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Landmarks in Chemical Discovery

Advanced Chemistry

A collection of historical breakthroughs and milestones in the field of chemistry.

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10 Questions Easy Ages 5+ Aug 30, 2026

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1 Who is credited with creating the first version of the Periodic Table of Elements in 1869?

A Dmitri Mendeleev
B Marie Curie
C John Dalton
D Robert Boyle

2 Which scientist is famously known for discovering the element Radium?

A Louis Pasteur
B Marie Curie
C Isaac Newton
D Antoine Lavoisier

3 What was the first synthetic plastic, invented by Alexander Parkes in 1862?

A Nylon
B Bakelite
C Parkesine
D Polystyrene

4 Which chemist is known as the father of modern chemistry for establishing the Law of Conservation of Mass?

A Antoine Lavoisier
B Jöns Jacob Berzelius
C Amedeo Avogadro
D Humphry Davy

5 What gas did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774, which he originally called 'dephlogisticated air'?

A Nitrogen
B Hydrogen
C Oxygen
D Carbon Dioxide

6 Which scientist proposed the atomic theory in the early 19th century, suggesting all matter is made of atoms?

A Ernest Rutherford
B Niels Bohr
C John Dalton
D Linus Pauling

7 In 1907, Leo Baekeland invented the first fully synthetic plastic. What was it called?

A Bakelite
B PVC
C Teflon
D Polyethylene

8 Who was the first person to isolate the element Sodium through electrolysis?

A Michael Faraday
B Humphry Davy
C Robert Bunsen
D Henry Cavendish

9 What is the name of the first synthetic dye, discovered by William Henry Perkin in 1856?

A Indigo
B Mauveine
C Alizarin
D Congo Red

10 Which scientist is credited with the discovery of the structure of DNA, revolutionizing biochemistry?

A Rosalind Franklin
B James Watson and Francis Crick
C Dmitri Mendeleev
D Alfred Nobel

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