All Categories MCQs
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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
60771
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for the invention of the transistor?
Answer:
Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented the transistor, the building block of modern electronics.
60772
Svante Pääbo won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2022 for his discoveries concerning:
Answer:
The genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution
Pääbo sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal and discovered a previously unknown hominin, Denisova.
60773
Charles Kao received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 for groundbreaking achievements concerning:
Answer:
Transmission of light in optical fibers
Kao's work laid the foundation for modern fiber-optic communication networks.
60774
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome?
Answer:
Venki Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, Ada Yonath
They used X-ray crystallography to map the position for each of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome.
60775
Hans Bethe won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 for his theory on:
Answer:
Energy production in stars
Bethe explained how stars like the Sun generate energy through nuclear fusion reactions (nucleosynthesis).
60776
Har Gobind Khorana shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Medicine for interpreting:
Answer:
The Genetic Code
Khorana, Holley, and Nirenberg deciphered the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
60777
Robert Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the development of:
Answer:
In vitro fertilization (IVF)
Edwards developed human IVF therapy, which led to the birth of the first 'test-tube baby', Louise Brown, in 1978.
60778
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013 for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass (Higgs Boson)?
Answer:
François Englert and Peter Higgs
They were awarded the prize following the confirmation of the Higgs boson particle by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN.
60779
Guglielmo Marconi shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 for the development of:
Answer:
Wireless telegraphy
Marconi shared the prize with Karl Ferdinand Braun for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy (radio).
60780
Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1933 for discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity?
Answer:
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Using fruit flies (*Drosophila*), Morgan proved that genes are carried on chromosomes, forming the basis of modern genetics.