SSC CPO 2022 PYQ — Question 62

SSC CPO - 9 Nov 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q62

Who co-invented the device called Cyclotron in 1934 along with Ernest Lawrence to investigate the nuclear structure?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. MS Livingston.

The device called the Cyclotron was co-invented by Ernest Lawrence and M. Stanley Livingston in 1931 at the University of California, Berkeley. The Cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator used to investigate the nuclear structure by accelerating charged particles in a spiral path within a magnetic field.