Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Father of Nuclear Physics

  1. Franco Rasetti

  2. J. C. Bose

  3. Hans Geiger

  4. Ernest Rutherford
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Explanation

Ernest Rutherford is widely regarded as the father of nuclear physics for his groundbreaking work on radioactive decay and the structure of the atom. He discovered the alpha and beta radiation and proposed the nuclear model of the atom. Hans Geiger co-developed the Geiger counter but Rutherford was the pioneer.

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