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Inventions and Discoveries MCQs

Practice Inventions and Discoveries MCQs with answers and detailed explanations covering famous inventors, scientific discoveries, technological innovations, important inventions, groundbreaking research, Nobel-winning discoveries and contributions to science and technology frequently asked in SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Defence, Teaching and other competitive examinations.

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Question #101
Who discovered the exact value of the charge of an electron through the famous Oil-Drop Experiment?
A. Max Planck
B. Robert Millikan
C. Ernest Rutherford
D. J.J. Thomson
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Robert A. Millikan measured the elementary electric charge of electrons using balanced oil droplets in 1909.
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Question #102
Who invented the multi-matrix code known as the QR (Quick Response) Code in 1994?
A. Norman Joseph Woodland
B. Alan Turing
C. Masahiro Hara
D. Tim Berners-Lee
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Masahiro Hara from the Japanese company Denso Wave invented the QR code in 1994 to track automobile components during assembly.
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Question #103
The concept of Continental Drift was proposed by which scientist in 1912?
A. James Hutton
B. Charles Lyell
C. Alfred Wegener
D. Harry Hess
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Alfred Wegener published the hypothesis that continents were once joined in a supercontinent named Pangaea and drifted apart.
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Question #104
Who discovered the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), which forms the basis of modern MRI scanners?
A. Paul Lauterbur
B. Felix Bloch
C. Peter Mansfield
D. Isidor Isaac Rabi
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Isidor Isaac Rabi discovered nuclear magnetic resonance in 1938, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944.
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Question #105
Who invented the first practical, safe, non-flickering miner's safety lamp alongside Humphry Davy?
A. George Stephenson
B. Robert Fulton
C. James Watt
D. Thomas Newcomen
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
George Stephenson independently invented a similar safety lamp (Geordie lamp) in 1815, around the exact same time as Davy.
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Question #106
Who discovered Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and its role in preventing scurvy, winning a Nobel Prize in 1937?
A. Casimir Funk
B. Albert Szent-Györgyi
C. Frederick Hopkins
D. Linus Pauling
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Albert Szent-Györgyi isolated Vitamin C and discovered its metabolic components, receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Question #107
The invention of the diesel engine is named after which German mechanical engineer?
A. Rudolf Diesel
B. Karl Benz
C. Nikolaus Otto
D. Gottlieb Daimler
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Rudolf Diesel designed a high-efficiency compression-ignition internal combustion engine, patented in 1893.
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Question #108
Who discovered the existence of infrared radiation in sunlight in 1800 using thermometers and a prism?
A. Johann Wilhelm Ritter
B. William Herschel
C. Heinrich Hertz
D. James Clerk Maxwell
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
William Herschel discovered infrared light by measuring the temperature rise just beyond the red end of the visible spectrum.
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Question #109
Who discovered ultraviolet radiation in 1801, shortly after Herschel's discovery of infrared?
A. Johann Wilhelm Ritter
B. Heinrich Hertz
C. Wilhelm Röntgen
D. William Herschel
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Johann Wilhelm Ritter discovered 'chemical rays' (ultraviolet light) by observing how silver chloride reacted to invisible rays past the violet spectrum.
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Question #110
The first electronic programmable digital computer, ENIAC, was designed by whom?
A. Alan Turing
B. John von Neumann
C. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
D. Charles Babbage
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was constructed by Mauchly and Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania in 1945.
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Question #111
Who discovered the citric acid cycle (also known as the Krebs cycle) in cellular respiration?
A. Arthur Kornberg
B. Melvin Calvin
C. Hans Adolf Krebs
D. Louis Pasteur
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Hans Adolf Krebs discovered the metabolic pathway of energy conversion in cells in 1937, winning the Nobel Prize in 1953.
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Question #112
Who invented the first practical modern revolver firearm in 1836?
A. Richard Gatling
B. Samuel Colt
C. John Browning
D. Oliver Winchester
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Samuel Colt patented the revolving cylinder pistol mechanism that allowed multiple shots to be fired without manual reloading.
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Question #113
The fundamental principle of fluid mechanics stating that internal pressure drops as fluid velocity increases was discovered by whom?
A. Isaac Newton
B. Archimedes
C. Daniel Bernoulli
D. Blaise Pascal
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Daniel Bernoulli published Bernoulli's Principle in his book 'Hydrodynamica' in 1738.
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Question #114
Who discovered the phenomenon of piezoelectricity in crystals in 1880?
A. Pierre and Jacques Curie
B. Wilhelm Röntgen
C. Marie Curie
D. Heinrich Hertz
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Brothers Pierre and Jacques Curie discovered that physical stress applied to certain crystals generates an electric charge.
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Question #115
Who invented the first operational hot air balloon, executing the first recorded human flight?
A. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
B. Wright Brothers
C. Montgolfier Brothers
D. Otto Lilienthal
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier developed and demonstrated the hot air balloon in France in 1783.
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Question #116
Who discovered the true nature of combustion as an oxidation process, disproving the phlogiston theory?
A. Antoine Lavoisier
B. John Dalton
C. Robert Boyle
D. Joseph Priestley
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Antoine Lavoisier demonstrated that combustion involves elements chemically combining with oxygen.
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Question #117
The invention of synthetic nylon fiber, which replaced silk in textiles, was led by which chemist at DuPont?
A. Stephanie Kwolek
B. Leo Baekeland
C. Wallace Carothers
D. Roy Plunkett
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Wallace Carothers invented Nylon (Polyamide 6,6) and Neoprene synthetic rubber in the 1930s.
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Question #118
Who discovered the positron (the antiparticle of the electron) in 1932?
A. Robert Millikan
B. Paul Dirac
C. James Chadwick
D. Carl Anderson
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Carl David Anderson discovered the positron using a cloud chamber to analyze cosmic rays, confirming Paul Dirac's theoretical prediction.
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Question #119
The invention of the modern calendar system used globally today, the Gregorian Calendar, was introduced by which pope in 1582?
A. Pope Gregory VII
B. Pope Julius II
C. Pope Urban II
D. Pope Gregory XIII
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Pope Gregory XIII decreed the modification of the older Julian calendar to fix errors regarding the length of the solar year.
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Question #120
Who discovered the specific virus responsible for causing AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)?
A. David Baltimore
B. Howard Temin
C. Jonas Salk
D. Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo isolated and identified the retrovirus HIV as the causative agent behind AIDS in the 1880s.
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