Ancient Philosophers and the Idea of Matter Divisibility
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Who postulated the idea of Parmanu?

  • Democritus
  • Pakudha Katyayama
  • Leucippus
  • Maharishi Kanad (correct)

Who laid the foundation of chemical sciences by establishing two important laws of chemical combination?

  • Antoine L. Lavoisier (correct)
  • Pakudha Katyayama
  • Maharishi Kanad
  • Democritus

What did Democritus call the indivisible particles?

  • Padarth
  • Parikarma
  • Parmanu
  • Atoms (correct)

Around what time did Indian philosophers consider the divisibility of matter?

<p>500 BC (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Pakudha Katyayama say about the smallest particles of matter?

<p>They normally exist in a combined form which gives us various forms of matter. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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