Bihar Board 12th English Objective Questions and Answers
Bihar Board 12th English 100 Marks Objective Answers Chapter 5 Ideas that have Helped Mankind
Question 1.
The world ‘development’ is related to –
(A) Caste
(B) Race
(C) Man
(D) Idea
Answer:
(C) Man
Question 2.
For homo sapiens, survival was-
(A) No problem
(B) Problem
(C) Very easy
(D) Most easy
Answer:
(B) Problem
Question 3.
Long infancy was a biological advantage to-
(A) Animals
(B) Birds
(C) Mankind
(D) Earth
Answer:
(C) Mankind
Question 4.
Utilization of what thing become a milestone in human progress ?
(A) Water
(B) Stone
(C) Fire
(D) Cereals
Answer:
(C) Fire
Question 5.
The word ‘pictorial’ was related to early man with-
(A) Reading
(B) Roaming
(C) Writing
(D) Hunting
Answer:
(C) Writing
Question 6.
Who progressed in course of time ?
(A) Animals
(B) Birds
(C) Humans
(D) Cereals
Answer:
(C) Humans
Question 7.
What taught us to be more friendly towards one another ?
(A) Idea
(B) Civilization
(C) Catastropte
(D) Progress
Answer:
(B) Civilization
Question 8.
Ideas pay the way for –
(A) Building
(B) Development
(C) Emotions
(D) Multiplicity
Answer:
(B) Development
Question 9.
The two broad categories of ideas that have helped manking-
(A) Imagination and knowledge
(B) Dream and skill
(C) Knowledge and teachnique
(D) Concern and humanity
Answer:
(C) Knowledge and teachnique
Question 10.
Who is the author of the prose piece, ‘Ideas That Have Helped Man-kind’ ?
(A) Brutal Bessull
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Britanica Russelli
(D) Burtrand Rasal
Answer:
(C) Britanica Russelli
Question 11.
When was Bertrand Russell bom ?
(A) 1862
(B) 1870
(C) 1875
(D) 1872
Answer:
(D) 1872
Question 12.
When did Russell die ?
(A) 1960
(B) 1968
(C) 1970
(D) 1980
Answer:
(C) 1970
Question 13.
Bertrand russell Belonged to-
(A) America
(B) Britain
(C) Germany
(D) Italy
Answer:
(B) Britain
Question 14.
When was Bertrand Russell awarded with Nobel Prize in literature ?
(A) 1940
(B) 1946
(C) 1950
(D) 1960
Answer:
(C) 1950
Question 15.
We are able to get variety of enjoyment due to –
(A) our intelligence
(B) our riches
(C) our physical strenght
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) our intelligence
Question 16.
We are more friendly –
(A) within the herd
(B) outside the herd
(C) everywhere
(D) nowhere
Answer:
(A) within the herd
Question 17.
After language the second most important thing which helped mankind was –
(A) gold
(B) silver
(C) fire
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) fire
Question 18.
The taming of domestic animals made life –
(A) pleasanter
(B) fearful
(C) harmful
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) pleasanter
Question 19.
‘Ideas That Have Helped Mankind’ has been written by—
(A) G Greer
(B) D.L. Sayers
(C) H.E. Bates
(D) Bertrand Russell
Answer:
(D) Bertrand Russell
Question 20.
Bertrand Russell died in—
(A) 1940
(B) 1950
(C) 1960
(D) 1970
Answer:
(D) 1970
Question 21.
Russell was awarded Nobel Prize for—
(A) philosophy
(B) literature
(C) medicine
(D) economics
Answer:
(B) literature
Question 22.
The most indubitable respect in which ideas have helped mankind is—
(A) more knowledge
(B) numbers
(C) happiness
(D) less numbers
Answer:
(B) numbers
Question 23.
Survival for homosapiens primarily was—
(A) a problem
(B) never a problem
(C) both of them
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) a problem
Question 24.
