Multiple choice

Who discovered X-rays?

  1. Newton

  2. Faraday

  3. Rontgen

  4. Hertz
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C Correct answer
Explanation

X-rays was discovered by Rontgen. That is why X-rays are also called as Rontgen radiation, after the name of scientist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, who is usually credited as its discoverer, and who had named it X-radiation to signify an unknown type of radiation.

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