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
60751
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle?
Answer:
Wolfgang Pauli
The Pauli Exclusion Principle states that no two fermions (like electrons) can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.
60752
Selman Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1952 for the discovery of:
Answer:
Streptomycin
Streptomycin was the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
60753
Which trio won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2022 for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities?
Answer:
Aspect, Clauser, and Zeilinger
Their work confirmed the strange phenomenon of quantum entanglement, paving the way for quantum information science.
60754
Glenn T. Seaborg shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries in the chemistry of:
Answer:
Transuranium elements
Seaborg was instrumental in identifying elements heavier than uranium, such as plutonium, americium, and curium.
60755
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of heavy hydrogen (deuterium)?
Answer:
Harold Urey
Urey discovered deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, which is essential for nuclear reactors and studying chemical reaction mechanisms.
60756
Shinya Yamanaka and John Gurdon won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2012 for the discovery that:
Answer:
Mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent (stem cells)
They showed that specialized cells could be turned back into immature cells (iPS cells) capable of developing into all tissues of the body.
60757
Willard Libby received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960 for his method to use which isotope for age determination?
Answer:
Carbon-14
Libby developed radiocarbon dating, which allows scientists to determine the age of organic materials, revolutionizing archaeology.
60758
Jack Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his part in the invention of:
Answer:
The integrated circuit (IC)
Kilby's invention of the integrated circuit (microchip) laid the foundation for all modern microelectronics.
60759
Henri Becquerel shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with the Curies for the discovery of:
Answer:
Spontaneous radioactivity
Becquerel discovered radioactivity by accident when uranium salts fogged a photographic plate wrapped in black paper.
60760
Which scientist received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907, becoming the first American to win a science Nobel, for his optical precision instruments?
Answer:
Albert Michelson
Michelson is famous for the Michelson-Morley experiment which measured the speed of light and disproved the existence of 'luminiferous aether'.