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. Knowledge
- B. Coins
- C. Nights
- D. Islands
Explanation: Noology comes from Greek roots related to mind and knowledge, so it concerns the study of intellect or knowledge.
Correct answer: Knowledge- A. Agriculture
- B. Fields
- C. Soil
- D. Earth Crust
Explanation: Geoponics is the science or practice of cultivating the land, especially through agriculture and soil management.
Correct answer: Agriculture- A. Whales and Dolphins
- B. seas and Oceans
- C. Mountains
- D. Deserts
Explanation: Cetology is the branch of zoology that studies whales, dolphins and related cetaceans.
Correct answer: Whales and Dolphins- A. Fruit & Seeds
- B. Vegetables & Fruits
- C. flowers and plants
- D. Leaves
Explanation: Carpology is the botanical study of fruits and seeds, including their structure and development.
Correct answer: Fruit & Seeds- A. Tab
- B. Enter
- C. Backspace
- D. Spacebar
Explanation: Traditional typewriters used a carriage-return mechanism rather than a key labelled Enter.
Correct answer: Enter246. Which one of the following companies will launch Project Skybender to boost 5G internet speed _____?
- A. Facebook
- B. Google
- C. IBM
- D. Apple
Explanation: Project Skybender was a Google project involving high-altitude drones designed to test millimetre-wave wireless links for faster 5G…
Correct answer: Google- A. AIDS
- B. Blood Cancer
- C. Dengue
- D. Diabetes
Explanation: Indian researchers developed an Ayurvedic herbal formulation aimed at treating dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease.
Correct answer: Dengue- A. Sir Frank Whittle
- B. Gottlieb Daimler
- C. Roger Bacon
- D. Lewis E. Waterman
Explanation: British engineer Sir Frank Whittle developed and patented the turbojet concept and built an early jet engine.
Correct answer: Sir Frank Whittle- A. 1950s
- B. 1960s
- C. 1970s
- D. 1980s
Explanation: Although the barcode concept was patented earlier, the first practical retail barcode scanner system came into use in the 1970s, including…
Correct answer: 1970s- A. Sofa bed
- B. Captain's chair
- C. Waterbed
- D. Hammock
Explanation: Charles Prior Hall is credited with developing the modern waterbed in 1968.
Correct answer: Waterbed- A. England
- B. U.S
- C. Sweden
- D. Finland
Explanation: Edwin Budding, who invented the mechanical lawn mower in 1830, was an English engineer from Stroud, England.
Correct answer: England- A. 1831
- B. 1832
- C. 1833
- D. There is no sure date
Explanation: The date of the first chocolate bar is disputed because early solid chocolate products developed gradually in the nineteenth century and…
Correct answer: There is no sure date- A. Hungry
- B. Sweden
- C. Finland
- D. Greece
Explanation: The Biro brothers, László and György, were Hungarian inventors associated with the modern ballpoint pen.
Correct answer: Hungry- A. 66
- B. 77
- C. 88
- D. 44Education
Explanation: A standard modern piano has 88 keys: 52 white keys and 36 black keys. Earlier pianos sometimes had fewer keys, but 88 is the ordinary…
Correct answer: 88- A. Booker T, Washington
- B. George Washington Carver
- C. Jonas Salk
- D. Charles Drew
Explanation: Charles Drew developed important methods for processing and storing blood plasma, helping establish modern blood-bank systems.
Correct answer: Charles Drew- A. Egg of silkworm
- B. Pupa of silkworm
- C. Larva of silkworm
- D. Insect itself
Explanation: The larva of the silkworm produces silk from glands near its mouth and spins it into a cocoon.
Correct answer: Larva of silkworm- A. Charles Herbert Best
- B. Prof John James Rickard Macleod
- C. Sir Frederick Grant Banting
- D. Leonard Thompson
Explanation: Frederick Banting initiated the successful insulin research in 1921 with Charles Best, while Macleod supervised the work.
Correct answer: Sir Frederick Grant Banting- A. Blinds
- B. Dumb
- C. Handicap
- D. Labours
Explanation: Louis Braille developed the raised-dot reading and writing system for blind people.
Correct answer: Blinds- A. Agoraphobia
- B. Acrophobia
- C. Ablutophobia
- D. Hydrophobia
Explanation: Ablutophobia is the specific fear of bathing or washing. Agoraphobia concerns open or crowded places, acrophobia heights, and hydrophobia…
Correct answer: Ablutophobia- A. Coca Cola
- B. Lemonade
- C. Pepsi
- D. Soda water
Explanation: Coca-Cola was created in 1886 by pharmacist John S. Pemberton and was initially marketed as a medicinal tonic.
Correct answer: Coca Cola