Birds die of hunger in large numbers—
(A) during summer
(B) during rainy season
(C) during winter
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) during winter
Question 25.
During summer birds—
(A) remember this catastrophe
(B) forget this catastrophe
(C) fear from this
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) forget this catastrophe
Question 26.
Every human death by starvation is preceded by a long period of—
(A) sorrow
(B) anxiety
(C) happiness
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) anxiety
Question 27.
Human beings suffer more due to their—
(A) ignorance
(B) intelligence
(C) reluctance
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) intelligence
Question 28.
Animals get pleasure from—
(A) music
(B) football
(C) science
(D) None of these
Answer:
(D) None of these
Question 29.
Bertrand Russell has written the lesson—
(A) The Artist
(B) Ideas That Have Helped Mankind
(C) I Have a Dream
(D) A Pinch of Snuff
Answer:
(B) Ideas That Have Helped Mankind
Question 30.
Bertrand Russell was a philosopher and a —
(A) historian
(B) scientist
(C) mathematician
(D) geologist
Answer:
(A & C)
Question 31.
The invention of ……………… was more important than domestication of animals.
(A) car
(B) fire
(C) agriculture
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) agriculture
Question 32.
Civilization taught us —
(A) to be unlawful
(B) to be rude or cruel
(C) to be more friendly towards others
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) to be more friendly towards others
Question 33.
………….. was also a commentator on a large variety of topics.
(A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(B) Bertrant Russell
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Dr. Zakir Hussain
Answer:
(B) Bertrant Russell
Question 34.
In the last step was never taken.
(A) India
(B) Germany
(C) China
(D) France
Answer:
(C) China
Question 35.
would not help the corn to grow unless he was allowed to feast on the blood of children.
(A) Toloch
(B) Moloch
(C) Noloch
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Moloch
Question 36.
Who is the author of the prose piece, ‘Ideas That Have Helped mankind’ ?
(A) H.E. Bates
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Bertrand Russell
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:
(C) Bertrand Russell
Question 37.
For homo sapiens, survival was
(A) no problem
(B) pfoblem
(C) very easy
(D) easy
Answer:
(C) very easy
Question 38.
Who progressed in course of time ?
(A) animals
(B) birds
(C) humans
(D) country
Answer:
(C) humans
Question 39.
Ideas gave the way for
(A) molding
(B) development
(C) emotions
(D) duplicity
Answer:
(B) development
Question 40.
The two broad categories of idea that have helped mankind—
(A) concern & humanity
(B) knowledge & technique
(C) technique & skill
(D) imagination & knowledge
Answer:
(A) concern & humanity
Question 41.
Utilization of what thing became a milestone in human progress ?
(A) stone
(B) water
(C) fire
(D) cereals
Answer:
(C) fire
Question 42.
The word ‘pictorial’ was related to early man with
(A) reading
(B) cooking
(C) writing
(D) hunting
Answer:
(C) writing
Question 43.
What thought us to be more friendly towards one another ?
(A) attitude
(B) civilization
(C) peace
(D) progress
Answer:
(B) civilization
Question 44.
When was Bertrand Russell awarded with Nobel Prize in literature ?
(A) 1940
(B) 1970
(C) 1950
(D) 1960
Answer:
(C) 1950
Question 45.
Bertrand Russell belonged to
(A) Britain
(B) America
(C) Germany
(D) Italy
Answer:
(A) Britain
Question 46.
Long infancy was a biological advantage to
(A) animals
(B) birds
(C) mankind
(D) fishes
Answer:
(C) mankind
Question 47.
When was Bertrand Russell born ?
(A) 1862
(B) 1870
(C) 1875
(D) 1872
Answer:
(D) 1872
Question 48.
When did Russell die ?
(A) 1960
(B) 1990
(C) 1970
(D) 1980
Answer:
(C) 1970
Question 49.
The word ‘development’ is related to
(A) castal
(B) pace
(C) man
(D) idea
Answer:
(C) man