Quiz On Discoveries Test 11 ( physics)

1.Who invented the capillary feed fountainpen?

2.What do you call the effect of splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field?

3. Which scientist/s proposed the theory of relativity?

4.. The discovery and understanding of electromagnetic induction is based on a long series of experiments carried out by ______.

5.Superconductivity was discovered by ______, who was also awarded the Noble Prize for Physics in 1911.

6. In the context of the contribution of scientists for which they were awarded Nobel Prize, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

7. Which scientist won the Nobel prize in Physics in 1918 for the discovery of ‘Energy Quanta’?

8.What did Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discover?

9. Who among the following scientists invented dynamite?

10. Who among the following scientists invented Kevlar?

11.Who among the following scientists invented the Cotton Gin?

12.The American scientist Edwin Hubble's name is associated with which of these theories?

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

14.The names of Wright brothers credited with inventing the aeroplane were:

15.The Wright brothers completed the world’s first successful controlled powered flight in:

16.Who discovered radium?

17.The spectrum of light was first explained by____.

18.Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Nuclear Programme’?

19.. Who invented the atomic battery in 1912 ?