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