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. Russia
  • B. Japan
  • C. China
  • D. India

Explanation: The world’s longest 3D-printed concrete bridge, as reported for this question, was built in China.

Correct answer: China
  • A. Encephalology
  • B. Geology
  • C. Philosophy
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Encephalology is the study of the brain, from the Greek word encephalon meaning brain.

Correct answer: Encephalology
  • A. Encephology
  • B. Trichology
  • C. Opthalmology
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Ophthalmology is the medical study of the eyes and diseases affecting vision.

Correct answer: Opthalmology
  • A. Chemistry & Physics
  • B. Biology & Physics
  • C. Chemistry only
  • D. Physics only

Explanation: Frederick Sanger received both of his Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, in 1958 and 1980.

Correct answer: Chemistry only
  • A. Jm Tagore
  • B. JS Birla
  • C. GD Bist
  • D. JS Mill

Explanation: G. D. Bist is widely cited in South Asian general-knowledge sources as the world’s fastest shorthand writer.

Correct answer: GD Bist
  • A. Rat
  • B. Cat
  • C. Bat
  • D. parasitic insect

Explanation: Plague is mainly transmitted to humans through the bite of infected fleas, which are parasitic insects commonly associated with rodents.

Correct answer: parasitic insect
  • A. September 2007
  • B. September 2008
  • C. September 2009
  • D. September 2010

Explanation: The first commercially released Android smartphone was the HTC Dream, also known as the T-Mobile G1, launched in September 2008.

Correct answer: September 2008
  • A. Mobile Phone
  • B. Laptop
  • C. Television
  • D. Radio

Explanation: John Logie Baird pioneered mechanical television and demonstrated an early working television system in the 1920s.

Correct answer: Television
  • A. 2017
  • B. 2018
  • C. 2019
  • D. 2020Science

Explanation: 2020 was a leap year, so February had 29 days; leap years generally occur every four years, with century-year exceptions.

Correct answer: 2020Science
  • A. Uber
  • B. WeChat
  • C. Walmart
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Sam Walton founded Walmart, opening the first store in 1962 and building it into one of the world's largest retail chains.

Correct answer: Walmart
  • A. Shanghai, China
  • B. Palo Alta, USA
  • C. Cadarache, France
  • D. Santiago, Chile

Explanation: ITER is being constructed at Cadarache in southern France as an international nuclear-fusion research facility.

Correct answer: Cadarache, France
  • A. The stones did not allow vegetation to grow on railway tracks.
  • B. To keeps water from reaching the track on a regular basis & softening the ground.
  • C. To hold the wooden cross ties in place, which in turn hold the rails in place.
  • D. All of the these

Explanation: Crushed stones, called railway ballast, drain water, suppress vegetation and hold the sleepers firmly in position.

Correct answer: All of the these
  • A. 1826
  • B. 1829
  • C. 1835
  • D. 1935Educational Resources

Explanation: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the earliest surviving permanent photograph around 1826 or 1827 using a process called heliography.

Correct answer: 1826
  • A. LMP Edgar
  • B. CMP Stuart
  • C. Neil Armstrong
  • D. None of them

Explanation: Neil Armstrong became the first human to step onto the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission on 20 July 1969.

Correct answer: Neil Armstrong
  • A. Lahore
  • B. Rawalpindi
  • C. Karachi
  • D. Multan

Explanation: Arfa Software Technology Park is located in Lahore and is named after Pakistani computer prodigy Arfa Karim.

Correct answer: Lahore
  • A. Russia
  • B. China
  • C. Colombia
  • D. India

Explanation: The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during atmospheric re-entry on 1 February 2003, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

Correct answer: Colombia
  • A. Radio
  • B. Telegraph
  • C. Telephone
  • D. Train

Explanation: The telegraph caused the Pony Express to become obsolete because messages could cross the country electronically instead of being carried…

Correct answer: Telegraph
  • A. Russia
  • B. Usa
  • C. Uk
  • D. France

Explanation: The Mi-8AMTSh-VN is a Russian attack-transport version of the Mi-8/17 helicopter family.

Correct answer: Russia
  • A. Georg Cantor
  • B. Michal Borde
  • C. T.M Stross
  • D. Johne Walis

Explanation: The infinity symbol ∞ was introduced by the English mathematician John Wallis in 1655.

Correct answer: Johne Walis
  • A. America
  • B. Russia
  • C. China
  • D. Bangladesh

Explanation: Paper was first developed in ancient China, with Cai Lun traditionally credited with improving its manufacture during the Han dynasty.

Correct answer: China