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  • 1. Which book inspired C. V. Raman to study the scientific basis of musical sounds?
A) Vibrations of Strings
B) The Theory of Sound
C) Acoustics of Music
D) The Sensations of Tone
  • 2. Between which years did Raman publish his findings on musical sounds prolifically?
A) 1916 and 1921
B) 1905 and 1910
C) 1920 and 1925
D) 1910 and 1915
  • 3. What type of instrument did Raman study to develop his theory of transverse vibration?
A) Bowed string instruments
B) Brass instruments
C) Percussion instruments
D) Wind instruments
  • 4. What was one of the earliest musical phenomena studied by Raman in violins and cellos?
A) Resonance frequency
B) Pitch drift
C) Wolf tone
D) Harmonic distortion
  • 5. What did Raman study that helped him analyze the harmonic nature of sounds in Indian percussion?
A) Harmonium and dholak
B) Tabla and mridangam
C) Flute and shehnai
D) Sitar and veena
  • 6. Whose theory did Raman critically analyze regarding the vibrations of the pianoforte string?
A) Hermann von Helmholtz
B) Isaac Newton
C) Lord Rayleigh
D) Walter Kaufmann
  • 7. In which city is the Whispering Gallery located that Raman studied in 1921?
A) Paris
B) Calcutta
C) London
D) Berlin
  • 8. Where was Raman working when he found the book that inspired his interest in acoustics?
A) Oxford University
B) Cambridge University
C) IACS
D) St Paul's Cathedral
  • 9. Which of the following did Raman study in addition to musical instruments?
A) Thermal expansion
B) Wind currents
C) Water splashes
D) Lightning strikes
  • 10. What did Raman use to experiment on violins besides manual playing?
A) Robotic bowing arms
B) Mechanically-played violins
C) Electronic oscillators
D) Computer simulations
  • 11. What is the primary field of science associated with C. V. Raman?
A) Physics
B) Chemistry
C) Mathematics
D) Biology
  • 12. In what year did C. V. Raman receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
A) 1928
B) 1970
C) 1930
D) 1948
  • 13. What phenomenon did C. V. Raman discover?
A) The Raman effect
B) Superconductivity
C) The Doppler effect
D) Photoelectric effect
  • 14. On what date is National Science Day celebrated in India to honor the Raman effect?
A) 7 November
B) 21 November
C) 30 January
D) 28 February
  • 15. What was C. V. Raman's first job after joining the Indian Finance Service?
A) Assistant Accountant General
B) Physics Professor
C) Director of IISc
D) Research scientist at IACS
  • 16. Who was the student that worked with Raman on the discovery of the Raman effect?
A) K. S. Krishnan
B) G. N. Ramachandran
C) Panchapakesa Krishnamurti
D) Sudhangsu Kumar Banerji
  • 17. At what age did C. V. Raman complete his secondary education?
A) 13
B) 11
C) 16
D) 19
  • 18. What academic institution did Raman attend for his bachelor's degree?
A) University of Calcutta
B) University of Madras
C) Presidency College
D) St Aloysius' Anglo-Indian High School
  • 19. In which city was Raman born?
A) Visakhapatnam
B) Calcutta
C) Tiruchirappalli
D) Chennai
  • 20. Who was the first Indian director of the Indian Institute of Science?
A) Ashutosh Mukherjee
B) G. N. Ramachandran
C) C. V. Raman
D) Morris Travers
  • 21. What was the name of the research institute Raman founded in 1948?
A) Raman Research Institute
B) Indian Academy of Sciences
C) Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
D) Calcutta Physical Society
  • 22. Who was the Nobel laureate related to C. V. Raman?
A) Lord Rutherford
B) J. J. Thomson
C) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
D) Lord Rayleigh
  • 23. In what year did Raman move to Bengaluru to lead the IISc?
A) 1917
B) 1933
C) 1926
D) 1948
  • 24. What was the title of Raman's first published scientific paper?
A) Newton's rings in polarised light
B) A new radiation
C) Surface tension of liquids
D) Unsymmetrical diffraction bands due to a rectangular aperture
  • 25. How many siblings did C. V. Raman have?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) Eight
D) Six
  • 26. What motivated Raman to study the color of the Mediterranean Sea?
A) A research grant
B) A lecture by Lord Rayleigh
C) A trip to Europe
D) His interest in oceanography
  • 27. Which professional role did Raman leave to become a professor?
A) Currency officer
B) Civil servant
C) Teacher
D) Accountant
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