Scientists and Inventions
Question 1 |
Who discovered Wave theory of light?
Christian Huygens | |
James Clark Maxwell | |
Sir William Fothergill Cooke | |
James Clark Maxwell |
Question 2 |
Albert H. Taylor and Leo C. Young are famous for
discovering anode | |
Inventing Radar | |
inventing electrical telegraph | |
inventing the telephone |
Question 3 |
Atomic Theory discovered by __
Doppler | |
Dalton | |
Chadwick | |
Oppenheimer |
Question 4 |
Who discovered Bacteria?
Nicolas Cugnot | |
Hargobind Khorana | |
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek | |
Lee de Forest |
Question 5 |
Who discovered laughing gas?
Charles Townes | |
Greville Bradshaw | |
James Puckle | |
Joseph Priestley |
Question 6 |
The structure of atom was discovered by __
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St. John | |
Willers Frank Liby | |
Niels Bohr | |
Norbert Weiner |
Question 7 |
What was invented in the 1940s by Percy Spencer?
Wireless transmitter | |
Television set | |
Vacuum cleaner | |
Microwave oven |
Question 8 |
What field of work is Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) best known for?
Study of Ocean | |
Sports science | |
Theory of evolution | |
Electricity |
Question 9 |
Which Scotsman took out a patent in 1876 that was the nucleus of the telephone?
Thomas Edison | |
Alexander Bell | |
Alexander Fleming | |
George Stephenson |
Question 10 |
Who invented the air conditioners first in 1902 ?
Rane Laennec | |
Willis Carrier | |
Dewar | |
Percy Spencer |
Question 11 |
Who invented Machine gun?
William Hunt | |
Robert Mallet | |
Vladimir Kosme | |
James Puckle |
Question 12 |
The first recorded mention of the sport is in a proclamation forbidding it. Which of these is it?
Tiddlywinks | |
Tennis | |
Bare knuckle boxing | |
Hockey |
Question 13 |
What sport is played with mallets with handles 52 in long, on a field measuring 300 x 160 yards?
Quoits | |
Polo | |
Croquet | |
Softball |
Question 14 |
The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by -
Humphrey Davy | |
Dr. F. Lanchester | |
Patrick Stepote and Robert Edwards | |
Wernher Von Brown |
Question 15 |
Inventor of the first artificial Refrigerator is
William Cullen | |
Wallace H. Coulter | |
Johannes Gutenberg | |
Thomas Crapper |
Question 16 |
Who is called Father of cybernetics?
Norbert Weiner | |
Niels Bohr | |
Julius Plucker | |
Alexander Graham Bell |
Question 17 |
The steam engine was invented by
New Commen | |
James Watt | |
Isaac Newton | |
James Prescott Joule |
Question 18 |
Who is the true father of calculus?
Jean Lumiere | |
Gottfried Leibniz | |
Tennant | |
Edwin T. Holmes |
Question 19 |
Which of these developed an early version of a computer in the 19th century?
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Charles Babbage | |
Alexander Fleming | |
Gottlieb Daimler | |
Dr Christiaan Barnard |
Question 20 |
Who discovered cement ?
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Joseph Aspdin | |
Agassit | |
Albertus Magnus | |
Janseen |
Question 21 |
What important discovery was made in 1964 by radio astronomers Arno Penzia and Robert Wilson?
Pluto cannot be regarded as a true planet | |
Cosmic microwave background radia¬tion | |
The earth goes around the sun, not the other way around | |
The solar system is moving in space |
Question 22 |
The neon lamp was invented by -
Karl Benz | |
Georges Claude | |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | |
Henrey Backquerel |
Question 23 |
Who discovered Electro magnetic induction?
Sir Chandrasekhara Raman | |
Michael Faraday | |
Galileo Galilei | |
Michael Faraday |
Question 24 |
Who discovered Cathode rays?
Julius Plucker | |
Charles Wheatstone | |
John Dalton | |
Guglielmo Marconi |
Question 25 |
Who discovered Alternating current?
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | |
Nikola Tesla | |
James Chadwick | |
Christian Doppler |
Question 26 |
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell | |
G. Marconi | |
Galileo | |
Thomas Alva Edison |
Question 27 |
Elevator was invented by -
Elisha G. Otis | |
Abdul Salam | |
Mao Tse-tung | |
Ronald Amundson |
Question 28 |
Sewing Machine was invented by -
William Durant | |
Isaac M. Singer | |
Georges Claude | |
Aldrin |
Question 29 |
Who is known as the Father of Modern Air Conditioning?
Tesla | |
Carrier | |
Volta | |
Faraday |
Question 30 |
The first atomic theory was postulated by __
Sir Charles Wheatstone | |
Poldhu | |
John Dalton | |
Christian Huygens |
Question 31 |
Who invented the first gasoline engine?
