Marie Curie MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. In which year was Marie Curie born?

1. 1865
2. 1867
3. 1870
4. 1875

2. In which year did Marie Curie win her second Nobel Prize?

1. 1911
2. 1912
3. 1915
4. 1920

3. What was the primary focus of Marie Curie’s research?

1. Radioactivity
2. Magnetism
3. Optics
4. Thermodynamics

4. Marie Curie was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in how many fields?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

5. Which university did Marie Curie attend?

1. University of Warsaw
2. Sorbonne University
3. University of Berlin
4. Cambridge University

6. What was the cause of Marie Curie’s death?

1. Cancer
2. Tuberculosis
3. Radiation exposure
4. Heart attack

7. Where is Marie Curie buried?

1. Père Lachaise Cemetery
2. Panthéon in Paris
3. Montparnasse Cemetery
4. Arlington Cemetery

8. Marie Curie was the first woman to teach at which institution?

1. University of Paris
2. University of Oxford
3. Harvard University
4. University of Warsaw

9. What did Marie Curie name the element Polonium after?

1. Her hometown
2. Her mother
3. Poland
4. Her mentor

10. Marie Curie is known as the founder of which branch of science?

1. Quantum mechanics
2. Nuclear physics
3. Theoretical physics
4. Radiochemistry

11. How many Nobel Prizes did Marie Curie’s family win in total?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

12. What was Marie Curie's birth name?

1. Marie Sklodowska
2. Marie Poincaré
3. Marie Einstein
4. Marie Becquerel

13. Which of Marie Curie’s daughters also won a Nobel Prize?

1. Irène Joliot-Curie
2. Eve Curie
3. Both daughters
4. Neither daughter

14. Marie Curie was awarded her second Nobel Prize for isolating which element?

1. Uranium
2. Radium
3. Polonium
4. Actinium

15. What was the title of Marie Curie’s autobiography?

1. "My Life with Radium"
2. "Radioactive Discoveries"
3. "The Story of My Life"
4. "The Discovery of Radium"