"If matter is broken up, smaller and smaller particles of the same are obtained and a stage will be reached where it cannot be further broken up". Who proposed this theory?
A
John Dalton
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B
Democritus
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C
Maharishi Kanada
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D
Antoine Lavoisier
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Solution
The correct option is C Maharishi Kanada Indian philosopher Maharishi Kanada postulated that if matter is broken up, smaller and smaller particles of the same are obtained. Later, a stage will be reached where it cannot be further broken up and it was later named "atom" by Democritus.