Question

One of the important postulation of Dalton's atomic theory is

(a) an atom is made up of electrons, protons and neutrons

(b) atom can be neither created nor destroyed

(c) atoms of the same element are not alike

(d) all elements are available naturally as atoms only

Answer 1

(b) atom can be neither created nor destroyed

Atoms can neither be created nor destroyed. Furthermore, atoms cannot be divided into smaller particles.