Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What did Einstein win a Nobel Prize for in 1922, 17 years after relativity was first published?

  1. Unified Field Theory of Relativity

  2. Special Theory of Relativity

  3. Services to Theoretical Physics

  4. General Theory of Relativity

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Einstein received the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics 'for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.' The Nobel Committee specifically cited the photoelectric effect rather than relativity, which was still controversial at the time.