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World Famous Inventions MCQs with Answers

World Famous Inventions MCQs

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Who is credited with the invention of the telephone?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Samuel Morse

Answer
b) Alexander Graham Bell

What invention is Thomas Edison best known for?
a) Light bulb
b) Radio
c) Telephone
d) Computer

Answer
a) Light bulb

Who developed the theory of relativity, E=mc²?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Galileo Galilei
d) Stephen Hawking

Answer
b) Albert Einstein

What invention is associated with Tim Berners-Lee?
a) Personal computer
b) Internet
c) Television
d) Telephone

Answer
b) Internet

Who is known for inventing the World Wide Web (WWW)?
a) Bill Gates
b) Tim Berners-Lee
c) Steve Jobs
d) Mark Zuckerberg

Answer
b) Tim Berners-Lee

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are famous for inventing what?
a) Automobile
b) Airplane
c) Telecommunication
d) Steam engine

Answer
b) Airplane

Who is known for his laws of motion and universal gravitation?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Galileo Galilei
d) Stephen Hawking

Answer
a) Isaac Newton

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent, revolutionizing communication and knowledge dissemination?
a) Telescope
b) Printing press
c) Steam engine
d) Microscope

Answer
b) Printing press

Who is famous for discovering penicillin, one of the first antibiotics?
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Alexander Fleming
c) Edward Jenner
d) Robert H. Goddard

Answer
b) Alexander Fleming

What device regulates heart rhythms and was developed by Wilson Greatbatch?
a) Light bulb
b) X-ray machine
c) Pacemaker
d) MRI scanner

Answer
c) Pacemaker

Who invented the first practical telephone switchboard?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Elisha Gray

Answer
d) Elisha Gray

What invention is often associated with Charles Babbage?
a) Steam locomotive
b) Printing press
c) Analytical Engine
d) Automobile

Answer
c) Analytical Engine

Who is known for developing the first electric motor?
a) James Clerk Maxwell
b) Michael Faraday
c) Lord Kelvin
d) Werner Heisenberg

Answer
b) Michael Faraday

What did Alfred Nobel invent that is used for blasting and demolition?
a) Light bulb
b) Dynamite
c) Telephone
d) Radio

Answer
b) Dynamite

Who invented the cotton gin, revolutionizing cotton production?
a) Eli Whitney
b) Robert Fulton
c) George Stephenson
d) Karl Benz

Answer
a) Eli Whitney

What is often associated with George Stephenson, an early railway engineer?
a) Electric cars
b) Hyperloop
c) Bullet trains
d) Steam locomotives

Answer
d) Steam locomotives

Who is credited with the invention of the modern alternating current (AC) electrical system?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Nikola Tesla
d) James Watt

Answer
c) Nikola Tesla

What invention is attributed to Sony Corporation?
a) Television
b) Refrigerator
c) Video cassette recorder (VCR)
d) Microwave oven

Answer
c) Video cassette recorder (VCR)

What transportation system is often associated with George Cayley?
a) Electric cars
b) Hyperloop
c) Bullet trains
d) Gliders and airplanes

Answer
d) Gliders and airplanes

Who is known for his contributions to the development of the theory of evolution by natural selection?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Isaac Newton

Answer
a) Charles Darwin

What groundbreaking medical technology is associated with the name of Wilhelm Roentgen?
a) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
b) Positron emission tomography (PET)
c) Computed tomography (CT) scan
d) X-ray imaging

Answer
d) X-ray imaging

Who invented the mechanical calculator known as the “Arithmometer”?
a) Charles Babbage
b) Blaise Pascal
c) John Napier
d) Konrad Zuse

Answer
b) Blaise Pascal

What is Thomas Newcomen known for inventing in the early 18th century?
a) Printing press
b) Steam engine
c) Telegraph
d) Light bulb

Answer
b) Steam engine

Who is famous for inventing the first practical sewing machine?
a) Isaac Singer
b) Elias Howe
c) Thomas Edison
d) Karl Benz

Answer
b) Elias Howe

What invention is credited to James Naismith, a Canadian physical education instructor?
a) Bicycle
b) Basketball
c) Television
d) Radio

Answer
b) Basketball

Who is known for inventing the safety razor and founding a well-known razor company?
a) King C. Gillette
b) Samuel Colt
c) Richard Gatling
d) John Browning

