In human eye, the light sensitive layer made of specialized nerve cells, the rods and cones is called as:
- (A)Â The pupil
- (B)Â The cornea
- (C)Â The sclera
- (D)Â The iris
- (D)Â The iris
Erythrocytes are also called as:
- (A)Â Red blood cells
- (B)Â White blood cells
- (C)Â Platelets
- (D)Â Plasma
- (A)Â Red blood cells
A scientific method will seek to explain natural events and make useful prediction in:
- (A)Â A haphazard manner
- (B)Â A manner design to fit the theorist’s or experimenter’s bias
- (C)Â A consistently reproducible manner
- (D)Â None of these
- (C)Â A consistently reproducible manner
“Truth is the sought for its own sake and those who are engaged upon the quest for anything for its own sake are not interested in other things. Finding the truth is difficult and the road to it is rough.” This was stated by which key figure in the development of scientific method in the 11th century?
- (A)Â Aristotle
- (B) Ibn al-Haytham
- (C)Â Plato
- (D)Â None of these
- (B) Ibn al-Haytham
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Musa al- Khwarizmi is famous for writing the “Kitab al Jaber Wal Muqabla” in which he:
- (A)Â Presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations
- (B)Â Delineated ethods of oppression and competition
- (C)Â Wrote the laws of optics
- (D)Â None of these
- (A)Â Presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations
Galileo Galilei was persecuted by the catholic church for suspicion of holding the view that:
- (A)Â Objects of different masses fell at the same velocity
- (B)Â The Sun revolves around the Moon
- (C) The Earth was probably not the center of the universe
- (D)Â None of these
- (C) The Earth was probably not the center of the universe
The proliferation of education and dissemination of knowledge in the last two centuries has led to a faith in science that:
- (A)Â Causes human beings to turn on other human beings
- (B)Â Is the main cause of poverty and war
- (C)Â Leads to oppression of education
- (D)Â None of these
- (D)Â None of these
Science attempts to:
- (A)Â Explain how the universe works by discovering the everything around us laws regulating
- (B)Â Use discovered laws to engineer new devices
- (C) Both A & B
- (D)Â None of these
- (C) Both A & B
Ibn Zuhr, the author of Al Taisir, is known as:
- (A)Â The father of experimental surgery
- (B)Â The founder of calculus
- (C)Â A biographer of provincial governors
- (D)Â None of these
- (A)Â The father of experimental surgery
Ibn Khaldun’s Muqqadimah is regarded by many as:
- (A)Â The first work dealing with philosophy of history a
- (B)Â A minor footnote in his writings
- (C)Â A well-documented tale of his trial
- (D)Â None of these
- (A)Â The first work dealing with philosophy of history a