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1. The phenomenon of radioactivity was first discovered byAsked in UPSC Geoscientist 2023
2. A lightning arrester connected between the line and earth in a power systemAsked in GS&EI ElectEngg 14 2024 1601 2025
3. Natural radioactivity was discovered byAsked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2020
4. Who is not a Nobel Prize winner among the following scientists?Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2006
5. Match List-I (Inventions) with List-II (Inventors) and select the correct answer from the code given below - List-I List-II 1. I. Curie & F. Joli‐ (A) Cosmic rays ot (B) X-rays 2. Victor Hess (C) Radioactivity 3. W.C. Roentgen (D) Artificial radioactiv‐ 4. Henri Becquerel ity Code -Asked in ADDITIONAL PRIVATE SECRETARY EXAM 2023
6. Who was the inventor of Radioactivity ?Asked in Chief Fire Officer Exam 2021
7. Radio activity was discovered byAsked in Management Officer Exam 2011
8. Which of the following scientists was not awarded Noble prize in Physics ?Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2012
9. Which one of the following scientists mentioned that an electron in an atom could revolve in certain stable orbits without the emission of radiant energy ?Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2024
10. Raman Research Institute is located at X, India and was founded by Y in 1948. X and Y are respectively :Asked in TSPSC Group 1 Prelims 2024
11. Consider the following statements related to India's National Science Day :Asked in TSPSC Group 1 Prelims 2024
12. The name of the particle 'Boson' is associated with the name ofAsked in UPSC CAPF 2011
13. Who among the following has coined the term 'Quark', the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus ?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2017
14. Uncertainty relation in quantum mechanics was proposed byAsked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2021
15. Which of the following pairs of physical phenomenon and the discoverer is/are correctly matched ? 1. James Chadwick : Photoelectric effect 2. Albert Einstein : Neutron 3. Marie Curie : Radium Select the correct answer using the code given below :Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2021
16. Neutrons were discovered byAsked in UPSC NDA 2 2020
17. Neutron was discovered byAsked in ae 2024 · District Statistical Officer Assistant Director 2025
18. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the law of photoelectric effect?Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2020
19. Einstein got the Nobel Prize forAsked in BPSC Prelims Exam 64th
20. The 'theory of relativity' is presented by which scientist?Asked in BPSC Prelims Exam 67th Re Exam
21. Who among the following is not a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2022?Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2023
22. Consider the following statement: "If you feel you are trapped in a black hole, don't give up. There is a way out." Who among the following made the above statement?Asked in UPSC CDS 2 2016
23. The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2016 was given toAsked in UPSC CDS 2 2017
24. Nobel Prize for Physics for the year 2014 was given to which invention ?Asked in CGPSC Prelims Exam 2014
25. 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded forAsked in CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023