MCQs on Discovery & Invention
MCQs on Discovery & Invention
Q. Choose the correct option from the alternatives given below each question.
1. Who built the first modern motorcar?
(a) Daimler
(b) Karl Benz
(c) Henry Ford
(d) Henry Austin
Ans: (b)
2. Who invented penicillin?
(a) Dresser
(b) Louis Pasteur
(c) Edward Jenner
(d) Alexander Fleming
Ans: (d)
3. Who is the founder of quantum theory of radiation?
(a) S. N. Bose
(b) Plank
(c) Bohr
(d) Einstein
Ans: (b)
4. Who invented Insulin ?
(a) Jenner
(b) Banting
(c) William Colf
(d) Walton Willey
Ans: (b)
5. Who invented X-Ray ?
(a) Rontgen
(b) Alexander
(c) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(d) Ismark
Ans: (a)
6. Who invented Chloroform ?
(a) Alexander
(b) William Colf
(c) James Simpson
(d) Finle
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7. Who invented Crescograph ?
(a) Davidson
(b) William Harvey
(c) James Illan
(d) Jagadish Chandra Bose
Ans: (d)
8. Who invented Thermometer ?
(a) Watson
(b) Galileo
(c) Ericson
(d) Waxman
Ans: (b)
9. Who invented Penicillin ?
(a) Robert Koch
(b) James Stalk
(c) Alexander Fleming
(d) Johan E Salk
Ans: (c)
10. Who invented treatment for Diarrhoea ?
(a) Holst
(b) Selman Waksmann
(c) Guerin Calmatte
(d) Kitajato
Ans: (d)
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11. Who invented Electrocardiograph ?
(a) Iwanyaan
(b) Banting
(c) Pincus
(d) Selman Waksmann
Ans: (a)
12. Who invented Antigen ?
(a) Karl Landsteiner
(b) Harrison and Sympson
(c) Banting
(d) Stenach
Ans: (a)
13. Who invented Blood Transfer ?
(a) Robert Koch
(b) Karl Landsteiner
(c) James Watson
(d) Pincus
Ans: (b)
14. Who invented Heart Transplantation ?
(a) Pincus
(b) Iwanyaan
(c) Christian Bernard
(d) Ronald Ross
Ans: (c)
15. Who invented treatment of Plague ?
(a) Holst
(b) Mc Collum
(c) Kitajato
(d) Karl Landsteiner
Ans: (c) MCQs on Discovery
16. Who invented Chickenpox Vaccine ?
(a) Guerin Calmatte
(b) Edward Jenner
(c) Arther Arg
(d) Crick
Ans: (b)
17. Who invented DNA ?
(a) Pincus
(b) James Watson and Arther Arg
(c) James Watson and Crick
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)
18. Who invented RNA ?
(a) Pincus
(b) James Watson and Arther Arg
(c) James Watson and Crick
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b)
19. Who invented Polio Vaccine ?
(a) Banting
(b) Johan E Stalk
(c) Flemming
(d) Robert Koch
Ans: (b)
20. Who discovered Diabetes ?
(a) Guerin Calmatte
(b) Karl Landsteiner
(c) Banting
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)
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21. Who invented T.B. Bacteria ?
(a) Robert Koch
(b) Karl Landsteiner
(c) Luwenhook, Leeuwenhock
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
22. Who discovered electromagnetic nature of light?
(a) Young
(b) Snell
(c) Maxwell
(d) Newton
Ans: (c)
23. Who invented Bacteria ?
(a) Leeuwenhoek
(b) Guerin Calmatte
(c) Edward Jenner
(d) None of the these
Ans: (a)
24. Who invented T.B Vaccine BCG ?
(a) Edward Jenner
(b) Guerin Calmatte
(c) Johan E Salk
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
25. Homi Bhabha Award is given for special contribution in the field of
(a) Laser Physics
(b) Space Research
(c) Theoretical Physics
(d) Nuclear Energy
Ans: (d)
26. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) J.L. Baird – Television
(b) J. Perkins – Penicillin
(c) James Watt – Steam Engine
(d) A.G. Bell – Telephone
Ans: (b) MCQs on Discovery
27. Who is the father of cellular phone?
(a) Martin Cooper
(b) Linus Torvalds
(c) Fred Morrison
(d) Percy Lebaron Spencer
Ans: (a)
