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This section includes 327 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Who discovered television? |
| A. | Michael Faraday |
| B. | Joseph Henry |
| C. | Abbe Caselli |
| D. | John Baird |
| Answer» E. | |
| 152. |
Who discovered the colour photography? |
| A. | Robert Noyce |
| B. | Enrico Fermi |
| C. | John Logie Baird |
| D. | James Clerk Maxwell |
| Answer» E. | |
| 153. |
Who discovered Sodium? |
| A. | Humphry Davy |
| B. | William Henry Fox |
| C. | J.J.Thomson |
| D. | Karl Benz |
| Answer» B. William Henry Fox | |
| 154. |
Who discovered radioactivity? |
| A. | Max Planck |
| B. | James Clerk Maxwell |
| C. | Henri Becquerel |
| D. | Heinrich Hertz |
| Answer» D. Heinrich Hertz | |
| 155. |
Who discovered Proton? |
| A. | Ernest Rutherford |
| B. | Friedrich Miescher |
| C. | Henri Becquerel |
| D. | Henry Cavendish |
| Answer» B. Friedrich Miescher | |
| 156. |
Who discovered Oxygen? |
| A. | Carl Scheele |
| B. | Hooke |
| C. | Heisenberg |
| D. | Williams |
| Answer» B. Hooke | |
| 157. |
Who discovered Photon? |
| A. | George Crum |
| B. | Albert Einstein |
| C. | Henry Cavendish |
| D. | Humphry Davy |
| Answer» C. Henry Cavendish | |
| 158. |
Who discovered Potassium? |
| A. | Humphry Davy |
| B. | Alan Turing |
| C. | Bill Gates |
| D. | Tim Berners-Lee |
| Answer» B. Alan Turing | |
| 159. |
Who discovered Penicillin? |
| A. | Edward Jenner |
| B. | Niels Bohr |
| C. | Sir Alexander Fleming |
| D. | Heinrich Hertz |
| Answer» D. Heinrich Hertz | |
| 160. |
Who discovered Neon? |
| A. | Robert Noyce |
| B. | Enrico Fermi |
| C. | Morris W. Travers and William Ramsay |
| D. | Antonio de Ulloa and Charles Wood |
| Answer» D. Antonio de Ulloa and Charles Wood | |
| 161. |
Who discovered Insulin |
| A. | William Harvey |
| B. | Louis Pasteur |
| C. | F.G.Banting |
| D. | Alexander Fleming |
| Answer» E. | |
| 162. |
Who discovered malaria causing germs? |
| A. | Christiaan Bernard |
| B. | Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran |
| C. | Dmitry Ivanovsky |
| D. | Martinus William Beijerinck |
| Answer» C. Dmitry Ivanovsky | |
| 163. |
Who discovered Insulin? |
| A. | Sir Alexander Fleming |
| B. | Frederick Banting |
| C. | James Watt |
| D. | Sir F.G. Hopkins |
| Answer» C. James Watt | |
| 164. |
Who discovered Fullerene (an allotrope of carbon)? |
| A. | K Scheele |
| B. | Richard Smalley |
| C. | Faraday |
| D. | Heisenberg |
| Answer» C. Faraday | |
| 165. |
Who discovered Circulatory System? |
| A. | Thomas Edison |
| B. | William Harvey |
| C. | Robert Hooke |
| D. | Robert Boyles |
| Answer» C. Robert Hooke | |
| 166. |
Who discovered electricity and invented the lightning rod and bifocals? |
| A. | Kirkpatrick Macmillan |
| B. | Benjamin Franklin |
| C. | William Henry Fox Talbot |
| D. | Sir Alexander Fleming |
| Answer» C. William Henry Fox Talbot | |
| 167. |
Who discovered electron? |
| A. | E. Goldstien |
| B. | J. J. Thomson |
| C. | Ernest Rutherford |
| D. | J. Chadwick |
| Answer» C. Ernest Rutherford | |
| 168. |
Who designed the first electronic computer ENIAC? |
| A. | J presper Eckert and John W Mauchly |
| B. | John W Mauchly and Joseph M Jacquard |
| C. | J presper Eckert and Von Neuman |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. John W Mauchly and Joseph M Jacquard | |
| 169. |
Who discovered benzene? |
| A. | Hal Anger |
| B. | Michael Faraday |
| C. | Bruce Ames |
| D. | Nicolas Appert |
| Answer» C. Bruce Ames | |
| 170. |
Who discovered bacteria? |
| A. | Antonie Ven Leeuwenhoek |
| B. | Robert Brown |
| C. | Robert Hook |
| D. | Robert Koch |
| Answer» B. Robert Brown | |
| 171. |
Who developed the theory of relativity? |
| A. | Issac Newton |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Marie Curie |
| D. | Albert Einstein |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
Who among the following scientists invented Kevlar?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Steve Wozniak |
| B. | Marry Anderson |
| C. | Stephanie Louise Kwolek |
| D. | George Eastman |
| Answer» D. George Eastman | |
| 173. |
Who among the following devised the technique IVF (In vitro Fertilization)? |
| A. | Sir Frank Whittle |
| B. | Robert Edwards |
| C. | Edward Jenner |
| D. | Dr. Martin Cooper |
| Answer» C. Edward Jenner | |
| 174. |
Who among the following discovered electron? |
| A. | J.J Thomson |
| B. | Max Born |
| C. | Antoine Lavoisier |
| D. | Mendeleef |
| Answer» B. Max Born | |
| 175. |
Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium? |
| A. | Isaac Newton |
| B. | Marie Curie |
| C. | Benjamin Franklin |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Benjamin Franklin | |
