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Who invented the phonograph?
Thomas Edison
John Kruesi
Jules Levy
Alexander Graham Bell
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Answer: Option BExplanation
John Kruesi was a mechanic for Edison, and Kruesi built the phonograph. Edison designed it, and later improved the phonograph.
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It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
S. Sperrow
O. Stricheg
T. Henman
C. Cockerell
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in 1956. His early experiments with the idea involved a cat food tin, a coffee tin and an industrial blower.
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Who invented Optical Fibre?
Samuel Cohen
Narinder Kapany
T. H. Maimah
Percy L. Spencer
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Answer: Option BExplanation
In 1952, UK based physicist Narinder Singh Kapany invented the first actual fiber optical cable based on John Tyndall’s experiments three decades earlier
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Which famous inventor worked at a patent office?
Albert Einstein.
Thomas Alva Edison
Nikola Tesla
None of these
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Answer: Option BExplanation
An argument can be made that Benjamin Franklin may be the most famous American inventor, but without a doubt, the most prolific and influential American inventor was Thomas Alva Edison. It is indeed difficult to imagine the modern world without scientific contributions and inventions of Edison.
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Thermo Flask was invented by
John Napier
Urey
Daimler
Dewar
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892, the vacuum flask consists of two flasks, placed one within the other and joined at the neck. The gap between the two flasks is partially evacuated of air, creating a near-vacuum which prevents heat transfer by conduction or convection.
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Microprocessor was invented by
Percy Spencer
Zacharias Janssen
Federico Faggin
Alfred Nobel
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Answer: Option CExplanation
An Italian American physicist Federico Faggin widely known for designing the first commercial microprocessor. He led the 4004 (MCS-4) project and the design group during the first five years of Intel’s microprocessor effort. Most importantly, Faggin created in 1968.
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Who introduced the concept of Stored Program?
John von Neumann
John Mauchly
Charles Babbage
Blaise Pascal
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Answer: Option AExplanation
The idea was introduced in the late 1940s by John von Neumann, who proposed that a program be electronically stored in binary-number format in a memory device so that instructions could be modified by the computer as determined by intermediate computational results.
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bacteria was discovered by
Robert Koch
Robert Hooke
A.V. Leeuwenhoek
Louis Pasteur
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Van Leeuwenhoek discovered “protozoa” – the single-celled organisms and he called them “animalcules”. He also improved the microscope and laid the foundation for microbiology. He is often cited as the first microbiologist to study muscle fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa and blood flow in capillaries.
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Helicopter was invented by
Cockrell
Copernicus
Breguet
Drinker
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Answer: Option CExplanation
September 29, 1907, is recognized as helicopter’s “birthday”. That day French air craft constructors Breguet brothers made the first craft, able to take off vertically. It managed to fly only 1,5 meters high, but it was the first working prototype.
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