SSC CGL 2023 PYQ — Question 33

SSC CGL - 18 July 2023 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q33

Which scientist revised the nebular hypothesis in 1796?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Pierre Laplace

  • The nebular hypothesis, originally proposed by the French mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace, was later revised by the British philosopher and scientist Sir William Herschel in 1796.
  • Herschel suggested modifications to Laplace's theory of how the solar system formed from a rotating disk of gas and dust.