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James Clerk Maxwell
  • 1. In which year was James Clerk Maxwell born?
A) 1901
B) 1861
C) 1831
D) 1801
  • 2. Maxwell is best known for his work in which field of physics?
A) Thermodynamics
B) Quantum Mechanics
C) Astrophysics
D) Electromagnetism
  • 3. Which university did Maxwell attend as a student?
A) University of Glasgow
B) University of Oxford
C) University of Edinburgh
D) University of Cambridge
  • 4. Maxwell was the first person to realize that color photographs could be created by combining three separate images in what colors?
A) Red, Yellow, Blue
B) Red, Purple, Green
C) Red, Green, Blue
D) Green, Yellow, Blue
  • 5. What is the unit of magnetic flux named after Maxwell?
A) Weber
B) Ohm
C) Farad
D) Hertz
  • 6. What prestigious scientific society did Maxwell become a fellow of in 1866?
A) European Academy of Sciences
B) American Physical Society
C) Royal Society
D) National Academy of Sciences
  • 7. Maxwell's equations explain the connection between what two fundamental forces of nature?
A) Gravity and Strong Nuclear Force
B) Electricity and Magnetism
C) Weak Nuclear Force and Electromagnetism
D) Gravity and Weak Nuclear Force
  • 8. Maxwell's work led to the development of what communication technology?
A) Telegraph
B) Internet
C) Television
D) Radio
  • 9. In which year did James Clerk Maxwell pass away?
A) 1889
B) 1879
C) 1899
D) 1909
  • 10. What is the term for the set of equations that describe how the electric and magnetic fields interact?
A) Schrodinger's Equation
B) Maxwell's Equations
C) Ohm's Law
D) Newton's Laws
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