Carl Benz | |
Bohr & Rutherford | |
Warner Bros | |
Edwin T.Holmes |
Question 32 |
What is Alfred Nobel famous for?
inventing Automobile | |
inventing Atomic bomb | |
inventing Dynamite | |
inventing Arc Lamp |
Question 33 |
Edward Teller discovered __
Fahrenheit scale | |
Hydrogen Bomb | |
Raman effect | |
Universal gravitation |
Question 34 |
Rutherford discovered __
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Sir Isaac Newton | |
Edwin T. Holmes | |
Proton | |
Sir Chandrasekhara Raman |
Question 35 |
Which boxers fought in the ”Thrilla in Manila” in 1975?
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George Foreman and Mike Tyson | |
Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson | |
Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier | |
George Foreman and Joe Frazier |
Question 36 |
The cross word puzzle was invented by -
Wernher Von Brown | |
Leo Hendrik | |
Max Planck | |
Arthur Wynney |
Question 37 |
The invention that is considered to have built America is –
Internet | |
Dynamite | |
Machine Gun | |
Computer |
Question 38 |
Michael Faraday discovered
electromagnetism | |
benzene, liquid gases and optical glass | |
All of these | |
the induction of electric current |
Question 39 |
Albert Einsten was a famous
Physician | |
Physicist | |
Chemist | |
Biologist |
Question 40 |
Who developed vaccination against small pox?
Jenner | |
Pasteur | |
Lister | |
Flemming |
Question 41 |
Who invented ‘Petrol’ engine?
Dr. F. Lanchester | |
Gottlieb Daimier | |
Rudolf Diesel | |
Karl Benz |
Question 42 |
On which organism did Thomas Morgan conduct his experiments, leading to the award of 1933 Nobel Prize in medicine for identifying chromosomes?
Earthworm | |
Bacteria | |
Pea plant | |
Fruit fly |
Question 43 |
Who discovered "Modern condenser steam engine"?
James Watt | |
Sir Isaac Newton | |
Benjamin Franklin | |
Christiaan Huygens |
Question 44 |
What was heavyweight boxer Joe Louis’ nickname?
Muhammad Ali | |
The Brown Bomber | |
Spirit of St Louis | |
Tricky Dicky |
Question 45 |
The term 'anesthesia' was coined by -
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Leo Hendrik Bakeland | |
Patrick Stepote | |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | |
Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Question 46 |
The founder of plastic industry was
Patrick Stepote | |
Leo Hendrik Bakeland | |
Rudolf Diesel | |
Wendell Holmes |
Question 47 |
Machine gun was invented by -
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Ralph Johnson | |
Richard Gatling | |
Wenchuan | |
Elisha G. Otis |
Question 48 |
What machine was invented by Professor Auguste Picard for scientific exploration?
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Bathyscaphe | |
Cinemascope | |
Hemisphere | |
Atmosphere |
Question 49 |
Who discovered Atom Bomb?
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Michael Faraday | |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | |
Christiaan Huygens | |
Rudolf Diesel |
Question 50 |
The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced by -
Nelson Ceylon | |
Hendrik Bakeland | |
Robert Watson Watt | |
Joseph Lister |
Question 51 |
Thomas Alva Edison invented __
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Kirkpatrick Macmillan | |
Chandrasekhara Raman | |
Evangelista Torricelli | |
Electric Lamp |
Question 53 |
Neutron was discovered by __
Julius Plucker | |
James Chadwick | |
John Dalton | |
Goldstein |
Question 54 |
Who founded that lights are electromagnetic waves?
Guglielmo Marconi | |
James Clark Maxwell | |
Sir Charles Wheatstone | |
Leo C. Young |
Question 55 |
Father of Printing is ___
Pythagorus | |
Guttenberg | |
John Locke | |
Herodotus |
Question 56 |
Who discovered Neon gas?
William Ramsay | |
Alexander Fleming | |
Stanley Millar | |
Samuel Morse |
Question 57 |
Who developed Neutron Bomb?
Samuel Cohen | |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | |
Wernher Von Brown | |
Edward Teller |
Question 58 |
Who invented Radar?
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Humphrey Davy | |
Henrey Backquerel | |
Max Planck | |
Robert Watson Watt |
Question 59 |
Who invented Fountain Pen?
Thomas Alva Edison | |
Elisha G. Otis | |
Jean Lumiere | |
Lewis E. Waterman |
Question 60 |
Who invented Diesel Engine?
John Harrison | |
Elisha G. Otis | |
Denis Gason | |
Rudolf Diesel |
There are 60 questions to complete.
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