All Categories MCQs
Topic Notes: All Categories
General Description
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
60741
Gerhard Domagk was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1939 for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of:
Answer:
Prontosil
Prontosil was the first commercially available antibiotic (a sulfonamide drug).
60742
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903 for the electrolytic theory of dissociation?
Answer:
Svante Arrhenius
Arrhenius provided the physical basis for the understanding of ions in solution.
60743
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for:
Answer:
Temperature and Touch
They identified the sensors in our nerve endings that allow us to feel heat, cold, and mechanical force.
60744
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of:
Answer:
Quantum dots
Quantum dots are nanoparticles so small that their size determines their properties, used in QLED screens and medical imaging.
60745
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019 for the discovery of:
Answer:
An exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star
They discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first planet found orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system.
60746
Arthur Ashkin won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018 for the invention of:
Answer:
Optical tweezers
Optical tweezers use laser beams to grab particles, atoms, viruses, and other living cells.
60747
Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for the discovery of:
Answer:
The accelerating expansion of the Universe
By observing distant supernovae, they discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, implying the existence of dark energy.
60748
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerenes (buckyballs)?
Answer:
Curl, Kroto, and Smalley
They discovered a new form of carbon, C60, which resembles a soccer ball.
60749
Murray Gell-Mann received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 for his contributions concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions, including the proposal of:
Answer:
Quarks
Gell-Mann introduced the concept of quarks as the fundamental constituents of protons and neutrons.
60750
Erwin Schrödinger shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Paul Dirac for the discovery of new productive forms of:
Answer:
Atomic theory
Schrödinger formulated the wave equation that describes how the quantum state of a physical system changes over time.