Who discovered the law of gas volume variations under changing pressures, known as the first gas law? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who discovered the law of gas volume variations under changing pressures, known as the first gas law?
A. Amadeo Avogadro
B. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
C. Jacques Charles
D. Robert Boyle
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Robert Boyle published Boyle's Law in 1662, establishing that pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional at constant temperature.

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