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Prelims 2016 · Q99 · Everyday physics & chemistry

A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of

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Answer: A. The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) is a film based on Robert Kanigel's biography of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his work with G.H. Hardy at Cambridge.

Watch for: 'Infinity' could suggest an astrophysicist like Chandrasekhar.

Why the other options are wrong
  • B. Wrong because Chandrasekhar was an astrophysicist, not the film's subject.
  • C. Wrong because S.N. Bose was not the subject.
  • D. Wrong because C.V. Raman was not the subject.

Source to check: Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity (1991); film release 2015-16

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