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Paul Dirac Quiz

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza
Paul Dirac
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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was an English theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory.

Paul Dirac Quiz Questions

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1. When did Paul Dirac win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1938
b) 1933
c) 1945
d) 1952

2. When was Paul Dirac born?
a) 22 February 1906
b) 16 May 1908
c) 2 August 1902
d) 7 December 1898

3. Where was Paul Dirac born?
a) Berne
b) Geneva
c) Lausanne
d) Bristol

4. When did Paul Dirac predict the existence of positron?
a) 1931
b) 1936
c) 1944
d) 1958

5. Who discovered positron?
a) James Chadwick
b) Carl David Anderson
c) Victor Francis Hess
d) Werner Heisenberg

6. Where was Paul Dirac Lucasian Professor of Mathematics?
a) Oxford
b) Cambridge
c) Harvard
d) Yale

7. For what did Paul Dirac first win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Introduction of wave equations in quantum mechanics
b) Development of wireless telegraphy
c) Discovery of neutron
d) Work in theoretical physics

8. What did Paul Dirac teach at Florida State University?
a) Botany
b) Chemistry
c) Physics
d) Zoology

9. When did Paul Dirac die?
a) 4 January 1992
b) 6 April 1998
c) 5 July 1996
d) 20 October 1984

10. Where did Paul Dirac die?
a) Tallahassee
b) Liverpool
c) Ipswich
d) Atlanta

Paul Dirac Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did Paul Dirac win Nobel Prize for Physics?
b) 1933

2. When was Paul Dirac born?
c) 2 August 1902

3. Where was Paul Dirac born?
d) Bristol

4. When did Paul Dirac predict the existence of positron?
a) 1931

5. Who discovered positron?
b) Carl David Anderson

6. Where was Paul Dirac Lucasian Professor of Mathematics?
b) Cambridge

7. For what did Paul Dirac first win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Introduction of wave equations in quantum mechanics

8. What did Paul Dirac teach at Florida State University?
c) Physics

9. When did Paul Dirac die?
d) 20 October 1984

10. Where did Paul Dirac die?
a) Tallahassee

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