US Famous MCQs

American Famous Biologists MCQs with Answer

Who is known for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Alfred Russel Wallace
Answer: a) Charles Darwin

This biologist is famous for his discovery of the laws of heredity and is known as the “Father of Genetics.
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Alfred Russel Wallace
Answer: b) Gregor Mendel

Who is known for developing the first successful vaccine against rabies and anthrax?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Alfred Russel Wallace
Answer: c) Louis Pasteur

This biologist co-discovered the theory of evolution and natural selection alongside Charles Darwin.
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Alfred Russel Wallace
Answer: d) Alfred Russel Wallace

Who is known for their pioneering work in the field of cytogenetics and the discovery of X-ray-induced mutations?
a) Thomas Hunt Morgan
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: b) Barbara McClintock

This biologist is famous for their discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA alongside Francis Crick.
a) Thomas Hunt Morgan
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: d) James Watson

Who is known for their research on the genetics of fruit flies and the concept of the gene as the basis of heredity?
a) Thomas Hunt Morgan
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: a) Thomas Hunt Morgan

This biologist made significant contributions to the understanding of DNA structure through X-ray diffraction studies.
a) Thomas Hunt Morgan
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: c) Rosalind Franklin

Who is known for their research on the structure and function of the nervous system, earning a Nobel Prize for their work on the neuron theory?
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal

This biologist is famous for their theory of recapitulation, often expressed as “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.”
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: b) Ernst Haeckel

Who is known for their work in evolutionary biology and popular science books such as “The Selfish Gene?
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: c) Richard Dawkins

This biologist is famous for their contributions to the development of the binomial nomenclature system used for classifying species.
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: d) Carl Linnaeus

Who is known for their pioneering work in the field of primatology and the study of chimpanzees in the wild?
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: a) Jane Goodall

This biologist is famous for their research and conservation efforts focused on mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: b) Dian Fossey

Who is known for their groundbreaking work in the field of primatology and the study of orangutans in the wild?
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: c) Birutė Galdikas

This biologist is famous for their significant contributions to the study of human evolution and their mentorship of several renowned paleoanthropologists.
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: d) Louis Leakey

Who is known for their groundbreaking work in the field of structural biology, including the discovery of the structure of DNA?
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: a) Francis Crick

This biologist is famous for their research on the nature of the chemical bond and their advocacy for nuclear disarmament.
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: b) Linus Pauling

Who, along with James Watson, is known for discovering the double-helix structure of DNA?
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: c) Watson and Crick

This biologist is famous for their work on the structure of DNA through X-ray diffraction studies, which contributed to the discovery of its double-helix shape.
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: d) Maurice Wilkins

Who is known for their research on the role of telomeres and telomerase in the aging process, earning a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: a) Elizabeth Blackburn

This biologist is famous for their discovery of jumping genes, or transposons, which earned them the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: b) Barbara McClintock

Who is known for their contribution to the understanding of DNA structure through X-ray diffraction studies?
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: c) Rosalind Franklin

This biologist co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work.
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: d) James Watson

Who is known for their groundbreaking research on the structure and function of the nervous system, earning them a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal

This biologist is famous for their theory of recapitulation, often expressed as “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.”
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: b) Ernst Haeckel

Who is known for their work in evolutionary biology and popular science books such as “The Selfish Gene?
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: c) Richard Dawkins

This biologist is famous for their contributions to the development of the binomial nomenclature system used for classifying species.
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: d) Carl Linnaeus

Who is known for their pioneering work in the field of primatology and the study of chimpanzees in the wild?
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: a) Jane Goodall

This biologist is famous for their research and conservation efforts focused on mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: b) Dian Fossey

Who is known for their groundbreaking work in the field of primatology and the study of orangutans in the wild?
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: c) Birutė Galdikas

This biologist is famous for their significant contributions to the study of human evolution and their mentorship of several renowned paleoanthropologists.
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: d) Louis Leakey

Who is known for their groundbreaking work in the field of structural biology, including the discovery of the structure of DNA?
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: a) Francis Crick

This biologist is famous for their research on the nature of the chemical bond and their advocacy for nuclear disarmament.
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: b) Linus Pauling

Who, along with James Watson, is known for discovering the double-helix structure of DNA?
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: c) Watson and Crick

This biologist is famous for their work on the structure of DNA through X-ray diffraction studies, which contributed to the discovery of its double-helix shape.
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: d) Maurice Wilkins

Who is known for their research on the role of telomeres and telomerase in the aging process, earning a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: a) Elizabeth Blackburn

This biologist is famous for their discovery of jumping genes, or transposons, which earned them the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: b) Barbara McClintock

Who is known for their contribution to the understanding of DNA structure through X-ray diffraction studies?
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: c) Rosalind Franklin

This biologist co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work.
a) Elizabeth Blackburn
b) Barbara McClintock
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) James Watson
Answer: d) James Watson

Who is known for their groundbreaking research on the structure and function of the nervous system, earning them a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal

This biologist is famous for their theory of recapitulation, often expressed as “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.”
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: b) Ernst Haeckel

Who is known for their work in evolutionary biology and popular science books such as “The Selfish Gene”?
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: c) Richard Dawkins

This biologist is famous for their contributions to the development of the binomial nomenclature system used for classifying species.
a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal
b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Carl Linnaeus
Answer: d) Carl Linnaeus

Who is known for their pioneering work in the field of primatology and the study of chimpanzees in the wild?
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: a) Jane Goodall

This biologist is famous for their research and conservation efforts focused on mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: b) Dian Fossey

Who is known for their groundbreaking work in the field of primatology and the study of orangutans in the wild?
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: c) Birutė Galdikas

This biologist is famous for their significant contributions to the study of human evolution and their mentorship of several renowned paleoanthropologists.
a) Jane Goodall
b) Dian Fossey
c) Birutė Galdikas
d) Louis Leakey
Answer: d) Louis Leakey

Who is known for their groundbreaking work in the field of structural biology, including the discovery of the structure of DNA?
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: a) Francis Crick

This biologist is famous for their research on the nature of the chemical bond and their advocacy for nuclear disarmament.
a) Francis Crick
b) Linus Pauling
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maurice Wilkins
Answer: b) Linus Pauling

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