{"id":2284,"date":"2024-03-05T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:30:23","slug":"who-was-the-inventor-of-radioactivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/who-was-the-inventor-of-radioactivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was the inventor of Radioactivity ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a97dbd7a4bb6\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Irene Curie                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Rutherford                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Marie Curie                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    Henry Bacquerel                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is (d), Henry Becquerel.<\/p>\n<p>Becquerel was a French physicist who discovered radioactivity in 1896. 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Becquerel&#8217;s discovery led to the work of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, who went on to isolate the elements radium and polonium.<\/p>\n<p>Irene Curie was the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie. She was also a physicist and made significant contributions to the study of radioactivity.<\/p>\n<p>Rutherford was a New Zealand-born physicist who made important contributions to the study of radioactivity and the structure of the atom. 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