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Michael Faraday - Exam
Michael Faraday
  • 1. Where was Michael Faraday born?
A) Berlin, Germany
B) New York, USA
C) London, England
D) Paris, France
  • 2. In which year was Michael Faraday born?
A) 1791
B) 1823
C) 1805
D) 1769
  • 3. Faraday invented the first form of which device?
A) Electric Generator
B) Telescope
C) Microscope
D) Thermometer
  • 4. Which famous scientist was influenced by Faraday's work on electromagnetism?
A) Marie Curie
B) James Clerk Maxwell
C) Albert Einstein
D) Isaac Newton
  • 5. Faraday became a member of which religious group later in life?
A) Quakers
B) Buddhists
C) Hindus
D) Sandemanians
  • 6. Which prestigious award did Michael Faraday decline?
A) Nobel Prize
B) Knighthood
C) Oscar Award
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 7. What was the name of Faraday's wife?
A) Sarah Barnard
B) Anna Johnson
C) Jane Smith
D) Mary Watson
  • 8. Faraday discovered that benzene consists of how many carbon atoms in a ring?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
  • 9. Which SI unit is named after Michael Faraday?
A) The farad, the unit of capacitance.
B) The newton, the unit of force.
C) The joule, the unit of energy.
D) The coulomb, the unit of electric charge.
  • 10. What was Faraday's contribution to chemistry?
A) He formulated the periodic table.
B) He invented the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
C) He discovered penicillin.
D) He discovered benzene and carbon tetrachloride.
  • 11. What did Faraday invent that contributed to electric motor technology?
A) The steam turbine.
B) The hydraulic press.
C) Electromagnetic rotary devices.
D) The internal combustion engine.
  • 12. Which of the following terms did Faraday popularize in chemistry?
A) "Nucleus", "electron", "proton", and "neutron".
B) "Molecule", "atom", "compound", and "element".
C) "Anode", "cathode", "electrode", and "ion".
D) "Isotope", "allotrope", "valence", and "covalent bond".
  • 13. What was Faraday's position at the Royal Institution?
A) The Chancellor of Science.
B) The Head of Physics Department.
C) The Dean of Engineering.
D) The Fullerian Professor of Chemistry.
  • 14. How did Faraday prefer his lectures to be shared with others?
A) By publishing them in scientific journals.
B) By recreating the experiments for themselves.
C) By distributing recorded audio tapes.
D) By broadcasting them on television.
  • 15. What did Faraday refuse to do during the Crimean War?
A) Serve as a military advisor.
B) Develop new artillery technology.
C) Create medical supplies for soldiers.
D) Work on developing chemical weapons.
  • 16. What did Faraday and Charles Lyell investigate together?
A) The laws of thermodynamics.
B) A colliery explosion at Haswell, County Durham.
C) The theory of relativity.
D) The structure of DNA.
  • 17. Which famous physicist kept a portrait of Faraday on his study wall?
A) Isaac Newton.
B) Albert Einstein.
C) James Clerk Maxwell.
D) Ernest Rutherford.
  • 18. What was the occupation of Michael Faraday's father?
A) Bookbinder
B) Apprentice to a village blacksmith
C) Bookseller
D) Scientific lecturer
  • 19. Who discovered electromagnetism before Faraday's work?
A) Michael Faraday
B) Hans Christian Ørsted
C) William Whewell
D) James Clerk Maxwell
  • 20. How many children did James and Margaret Faraday have?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Four
D) Three
  • 21. What was the religious denomination of Michael Faraday?
A) Anglican
B) Methodist
C) Sandemanian
D) Catholic
  • 22. What was Michael Faraday's level of formal education in his early life?
A) Advanced university degree
B) High school graduation
C) Basic school education
D) College diploma
  • 23. What did Faraday propose about electromagnetic forces near the end of his career?
