DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS (MCQs)

Who invented Gunpowder?

  • (A) Hahn Otto
  • (B) Roger Bacon
  • (C) Carl Benz
  • (D) James Watt
Check Answer
  • (B) Roger Bacon

The nature of infectious diseases and of the control by vaccination was first determined by:

  • (A) Thomas Huxley
  • (B) Louis Pasteur
  • (C) James Maxwell
  • (D) Alexander Fleming
Check Answer
  • (B) Louis Pasteur

What was the invention of A.H. Taylor and Leo C. Young?

  • (A) Laser
  • (B) Lift
  • (C) Radar
  • (D) X-Rays
Check Answer
  • (C) Radar

Who invented ‘Logarithm tables’?

  • (A) John Napier
  • (B) John Doe
  • (C) John Harrison
  • (D) John Douglas
Check Answer
  • (A) John Napier

The scientist credited with the discovery of noble gases is:

  • (A) Madame
  • (B) Cavendish
  • (C) Marie Curie
  • (D) John Dalton
Check Answer
  • (B) Cavendish

What was the invention of Browning?

  • (A) Pistol
  • (B) Gun
  • (C) Tank
  • (D) Missile
Check Answer
  • (B) Gun

Who discovered ‘Malaria parasite’?

  • (A) Ronald Ross
  • (B) J.C. Bose
  • (C) Paul Berg
  • (D) Louis Pasture
Check Answer
  • (A) Ronald Ross

The “X-rays” was discovered (in 1895) by:

  • (A) Wilhelm Roentgen
  • (B) Ran Levy
  • (C) Marie Curie
  • (D) A.L. Breguet
Check Answer
  • (A) Wilhelm Roentgen

The wonder antibiotic drug “Penicillin” was discovered by Alexander Fleming in:

  • (A) 1928
  • (B) 1938
  • (C) 1945
  • (D) 1950
Check Answer
  • (A) 1928

In 1855, “Safety Match” was invented by:

  • (A) Davy
  • (B) J.E. Lundstrom
  • (C) Gillette
  • (D) John Salk
Check Answer
  • (B) J.E. Lundstrom

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