Free Inventions and Discoveries MCQs with Answers
286 Inventions and Discoveries MCQs from General Knowledge, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Inventions and Discoveries covers the people, dates, principles and practical uses behind developments such as the wheel, printing press, telephone, electricity, radio, computer, internet, vaccines and space technology. It distinguishes an invention, which creates a device or process, from a discovery, which identifies something already present in nature.
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- A. Clock
- B. Airship
- C. Barometer
- D. Cotton gin
Explanation: Evangelista Torricelli invented the mercury barometer in 1643, demonstrating that atmospheric pressure could support a column of mercury.
Correct answer: Barometer- A. Quick start
- B. automobile self start
- C. clock
- D. lamp
Explanation: Charles Franklin Kettering invented the electric automobile self-starter, introduced commercially by Cadillac in 1912.
Correct answer: automobile self start- A. 1970
- B. 1969
- C. 1972
- D. 1975
Explanation: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the Moon during Apollo 11 in 1969.
Correct answer: 1969- A. October, 4-10
- B. November, 4-10
- C. December, 4-10
- D. January, 4-10
Explanation: World Space Week is observed annually from 4 to 10 October. The dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik 1 and the signing of the Outer…
Correct answer: October, 4-10- A. Alan Turing
- B. Martin Cooper
- C. Marie Curie
- D. Alexander Graham Bell
Explanation: Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call in 1973.
Correct answer: Martin Cooper- A. Microsoft
- B. Google
- C. Yahoo
- D. Apple
Explanation: Microsoft acquired Nokia's Devices and Services business in 2014, including its mobile-phone operations.
Correct answer: Microsoft- A. 12
- B. 13
- C. 11
- D. none of these
Explanation: A normal human skeleton has 12 pairs of ribs, making 24 ribs in total. The first seven pairs are true ribs, while the remaining pairs are…
Correct answer: 12- A. Aerology
- B. Meteorology
- C. Electeorology
- D. Fulminology
Explanation: Fulminology is the study of lightning and thunder-related electrical discharges.
Correct answer: Fulminology- A. Shuttle Worth
- B. Larry Swanson
- C. Dennis Tito
- D. None of these
Explanation: Dennis Tito became the first private space tourist when he visited the International Space Station in 2001 aboard a Russian Soyuz…
Correct answer: Dennis Tito- A. Dr. I.H Usmani
- B. Dr Sibte nabi Naqvi
- C. Dr. Abdus Salam
- D. Dr. Saleem-uzaman Siddique
Explanation: Dr Abdus Salam played a leading role in establishing Pakistan’s space programme and SUPARCO in 1961.
Correct answer: Dr. Abdus Salam- A. Skin
- B. Liver
- C. Interstitium
- D. None
Explanation: The interstitium was described in 2018 as a widespread fluid-filled tissue network and was proposed by some researchers as an organ…
Correct answer: Interstitium- A. USA
- B. N. Korea
- C. Russia
- D. China
Explanation: The S-400 is a Russian long-range surface-to-air missile system developed by Almaz-Antey.
Correct answer: Russia- A. 1901
- B. 1969
- C. 1945
- D. 1968
Explanation: The economics prize was first awarded in 1969, jointly to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen.
Correct answer: 1969- A. 2009
- B. 2007
- C. 2011
- D. 2005
Explanation: YouTube was launched in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim.
Correct answer: 2005- A. February 4, 2004
- B. February 9, 2009
- C. March 21, 2006
- D. July 26, 1994Everyday Science Quiz
Explanation: Facebook was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard students on 4 February 2004. The other dates do not correspond to its founding.
Correct answer: February 4, 2004- A. AOL
- B. Ask.com
- C. Excite
- D. DuckDuckGo
- E. All of the above
Explanation: AOL, Ask.com, Excite and DuckDuckGo all provide web-search services, although some are better known today as portals or privacy-focused…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Yahoo
- B. Qzone
- C. Bing
- D. Baidu
Explanation: Qzone is a Chinese social-networking platform rather than a general web search engine. Yahoo, Bing and Baidu are search engines.
Correct answer: Qzone- A. Beijing
- B. Karachi
- C. Shanghai
- D. Lahore
Explanation: QMobile was a Pakistani mobile-phone brand associated with Karachi, where its headquarters were based.
Correct answer: Karachi- A. China's
- B. USA's
- C. India's
- D. Germany's
Explanation: Gionee is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer. QMobile used phones or components supplied by overseas manufacturers, including Gionee, and…
Correct answer: China's- A. 5
- B. 3
- C. 0
- D. 1Fun & Trivia
Explanation: QMobile did not operate a manufacturing factory in Pakistan, so the number was zero.
Correct answer: 0