| 176. |
Which of the following was invented by Sir Humphry Davy? |
| A. | Safety Pin |
| B. | Steam Engine |
| C. | Safety Lamp |
| D. | X-Rays |
| Answer» D. X-Rays | |
| 177. |
Which object, initially called the 'Whirlwind', was invented by Ives McGaffey in 1869 ? |
| A. | Washing machine |
| B. | Electric mixer |
| C. | Vacuum cleaner |
| D. | Blender |
| Answer» D. Blender | |
| 178. |
Which of the numbers given below is NOT rational?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 324 |
| B. | 643 |
| C. | 325 |
| D. | 273 |
| Answer» B. 643 | |
| 179. |
Which of the following branches of mathematics was invented by Newton? |
| A. | Calculus |
| B. | Logic |
| C. | Algebra |
| D. | Geometry |
| Answer» B. Logic | |
| 180. |
Which of the following was the first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928? |
| A. | Penicillin |
| B. | Prontosil |
| C. | Streptomycin |
| D. | Tetracyline |
| Answer» B. Prontosil | |
| 181. |
Which is an invention that improved safety for railway passengers? |
| A. | Air brakes |
| B. | Refrigerated rail cars |
| C. | Time standardization |
| D. | Pullman sleeping cars |
| Answer» B. Refrigerated rail cars | |
| 182. |
Which famous scientist unknowingly founded the field of spectroscopy? |
| A. | Issac Newton |
| B. | Galileo |
| C. | Graham Bell |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Galileo | |
| 183. |
Which does NOT belong to this group?_x005F_x000D_ A. Switch_x005F_x000D_ B. Bulb_x005F_x000D_ C. Filament_x005F_x000D_ D. Rope_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | A |
| B. | D |
| C. | B |
| D. | C |
| Answer» C. B | |
| 184. |
Which dynasty had its capital at Chittorgarh? |
| A. | Chauhan |
| B. | Sisodia |
| C. | Hada |
| D. | Rathor |
| Answer» C. Hada | |
| 185. |
Where was paper invented? |
| A. | China |
| B. | India |
| C. | Zambia |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» B. India | |
| 186. |
Which country on 23 October 2017 signed the Paris agreement on climate change, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries holding outto sign this global climate pact? |
| A. | Nicaragua |
| B. | Colombia |
| C. | Peru |
| D. | Uganda |
| Answer» B. Colombia | |
| 187. |
Where were wigs first invented? |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | France |
| C. | Egypt |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |
| 188. |
When were blue jeans invented? |
| A. | 1900s |
| B. | 1850s |
| C. | 1860s |
| D. | 1870s |
| Answer» D. 1870s | |
| 189. |
What was invented by Zacharias Jansen? |
| A. | Jet Engine |
| B. | Radium |
| C. | Microscope |
| D. | Electric Lamp |
| Answer» D. Electric Lamp | |
| 190. |
When was Barb Wire patented |
| A. | 1898 |
| B. | 1868 |
| C. | 1874 |
| D. | 1866 |
| Answer» D. 1866 | |
| 191. |
What was recently discovered hidden under ice in Antarctica? |
| A. | A massive mountain range |
| B. | A lost Kingdom |
| C. | A massive canyon system and lake |
| D. | A huge Dinosaur Skeleton |
| Answer» D. A huge Dinosaur Skeleton | |
| 192. |
When was the voting machine invented? |
| A. | 1980 |
| B. | 1892 |
| C. | 1989 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» C. 1989 | |
| 193. |
What two scientists established the structure of dna? |
| A. | Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins |
| B. | James Watson and Francis Crick |
| C. | Rosalind Franklin and Francis Crick |
| D. | James Watson and Maurice Wilkins |
| Answer» C. Rosalind Franklin and Francis Crick | |
| 194. |
What Thomas Davenport invented? |
| A. | Screw propellor |
| B. | Electric streetcar |
| C. | Chesterfield |
| D. | Sleeping (railway) car |
| Answer» B. Electric streetcar | |
| 195. |
What was invented by J. B. Dunlop? |
| A. | Airplane |
| B. | Car |
| C. | Rubber Tyre |
| D. | Rubber Boot |
| Answer» C. Rubber Tyre | |
| 196. |
What J. B. Dunlop invented? |
| A. | Pneumatic rubber tire |
| B. | Automobile wheel rim |
| C. | Rubber boot |
| D. | Model airplanes |
| Answer» B. Automobile wheel rim | |
| 197. |
What is the name of the most advance reading machine for visually challenged developed by CSIR? |
| A. | Divya Nayan |
| B. | Drishti |
| C. | Darshan |
| D. | Divya Paath |
| Answer» B. Drishti | |
| 198. |
What ‘game’ was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892? |
| A. | Frisbee |
| B. | Monopoly |
| C. | Ouija board |
| D. | Ping Pong |
| Answer» D. Ping Pong | |
| 199. |
What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968? |
| A. | Sofa bed |
| B. | Captain's chair |
| C. | Waterbed |
| D. | Hammock |
| Answer» D. Hammock | |
| 200. |
What Frank Whittle invented? |
| A. | Radar |
| B. | Ethyl gasoline |
| C. | Sonar |
| D. | Jet propulsion |
| Answer» E. | |