- 1. Who is known as the father of quantum theory?
A) Niels Bohr
B) Albert Einstein
C) Werner Heisenberg
D) Max Planck
- 2. In what year did Max Planck propose the revolutionary idea of quantization of energy?
A) 1900
B) 1910
C) 1925
D) 1885
- 3. Which phenomenon does quantum theory address that classical physics cannot explain?
A) Newton's laws of motion
B) Blackbody radiation
C) Maxwell's equations
D) Kepler's laws of planetary motion
- 4. Which branch of physics deals with the behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales?
A) Quantum mechanics
B) Classical mechanics
C) Thermodynamics
D) Electrodynamics
- 5. What is the term for the phenomenon where two particles become entangled and their properties are correlated regardless of the distance between them?
A) Quantization
B) Duality
C) Entanglement
D) Superposition
- 6. Who developed the famous uncertainty principle that states the position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely determined?
A) Erwin Schrödinger
B) Werner Heisenberg
C) Paul Dirac
D) Richard Feynman
- 7. The theory of quantum mechanics served as the foundation for the development of which computing technology?
A) Digital computing
B) Quantum computing
C) Analog computing
D) Cloud computing
- 8. What is the term for the principle that describes the ability of a system to exist in multiple states at the same time?
A) Duality
B) Quantization
C) Entanglement
D) Superposition
- 9. What is the term for the process of connecting quantum systems across large distances through entanglement?
A) Quantum entanglement
B) Quantum synchronization
C) Quantum teleportation
D) Entanglement transfer
- 10. What is the term for the mathematical construct in quantum mechanics that describes the probability of finding a particle in a particular state?
A) Probability density
B) Quantum field
C) Wave function
D) Hamiltonian operator
- 11. What is the name of the experiment that demonstrates the wave-particle duality of light?
A) Double-slit experiment
B) Compton scattering
C) Photoelectric effect
D) Blackbody radiation
- 12. What is the formula for calculating the energy of a photon?
A) E = mc2
B) E = 1/2 mv2
C) E = kQ1Q2/r
D) E = hf
- 13. What term refers to the bending of light around obstacles?
A) Refraction
B) Diffraction
C) Reflection
D) Dispersion
- 14. What type of experiment confirmed the wave-like nature of electrons?
A) Millikan oil drop experiment
B) Hertz experiment
C) Davisson-Germer experiment
D) Rutherford gold foil experiment
- 15. Who developed the famous thought experiment involving a cat in a closed box?
A) Louis de Broglie
B) Erwin Schrödinger
C) Werner Heisenberg
D) Niels Bohr
- 16. Who formulated the famous equation E=mc2?
A) Niels Bohr
B) Albert Einstein
C) Max Planck
D) Erwin Schrödinger
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