A pupil of Plato’s great student, who developed the system of concentric spheres borrowed by Ptolemy, was this man who advanced the system of epicycles, adding an additional seven, laying the final groundwork for the system adopted by Aristotle and Ptolemy Who was he?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which student of Plato developed the system of concentric spheres that became the epicycles of the Ptolemaic astronomical system?

   A. Socrates
   B. Xenophon
   C. Aristotle
   D. Eudoxus

2. Aside from developing the system of concentric spheres upon which the epicyclic Ptolemaic arrangement of the solar system was based, what other remarkable achievement was made by this great follower of Plato?

   A. He first suggested that the solar system was sun-centered
   B. He read all of Aristotle’s work straight through without falling asleep
   C. He estimated the diameter and the circumference of the Earth accurately to within 1 mile
   D. He estimated the solar year to be 365 days and six hours long

3. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science:

   A. Socrates
   B. Xenophon
   C. Aristotle
   D. Plato

4. Plato and his most esteemed student, Aristotle, both appear in the painting “The School of Athens” by which Renaissance masster?

   A. Michaelangelo
   B. Raphael
   C. Leonardo da Vinci
   D. Titian

5. Alongwith his mentor, Socrates and his student, Aristotle, helped lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science:

   A. Socrates
   B. Xenophon
   C. Aristotle
   D. Plato

6. Menaechmus was a pupil of:_____________?

   A. Eudoxus
   B. Callipus
   C. Perga
   D. Appollonius

7. What is the final cause of rainfall according to Aristotle?

   A. It rains so plants and creatures can survive
   B. It rains because it is water’s nature to fall
   C. It rains because there is moisture in the air
   D. It rains because moisture cools

8. Aristotle described man’s instinct to acquire property as: _____________?

   A. A natural instinct
   B. An unnatural instinct
   C. A base-instinct
   D. None of the above

9. In which Constitution the Objective Resolution (1949) was made operative part of the constitution by adding Article 2-A in the Constitution?

   A. 1956
   B. 1962
   C. 1970(Interim)
   D. 1973

10. One of the arguments advanced against Women Suffrage is:

    A. Menfolk can represent the interests of women better
    B. Their participation in the political life would lead to corruption
    C. Women are ill-fitted to represent their own interests
    D. Women would lose many of their feminine qualities