Quiz on Inventions and Discoveries for Competitive Exams
By whom was bacteriophage discovered?
(A) Felix de Herrell and Frederic Twort
(B) Kluywer and Niel
(C) Paul Ehrlich
(D) Burrill and Smith
Correct Answer : A
Myrmecology is the study of what?
(A) Insect
(B) Ants
(C) Crustacean
(D) Arthropods
Correct Answer : B
Who discovered 'linkage'?
(A) Blackslee
(B) Morgan
(C) Mueller
(D) Bateson
Correct Answer : D
Who invented the electric bulb?
(A) Thomas More
(B) Thomas Alva Edison
(C) James Watt
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : B
Who invented 'Portland Cement'?
(A) Michael Faraday
(B) Guglielmo Marconi
(C) Joseph Aspdin
(D) Isaac Newton
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
Joseph Aspdin discovered 'Portland cement' in the year 1824. He produced cement by heating powdered limestone and mixing it with clay in a furnace. Later, grinding the clinker to a powder. He thus named the product “Portland Cement”.
The instrument which measures extreme temperature is called:
(A) pyrometer
(B) pyroscope
(C) pyranometer
(D) pycnometer
Correct Answer : A
Who invented the airbag?
(A) Wright brothers
(B) Reynolds B. Johnson
(C) Eisen Jordanoff
(D) Ken Kutaragi
Correct Answer : C
Whose science is meteorology?
(A) weather
(B) meteors
(C) metals
(D) earthquakes
Correct Answer : B
What is the study of drugs and their action called?
(A) Drug making (Science)
(B) Fossil – Zoology
(C) Pharmacology
(D) Paleontology
Correct Answer : C
What was invented by JB Dunlop?
(A) Pneumatic rubber tire
(B) Car music system
(C) Steering wheel
(D) Diesel engine
Correct Answer : A
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