The invention of the common household incandescent light bulb configuration featuring durable tungsten filaments was patented by whom? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The invention of the common household incandescent light bulb configuration featuring durable tungsten filaments was patented by whom?
A. Joseph Swan
B. Thomas Edison
C. Nikola Tesla
D. William Coolidge and Irving Langmuir
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Coolidge developed ductile tungsten wire processing, and Langmuir filled bulbs with inert gas, extending operation life dramatically.

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Question #1
The invention of the common mechanical office typewriter correction fluid ('Liquid Paper') was developed by which female innovator?
A. Josephine Cochrane
B. Mary Anderson
C. Grace Hopper
D. Bette Nesmith Graham

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Graham mixed white tempera paint in a blender in the 1950s to fix her typing errors, later scaling the multi-million-dollar Liquid Paper company.

Question #2
Who discovered the fundamental principle of superconduction in metals at temperatures near absolute zero?
A. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
B. Max Planck
C. Johannes Diderik van der Waals
D. Lord Kelvin

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity in solid mercury cooled to 4.2 Kelvin using liquid helium in 1911.

Question #3
The invention of the common synthetic plastic material known as Polyethylene (LDPE) was an accidental discovery by which chemical company?
A. ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries)
B. BASF
C. DuPont
D. Dow Chemical

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Eric Fawcett and Reginald Gibson accidentally produced white waxy polyethylene solid residue while testing high-pressure ethylene reactions at ICI in 1933.