SSC CHSL 2024 PYQ — Question 34

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. cyclotron.

Among the devices listed—cyclotron, cosmotron, copatron, and cryotron—the cyclotron is specifically designed to accelerate charged particles to high velocities. Invented by Ernest Lawrence, a cyclotron propels charged particles outward from the center along a spiral path using a static magnetic field and a rapidly varying electric field.

• The cosmotron was also a particle accelerator but was not as widely used as the cyclotron.
• The cryotron is a cryogenic electronic device unrelated to particle acceleration.
• The term copatron does not correspond to any known particle accelerator.