Inventions and Discoveries Quiz Questions Answers PDF. Inventions and Discoveries are one of the parts of Static GK. Static GK is an integral part of the General Awareness Section. Questions related to famous Scientists, their Inventions, and Discoveries are common in the General Awareness Section of many Government exams like SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, LIC, SBI PO and Clerk, IBPS PO and Clerk, RBI, and more. Therefore, one must be very thorough with this topic.
Inventions and Discoveries List:
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Inventions |
Inventor | Year |
Country |
| Electric Motor | Moritz Jacobi | 1834 | Russia |
| Evolution, the theory of | Charles Darwin | 1858 | England |
| Glider | Sir George Cayley | 1853 | England |
| Insulin | Sir Frederick Banting | 1923 | Canada |
| Safety Match | J.E. Lundstrom | 1855 | Sweden |
| The motor car, Petrol | Karl Benz | 1885 | Germany |
| Radium | Marie & Pierre Curie | 1898 | France |
| Safety Lamp | Sir Humphry Davy | 1816 | England |
| Telescope | Hans Lippershey | 1608 | Netherlands |
| Television | John Logic Baird | 1926 | Scotland |
| Thermometer | Galileo | 1593 | Italy |
| Valve. Radio | Sir J.A Fleming | 1904 | Britain |
| Printing Press | Johannes Gutenberg | 1440 | Germany |
| Pocket Watch | Peter Henlein | 1510 | Germany |
| Microscope | Zacharis Janssen | 1590 | Netherlands |
| Automatic Calculator | Wilhelm Schickard | 1623 | Germany |
| Adding Machine | Blaise Pascal | 1642 | France |
| Air Pump | Otto Von Guericke | 1650 | Germany |
| Bacteria | Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek | 1665 | Netherlands |
| Gravity & Reflecting telescope | Isaac Newton | 1668 | England |
| Clarinet | Johann Christoph Denner | 1690 | Germany |
| Piano | Bartolommeo Cristofori | 1700 | Italy |
| Centigrade Scale | Anders Celsius | 1742 | Sweden |
| Electroscope | Jean Nollet | 1748 | France |
| Lightning Conductor | Benjamin Franklin | 1752 | USA |
| Hydrogen | Henry Cavendish | 1766 | England |
| Chlorine | Karl Wilhelm Scheele | 1774 | Sweden |
| Ship (Steam) | J.C Perier | 1775 | France |
| Oxygen | Antoine Laurent Lavoisier | 1775 | France |
| Hot Air Balloon | Josef & Etienne Montgolfier | 1783 | France |
| Tungsten | Juan José Elhuyar Lubize & Fausto de Elhuyar | 1783 | Spain |
| Bifocal Lens | Benjamin Franklin | 1784 | USA |
| Parachute | Jean Pierre Blanchard | 1785 | France |
| Steam Boat | John Fitch | 1786 | USA |
| Watch (Self Winding) | Abraham-Louis Breguet | 1791 | France |
| Gramophone | Thomas Edison | 1878 | USA |
| Cash Register | James Ritty | 1879 | USA |
| Electric Lamp | Thomas Alva Edison | 1879 | USA |
| Electric Fan | Wheeler | 1882 | USA |
| Fountain Pen | Lewis Edson Waterman | 1884 | USA |
| Bicycle Tires | John Boyd Dunlop | 1888 | Scotland |
| Photography (on film) | John Carbutt | 1888 | US |
| Time Recorder | Harlow Bundy | 1890 | USA |
| Animation | Emile Reynaud | 1892 | France |
| Cinema | Lumiere brothers | 1894 | France |
| Radio | Guglielmo Marconi | 1894 | Italy |
| Ship (Turbine) | Charles Parsons | 1894 | England |
| Diesel Engine | Rudolf Diesel | 1895 | Germany |
| X-ray | Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen | 1895 | Germany |
| Electric stove/cooker | William S. Hadaway | 1896 | USA |
| Cellophane | I.E. Brandenberger | 1900 | Switzerland |
| Tractor (Caterpillar) | Benjamin Holt | 1900 | US |
| Airplanes | Wilber and Orville Wright | 1903 | USA |
| Silicones | F.S Kipping | 1904 | England |
| Vitamin A | Elmer V. McCollum & M. Davis | 1913 | USA |
| Air Conditioner | Willis Carrier | 1914 | USA |
| Vitamin B | Elmer V. McCollum | 1916 | US |
| Motor Scooter | Greville Bradshaw | 1919 | England |
| Vitamin C | Albert Szent-Györgyi & Charles Glen King | 1920 | USA |
| Vitamin D | Edward Mellanby | 1920 | USA |
| Radar | Dr. Albert H. Taylor & Leo C. Young | 1922 | US |
| Vitamin E | Herbert McLean Evans | 1922 | USA |
| Loud Speaker | Chester W. Rice and Edward W. Kellogg | 1924 | US |
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Sample Questions – Inventions and Discoveries:
Q1. In the year 1929, Henrik Dam made a major invention in the field of Biology by discovering a Vitamin. Which Vitamin was it?
- Vitamin B
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin K
Answer: (5) Vitamin K.
Q 2. Who invented the Typewriter?
- Henri Giffard
- Peter Mitterhofer
- Galilio
- Mary Anderson
- Edward Butler
Answer: (2) Peter Mitterhofer
Q 3. Who invented bicycle?
- Benjamin Franklin
- John Dunlop
- Alessandro Volta
- K Macmillan
- None of the above
Answer: (5) None of the Above
Q 4. Who invented Radio?
- Alexander Graham Bell
- L. Baird
- Marconi
- Benjamin Franklin
- None of the above
Answer: (3) G. Marconi
Q 5.In which year did Graham Bell discovers Telephone?
- 1872
- 1879
- 1876
- 1874
- 1882
Answer: (4) 1874
Q 6. Which of the following options is correct with respect to the Inventor of the Periodic Table and the year of invention?
- Dmitri Mendeleev – 1862
- John Dalton – 1869
- John Dalton – 1889
- Dmitri Mendeleev – 1869
- Paul Zoll – 1952
Answer: (4) Dmitri Mendeleev – 1869
Q 7. Who defined the Law of Gravitation?
- Newton
- Galileo
- Archimedes
- Faraday
Answer: (1) Newton.
Q 8. Who invented penicillin?
- Alexander Fleming
- Louis Pasteur
- Dresser
- Edward Jenner
Answer: (1) Alexander Fleming.
Q 9. Who invented Television?
- L. Baird
- Lawrence
- Marconi
- Micheal Faraday
Answer: (1) J.L. Baird.
Q 10. Which of the following is not true about direct thermal printing?
- Digital printing.
- It utilizes thermo chromic paper.
- It was invented in 1991.
- These printers are generally used in hospitals for ultrasound sonogram devices.
- They consume less power and make less noise than dot matrix printers.
Answer: (3) It was invented in 1991.
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