Physics PYQ 265 of 288 · Modern Physics

Radioactive substance emits –

  1. AAlpha rays
  2. BBeta rays
  3. CGamma rays
  4. DAll the above

40th BPSC Prelims 1995

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Correct answer: (d) All the above

Explanation

Radioactive substances give off three kinds of radiation: alpha rays (helium nuclei, positive), beta rays (electrons, negative) and gamma rays (electromagnetic waves, no charge).

Radioactivity was discovered by Henri Becquerel in 1896.

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