MCQ
Albert Einstein got a nobel prize in physics for his work on:
- ASpecial theory of relativity
- BGeneral theory of relativity
- ✓Photoelectric effect
- DTheory of specific heats
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Answer
Correct option: C.
Photoelectric effect
In $1905$, Albert Einstein extended Planck's hypothesis to explain the photoelectric effect, which is the emission of electrons by a metal surface when it is irradiated by light or more$-$energetic photons.
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