A) That they were limited to solid materials
B) That they could only exist in liquids
C) That they were non-existent
D) That they extended into the empty space around a conductor
  • 24. To which Christian sect did Michael Faraday's father belong?
A) Methodist
B) Baptist
C) Glasite
D) Anglican
  • 25. What happened to Humphry Davy that led him to hire Michael Faraday?
A) Davy retired from the Royal Institution.
B) Davy moved to a different laboratory.
C) Davy lost interest in chemistry.
D) Davy damaged his eyesight in an accident with nitrogen trichloride.
  • 26. Faraday's work helped establish that gases are the vapors of liquids with what characteristic?
A) High solubility
B) High reactivity
C) A very low boiling point
D) Low density
  • 27. Where was the former UK Faraday Station located?
A) Australia
B) Canada
C) Antarctica
D) United States
  • 28. What society did Michael Faraday attend lectures with?
A) London Science Club
B) Royal Society
C) British Scientific Association
D) City Philosophical Society
  • 29. What building at London South Bank University is named after Michael Faraday?
A) The Faraday Wing, housing electrical engineering departments
B) The library
C) The main science building
D) The administrative building
  • 30. What phenomenon did Faraday discover using two insulated coils around an iron ring?
A) Electromagnetic induction
B) Static electricity
C) Mutual inductance
D) Capacitance
  • 31. Which scientific topic particularly interested Michael Faraday during his apprenticeship?
A) Biology
B) Chemistry
C) Electricity
D) Physics
  • 32. Who designed the Faraday Memorial completed in 1961?
A) Aldous Huxley
B) Brutalist architect Rodney Gordon
C) Michael Faraday
D) John Templeton
  • 33. Where did Michael Faraday work as an apprentice?
A) London Borough of Southwark
B) Outhgill in Westmorland
C) Newington Butts
D) Blandford Street
  • 34. Which university's hall of accommodation is named after Michael Faraday?
A) Swansea University
B) Brunel University
C) Northern Illinois University
D) Loughborough University
  • 35. Who declared Michael Faraday her 'hero' and placed his bust in the hall of 10 Downing Street?
A) BBC
B) Aldous Huxley
C) The John Templeton Foundation
D) Margaret Thatcher
  • 36. In what year did Michael Faraday rank number 22 in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons?
A) 1991
B) 1876
C) 2014
D) 2002
  • 37. In which city is a street named for Michael Faraday that can be found in Germany?
A) Paris
B) Quebec City
C) Berlin-Dahlem
D) Carlton, Victoria
  • 38. When was Faraday appointed Assistant Superintendent of the House of the Royal Institution?
A) 1833
B) 1846
C) 1854
D) 1821
  • 39. In which year was Faraday elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences?
A) 1832
B) 1848
C) 1853
D) 1824
  • 40. Who created the position of Fullerian Professor of Chemistry for Faraday?
A) John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
B) Charles Lyell.
C) Pieter Zeeman.
D) Benjamin Abbott.
  • 41. Where did James Faraday move his family to during the winter of 1790?
A) Outhgill in Westmorland
B) Newington Butts
C) London
D) Blandford Street
  • 42. Where did Faraday's church relocate to in 1862?
A) Barnsbury Grove, Islington
B) Paul's Alley in the Barbican
C) Highgate Cemetery
D) Hampton Court Road
  • 43. Who provided Michael Faraday with tickets to attend lectures by Humphry Davy and John Tatum?
A) Humphry Davy
B) Sarah Barnard
C) John Tatum
D) William Dance
  • 44. In what year did Michael Faraday discover diamagnetism?
A) 1897
B) 1836
C) 1845
D) 1862
  • 45. Which platform features a profile on Michael Faraday by the Chemical Heritage Foundation?
A) The Internet Archive
B) YouTube
C) LibriVox
D) Project Gutenberg
  • 46. At what age did Michael Faraday become an apprentice to George Riebau?
A) 18
B) 16
C) 14
D) 12
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