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