Scientific Discoveries and Inventions Quiz
Q1: Who discovered the first antibiotic?
(a) W Fleming
(b) C Waksman
(c) Louis Pasteur
(d) A Fleming
Q2: Who invented the Safety razor?
(a) Gillette
(b) Nikola Tesla
(c) Steve Job
(d) Lar Strauss
Q3: X–rays were discovered by
(a) Edison
(b) Roentgen
(c) Marie Curie
(d) Van Lue
Q4: Who invented Cinema?
(a) Thomas Alva Edison
(b) Nicolas and Jean Lumiere
(c) William Murdock
(d) Dr. J. Brandenberger
Q5: Telephone was invented by
(a) Alexander Graham Bell
(b) Baird
(c) Stevenson
(d) Newton
Q6: Insulin was discovered by:
(a) Edward Jenner
(b) F. Banting
(c) Ronald Ross
(d) S.A. Wakesman
Q7: Which scientist discovered the radioactive element Radium?
(a) Marie Curie
(b) Isaac Newton
(c) Albert Einstein
(d) Benjamin Franklin
Q8: Who invented ‘Helicopter’?
(a) Cockrell
(b) Brequet
(c) Otis
(d) Frank Whittle
Q9: Who invented Radar?
(a) J.H. Van Tassel
(b) Wilhelm K. Roentgen
(c) P.T. Farnsworth
(d) A.H. Taylor & Leo C. Young
Q10: Blood groups were discovered by
(a) Landsteiner
(b) William Harvey
(c) Weismann
(d) Morgan
Q11: Who invented the ‘World Wide Web’?
(a) Tim Berners-Lee
(b) Martin Cooper
(c) R. Samuel Tomlinson
(d) Charles Babbage
Answers:
1: (d) A Fleming
2: (a) Gillette
3: (b) Roentgen
4: (b) Nicolas and Jean Lumiere
5: (a) Alexander Graham Bell
6: (b) F. Banting
7: (a) Marie Curie
8: (b) Brequet
9: (d) A.H. Taylor & Leo C. Young
10: (a) Landsteiner
11: (a) Tim Berners-Lee
