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