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Q.1
Who invented Electric Generator?
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Michael Faraday
Alfred B. Nobel
Thomas Alva Edison
Q.2
What Thomas Davenport invented?
Screw propellor
Electric streetcar
Chesterfield
Sleeping (railway) car
Q.3
What Elisha Otis invented?
The brake used in modern elevators
Jet Engine
Turbine
Hydraulic Crane
Q.4
What Enrico Fermi invented?
X ray machine
Betatron
Cyclotron
Nuclear reactor
Q.5
Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?
Electric Drill
Electric Shaver
Electric Fence
Electric Heater
Q.6
Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?
Albert Einstein
Michael Skube
George Gamow
Roger Penrose
Q.7
What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
Frisbee
Monopoly
Ouija board
Ping Pong
Q.8
Where was the yo-yo invented?
France
United States
Philippines
England
Q.9
Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?
Robert Koch
Edward Jenner
Robert Hooke
Louis Pasteur
Q.10
Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?
Lewis Edson Waterman
Sir William Grove
Charles Kettering
George Fountain
Q.11
What Benjamin Franklin invented?
Bifocal spectacles
Radio
Barometer
Hygrometer
Q.12
What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?
Silly Putty
Etch-A-Sketch
Lite-Brite
Play-Doh
Q.13
Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
Marjorie Joyner
Margaret Knight
Amanda Jones
Mary Kies
Q.14
Who invented Gunpowder?
G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
Sir Frank Whittle
Roger Bacon
Leo H Baekeland
Q.15
Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?
1828
1831
1825
There is no sure date
Q.16
Who invented Gramophone?
Michael Faraday
Fahrenheit
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Alva Edison
Q.17
What now ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
Microwave oven
Remote control
VCR
Calculator
Q.18
What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Charles Richter
Hiram Walker
Giuseppe Mercalli
Joshua Rumble
Q.19
What James Watt invented?
Diving bell
Steam boat
Hot air balloon
Rotary steam engine
Q.20
Who invented the ballpoint pen?
Biro Brothers
Waterman Brothers
Bicc Brothers
Write Brothers
Q.21
In which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Q.22
What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?
Sofa bed
Captain's chair
Waterbed
Hammock
Q.23
The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?
Robert Oppenheimer
James B. Conant
Leslie R. Groves
Vannevar Bush
Q.24
This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??
Steve McQueen
Harrison Frazier
Paul Newman
John Wayne
Q.25
Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Staffordshire
Norfolk
Q.26
Who invented Jet Engine?
Sir Frank Whittle
Gottlieb Daimler
Roger Bacon
Lewis E. Waterman
Q.27
What J. B. Dunlop invented?
Pneumatic rubber tire
Automobile wheel rim
Rubber boot
Model airplanes
Q.28
Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Benjamin Franklin
Marie Curie
Q.29
What invention caused many deaths while testing it?
Dynamite
Ladders
Race cars
Parachute
Q.30
When was barb wire patented?
1874
1840
1895
1900
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