Greek philosophers, ______and _______suggested that matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles called atoms.
A
Democritus and Leucippus
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B
Dalton and Rutherford
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C
Einstein and Kanad
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D
Democritus and Dalton
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Solution
The correct option is A Democritus and Leucippus (A) Greek philosophers, Democritus and Leucippus suggested that matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles called atoms. Atom is the word derived from the Greek word "atomos".
(B) Dalton was an English chemist who introduced an atomic theory and Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus.
(C) Einstien was a physicist who developed the theory of relativity and Maharishi Kanad was an Indian philosopher who said that matter is made up of small particles called Parmanu.
(D) Democritus was a Greek philosopher who suggested that matter is made up of tiny individual particles called atoms but Dalton was an English chemist who introduced the first scientific atomic theory.