Prominent Scientists MCQs with Answers

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The photoelectric effect was discovered by Heinrich Hertz in 1887.

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Robert Koch is famous for his work on Tuberculosis, having discovered the causative bacterium *Mycobacterium tuberculosis* in 1882.

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Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) are famous for the invention of the airplane.

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Vitamins were discovered by Casimir Funk, who coined the term "vitamine" in 1912.

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Paleontology, the study of fossils, was developed by George Cuvier, who is known as the father of paleontology.

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Ultrasound was invented by Ian Donald in 1950.

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The equation E = mc² was proposed by Albert Einstein as part of his theory of special relativity.

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Vaccination was discovered by Edward Jenner, who developed the first vaccine against smallpox in 1796.

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The phenomenon of fertilization was first perceived by Hertwig (Oscar Hertwig), who observed the fusion of sperm and egg nuclei in sea urchins in 1875.

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Galileo Galilei was famous as an Astronomer, known as the "father of observational astronomy" for his pioneering use of the telescope to study celestial bodies.