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