely curious child with a thirst for knowledge. His mother encouraged him to learn more by taking him on excursions, buying him scientific equipment like telescopes, microscopes, and cameras.
(b) Richard Ebright went on to achieve scientific brilliance especially in terms of his research on how cells work.

Question. To find the answer, Ebright and another excellent science student first had to build a device that showed that the spots were producing a hormone necessary for the butterfly’s full development.
(a) What did he win for this experiment?
(b) How did he use this basic experiment to answer one of “biology’s puzzles”?
Ans. (a) Ebright won first place in a county fair and found an entry into the International Science and Engineering Fair where he won third place for Zoology.
(b) The 12 golden spots helped in the development of the butterfly. Further studies made in the hormones secreted by the spots showed how cells are able to ‘read’ the blueprint of its DNA which controls heredity and determines the function and form of the cell.

Extract Based MCQs :

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
“I didn’t get any real results,” he said. “But I went ahead and showed that I had tried the experiment. This time I won.” The next year his science fair project was testing the theory that viceroy butterflies copy monarchs. The theory was that viceroys look like monarchs because monarchs don’t taste good to birds.
Viceroys, on the other hand, do taste good to birds. So, the more they look like monarchs, the less likely they are to become a bird’s dinner. Ebright’s project was to see whether, in fact, birds would eat monarchs. He found that a starling would not eat ordinary bird food. It would eat all the monarchs it could get. 

Question. According to the dictionary, ‘fair’ as a noun, shows the following meanings. Choose the option that lists the meaning similar to the usage to that in the extract.
(a) A gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment.
(b) A competitive exhibition showcasing products or ideas.
(c) A periodic gathering for the sale of goods.
(d) An annual exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, etc., held by a town, county, or state.   

Question. Choose the statements that are TRUE for the given extract contextually.
1. Ebright didn’t get any results for the experiment he conducted on butterflies.
2. Monarchs tasted awfully to the birds.
3. Ebright wanted to explore the possibility of monarchs getting eaten by birds.
4. He wanted to prove that viceroys are look alikes of monarchs.
(a) 1, 2
(b) 2,
(c) 1, 3
(d) 2, 4    

Question. Choose the option listing Ebright’s qualities as depicted by the above extract.
1. Persevering
2. Visionary
3. Determined
4. Liberal
5. Conceited
(a) 1, 2
(b) 3, 5
(c) 1, 3
(d) 4, 5   

Question. Four friends bring their pets to a pet show.
Choose the option that mentions the friend with a starling as a pet.
Friend 1 has a turtle named Missy.
Friend 2 has a dragonfly named Majesty.
Friend 3 has a rabbit named Molly.
Friend 4 has a bird named Mitch.
(a) Friend 1
(b) Friend 2
(c) Friend 3
(d) Friend 4   

Question. Choose the option that is true for the two statements given about the information in the extract.
Statement 1 Starling feeds on viceroys.
Statement 2 Starling does not eat seeds and insects.
Codes
(a) Both statements are clearly mentioned in the extract.
(b) Statement 1 cannot be clearly inferred from the text and statement 2 is true.
(c) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 cannot be clearly inferred from the extract.
(d) Both the statements need to be inferred from the given extract.

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
Surprising no one who knew him, Richard Ebright graduated from Harvard with highest honours, second in his class of 1510. Ebright went on to become a graduate student researcher at Harvard Medical School. There he began doing experiments to test his theory. If the theory proves correct, it will be a big step towards understanding the processes of life. It might also lead to new ideas for preventing some types of cancer and other diseases. All of this is possible because of Ebright’s scientific curiosity. His high school research into the purpose of the spots on a monarch pupa eventually led him to his theory about cell life.

Question. “All this is possible because of Ebright’s scientific curiosity” suggests that
(a) One can discover many things in life.
(b) Ebright was an intelligent man.
(c) Curiosity to know more leads to important discoveries.
(d) Scientific curiosity was required to make Ebright world famous. 

Question. Why was no one surprised at Ebrights graduation?
(a) Because everyone knew Ebright would do so.
(b) Because Ebright had already acheved fame.
(c) Because every believed in Ebright.
(d) Because Ebright was intelligent.   

Question. Which theory is being talked about in the above extract?
(a) Ebright’s theory of gold spots on monarch’s pupa
(b) Ebright’s theory of cell life
(c) Ebright’s theory about insect hormone
(d) Ebright’s theory about viceroys and monarchs   

Question. How might his theory benefit the world?
(a) By providing new ideas for preventing some types of cancer and other diseases.
(b) By providing information about DNA.
(c) By providing information about monarch butterflies.
(d) By providing information about viceroy butterflies.   

Question. How did Rechard Ebright graduate?
(a) With highest honours
(b) As second in a class of 1510
(c) From Harvard University
(d) All of the above