Answer
a) King C. Gillette

What groundbreaking invention is associated with Philo Farnsworth, often called the “Father of Television”?
a) Radio
b) Light bulb
c) Television
d) Telephone

Answer
c) Television

Who is known for inventing the first practical video cassette recorder (VCR)?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Sony Corporation
d) Samuel Morse

Answer
c) Sony Corporation

Who is famous for inventing the laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Albert Einstein
c) Theodore Maiman
d) Guglielmo Marconi

Answer
c) Theodore Maiman

What invention is associated with Sir Richard Arkwright, a key figure in the Industrial Revolution?
a) Spinning jenny
b) Telephone
c) Steam engine
d) Typewriter

Answer
a) Spinning jenny

Who is known for inventing the first practical telephone switchboard?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Elisha Gray

Answer
d) Elisha Gray

What invention is often associated with Chester Carlson, the inventor of xerography?
a) Microwave oven
b) Photocopier
c) Internet
d) Television

Answer
b) Photocopier

Who is famous for inventing the first practical steamboat, the Clermont?
a) Robert Fulton
b) Eli Whitney
c) George Stephenson
d) Thomas Newcomen

Answer
a) Robert Fulton

What invention is attributed to Samuel Colt, an American inventor and industrialist?
a) Light bulb
b) Revolver
c) X-ray machine
d) MRI scanner

Answer
b) Revolver

Who is known for inventing the modern computer mouse?
a) Steve Jobs
b) Douglas Engelbart
c) Tim Berners-Lee
d) Mark Zuckerberg

Answer
b) Douglas Engelbart

What groundbreaking invention is associated with George Eastman, the founder of Kodak?
a) Internet
b) Photography
c) Radio
d) Telephone

Answer
b) Photography

Who is famous for inventing the Segway personal transporter?
a) Elon Musk
b) Dean Kamen
c) Jeff Bezos
d) Larry Page

Answer
b) Dean Kamen

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent that revolutionized communication and knowledge dissemination?
a) Telescope
b) Printing press
c) Steam engine
d) Microscope

Answer
b) Printing press

Who is known for inventing the world’s first practical video game, “Pong?
a) Steve Jobs
b) Nolan Bushnell
c) Tim Berners-Lee
d) Mark Zuckerberg

Answer
b) Nolan Bushnell

What invention is associated with John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer?
a) Internet
b) Television
c) Telephone
d) Radio

Answer
b) Television

Who is famous for inventing the printing press, which revolutionized the spread of knowledge?
a) Johannes Gutenberg
b) Thomas Edison
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Eli Whitney

Answer
a) Johannes Gutenberg

What invention is credited to Edwin Land, the co-founder of Polaroid Corporation?
a) Instant camera
b) Personal computer
c) Microwave oven
d) Bicycle

Answer
a) Instant camera

Who is known for inventing the first practical sewing machine?
a) Isaac Singer
b) Elias Howe
c) Thomas Edison
d) Karl Benz

Answer
b) Elias Howe

What invention is associated with the name of Johann Gutenberg?
a) Internet
b) Printing press
c) Steam engine
d) Telephone

Answer
b) Printing press

Who is famous for inventing the laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Albert Einstein
c) Theodore Maiman
d) Guglielmo Marconi

Answer
c) Theodore Maiman

What groundbreaking invention is attributed to Philo Farnsworth, often called the “Father of Television”?
a) Radio
b) Light bulb
c) Television
d) Telephone

Answer
c) Television

Who is known for inventing the cotton gin, which revolutionized cotton production in the southern United States?
a) Eli Whitney
b) Robert Fulton
c) George Stephenson
d) Karl Benz

Answer
a) Eli Whitney

What invention is often associated with George Stephenson, an early railway engineer?
a) Electric cars
b) Hyperloop
c) Bullet trains
d) Steam locomotives

Answer
d) Steam locomotives

Who is credited with the invention of the modern alternating current (AC) electrical system?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Nikola Tesla
d) James Watt

Answer
c) Nikola Tesla

What invention is attributed to Sony Corporation?
a) Television
b) Refrigerator
c) Video cassette recorder (VCR)
d) Microwave oven

Answer
c) Video cassette recorder (VCR)

Who is famous for inventing the light-emitting diode (LED)?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Albert Einstein
c) Nick Holonyak Jr.
d) Benjamin Franklin

Answer
c) Nick Holonyak Jr.