28. Who invented aeroplane ?
(a) Wright Brothers
(b) Edison
(c) Hoffman
(d) Stevenson
Ans: (a)
29. An eminent Indian physicist Dr. C.V. Raman was given Nobel Prize for his work in the year
(a) 1935
(b) 1932
(c) 1925
(d) 1930
Ans: (d)
30. The study of Drugs and their action is known as
(a) Palaeontology
(b) Pharmacy
(c) Pharmacology
(d) Palaeozoology
Ans: (c)
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31. The study of mountains is known as
(a) Ornithology
(b) Oncology
(c) Orology
(d) Lithology
Ans: (c)
32. The study of earthquake is called:
(a) Seismology
(b) Topology
(c) Limnology
(d) Hydrology
Ans: (a)
33. X–rays were discovered by
(a) Van Lue
(b) Becquerel
(c) M Curie
(d) Roentgen
Ans: (d)
34. Who among the following invented Lasers?
(a) William Morton
(b) Francis Crick
(c) Theodore Maiman
(d) Denis Papin
Ans: (c)
13. Who invented vaccination?
(a) Christian Barnard
(b) James Simpson
(c) Alexander Fleming
(d) Edward Jenner
Ans: (d) MCQs on Discovery
35. Who discovered North Pole ?
(a) John Cabot
(b) Robert Peary
(c) Tasman
(d) Amundsen
Ans: (b)
36. Whose birth centenary was celebrated in the year 1988?
(a) Ramajunan
(b) C.V. Raman
(c) C. Darwin
(d) Einstein
Ans: (b)
37. Who is associated with the development of India’s Atomic Bomb?
(a) Raja Ramanna
(b) Kastoorirangan
(c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(d) Homi Bhabha
Ans: (a)
38. Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son?
(a) William Henry Bragg
(b) Enrico Fermi
(c) Max Plank
(d) Albert Einstein
Ans: (a)
39. Who is the founder of quantum theory of radiation ?
(a) S. N. Bose
(b) Einstein
(c) Plank
(d) Bohr
Ans: (c)
40. Who invented Radar ?
(a) A.H. Taylor & Leo C. Young
(b) J.H. Van Tassel
(c) P.T. Farnsworth
(d) Wilhelm K. Roentgen
Ans: (a)
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41. The instrument used for measuring air pressure is called
(a) Thermometer
(b) Anemometer
(c) Hygrometer
(d) Barometer
Ans: (d)
42. The machine-Gun was invented by
(a) Karl Benz
(b) James Puckle
(c) J.L. Beared
(d) G. Brousa
Ans: (b)
43. Which company invented the transistor ratio ?
(a) Telstra
(b) Sony
(c) Panasonic
(d) Grundig
Ans: (b)
44. An eudiometer measures
(a) Vapour pressure
(b) Atmospheric pressure
(c) Volume of gases
(d) Time
Ans: (c)
45. Which instrument is used for photographing the Sun?
(a) Spectroheliograph
(b) Galvanometer
(c) Spectrophotometer
(d) Potentiometer
Ans: (a)
46. The instrument used to measure pressure
(a) Thermometer
(b) Anemometer
(c) Hygrometer
(d) Aneroid Barometer
Ans: (d) MCQs on Discovery
47. Electron was discovered by
(a) Albert Einstein
(b) Ernest Rutherford
(c) Joseph Thomson
(d) Max Planck
Ans: (c)
48. Who was the leader of the team that developed the ‘Web Browser’ known as Mosaic?
(a) Tim Berners-Lee
(b) Marc Anderssen
(c) Paul Mockapetris
(d) Bob Kahn
Ans: (b)
49. Anemometer is an instrument meant for measuring
(a) temperature
(b) velocity
(c) wind speed
(d) air masses
Ans: (c)
50. Who invented the Safety razor?
(a) Lar Strauss
(b) Gillette
(c) Steve Job
(d) Steve Cher
Ans: (b)
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51. An instrument used to measure the density of milk is
(a) Polarimeter
(b) Glactometer
(c) Calciometer
(d) Lactometer
Ans: (d)
52. The principle of ‘Black hole’ was enunciated by
(a) S. Chandrashekhar
(b) H. Khurana
(c) C. V. Raman
(d) H. J. Bhabha
Ans: (a)
53. Epigraphy is the study of which of the following ?
(a) Birds
(b) Coins
(c) Temples
(d) Inscriptions
Ans: (d)
54. Who discovered Television?
(a) Baird
(b) Franklin
(c) Edison
(d) Galileo
Ans: (a) MCQs on Discovery
55. ‘Agronomy’ is the practice of raising ______ .
(a) Fruit plants only
(b) Plants and Animals
(c) Agriculture
(d) Crop plants
Ans: (d)
56. Which one of the following scientists has carried out researches both in the field of Biology and Physics?
(a) C.V. Raman
(b) Homi J. Bhabha
(c) Jagdish Chandra Bose
(d) Har Govind Khurana
Ans: (c)
57. Who invented chloroform as anaesthetic?
(a) Christian Barnard
(b) James Simpson
(c) Alexander Fleming
(d) Edward Jenner
Ans: (b)
58. Which among the following events occurred first ?
(a) Jonas E. Salk developed first polio vaccine
(b) John Logy Baird demonstrated first television
(c) Telecast of talking pictures on television by BBC
(d) Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin
Ans: (b)
59. Insulin was discovered by :
(a) S.A. Wakesman
(b) F. Banting
(c) Ronald Ross
(d) Edward Jenner
Ans: (b)
60. Preservation of historical articles is done in science of
(a) Epigraphy
(b) Iconography
(c) Museology
(d) Numismatic
Ans: (c)
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61. Scientist S. Chandra Shekhar got Nobel Prize for which field?
