MCQ
Einstein was awarded a Noble Prize for:
  • A
    Photo electric effect
  • B
    Compton effect
  • C
    Theory of relativity
  • D
    None of the above

Answer

  1. Photo electric effect

Explanation:

The noble prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein for his services to theoretical Physics and especially for his discovery of the two of the photoelectric effect

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