MCQ practice · SSC Physics Board questions · Chapter 1: Physical Quantities and Their Measurements
Which scientist is considered the architect of optics?
Think it through first, then pick an option.
- a Al Masudi
- b Ibn Al Haytham
- c Omar Khayyam
- d Al Khwarizmi
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: b Ibn Al Haytham
Ibn Al Haytham (965) is considered the architect of optics.
Why the other options are wrong
- a Al Masudi: Al Masudi (896) wrote a 30-volume encyclopaedia on natural history; he is not the architect of optics.
- c Omar Khayyam: Omar Khayyam is known as a poet but was also a high-class mathematician; the architect of optics is Ibn Al Haytham.
- d Al Khwarizmi: The name algebra came from a book by Al Khwarizmi (783); the architect of optics is Ibn Al Haytham.
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