MCQ Chapter 3.3 Kumarbharati English Class 10 Maharashtra Board Stephen Hawking 1. What was the name of the position Hawking retired from in 2009?Director of ResearchLucasian Professor of MathematicsProfessor of CosmologyFellow of the Royal SocietyQuestion 1 of 202. What was the reason Hawking could not attend a conference in Arizona in 2009?A chest infectionA broken legA heart attackA scheduling conflictQuestion 2 of 203. What did Hawking argue about the universe’s creation in The Grand Design?It was created by chaos.It was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.It required a divine creator.It was caused by time travel.Question 3 of 204. What physical ability did Hawking still have when the speaking program was introduced?Use of his legsUse of his fingersClear speechFull body controlQuestion 4 of 205. What was Hawking’s dream while in the hospital that influenced his outlook?He was going to win a Nobel Prize.He was going to be executed.He was cured of ALS.He was teaching at Cambridge.Question 5 of 206. What did Hawking’s family do in the mid-1970s to assist him?Moved to the USTook in one of his graduate students to help manage his careBuilt a new houseHired a full-time doctorQuestion 6 of 207. What was the primary focus of Hawking’s research?A single unifying theory combining cosmology and quantum mechanicsThe study of black holes onlyThe development of string theoryThe history of the universeQuestion 7 of 208. What was Hawking’s health described as in April 2009?StableGravely illImprovingFully recoveredQuestion 8 of 209. What word-building device involves repeating the root or stem of a word?BlendingClippingReduplicationAcronymQuestion 9 of 2010. Which of the following is an example of blending?RadarBrunchMathsBBCQuestion 10 of 2011. What is the term for reducing a word to one of its syllables or a part of it?AcronymReduplicationClippingBlendingQuestion 11 of 2012. Which of the following is an acronym?SmogMotelNASALabQuestion 12 of 2013. What did Hawking’s book ‘A Briefer History of Time’ touch upon?The history of Cambridge UniversityNewest developments like string theoryHis personal life storyThe theory of relativity onlyQuestion 13 of 2014. What was the consequence of Hawking’s tracheotomy in 1985?Loss of hearingLoss of voiceLoss of visionLoss of memoryQuestion 14 of 2015. What was Hawking’s view on the role of God in the universe’s creation in his later work?God was necessary to create the universe.The universe created itself due to the laws of physics.The universe was created by chaos.God and science are incompatible.Question 15 of 2016. What did Hawking compare his situation to while in the hospital?His roommate’s leukemiaHis father’s healthHis studies at OxfordHis future careerQuestion 16 of 2017. What was the ‘Holy Grail’ Hawking sought in his research?A cure for ALSA single unifying theoryProof of time travelA new law of physicsQuestion 17 of 2018. What physical property does a sensor detect, as mentioned in the text?SoundLightA physical propertyTemperatureQuestion 18 of 2019. What was the result of Hawking’s chest infection in 2009?He retired immediately.He was hospitalized but expected to recover.He lost his ability to write.He stopped publishing books.Question 19 of 2020. What motivated Hawking to focus on his studies after his diagnosis?His desire to teachThe realization of limited timeEncouragement from his professorsA promise to his familyQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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