Isaac Newton MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. When was Isaac Newton born?

1. 1642
2. 1643
3. 1650
4. 1655

2. Where is Newton buried?

1. Westminster Abbey
2. St. Paul’s Cathedral
3. Canterbury Cathedral
4. Oxford Chapel

3. Newton served as the President of which scientific society?

1. Royal Academy
2. British Science Society
3. Royal Society
4. Cambridge Scholars Society

4. What device did Newton invent to study light and colors?

1. Microscope
2. Reflecting Telescope
3. Refracting Telescope
4. Spectrometer

5. What is the color of light that Newton showed could be split into a spectrum?

1. White
2. Red
3. Blue
4. Green

6. What did Newton’s third law of motion state?

1. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
2. Force equals mass times acceleration
3. Objects in motion stay in motion
4. Gravitational forces attract

7. Newton was a Member of Parliament for which university?

1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Harvard
4. Yale

8. Which branch of physics did Newton’s work help to establish?

1. Quantum Mechanics
2. Classical Mechanics
3. Thermodynamics
4. Electrodynamics

9. Newton’s theory of gravitation was inspired by observations of what?

1. Falling objects
2. The moon’s orbit
3. The motion of planets
4. All of the above

10. Newton’s laws of motion apply to which type of objects?

1. Static objects
2. Accelerating objects
3. Moving and non-moving objects
4. Rotating objects

11. What did Newton prove about white light?

1. It is pure
2. It is a mixture of colors
3. It is artificial
4. It contains only red and blue

12. Where was Isaac Newton born?

1. London
2. Woolsthorpe
3. Cambridge
4. Oxford

13. Which concept did Newton develop in optics?

1. Wave Theory of Light
2. Particle Theory of Light
3. Electromagnetic Waves
4. Reflection Only

14. Newton held which position at the Royal Mint?

1. Master of the Mint
2. Treasurer
3. Accountant
4. Secretary

15. What is the SI unit of force named after Newton?

1. Pascal
2. Joule
3. Newton
4. Tesla