Famous Chemistry Scientists

1. Which gas did Scottish physician Joseph Black name “Fixed Air” after discovering it in the 1750s?

  1. Oxygen (O2)
  2. Nitrogen (N2)
  3. Hydrogen (H2)
  4. Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
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Answer: Option D. Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

2. Kazimierz Funk or Casimir Funk, a Polish biochemist, is generally credited with first formulating the concept of which of the following?

  1. Photosynthesis
  2. DNA structure
  3. Vitamins
  4. Atomic theory
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Answer: Option C. Vitamins

3. Which chemist played a significant role in developing notation for chemical formulas?

  1. Jöns Jacob Berzelius
  2. Dmitri Mendeleev
  3. Niels Bohr
  4. Michael Faraday
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Answer: Option A. Jöns Jacob Berzelius

4. Who wrote “The Sceptical Chymist”, a book that distinguished between chemistry and alchemy, signifying the start of modern Chemistry?

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Antoine Lavoisier
  3. Robert Boyle
  4. John Dalton
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Answer: Option C. Robert Boyle

5. Who was the woman from the Mesopotamian Civilization who is acknowledged as the world’s first documented chemist?

  1. Hypatia of Alexandria
  2. Tapputi-Belatekallim
  3. Marie Curie
  4. Rosalind Franklin
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Answer: Option B. Tapputi-Belatekallim