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The unit of frequency is named after which discoverer of radio waves?
AHalley
BHertz
CHuygens
DHooke
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Hertz
1. The unit honours the scientist who first produced radio waves.
2. One of that unit equals one oscillation per second.
3. The unit of frequency is named after Heinrich Rudolph Hertz.
4. So the answer is Hertz.
_Source: NCERT Class XI Physics Part II, Ch 13 'Oscillations'_
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