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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 31

SSC CGL - 7th June 2019 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q31

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The theory that dinosaurs were driven to extinction by the aftermath of a large asteroid impact on Earth was given by ________.

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Correct answer: B

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The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Luis Alvarez.

  • The theory that dinosaurs were driven to extinction by the aftermath of a large asteroid impact on Earth was given by Luis Alvarez. This theory is known as the Alvarez Hypothesis.
  • Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968.