History of general relativity - Quiz
A) 1950 to 1965 B) 1960 to 1975 C) 1970 to 1985 D) 1955 to 1970
A) Thermodynamics B) Quantum mechanics C) Classical electromagnetism D) General relativity
A) Quantum entanglement B) Gravitational singularities C) Plate tectonics D) Atomic fission
A) Steady State theory B) Big Bang C) String theory D) Inflationary model
A) Fulvio Melia B) Roy Kerr C) Andrzej Trautman D) Kip Thorne
A) Kip Thorne B) Fulvio Melia C) Roy Kerr D) Andrzej Trautman
A) Michelson–Morley experiment B) Double-slit experiment C) Cavendish experiment D) Pound–Rebka experiment
A) Andrzej Trautman B) Roy Kerr C) Kip Thorne D) Albert Einstein
A) As a mainstream theory B) As a failed hypothesis C) As a curiosity D) As a branch of chemistry
A) Paris B) Warsaw C) London D) Berlin
A) Reissner–Nordström B) Kerr C) Kerr–Newman D) Schwarzschild
A) Martin Kruskal B) Roy Kerr C) Arthur Stanley Eddington D) Albert Einstein
A) Gravitational waves B) Black hole imaging C) Deflection of light by the Sun D) Precession of Mercury's orbit
A) 2015 B) 1915 C) 1957 D) 1919
A) 1919 B) 2015 C) 1957 D) 2019
A) Mercury B) A binary pulsar C) Messier 87 D) The Sun
A) Loop quantum gravity B) Brans–Dicke C) String theory D) Rosen's bimetric theory
A) Quantum mechanics B) Global positioning system C) Solar eclipses D) Binary pulsars
A) The Schwarzschild solution B) Bimetric theory C) Quantum gravity D) Scalar–tensor theory
A) Spherically symmetric and rotating B) Spherically symmetric and neutral C) Non-rotating and charged D) Rotating and charged
A) They are the same B) General relativity is more accurate C) They are incompatible D) Brans–Dicke is more accurate
A) Changes in quantum gravity B) Ripples in the curvature of spacetime C) Particles emitted by binary pulsars D) Energy released by the GPS system
A) The death of Einstein B) Neutron-star merger GW170817 C) The 1919 solar eclipse D) The discovery of the Reissner–Nordström solution
A) It fails to explain the precession of Mercury B) It is inconsistent with quantum mechanics C) It contradicts the GPS system D) It does not predict gravitational waves
A) Sir Arthur Eddington B) Alexander Friedmann C) Karl Schwarzschild D) Edwin Hubble
A) Edwin Hubble B) Georges Lemaître C) Ludwik Silberstein D) Albert Einstein
A) Alexander Friedmann B) Karl Schwarzschild C) Georges Lemaître D) Sir Arthur Eddington
A) 1929 B) 1916 C) 1922 D) 1915
A) Karl Schwarzschild B) Edwin Hubble C) Alexander Friedmann D) Sir Arthur Eddington
A) A perturbation variable B) Non-linear tensors C) The cosmological constant D) A spherical coordinate system
A) Karl Schwarzschild B) Alexander Friedmann C) Georges Lemaître D) Edwin Hubble
A) The pinnacle of scientific thinking B) An unnecessary approximation C) The biggest blunder D) A brilliant masterstroke
A) An ad hoc hypothesis B) A proven necessity C) A common variable D) A fundamental requirement
A) A static, linear universe B) An unstable, expanding universe C) A non-massive, flat space D) Spherically symmetric
A) Jupiter B) Mercury C) Mars D) Venus
A) 25 October 1915 B) 1 January 1916 C) 15 November 1915 D) 25 November 1915
A) Ricci scalar B) Ricci tensor C) Riemann curvature D) Radius of the universe
A) Gravitational constant B) Metric tensor C) Geodesic path D) Gradient vector
A) Max Planck B) Werner Heisenberg C) David Hilbert D) Gustav Mie
A) Gustav Mie B) James Clerk Maxwell C) Isaac Newton D) Bernhard Riemann
A) Empirical observation only B) Inductive reasoning C) Euclidean postulates D) A variational principle
A) Marcel Grossmann B) Paul Ehrenfest C) Hendrik Lorentz D) Tullio Levi-Civita
A) Marcel Grossmann B) Willem de Sitter C) Tullio Levi-Civita D) Max Born
A) Arthur Stanley Eddington B) Hendrik Lorentz C) Marcel Grossmann D) Max Born
A) Mount Wilson Observatory B) ETH Zurich C) Lick Observatory D) Leiden University
A) Max Born B) Tullio Levi-Civita C) Albert Einstein D) Paul Dirac
A) Deutsche Physik B) General Covariance Movement C) Modern Physics Union D) Riemannian Physics
A) The redshift paradox B) The hole argument C) The curvature inconsistency D) The solar eclipse contradiction
A) Three years B) Fifteen years C) Ten years D) Five years
A) Research assistant B) Dean C) Professorship D) Lecturer
A) Paul Dirac B) Willem de Sitter C) Arthur Stanley Eddington D) Max Born
A) Henri Poincaré B) Erwin Finlay-Freundlich C) Isaac Newton D) Albert Einstein
A) 1900-1910 B) 1907-1915 C) 1910-1920 D) 1905-1912
A) Albert Einstein B) Charles D. Perrine C) Erwin Finlay-Freundlich D) Henri Poincaré
A) The rotating disk experiment B) The equivalence principle C) The Big Bang theory D) His happiest thought
A) A stationary light source B) A uniformly accelerated box C) A freefalling observer D) A rotating turntable
A) Erwin Finlay-Freundlich B) W. W. Campbell C) Henri Poincaré D) Charles D. Perrine
A) Albert Einstein B) Erwin Finlay-Freundlich C) Charles D. Perrine D) Arthur Eddington
A) Equipment failure B) Heavy rain C) Technical error in calculation D) Outbreak of World War I
A) Special relativistic geometry B) Euclidean geometry C) Riemannian geometry D) Newtonian geometry |
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