(a) Super conductivity at low temperatures
(b) Studies of Core of the Sun
(c) Astrophysics
(d) Micro-electronics in Satellites
Ans: (c)
62. Who invented Turbojet engine
(a) Frank Whittle
(b) Ernst Heinkel
(c) Robert Watson
(d) Stanley Hooker
Ans: (a)
63. Who is credited for discovery of Planetory motion
(a) Kepler
(b) Copernicus
(c) Tycho Brahe
(d) Ptolemy
Ans: (a)
64. An eudiometer measures
(a) Vapour pressure
(b) Atmospheric pressure
(c) Volume of gases
(d) Time
Ans: (c)
65. The instrument used to measure pressure
(a) Thermometer
(b) Anemometer
(c) Hygrometer
(d) Aneroid Barometer
Ans: (d) MCQs on Discovery
66. Who is the founder of quantum theory of radiation ?
(a) S. N. Bose
(b) Einstein
(c) Plank
(d) Bohr
Ans: (c)
67. Johannes Gutenberg is famous for discovery of ______ .
(a) Gamma Rays
(b) Television
(c) Telepathy
(d) Printing Press
Ans: (d)
68. Theory of Relativity relates to _______ .
(a) Newton
(b) Einstein
(c) Galileo
(d) Kepler
Ans: (b)
69. Max plank bagged Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of ……………….. .
(a) Telescope
(b) Energy Quanta
(c) Strethoscope
(d) Neutron
Ans: (b)
70. Who discovered Cell
(a) Theodor Schwann
(b) Robert Boyle
(c) Rudolf Virchow
(d) Robert Hooke
Ans: (d)
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71. Diesel engine was discovered by ______ .
(a) Rudolf Diesel
(b) Karl Benz
(c) Gottlieb Daimler
(d) Eugen Diesel
Ans: (a)
72. Who among the following is known for originating concept of programmable computer
(a) Herman Hollerith
(b) Blaise Pascal
(c) Joseph Marie Jacquard
(d) Charles Babbage
Ans: (d)
73. Euclid of Alexandria is known for laying foundations of modern day ………… .
(a) Calculus
(b) Linear Algebra
(c) Integration
(d) Geometry
Ans: (d) MCQs on Discovery
74. Electric motor was invented by ________ .
(a) Rutherford
(b) Faraday
(c) Isaac Newton
(d) Henry Cavendish
Ans: (b)
75. Battery was invented by _____ .
(a) Alessandro Volta
(b) Michael Faraday
(c) Georg Ohm
(d) None
Ans: (a)
76. Who build the first modern motorcar which worked with Gasoline
(a) Henry Austin
(b) Henry Burmann
(c) John Volta
(d) Karl Benz
Ans: (d)
78. Thermometer was the invention of _____ .
(a) Galileo
(b) Nicolaus Copernicus
(c) Johannes Kepler
(d) Aristotle
Ans: (a)
79. Telephone was a invention of _______ .
(a) Graham Bell
(b) Marconi
(c) Sikorsky
(d) None
Ans: (a)
80. World wide web was discovered by ____ .
(a) Tim Berners Lee
(b) Vint Cerf
(c) Alan Turing
(d) None
Ans: (a)
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81. Who discovered the atomic nucleus
(a) Ernest Rutherford
(b) Neils Bohr
(c) John Dalton
(d) James Chadwick
Ans: (a)
82. Who developed oral polio vaccine
(a) Jonas Salk
(b) Maurice Hileman
(c) Edword Jenner
(d) Albert Sabin
Ans: (d)
83. Radio activity was discovered by
(a) Henri Becquerel
(b) Pierre Curie
(c) Marie Curie
(d) Wilhelm Rontgen
Ans: (a) MCQs on Discovery
84. Wright brothers are famous for ____ .
(a) Discovery of TV
(b) Discovery of Radio
(c) Discovery of Aviation
(d) Discovery of Airplane
Ans: (d)
85. Who is known for crafting the first working helicopter
(a) Igor Sikorsky
(b) Paul Cornu
(c) Ivan Sikorsky
(d) Sergei Korolev
Ans: (a)
86. Who discovered Australia
(a) Ferdinand Maggellan
(b) Joseph Banks
(c) Vasco da Gama
(d) James Cook
Ans: (d) 0 0 0.
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