What is the name of the smallpox vaccine inventor who laid the foundation for modern immunization?
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Edward Jenner
c) Robert H. Goddard
d) Alexander Fleming

Answer
b) Edward Jenner

Who is known for inventing the first practical telephone switchboard?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Elisha Gray

Answer
d) Elisha Gray

What invention is often associated with Chester Carlson, the inventor of xerography?
a) Microwave oven
b) Photocopier
c) Internet
d) Television

Answer
b) Photocopier

Who is famous for inventing the first practical steamboat, the Clermont?
a) Robert Fulton
b) Eli Whitney
c) George Stephenson
d) Thomas Newcomen

Answer
a) Robert Fulton

What invention is attributed to Samuel Colt, an American inventor and industrialist?
a) Light bulb
b) Revolver
c) X-ray machine
d) MRI scanner

Answer
b) Revolver

Who is known for inventing the modern computer mouse?
a) Steve Jobs
b) Douglas Engelbart
c) Tim Berners-Lee
d) Mark Zuckerberg

Answer
b) Douglas Engelbart

What groundbreaking invention is associated with George Eastman, the founder of Kodak?
a) Internet
b) Photography
c) Radio
d) Telephone

Answer
b) Photography

Who is famous for inventing the Segway personal transporter?
a) Elon Musk
b) Dean Kamen
c) Jeff Bezos
d) Larry Page

Answer
b) Dean Kamen

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent that revolutionized communication and knowledge dissemination?
a) Telescope
b) Printing press
c) Steam engine
d) Microscope

Answer
b) Printing press

Who is known for inventing the world’s first practical video game, “Pong”?
a) Steve Jobs
b) Nolan Bushnell
c) Tim Berners-Lee
d) Mark Zuckerberg

Answer
b) Nolan Bushnell

What invention is associated with John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer?
a) Internet
b) Television
c) Telephone
d) Radio

Answer
b) Television

Who is famous for inventing the printing press, which revolutionized the spread of knowledge?
a) Johannes Gutenberg
b) Thomas Edison
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Eli Whitney

Answer
a) Johannes Gutenberg

What invention is credited to Edwin Land, the co-founder of Polaroid Corporation?
a) Instant camera
b) Personal computer
c) Microwave oven
d) Bicycle

Answer
a) Instant camera

Who is known for inventing the first practical sewing machine?
a) Isaac Singer
b) Elias Howe
c) Thomas Edison
d) Karl Benz

Answer
b) Elias Howe

What invention is associated with the name of Johann Gutenberg?
a) Internet
b) Printing press
c) Steam engine
d) Telephone

Answer
b) Printing press

Who is famous for inventing the laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Albert Einstein
c) Theodore Maiman
d) Guglielmo Marconi

Answer
c) Theodore Maiman

What groundbreaking invention is attributed to Philo Farnsworth, often called the “Father of Television”?
a) Radio
b) Light bulb
c) Television
d) Telephone

Answer
c) Television

Who is known for inventing the cotton gin, which revolutionized cotton production in the southern United States?
a) Eli Whitney
b) Robert Fulton
c) George Stephenson
d) Karl Benz

Answer
a) Eli Whitney

What invention is often associated with George Stephenson, an early railway engineer?
a) Electric cars
b) Hyperloop
c) Bullet trains
d) Steam locomotives

Answer
d) Steam locomotives

Who is credited with the invention of the modern alternating current (AC) electrical system?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Nikola Tesla
d) James Watt

Answer
c) Nikola Tesla

What invention is attributed to Sony Corporation?
a) Television
b) Refrigerator
c) Video cassette recorder (VCR)
d) Microwave oven

Answer
c) Video cassette recorder (VCR)

Who is famous for inventing the light-emitting diode (LED)?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Albert Einstein
c) Nick Holonyak Jr.
d) Benjamin Franklin

Answer
c) Nick Holonyak Jr.

What is the name of the smallpox vaccine inventor who laid the foundation for modern immunization?
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Edward Jenner
c) Robert H. Goddard
d) Alexander Fleming

Answer
b) Edward Jenner

Who is known for inventing the first practical telephone switchboard?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Elisha Gray

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