List of Famous Discoveries and Inventions of Scientists Online Quiz Test 2

There have been several discoveries and inventions by various scientists that have changed the way we live in and think about the universe. Having information about them is really important as questions related to them are often asked in various general knowledge related written exams as well as interviews. So in order to help you in assessing and also improving you knowledge about this topic, given below is a free online test about famous discoveries and inventions.

List of Famous Discoveries and Inventions of Scientists Online Quiz Test 2

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General Knowledge

1. Insulin was discovered by ___________ ?

Dr. F. G, Banting

Edmond Fischer

Joseph E. Murray

Alexander Fleming

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2. Which of the following scales was devised by Celsius?

None of these

Fahren Heit

Centigrade

Absolute

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3. Radioactivity was discovered by ___________ ?

Newton

Einstein

Henry Bequerel

Marie Curie

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4. Who invented the laser?

Symour Cray

Sir Frank Whittle

Fred Morrisson

Charles H. Townes

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5. Gun Powder was invented by ____________ ?

Alexander Fleming

Albert Einstein

Alfred Nobel

Roger Bacon

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6. Who discovered the smallpox vaccine?

Louis Pasteur

Joseph Lister

Alexander Fleming

Edward Jenner

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7. Which of the following pairs of explorers and discoveries is incorrectly matched?

Marco Polo --- India

Christopher Columbus --- North America

James Cook --- Australia and New Zealand

Robert Peary --- Green Land

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8. Mercury thermometer was invented by?

Priestly

Fahrenheit

Newton

Galileo

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9. Who propounded the theory that the Earth revolves round the Sun?

Copernicus

Galileo

Kepler

Newton

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10. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

Newton : Law of Gravitation

Faraday : Diffusion of Gases

Roentgen : X-rays

Pasteur : Bacteriology

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11. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

C. V. Raman --- Stock Effect

Albert Einstein --- Photoelectric effect

Madam Curie --- X-rays

Linus Pauling --- Electron

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12. Which scientist is credited with the discovery of noble gasses?

McDonald

Cavendish

Rutherford

Madame

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13. Which of the following are the discoveries of Einstein?

Radioactivity and photoelectric effect

Theory of relativity and photoelectric effect

Radioactivity ad theory of relativity

X-rays and photoelectric effect

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14. Oxygen was discovered by:

William Ramsay

Rutherford

Neil Bohr

Joseph Priestley

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15. Which one of the following is the correct combination of the inventors and the inventions?

Elisha Thomson --- Windmill

Sir Frank Whittle --- Laser

J. L. Barid --- Television

Galileo Galilei --- Transistors

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16. John Walker invented:

Safety Pin

Safety Razor

Safety Match

Safety Valve

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17. Who was the first to measure earth's radius?

Galileo

Copernicus

Eratosthenes

Ptolemy

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18. For which invention is Alessandro Volta famous?

Telephone

Battery

Camera

Light Bulb

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19. Who invented the internal combustion engine?

Franco Modigliani

Carl Benz

Jacques Besson

Rudolf Diesel

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20. Which of the following pairs of discovery and discoverer is incorrectly matched?

Telephone --- Morse

Typewriter --- Sholes

Television --- Baird

Transistor --- Shockley

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Question 20 of 20

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