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Islamic Contributions to Medicine & Science MCQs with Answer

Who is known as the father of modern medicine in the Islamic world?
A) Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
B) Al-Razi
C) Ibn al-Haytham
D) Al-Biruni

Answer
A) Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Which famous Islamic physician wrote “The Canon of Medicine”?
A) Al-Razi
B) Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
C) Al-Zahrawi
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Answer
B) Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Which Islamic scholar is credited with discovering the circulation of blood?
A) Al-Razi
B) Ibn Sina
C) Ibn al-Nafis
D) Al-Biruni

Answer
C) Ibn al-Nafis

Who is known as the “father of surgery” in the Islamic world?
A) Al-Zahrawi
B) Al-Razi
C) Ibn Sina
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Answer
A) Al-Zahrawi

Which famous Muslim scientist made significant contributions to optics and visual perception?
A) Ibn al-Haytham
B) Ibn Sina
C) Al-Razi
D) Al-Biruni

Answer
A) Ibn al-Haytham

Which Islamic physician is famous for his work on the treatment of smallpox and measles?
A) Al-Razi
B) Ibn al-Nafis
C) Ibn Sina
D) Al-Zahrawi

Answer
A) Al-Razi

What was the significant contribution of Ibn al-Haytham to science?
A) Study of astronomy
B) Development of the scientific method and optics
C) Discovery of penicillin
D) Formation of the first medical school

Answer
B) Development of the scientific method and optics

Which Islamic scholar contributed to the understanding of the human anatomy through detailed dissections?
A) Ibn al-Nafis
B) Al-Zahrawi
C) Al-Razi
D) Ibn Sina

Answer
B) Al-Zahrawi

In which field did Al-Biruni make major contributions?
A) Astronomy and physics
B) Medicine and surgery
C) Chemistry and biology
D) Mathematics and geography

Answer
D) Mathematics and geography

Who was the first to suggest that the Earth rotates around its axis?
A) Ibn al-Haytham
B) Al-Biruni
C) Al-Razi
D) Ibn Sina

Answer
B) Al-Biruni

Which Islamic physician wrote a comprehensive medical encyclopedia that was used in Europe for centuries?
A) Ibn Sina
B) Al-Razi
C) Al-Zahrawi
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Answer
A) Ibn Sina

Which Muslim scientist made significant advancements in the study of pharmacology and chemistry?
A) Al-Razi
B) Al-Biruni
C) Ibn Sina
D) Ibn al-Nafis

Answer
A) Al-Razi

Which field did Al-Zahrawi primarily contribute to?
A) Astronomy
B) Surgery
C) Mathematics
D) Chemistry

Answer
B) Surgery

Which scientist developed the first known surgical instruments and techniques?
A) Ibn Sina
B) Al-Razi
C) Al-Zahrawi
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Answer
C) Al-Zahrawi

Which scientist discovered that the heart is a pump that circulates blood?
A) Al-Razi
B) Ibn Sina
C) Ibn al-Nafis
D) Al-Zahrawi

Answer
C) Ibn al-Nafis

What was Al-Razi’s major contribution to medicine?
A) Establishing the first hospital
B) Development of antiseptic techniques
C) Development of smallpox vaccination
D) Writing a comprehensive medical encyclopedia

Answer
D) Writing a comprehensive medical encyclopedia

Which Islamic scholar is known for his work in geodesy and the measurement of the Earth’s radius?
A) Al-Biruni
B) Al-Zahrawi
C) Ibn Sina
D) Al-Razi

Answer
A) Al-Biruni

Which Islamic scientist made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of chemistry, particularly the preparation of acids and alcohol?
A) Al-Razi
B) Ibn al-Nafis
C) Ibn Sina
D) Al-Zahrawi

Answer
A) Al-Razi

Who is credited with the discovery of the process of distillation?
A) Al-Zahrawi
B) Al-Razi
C) Ibn Sina
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Answer
B) Al-Razi

Which scientist developed a model for the understanding of optics that laid the foundation for modern physics?
A) Ibn al-Haytham
B) Al-Razi
C) Al-Biruni
D) Ibn Sina

Answer
A) Ibn al-Haytham

What was the main subject of Ibn Sina’s famous medical work, “The Canon of Medicine”?
A) Surgery techniques
B) Anatomy and physiology
C) Pharmacology and treatments
D) Clinical diagnosis and medicine

Answer
D) Clinical diagnosis and medicine

Which of the following Islamic scholars contributed to astronomy by developing methods to measure the positions of celestial bodies?
A) Ibn Sina
B) Al-Razi
C) Al-Biruni
D) Al-Zahrawi

Answer
C) Al-Biruni

Which famous scholar is known for his work in optics, including the camera obscura and the principles of light reflection?
A) Ibn al-Haytham
B) Ibn Sina
C) Al-Razi
D) Al-Biruni

Answer
A) Ibn al-Haytham

Who pioneered the use of surgery for treating cataracts?
A) Al-Zahrawi
B) Ibn Sina
C) Ibn al-Haytham
D) Al-Razi

Answer
A) Al-Zahrawi

Which Islamic scholar is known for his contributions to the understanding of gravity and the Earth’s gravitational pull?
A) Ibn al-Nafis
B) Al-Razi
C) Ibn Sina
D) Al-Biruni

Answer
D) Al-Biruni

Who contributed to the understanding of the lunar and solar eclipses?
A) Al-Biruni
B) Al-Zahrawi
C) Ibn Sina
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Answer
A) Al-Biruni

Which of the following contributions to science did Ibn Sina make in the field of pharmacology?
A) Development of antiseptics
B) Preparation of surgical instruments
C) Writing a book on drug remedies
D) Discovery of antibiotics

Answer
C) Writing a book on drug remedies

Which Muslim scientist’s work in the field of medicine laid the foundation for modern public health?
A) Ibn Sina
B) Al-Zahrawi
C) Al-Razi
D) Ibn al-Nafis

Answer
C) Al-Razi

Who first demonstrated the scientific method of experimentation in the Islamic world?
A) Ibn Sina
B) Al-Biruni
C) Ibn al-Haytham
D) Al-Razi

Answer
C) Ibn al-Haytham

Which Islamic scientist made a significant contribution to the study of optics and the theory of vision?
A) Al-Zahrawi
B) Ibn Sina
C) Al-Biruni
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Answer
D) Ibn al-Haytham

Who is regarded as the first to describe the process of digestion in the human body?
A) Ibn al-Nafis
B) Ibn Sina
C) Al-Razi
D) Al-Zahrawi

Answer
B) Ibn Sina

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