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Scientific Discoveries questions and answers

Browse questions about Scientific Discoveries, with answers and explanations.

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Which scientist investigated electrostatic forces with a calibrated torsion balance in1785?

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Which scientists discovered the empirical relationship in 1911 between the half-life of alpha decay and the energy of emitted alpha particles?

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Which scientist suggested that the magnet must also exert an equal and opposite force on the current-carrying conductor?

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For which discovery is Hideki Yukawa, Nobel Prize winner in 1949, best known?

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As per physicists and their major contributions/discoveries, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

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Which listed physicist is associated with the circulating induced currents also known as Foucault currents?

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Assertion (A): A compass needle can deflect when current flows in a nearby wire. Reason (R): The current produces a magnetic field that interacts…

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Statement I: Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Carl E. Wieman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for achieving Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute…

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Statement I: Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831. Statement II: A changing magnetic flux linkage induces an emf. Which statements are true?

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Statement I: The concept of refractive index explains how light bends when passing through different substances. Statement II: Willebrord Snellius was the first to…

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Which scientist is associated with the Fourier-series representation of suitable periodic waveforms as weighted sine and cosine components?

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Which statements about James Watt and the conventional mechanical horsepower are correct? I. Watt introduced horsepower to compare steam-engine output with work done by…

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In which year did Heinrich Hertz observe that ultraviolet light facilitated electrical discharge, an observation associated with the early study of the photoelectric effect?

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Which device was invented by Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber in 1833?

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Which listed scientist built a working reflecting telescope in 1668?

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Which year was designated the International Year of Physics to mark the centenary of Einstein’s landmark 1905 work?

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Assertion (A): Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile in 1800, which was the first chemical battery. Reason (R): Andre-Marie Ampere is known for his…

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Which physicist confirmed Maxwell’s prediction by deliberately generating and detecting electromagnetic waves in the pioneering Karlsruhe experiments of 1886?

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In which year did Galileo discuss pendulum isochronism in a letter to Guidobaldo del Monte?

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Assertion (A): Johann Wilhelm Ritter discovered ultraviolet rays in 1801. Reason (R): Ultraviolet rays are part of the infrared region of the spectrum.

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Who demonstrated that lightning and sparks from clothes are the same phenomenon?

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Who proposed that every object in the universe attracts every other object with a gravitational force, explaining phenomena such as an apple falling to…

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National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February to commemorate which scientific discovery by Sir C. V. Raman?

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