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