[amp_mcq option1=”Marie Curie” option2=”Pierre Curie” option3=”Wilhelm Roentgen” option4=”Ernest Rutherford” correct=”option3″]
The correct answer is C. Wilhelm Roentgen.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist who discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for his discovery.
Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields.
Pierre Curie was a French physicist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity along with his wife, Marie Curie. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with Marie and Henri Becquerel.
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand physicist who played a leading role in the development of nuclear physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his work on radioactivity.