Who invented the first operational hot air balloon, executing the first recorded human flight? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who invented the first operational hot air balloon, executing the first recorded human flight?
A. Wright Brothers
B. Montgolfier Brothers
C. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
D. Otto Lilienthal
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier developed and demonstrated the hot air balloon in France in 1783.

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Question #1
Who discovered that certain living tissue matrices lack internal cell partitions, establishing syncytial structures?
A. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
B. Matthias Schleiden
C. Theodor Schwann
D. Robert Hooke

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Schwann expanded cell structural definitions across animal physiology, establishing shared base principles with plant tissues.

Question #2
The discovery of the cosmic rays was rewarded with a Nobel Prize to which physicist?
A. Robert Millikan
B. Arthur Compton
C. Carl Anderson
D. Victor Hess

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Victor Hess discovered cosmic radiation by taking ionization monitoring instruments up in high-altitude balloon flights between 1911 and 1913.

Question #3
Who discovered that light waves traveling through tiny structural apertures display edge-bending profiles, establishing Diffraction?
A. Thomas Young
B. Isaac Newton
C. Francesco Maria Grimaldi
D. Christiaan Huygens

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Italian physicist Grimaldi coined the exact term 'diffraction' and accurately recorded the phenomenon in a posthumous 1665 publication.