List of Famous Discoveries and Inventions of Scientists Online Quiz Test 3

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 3

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General Knowledge

1. Who was the founder of antiseptic medicine?

John Hunter

Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur

Joseph Lister

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2. Who invented dynamite?

Alfred Nobel

Thomas Alva Edison

Marie Curie

Graham Bell

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3. Who has been credited with the invention of television in 1926?

Wilhelm Einthoven

Edwin Armstrong

Philo Fainsnorth

John Logi Baird

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4. Which is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Methane

Carbon Dioxide

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5. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

Faraday: Diffusion of gases

Newton: Law of Gravitation

Pasteur: Bacteriology

Roentgen: X-Ray

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6. Who built the first fully practical airplane?

Thomas Edison

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Henry Ford

Albert Einstein

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7. Who among the following invented the steam engine?

Marconi

Wright Brothers

James Watt

Thomas Savery

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8. Where was gunpowder first invented?

Russia

Japan

China

India

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9. Who invented typewriter?

Waterman

Shockley

Sholes

Pascal

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10. In 1901, which piece of communication equipment invented by Gugliemo Marconi?

Telephone

Radio

Fax

Television

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11. Zero was invented by:

Al Khawarizmi

Ibn Rushd

William Thompson Kelvin

None of these

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12. Who discovered X rays?

Marie Curie

Paul Nipkow

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

Max Von

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13. Who invented the Doctor's Thermometer?

None of these

Galileo

Edison

Fahrenheit

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14. The velocity of light was first measured by ___________ ?

Galileo

Einstein

Newton

Romer

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15. Who formulated the electromagnetic theory?

James Clerk Maxwell

Heinrich Hertz

Hans Geiger

Michael Faraday

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16. The telephone was invented by:

James Watt

Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

John Logie Baird

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17. Logarithm tables were invented by __________ ?

John Napier

John Harrison

John Douglas

John Doe

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18. Who proposed the "Big Bang Theory"?

Edwin Hubble

Isaac Asimov

Georges Lemaitre

Tycho Brahe

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19. Who discovered Uranus?

Herschel

None of these

Galileo

Copernicus

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20. Who invented the ball-point pen?

Oscar

Wilson

Waterman

Biro Brother

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Question 20 of 20

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