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JAMB Biology 2015 Objective — Question 8

Question 8 of 50 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Biology 2015 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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The discovery that protons and neutrons are concentrated at the nucleus of an atom was postulated by

  • A. E. RutherfordCorrect
  • B. J. Dalton
  • C. J.J. Thomson
  • D. N. Bohr

Explanation

Rutherford's gold-foil experiment led to the discovery that the mass/protons and neutrons of an atom are concentrated in a small dense nucleus.

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