Who is credited with inventing the periodic table of elements?
AMarie Curie
BAntoine Lavoisier
CDmitri Mendeleev
DLouis Pasteur
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Dmitri Mendeleev
1. Dmitri Mendeleev arranged the known elements by increasing atomic mass in 1869.
2. He left gaps and predicted undiscovered elements.
3. So he is credited with inventing the periodic table.
_Source: RRB Group D CEN-02/2018 PYQ, Q.96._
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