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Historical Milestones in Basic Science

History Of Science

A collection of historical facts and verified events regarding major scientific discoveries and contributors.

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10 Questions Medium Ages 12+ Oct 13, 2026

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1 Which scientist is credited with the 1928 discovery of penicillin, the world's first widely used antibiotic?

A Alexander Fleming
B Louis Pasteur
C Robert Koch
D Joseph Lister

2 In which year did Dmitri Mendeleev publish the first widely recognized version of the Periodic Table of Elements?

A 1859
B 1869
C 1879
D 1889

3 Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, receiving the award for Physics in 1903?

A Rosalind Franklin
B Ada Lovelace
C Marie Curie
D Lise Meitner

4 What celestial body did Galileo Galilei observe in 1610 that provided strong evidence for the heliocentric model?

A The moons of Jupiter
B The rings of Saturn
C The phases of Venus
D The craters of the Moon

5 Which English scientist published 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica' in 1687, outlining the laws of motion and universal gravitation?

A Robert Hooke
B Isaac Newton
C Michael Faraday
D James Clerk Maxwell

6 What was the primary focus of the experiments conducted by Gregor Mendel in his monastery garden during the 1850s and 1860s?

A Plant photosynthesis
B Pea plant inheritance
C Soil mineral composition
D Tree growth rates

7 Which invention by Eli Whitney in 1793 revolutionized the processing of raw cotton and significantly impacted the agricultural economy?

A Steam engine
B Cotton gin
C Mechanical reaper
D Spinning jenny

8 Charles Darwin's seminal work 'On the Origin of Species', which introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection, was published in which year?

A 1849
B 1859
C 1869
D 1879

9 What medical procedure did Edward Jenner pioneer in 1796 to provide immunity against smallpox?

A Antibiotic therapy
B Vaccination
C Blood transfusion
D Anesthesia

10 Which physicist proposed the theory of special relativity in 1905, famously establishing the mass-energy equivalence formula E=mc²?

A Niels Bohr
B Max Planck
C Albert Einstein
D Werner Heisenberg

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