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Which long-running European cultural movement converted alchemy into the modern scientific discipline of chemistry?
ACounter-Reformation
BReformation
CRomantic Movement
DRenaissance
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Renaissance
1. The Arts subsection of the Renaissance chapter discusses scientific approach in non-science fields.
2. It says alchemy 'began to separate from its mystical roots and later transformed into the scientific discipline of Chemistry'.
3. This transformation occurred during the Renaissance period.
4. The Reformation was religious; the Romantic movement came later.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII History, Ch 1 "Renaissance in Europe and Development of Science", §1.2 ¶8_
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