Famous Scientist

Famous Scientist

 

1. 'Bose – Einstein Statistics' was deduced by Einstein and which one of the following?

a) Debendra Mohan Bose                               b) Satyendra Nath Bose

c) Jagadish Chandra Bose                               d) Sahaya Ram Bose

 

2. The Theory of Quanta was postulated by :

a) William Crookes                                         b) J. J. Thomson

c) Louis de Broglie                                          d) Max Planck

 

3. 'Exclusion principle' was proposed by

a) Pauli                                                            b) Heisenberg

c) Schroedinger                                               d) A. H. Compton

 

4. 'Uncertainly Principle' was proposed by :

a) Niels Bohr                                                   b) C. V. Raman

c) Zeeman                                                       d) Heisenberg

 

5. Who got the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1911?

a) Rutherford                                                   b) Marie Curie

c) Prof Soddy                                                   d) Becquerel

 

6. The Indian scientist who died in a plane crash was :

a) K. S. Krishnan                                              b) Homi Jahangir Bhabha

c) C. V. Raman                                                d) S. Bhagavantam

 

7. Iodine was discovered by :

a) Bernard Courtois                                         b) Cavendish

c) Scheele                                                        d) Brandt

 

8. The fundamental law of thermo – chemistry was discovered by :

a) F. Joliot                                                        b) Lawrence

c) Otto Hahn                                                   d) Germain Henri Hess

 

9. Germanium was discovered by :

a) C. Winkler                                                   b) Cavendish

c) Kirchhoff                                                      d) Klaproth

 

10. The phrase, 'Chance favours the prepared mind', was said by :

a) Louis Pesteur                                              b) Charles Darwin

c) Blaise Pascal                                               d) Newton

 

11. Who patented more than 1000 inventions?

a) Thomas Edison                                           b) Newton

c) Faraday                                                       d) Coulomb

 

12. The book, 'Einstein's Theory of Relativity', was written by :

a) Einstein                                                       b) Heisenberg

c) Max born                                                     d) R. A. Millikan

 

13. The birth anniversary of which scientist, on 11^th February, is observed as National Inventors Day in the U. S.

a) Thomas Edison                               b) Enrico Fermi

c) J. J. Thomson                                   d) L. C. Pauling

 

14. Some particles follow – Dirac Statistics. These particles are named after which scientist :

a) Dirac                                               b) S. N. Bose

c) Chadwick                                         d) Enrico Fermi

 

15. Both further and son got noble Prize in the same year in Physics. Father's name was Sir William Henry Bragg and son was :

a) William Lawrence Bragg                b) William Louis Bragg

c) William Lewis Bragg                       d) William Lorentz Bragg

 

 

 

Answer Sheet

 

1. b                  2. d                  3. a                  4. d                  5. b     

 

6. b                  7. a                  8. d                  9. a                  10. a

 

11. a                12. c                13. a                14. d                15. a