List of Inventions and Inventors GK Questions and Answers

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Q.41 Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

(A) Biro Brothers

(B) Waterman Brothers

(C) Bicc Brothers

(D) Write Brothers


Ans .  A

Q.42 In which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?

(A) 1950s

(B) 1960s

(C) 1970s

(D) 1980s


Ans .  A

Q.43 What J. B. Dunlop invented?

(A) Pneumatic rubber tire

(B) Automobile wheel rim

(C) Rubber boot

(D) Model airplanes


Ans .  A

Q.44 Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

(A) Isaac Newton

(B) Albert Einstein

(C) Benjamin Franklin

(D) Marie Curie


Ans .  D

Q.45 When was barb wire patented?

(A) 1874

(B) 1840

(C) 1895

(D) 1900


Ans .  A

Q.46 What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

(A) Charles Richter

(B) Hiram Walker

(C) Giuseppe Mercalli

(D) Joshua Rumble


Ans .  A

Q.47 What Galileo invented?

(A) Barometer

(B) Pendulum clock

(C) Microscope

(D) Thermometer


Ans .  D

Q.48 This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.

(A) George Washington

(B) Alexander Hamilton

(C) John Adams

(D) Thomas Jefferson


Ans .  D

Q.49 What James Watt invented?

(A) Diving bell

(B) Steam boat

(C) Hot air balloon

(D) Rotary steam engine


Ans .  D

Q.50 Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named? 

(A) Yorkshire

(B) Lancashire

(C) Staffordshire

(D) Norfolk


Ans .  C


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