Who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory?
A. Clyde Tombaugh
B. Edwin Hubble
C. William Herschel
D. Percival Lowell
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto by comparing photographic plates using a blink comparator instrument.

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Practice More Inventions and Discoveries Questions

Question #1
Who discovered that the velocity of chemical reaction pathways balances linearly under specific concentration ratios, establishing the Law of Mass Action?
A. Jöns Jacob Berzelius
B. Cato Maximilian Guldberg and Peter Waage
C. Antoine Lavoisier
D. Robert Boyle

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Norwegian scientists Guldberg and Waage formulated the mathematical chemical equilibrium rate laws in 1864.

Question #2
Who discovered the first recognized hormonal messenger molecule in the human body, Secretin?
A. Frederick Banting
B. William Bayliss and Ernest Starling
C. Karl Landsteiner
D. Charles Best

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Bayliss and Starling isolated secretin in 1902, discovering chemical signaling loops that function independently of direct nervous inputs.

Question #3
Who discovered that the chemical element Vanadium exists within iron slag residues, verifying its modern entry?
A. Martin Klaproth
B. Nils Gabriel Sefström
C. Jöns Jacob Berzelius
D. Andrés Manuel del Río

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Del Río noticed it early in Mexico ('erythronium'), but Sefström isolated and confirmed the element in Swedish iron ores in 1830.