The invention of the mechanical calculating machine named 'Pascaline' in 1642 was completed by whom? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The invention of the mechanical calculating machine named 'Pascaline' in 1642 was completed by whom?
A. Blaise Pascal
B. René Descartes
C. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
D. Charles Babbage
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline to assist his father, a tax commissioner, in performing arithmetic addition and subtraction.

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