Scientific Discoveries

Total Questions: 32

2 - Who invented the soda water?

A ) John Pemberton
B ) Joseph Priestley ✅
C ) Coca cola
D ) None of these

3 - Submarine works on which principle

A ) Pascal's law
B ) Bernoulli's theorem
C ) Torricelli's law
D ) None of these (Archimedes principle) ✅

4 - The Pythagorean theorem related to which shape?

A ) Square
B ) Triangle ✅
C ) Circle
D ) Rectangle

5 - Which of the following radiation has the most energetic photon?

A ) Gamma rays ✅
B ) Alpha rays
C ) Beta rays
D ) None of these

6 - Which material provides a shield against gamma rays:

A ) Wood
B ) Lead ✅
C ) Water
D ) All of these

7 - Which of the following rays are more penetrating?

A ) Alpha
B ) Beta
C ) Gamma ✅
D ) None of these

8 - Radiation was discovered by ------:

A ) Albert Einstein
B ) Isaac Newton
C ) Johannes Gutenberg
D ) Henry Becquerel ✅

9 - Who invented a system of reading and writing for the blind?

A ) Louis pasteur
B ) Louis Braille ✅
C ) Sir Humphrey Davey
D ) Helen Keller

10 - Who among the following invented bifocal spectacles and lightning rod?

A ) Benjamin Franklin ✅
B ) Galileo
C ) Thomas Edison
D ) James Madison

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin, due to his invention of the lightning rod, is known as the:

Father of Electricity

📚 Explanation :

  • ✅Benjamin Franklin conducted famous experiments with lightning and electricity using a kite during a thunderstorm.
  • ✅His invention of the lightning rod proved that lightning is a form of electricity.
  • ✅Because of his pioneering work in the study and practical use of electricity, he is often referred to as the Father of Electricity .

11 - Benjamin Franklin due to his invention of lighting rod is known as father of:

A ) Electricity ✅
B ) Magnetism
C ) Thunderbolt
D ) None of these

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin, due to his invention of the lightning rod, is known as the:

Father of Electricity

📚 Explanation :

  • ✅Benjamin Franklin conducted famous experiments with lightning and electricity using a kite during a thunderstorm.
  • ✅His invention of the lightning rod proved that lightning is a form of electricity.
  • ✅Because of his pioneering work in the study and practical use of electricity, he is often referred to as the Father of Electricity .

12 - Superconductor was invented by -----:

A ) Heike Kimberling
B ) Walter Meissner
C ) Both A and B ✅
D ) None of these

13 - Who invented dynamite?

A ) Alferd Nobel ✅
B ) Edison
C ) Newton
D ) None of these

14 - Iodine was discovered by ----:

A ) S. Jennant
B ) C. Monssder
C ) H. Devy
D ) B. Courtois ✅

15 - Who discovered first vaccine?

A ) Edward Jenner ✅
B ) Einstein
C ) Albert Sabin
D ) Jonas Salk

17 - Treatment through vaccination was founded by -----:

A ) Edward Jenner ✅
B ) Louis pasteur
C ) Jones Salk
D ) None of these

18 - Ronald Ross discovered the cause of ------

A ) Polio
B ) AIDS
C ) Malaria ✅
D ) None of these

19 - Which of the following Discoveries in 1928 brought great revolution in medical history?

A ) Vitamin C
B ) Penicillin ✅
C ) Aspirin
D ) None of these

20 - Penicillin was discovered by -----

A ) Alexander flaming ✅
B ) Louis pasteur
C ) Robert koch
D ) Edward Jenner

21 - Insulin was discovered by -----

A ) Alexander flaming
B ) Frederick Banting and Charles Best ✅
C ) Robert koch
D ) Joseph Lister

22 - In which year was insulin discovered?

A ) 1910
B ) 1921 ✅
C ) 1935
D ) 1942

23 - Who said microbes are animalcule?

A ) Mendel
B ) Leeuwenhoek ✅
C ) Darwin
D ) Louis pasteur

24 - Who discovered DNA?

A ) Watson and Crick ✅
B ) Louis pasteur
C ) Charles Darwin
D ) None of these

25 - Stethoscope was invented by ----

A ) Rene Laennee ✅
B ) Steven Sasson
C ) Robert Ledley
D ) Martin cooper

26 - Battery was invented by -----:

A ) Excide
B ) Fermi
C ) Maiman
D ) Volta ✅

27 - In which year Graham bell invented telephone ----:

A ) 1776
B ) 1876 ✅
C ) 1976
D ) None of these

28 - Radio was discovered by

A ) Nikola Tesla
B ) Guglielmo Marconi ✅
C ) Thomas Edison
D ) James Clerk Maxwell

29 - On which year was radio discovered?

A ) 1910
B ) 1901
C ) 1879
D ) 1895 ✅

30 - The printer was discovered by

A ) Charles Darwin
B ) Thomas Edison
C ) Blaise Pascal
D ) Johannes Gutenberg ✅

31 - In which year was the printer discovered?

A ) 1440
B ) 1460 ✅
C ) 1605
D ) 1701

32 - First working laser developed by -----:

A ) Theodore Maiman ✅
B ) Robert Boyle
C ) Max Planck
D ) None of these