Ethereum 2.0 MCQs September 30, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. : What is the main upgrade introduced in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Proof of Work (B) Proof of Stake (C) Delegated Mining (D) Sharding 2. : Ethereum 2.0 is also commonly referred to as? (A) Serenity (B) Harmony (C) Infinity (D) Stability 3. : What is the minimum number of ETH required to become a validator in Ethereum 2.0? (A) 64 ETH (B) 16 ETH (C) 32 ETH (D) 50 ETH 4. : Which chain was introduced as part of Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0? (A) Beacon Chain (B) Side Chain (C) Plasma Chain (D) State Chain 5. : Which consensus mechanism was replaced by Proof of Stake in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Byzantine Fault Tolerance (B) Proof of Authority (C) Proof of Work (D) Proof of Capacity 6. : What is the purpose of sharding in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Reduce gas fees (B) Increase scalability (C) Improve mining rewards (D) Enhance smart contracts 7. : What role do validators play in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Mining blocks with GPUs (B) Staking ETH and validating transactions (C) Writing smart contracts only (D) Handling gas price auctions 8. : Which event marked the full transition from Ethereum 1.0 to Ethereum 2.0? (A) Beacon Launch (B) Shard Integration (C) The Merge (D) Casper Update 9. : When was the Ethereum Merge successfully completed? (A) September 2022 (B) December 2020 (C) August 2021 (D) January 2023 10. : What does PoS reduce compared to PoW in Ethereum? (A) Gas fees (B) Energy consumption (C) Validator numbers (D) Block size 11. : Ethereum 2.0 primarily aims to solve which blockchain issue? (A) Immutability (B) Scalability (C) Privacy (D) Mining profitability 12. : The Beacon Chain is responsible for? (A) Managing staking and validators (B) Deploying smart contracts (C) Running decentralized apps (D) Setting gas prices 13. : What happens if a validator acts maliciously in Ethereum 2.0? (A) They are rewarded more (B) Nothing happens (C) They get slashed (D) They lose voting rights only 14. : How are new blocks proposed in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Miners solve puzzles (B) Random validator selection (C) Voting through wallets (D) Gas auction 15. : Which phase of Ethereum 2.0 introduced sharding? (A) Phase 0 (B) Phase 1 (C) Phase 2 (D) Phase 3 16. : The Merge connected Ethereum’s mainnet with? (A) Plasma Chain (B) Side Chain (C) Beacon Chain (D) Lightning Chain 17. : What is the approximate block time in Ethereum 2.0 after the Merge? (A) 5 minutes (B) 12 seconds (C) 30 seconds (D) 60 seconds 18. : Staking rewards in Ethereum 2.0 are given in? (A) USDT (B) ETH (C) BTC (D) Stablecoins 19. : What major benefit does Ethereum 2.0 bring for sustainability? (A) Infinite gas limit (B) Lower electricity use (C) Zero transaction fees (D) Instant block confirmations 20. : Who is the co-founder of Ethereum behind the Ethereum 2.0 vision? (A) Gavin Andresen (B) Vitalik Buterin (C) Charles Hoskinson (D) Jed McCaleb 21. : Ethereum’s original consensus mechanism before 2.0 was? (A) Proof of Authority (B) Proof of Work (C) Delegated Proof of Stake (D) Hybrid Proof 22. : Which algorithm secures Ethereum 2.0 consensus? (A) Ethash (B) Casper (C) SHA-256 (D) Ouroboros 23. : In Ethereum 2.0, what ensures decentralization? (A) GPU mining farms (B) Wide validator participation (C) Smart contract coding (D) Miner pools 24. : Validators in Ethereum 2.0 earn rewards for? (A) Providing liquidity (B) Running dApps (C) Attesting and proposing blocks (D) Writing contracts 25. : What happens to gas fees after Ethereum 2.0? (A) Eliminated completely (B) Controlled separately, not directly reduced by PoS (C) Increased 10x (D) Paid in BTC instead of ETH 26. : The Merge was a shift from which layer to which layer? (A) Execution Layer + Consensus Layer (B) Side Layer + Data Layer (C) Mining Layer + Smart Layer (D) Gas Layer + Shard Layer 27. : What is slashing in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Cutting gas fees (B) Penalizing malicious validators (C) Increasing rewards (D) Limiting smart contracts 28. : Ethereum 2.0 can support more transactions per second due to? (A) Mining farms (B) Sharding and PoS (C) Gas burning (D) Block size increase 29. : What was one of the environmental criticisms of Ethereum 1.0? (A) Too many validators (B) High electricity consumption (C) Expensive smart contracts (D) Limited NFTs 30. : Ethereum 2.0 makes the network more? (A) Centralized (B) Scalable, secure, and sustainable (C) Dependent on miners (D) Private 31. : Which upgrade mechanism allowed The Merge to happen smoothly? (A) Hard Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Difficulty Bomb (D) Plasma Upgrade 32. : Validators are randomly chosen using? (A) Hash rate (B) Cryptographic randomness (C) Gas bidding (D) Mining rigs 33. : What is the incentive for staking ETH in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Network voting rights (B) Earning staking rewards (C) Free gas (D) Mining authority 34. : Which clients run Ethereum 2.0 consensus? (A) Geth, Besu (B) Prysm, Lighthouse, Teku (C) Bitcoin Core (D) Metamask 35. : Ethereum 2.0 helps dApps by providing? (A) Better mining rewards (B) Higher throughput and efficiency (C) Lower smart contract coding (D) Free hosting 36. : What happens if a validator is offline too long? (A) They lose all ETH instantly (B) They are penalized (C) They are rewarded (D) Nothing happens 37. : Ethereum 2.0’s validator system is similar to? (A) Lottery system (B) GPU mining pool (C) Central server voting (D) Auction model 38. : How many shards were initially proposed for Ethereum 2.0? (A) 8 (B) 64 (C) 32 (D) 128 39. : The Merge removed the need for? (A) Gas fees (B) Mining hardware (C) Smart contracts (D) Stablecoins 40. : Which wallet type supports Ethereum 2.0 staking? (A) Hardware wallets (B) Exchange wallets (C) Validator nodes (D) All of these 41. : Which layer executes smart contracts after the Merge? (A) Consensus Layer (B) Execution Layer (C) Data Layer (D) Beacon Chain 42. : Ethereum’s PoS makes attacks more costly by? (A) Increasing block size (B) Locking ETH as stake (C) Increasing mining rigs (D) Using gas auctions 43. : Who coordinates validator committees in Ethereum 2.0? (A) Shard nodes (B) Beacon Chain (C) Miners (D) Side chains 44. : What is the maximum reward percentage validators can earn annually? (A) Around 20% (B) Around 10% (C) Around 5% (D) Around 2% 45. : Ethereum 2.0 staking can be done via? (A) Solo staking (B) Staking pools (C) Exchanges (D) All of these 46. : The Merge primarily focused on? (A) Sharding (B) Consensus change (C) Block size increase (D) Zero gas fees 47. : Which phase is still expected in future Ethereum upgrades? (A) Beacon Chain (B) Merge (C) Sharding (D) Mining Expansion 48. : What ensures security in Ethereum 2.0 PoS? (A) Computational puzzles (B) Staked ETH at risk (C) More mining pools (D) Gas burning 49. : After the Merge, Ethereum’s energy consumption dropped by about? (A) 10% (B) 50% (C) 99% (D) 70% 50. : Ethereum 2.0 represents a shift toward? (A) Sustainable blockchain future (B) Centralized finance (C) GPU-based mining (D) Permissioned networks