Cluster · Famous Scientists and Scientific Discoveries

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Famous Physicists Discoveries and Laws
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Question Category Subtype Difficulty

Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 along with Karl Ferdinand Braun for the development of practical wireless telegraphy?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

pipeline-1180141
science intermediate

According to the Rutherford atomic model, electrons revolve around the nucleus in paths.

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180071
science intermediate

How many laws of motion were given by Isaac Newton?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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science intermediate

Which are the four quantum numbers for an electron present in 4f orbital?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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science intermediate

The Theory of Relativity is associated with

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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science intermediate

With the Theory of Relativity, ______ transformed the landscape of physics, this theory majorly contributed to designing the theory of Quantum Mechanics.

[SSC GD 2024]

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science intermediate

Which British scientist is known for developing the principle of holography in 1947 to improve the resolution of the electron microscope?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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science intermediate

Who said the following statement? “We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!”

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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science intermediate

Which subatomic particle was discovered by J Chadwick?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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science intermediate

Name the scientist who proposed that electrons are embedded in positive sphere.

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180149
science intermediate

Which experiment was designed to trace the motion of the earth through the 'luminiferous aether

[SSC CHSL 2023]

pipeline-1180073
science intermediate

The British physicist named Paul Dirac was known to have introduced the concept of_________in 1930.

[SSC CGL 2022]

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science intermediate

Visible Radiation was discovered by:

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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science intermediate

In which year did Niels Bohr propose a theory for the hydrogen atom based on the quantum theory that some physical quantities take only discrete values?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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science intermediate

Who is known as the ‘father of nuclear physics’?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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science intermediate

Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 along with Karl Ferdinand Braun for the development of Practical wireless telegraphy?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180130
science intermediate

Name the world famous scientist known for his theory of relativity.

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180179
science intermediate

When did Heinrich Hertz discover the photoelectric effect and observe that shining ultraviolet light on the electrodes caused a change in voltage between them?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180065
science intermediate

Which British physicist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 for his work on discovery of electrons?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180154
science intermediate

What is the SI unit of radioactivity?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180081
science intermediate

Name the physicist who is credited with the discovery of the Neutron. This 1932 discovery led to his winning the Nobel Prize?

[SSC CGL 2019]

pipeline-1180153
science intermediate

Which Nobel Laureate conducted an experiment in the late 19th century and observed that a glass tube filled with a low-pressure gas emitted radiation when a voltage was applied between two metal plates?

[SSC CPO 2023]

pipeline-1180072
science intermediate

The value of universal gravitation constant (G) was determined by:

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180155
science intermediate

Who formulated the equation E = mc2 ?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180133
science intermediate

JJ Thomson is known for developing which model in 1898?

[SSC MTS 2024]

pipeline-1180168
science intermediate

In which year did Carl Anderson discover a positively charged particle called "positron' whose mass appears to be equal to the mass of an electron?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

pipeline-1180079
science intermediate

Who found an empirical relationship between the half-life of alpha decay and the energy of the emitted alpha particles in 1911?

[SSC CGL 2023]

pipeline-1180087
science intermediate

Who among the following discovered the neutrons?

[SSC CHSL 2022]

pipeline-1180169
science intermediate

Which physicist is known for discovering that any periodic wave can be represented as an infinite number of weighted sinusoids, i.e., the sum of sine and cosine waves?

[SSC CHSL 2023]

pipeline-1179966
science intermediate

By observing the motion of objects on an inclined plane __________ deduced that objects move with a constant speed when no force acts on them.

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1179764
science intermediate

Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for ______ in 1921.

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1173998
gk intermediate

Who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for the investigation of structure of atoms and radiation emanating from them?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1174156
gk intermediate

For which discovery did William Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain jointly receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956?

[SSC CGL 2023]

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gk intermediate

Who among the following invented the aeroplane?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

pipeline-1180271
gk intermediate

Who among the following Scientists is credited with the discovery of Radio Waves?

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reasoning intermediate

The SI unit of radioactivity, representing the activity of a quantity of radioactive material, is named after which scientist?

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reasoning intermediate

J. J. Thomson received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of _____.

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reasoning intermediate

Which of the following principles explains why no two electrons in the same atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers?

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reasoning intermediate

Who discovered electron?

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reasoning intermediate

The SI unit of radioactivity, representing the activity of a quantity of radioactive material, is named after which scientist?

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reasoning intermediate

Which among the following scientists proposed that no two electrons can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously?

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reasoning intermediate

Who among the following is famous for the discovery of electron?

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reasoning intermediate

Who among the following discovered 4th state of matter Plasma? 

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reasoning intermediate

Who along with Arthur Compton received the Nobel Prize in 1927 for the development of the cloud chamber for the detection of charged particles? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2023]

pipeline-771292
gk intermediate

When did Heinrich Hertz discover the photoelectric effect and observe that shining ultraviolet light on the electrodes caused a change in voltage between them?

pipeline-1306313
mp_police intermediate

Which of the following particles were made to fall on a thin gold foil by Ernest Rutherford?

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mp_police intermediate

Which of the following pairs of physicists and their contributions/discoveries is INCORRECT?

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mp_police intermediate

Which experiment is Ernest Rutherford well known for performing in 1911?

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bihar_police intermediate

When did Heinrich Hertz discover the photoelectric effect and observe that shining ultraviolet light on the electrodes caused a change in voltage between them?

pipeline-1323836
bihar_police intermediate

The _______ explains how electrons fill up orbitals and shells inside an atom.

pipeline-1318260
bihar_police intermediate
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