Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

The British physicist named Paul Dirac was known to have introduced the concept of ________ in 1930.

Options:

thermal ionisation

cosmic radiation

nuclear model of atom

antiparticle

Correct Answer:

antiparticle

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) - antiparticle

The British physicist Paul Dirac introduced the concept of antiparticle in 1930. He predicted the existence of antimatter, which is composed of particles with the same mass as ordinary matter but with opposite electric charge. This groundbreaking concept has had significant implications in particle physics and cosmology.