Who proposed the 'plum pudding' model of the atom? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who proposed the 'plum pudding' model of the atom?
A. Niels Bohr
B. J. J. Thomson
C. Ernest Rutherford
D. John Dalton
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
J.J. Thomson proposed the 'plum pudding' model (also called watermelon model) where the atom was considered a sphere of positive charge with electrons embedded like seeds. Rutherford's gold foil experiment disproved this by showing a dense, positively charged nucleus. Dalton proposed the indivisible atom theory. Bohr gave the model with discrete energy levels. Thomson discovered the electron but couldn't explain the nucleus.

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