alleryWhich India-born physicist is credited with inventing the optical fibre?
AC.V. Raman
BNarinder Singh Kapany
CSatyendra Nath Bose
DHomi J. Bhabha
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Narinder Singh Kapany
1. C.V. Raman, S.N. Bose and Homi Bhabha worked in spectroscopy, statistics and nuclear physics.
2. Narinder Singh Kapany pioneered the practical use of optical fibres.
3. He is widely called the 'Father of Fibre Optics', so the answer is Kapany.
_Source: RRB Group D (RRC) PYQ, held 27-10-2013, Q.16._
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