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 has been credited with the invention of television in 1926?

John Logi Baird

Edwin Armstrong

Philo Fainsnorth

Wilhelm Einthoven

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2. Who invented dynamite?

Graham Bell

Thomas Alva Edison

Alfred Nobel

Marie Curie

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3. Who invented typewriter?

Sholes

Pascal

Waterman

Shockley

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4. Who invented the Doctor's Thermometer?

Galileo

Fahrenheit

None of these

Edison

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5. The telephone was invented by:

John Logie Baird

Thomas Edison

James Watt

Alexander Graham Bell

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6. Who discovered Uranus?

Herschel

Galileo

Copernicus

None of these

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7. Who discovered X rays?

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

Max Von

Paul Nipkow

Marie Curie

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8. Zero was invented by:

Al Khawarizmi

None of these

Ibn Rushd

William Thompson Kelvin

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9. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

Pasteur: Bacteriology

Roentgen: X-Ray

Faraday: Diffusion of gases

Newton: Law of Gravitation

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10. Who was the founder of antiseptic medicine?

Edward Jenner

John Hunter

Joseph Lister

Louis Pasteur

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11. Who among the following invented the steam engine?

Thomas Savery

James Watt

Marconi

Wright Brothers

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

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Methane

Carbon Dioxide

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13. Who built the first fully practical airplane?

Henry Ford

Albert Einstein

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Thomas Edison

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

Fax

Television

Radio

Telephone

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

Galileo

Einstein

Newton

Romer

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16. Who invented the ball-point pen?

Biro Brother

Wilson

Oscar

Waterman

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17. Who proposed the "Big Bang Theory"?

Georges Lemaitre

Edwin Hubble

Tycho Brahe

Isaac Asimov

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18. Where was gunpowder first invented?

India

Russia

China

Japan

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19. Logarithm tables were invented by __________ ?

John Doe

John Harrison

John Napier

John Douglas

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20. Who formulated the electromagnetic theory?

Hans Geiger

James Clerk Maxwell

Heinrich Hertz

Michael Faraday

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Question 20 of 20

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