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The first use of quantum theory to explain the structure of atom was made by:

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Heisenberg
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Bohr
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Planck
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Einstein
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Solution

The correct option is B Bohr
It was in 1913 that Neils Bohr who put forth the stability of the atom and with the help of planck's quantum theory explain the reason for spectral lines.
Bohr first made use of quantum theory to explain the structure of atom and proposed that energy of electron in as atom is quantized.

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